As a child, I loved Little House on the Prairie. I loved the books. I loved the television show. In addition, I read a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I even used the atlas that was in the last volume of my Britannica Junior Encyclopedias to locate all the towns where she had lived. (Yes, …
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"Math Tutor DVD offers Math Help via DVD video tutorial content." The instructor, Jason Gibson, holds Master’s degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Physics. I received 2 courses from the Math Tutor DVD to review. The first course is Basic Math Word Problems. There are 8 hours of video covering the following topics. Disc 1 …
I am one of those people who find spelling and grammar errors in other people’s writing. I try not to be too critical of other people’s writing. I know it’s easy to have typos and sometimes when people are just typing a quick note, they don’t feel the need to edit for proper word usage. …
Do you have a homeschool mentor? Is there someone who helped you to get started with homeschooling? I was curious about other people’s experiences with beginning homeschooling, so I asked this question on an informal survey on my blog. (Link to post) . The results of the limited sampling of homeschoolers who responded were: Yes …
I am in the process of reviewing an on-line course to teach new homeschoolers how to homeschool. This has me wondering how many people who start homeschooling have someone experienced to get advice from. I knew several homeschoolers before I began to homeschool and I went to one friend’s home and she showed me what …
I am blessed to have a mother-in-law who is very much a child at heart. She spends a lot of time with my children, and one of the things that they enjoy doing together is telling stories. She is a fantastic storyteller and often tells funny stories about her childhood growing up in Manhattan in …
Last night my family made up a fun geography game. All you need is a map of the United States and at least 3 people to play. You can assign one person to be the judge and use the map to check the others’ answers. Or, if you are playing with someone who is fairly …
by Jean Sibelius O give us homes built firm upon the Savior; Where Christ is head and counselor and guide; Where every child is taught His love and favor And gives his heart to Christ, the crucified; How sweet to know that tho his footsteps waver His faithful Lord is walking by his side! O …
All About Homophones is a book produced by All About Learning Press and it’s about…Homophones. In case you’re wondering what homophone means, it is derived from the Greek and literally means same sound. So homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Some examples are two/too, won/one, would/wood, …
