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Reviews

Review – RocketLanguages in German

November 11, 2009 Reviews

Guten Tag! Ich heisse Jennifer. Ich komme aus Florida. There!  How’s that for learning some German! I am very excited to share this review with you – if you are American (like me), I know you need this one!  I say that because it has become a shameful byword that Americans don’t speak anything other [...]

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Review – Zoodles

November 11, 2009 Reviews

Zoodles is an educational kid’s browser that filters through all the *junk* out there and displays great games for your children at their age-level in a way that is easy for them to navigate by themselves.  Plus, you get a report of how they are doing and what kinds of sites they like to visit.  [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – American Heritage Education Foundation

November 10, 2009 Reviews

The most important thing you should remember about this review is that you can download this product for free at the American Heritage Education Foundation website!!  Scroll down to about the middle of the page and you can choose from Elementary, Middle, and High School lesson plans to download.  For this review, I am focusing [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – Virginia Soaps and Scents

November 7, 2009 Reviews

This has to be one of my favorite reviews so far!  All I had to do to try it out was take a nice long shower!  (They said to take a nice long bath, but I’m too tall for ours!  I would love to have one of those big huge tubs!) The family behind Virginia [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – The Amazing Bible World History Timeline

November 3, 2009 Reviews

Can you imagine how large a map would have to be that included all of history – from Adam right down to 1982 and had everything from Bible events to secular world history? It’s huge!  And, there is not one practical spot on my walls to display it! Unfortunately, we are not in a position [...]

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The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – ABC Teach (Website)

October 21, 2009 Reviews

It is absolutely mind-boggling how many resources this website has altogether in one place!! In my own searches across the internet, looking for something specific to complete a lesson or for a fun activity that I could do with the kids, I have often run across the freebies that are offered at www.abcteach.com. There have [...]

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The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – Sarah Books

October 19, 2009 Reviews

Jim Baumgardner may just be my new favorite author!  Anna and I have two more chapters left in the first book of the Sarah Books series and we are loving every minute of the adventure. A little background on the author, Jim Baumgardner.  If anyone knows about the nineteenth century time period about which he [...]

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Crew Review – Guardian Angel Publishing

October 14, 2009 Reviews

Books!!  The mark of a homeschooler is the number of books we have on our shelves! So, what is one way to get more books once your shelves are packed with books and your walls are packed with shelves? Electronic books! Guardian Angel Publishing publishes books in several different formats including old-fashioned hold-’em-in-your-hand books, electronic [...]

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Crew Review – Nature Friend Magazine

October 7, 2009 Reviews

This was a truly wonderful review experience!  I absolutely love this magazine.  I know we are supposed to be balanced in our reviews, but I simply cannot think of anything else to say about this product expect praises!  We were given (free of charge) the August and September 2009 magazines to review. Beautiful, full-color photos.  [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – Nutrition 101: Growing Healthy Homes

September 25, 2009 Reviews

Growing a healthy home!  Isn’t that the goal of just about all moms?  We want our kids to be strong and nutritionally balanced.  We want their bodies to be able to fight off illness and to have lots of energy. But, sometimes, “Because Mommy said so” isn’t the most convincing reason for why they have [...]

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