When I started homeschooling one of my biggest concerns was: How will I know that my children are really learning? In fact, during the first couple of years I had nightmares that we’d fall victims to the “Fill-in-the-blank” cycle of teaching. You see I would spend a week teaching my children all about “Rounding to the nearest 100″ They would …Read the Rest
This year one of our homeschool goals has been to lay a good foundation for learning Spanish. It’s been one of my more challenging goals, because (let me fill you in on a little secret here…..) I don’t know Spanish. Interesting little situation isn’t it? And let me just say here, that when I started homeschooling this was one of …Read the Rest
Have you heard of Big I.Q. Kids? Big I.Q. Kids is an online learning program for children covering Math, Spelling, Vocabulary, and U.S. Geography. Big I.Q Kids offers Free programs and Paid Premium programs. I’ve used the Free spelling programs with each of my children in the past, so I was semi-familiar with Big I.Q Kids before we were asked …Read the Rest
As part of Timberdoodles blogger review team I have an awesome product review to share with you today! Wedgits! When Timberdoodle asked our family to participate in a review of their Toddler Curriculum Package, I jumped at the opportunity! (If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know that I LOVE educational toys and games) It’s …Read the Rest
Today we have a special visitor!! It’s Speekee! Speekee is our newest sponsor, and he has quickly become my children’s favorite T.V character. (Elmo is so yesterday) For the past month we have welcomed Speekee into our home not only to entertain us, but to teach us Spanish as well. (I say US, because I am probably the only person …Read the Rest
Are you Curious about The Curiosity Files? Well, ponder no more! Because this month we had the pleasure of reviewing our first title from this fantastic series, and I’ve got lots to share with you! First of all, In case you haven’t heard, The Curiosity Files is a new series of Unit Studies targeting children ages 8-13 with the goal …Read the Rest
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