What is ALEKS? Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is an online mathematics program that provides personalized learning and assessment tailored to a student’s individual needs. Using artificial intelligence and adaptive, open-response questioning, ALEKS quickly and accurately determines what a student knows and is most ready to learn within a course. Learn more by watching a quick [...]
I received the opportunity to review a Diamond Candle. Diamond Candles are soy candles with a fun twist. Every candle has a ring inside worth $10-$5,000. Now, I admit that I probably wouldn’t have been hooked on these just by reading about it. A ring in a candle? Hmmm. Well, when my candle arrived, I [...]
We had the opportunity to review Fractazmic for TOS Crew. (By the way, TOS =The Old Schoolhouse Magazine…) and received this game in exchange for a review. Fractazmic is a great game to help kids learn- *Numbers *Fractions *Measurements Fractazmic is a deck of 60 brightly colored cards that retails for $6.95. That’s a [...]
\ We were excited to review this product from Pitsco Education. –Medieval Machines Pack James spent quite a few years very interested in Medieval history and talked all about these machines. When it came we had a little bit of time before the review was due, so I put it away for his birthday. He [...]
James and I do art appreciation where we learn about famous artists. I’ve been really happy with this element of our schooling. I really feel it was something I lacked in my own education. We’ve done art projects now and then and draw in the nature journal but learning HOW to draw is an [...]
One of the reasons I’m glad to be homeschooling is that I get a refresher course on important subjects like grammar! I think that I have a fairly decent handle on it but I know I’m rusty on the finer points. My dad says I use too many exclamation points and I always wonder if [...]
I received the First Form Latin curriculum from Memoria Press to review for The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew (TOS). We’ve been slowly working on Latin around here–I actually do not worry about how quickly we finish a lesson or how long it takes us to get through a book. James has learned several things and [...]
I mentioned before that I prayed about this school year. How to do things better–how to reach the heart of my child–how to ignite a love for Jesus in his still young heart. Last year was really rough schoolwise. Lee just came home –or at least was able to be around–right after school started. I [...]
Last year, I was blessed to participate in Shutterfly’s Christmas Card blogging program. I wrote about it here. It was SO special for us to have a Christmas card photo with all 3 of us in the photo! I was able to choose a really lovely card and it was a precious thing to be [...]
Who doesn’t LOVE peanuts and chocolate together? (Well Lee doesn’t but…) I was given the opportunity to share Kashi’s TLC Dark Chocolate Bars with my group of homeschool moms. I received a bag of these bars from Kashi and we tried them immediately. MMM! I’ve used several Kashi products for James. I love that [...]
