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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – Tektoma

December 16, 2009 Reviews

Computer programming for 7 to 17 year olds?
Don’t you need at least a 4 year degree to be able to do that?
Not if you have a subscription to Tektoma! This website walks a student through the process of programming a video game through online videos. For this review, I had my 10 year [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – All About Spelling

December 15, 2009 Reviews

We are having a great time with this curriculum! It was love at first sight when this neatly packed boxed showed up in my mailbox with its crisp new teacher’s manual and fresh never-been-mauled-by-the-baby flash cards!
“Mommy, why are you drooling on that box?”
“Nevermind.”
While I gather my thoughts again, go ahead and read the back [...]

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Review – Smelly Washer

December 14, 2009 Reviews

My washer?  Smelly?  Of course not!
I honestly did not think I really needed this product when I first had the opportunity to review it.  I thought it sounded really interesting and there were some towels that I had wrecked by accidentally leaving them in the washer too long.  But, other than that, I did not [...]

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Accelerated Christian Education – Overcoming Problems

December 1, 2009 Accelerated Christian Education (ACE)

As with any curriculum you’ll choose for your child(ren), you will occasionally experience *issues* or problems.  It might be that you can’t quite find a good place for your son to complete his work.  It might be that you find its too easy for your daughter to cheat as she checks her work.  It might [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – GyMathtics

November 21, 2009 Reviews

It’s exercise!
No, it’s math class!
No, it’s exercise!
It’s both!  Exercise and a review of 2nd through 5th grade math facts all in one.  You can get your heart racing with regular old calisthenics – why not get your mind into it too with Counting Calisthenics!
While the math facts are on elementary grade level, kids of every [...]

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Successful First Grade Math Activity!

November 12, 2009 Lesson Plans / Ideas

We had TONS of FUN doing math recently and I just had to sit down and tell you about it!!  It was such a simple and easy idea that I am amazed at how much the kids liked it.
This year, I’ve been working on 1st grade studies with one of my children.  We began introducing [...]

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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 than English.  [...]

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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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Vote For HomeGrownMommy As “Best New Blog”

November 10, 2009 Miscellaneous

We made it through the nomination stage and into the voting stage!!!!!  I cannot tell you how excited I am!  Even if I don’t win, just to think that I even made it to this point is wonderful.  I am honored to have my blog mentioned among 18 other fabulous bloggers.
I’d love it if you [...]

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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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