A Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Stories of the Nations and Stories of America
Our family uses many of the resources found over at Simply Charlotte Mason. I honestly love the friendly, easy to use materials and their affordability. Last year we worked through the Family Guide for Early Modern History and Epistles. This took us on a living books learning journey from…
Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Family Study Handbooks {Modern Times, Epistles & Revelation}
I’m super happy to review Modern Times, Epistles, and Revelation from Simply Charlotte Mason for you. *smile* I love SimplyCharlotteMason.com and have blogged extensively about how we implement Charlotte Mason inspired plans with the help of much of the SCM resources. If you ever use Simply Charlotte Mason’s free…
Join us for a Lesson! {WriteShop Junior, Book D}
Over the past couple months, my daughter and I have really enjoyed using WriteShop. Have you seen my two other posts? Check them out here: Full Review of Write Shop Junior (Book D) Using Games and Manipulative to Make Writing Fun WriteShop a nutshell: This is an incredibly detailed,…
A Detailed Review of WriteShop {Junior, Book D}
A few weeks ago, I posted about how using games and activities enhances learning in our home school. My 9-year-old daughter, Audrey and I have been having fun with WriteShop Junior. This is an incredibly detailed, comprehensive writing program. As I mentioned in my previous post, it most…
Using Games and Manipulatives to make Writing Fun, Engaging, and Less Intimidating {with WriteShop Junior}
Something I absolutely love about working on writing within our homeschool is the quality time in gives me with my children. There’s just something special about digging into your child’s mind and pulling out the amazing ideas that are already there. I’ve got two boys, age 11 and…
A Peek at The Writer’s Jungle and First Impressions and Thoughts about Brave Writer
There have been many times when I’ve been absolutely sure that God led me to a certain book, curriculum, or resource. (A few examples would be: All About Reading, Draw Write Now, Five in a Row, NaturExplorers, and Teaching Textbooks.) THIS is certainly one of those times when I…
Classical Academic Press’s Writing & Rhetoric – A Review
Recently, I was given the opportunity to use and review Writing and Rhetoric by Classical Academic Press for HipHomeschoolMoms.com. Below is part of that review – to read the full review, access a coupon code, and enter a give-away, CLICK HERE. Writing has been one of the most challenging…
All About Reading Level 2 – Full Review
The very first thing I want to mention (and I’ve said this before!) is that I absolutely love the people behind All About Learning Press. They are authentic, kind-hearted, wonderful to speak with, and they truly care about children and parents. They really, seriously, are in this to help kids…
A Review of the Jesus Inspires Me activity and coloring book from Graham Blanchard
Alright, I will admit it – in the past several months I have spent way too much time finding good deals on journaling materials (think washi tape, colored pencils and way-overpriced drawing pens). I have fallen in love with being creative on paper! And my daughter has caught…
A Review of the Plan Your Year Homeschool Planning Kit from Pam Barnhill
Homeschool Planning is a huge topic. I mean, if you and I went out for tea (I’d have coffee but saying ‘let’s go for tea’ sounds nicer) I could talk for HOURS about homeschool planning. And if you’re a homeschooler, I’m sure you could too. Let’s face it –…