"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…
Homeschooling ABCs
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…
WriteShop Story Builders
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…
All About Homophones
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,…
KinderBach
KinderBach is a piano program designed for young students ages 2-7. The program consists of on-line video lessons taught by Karri Gregor, the company’s creator. She developed the program for teaching her own children after finding no piano teacher willing to teach students younger than 7. Karri is energetic and teaches at a level that…
Turning Points in Homeschooling
Do you ever feel like homeschooling is just too hard? Do you ever catch yourself watching the school bus drive by and wishing you could put your children on it? How about doubting whether your children are really learning what they should? Are you smart enough to teach them high school? Do you have a…
Let’s Make A Webpage
Motherboard books has a new e-book entitled Let’s Make a Webpage by Phyllis Wheeler. It is recommended for students from 8-12 years old. I was very interested to review this product because I have just completed 2 on-line web design classes. My older son (10 years old) is also very interested in learning to build…
Puppetools Review
As part the The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, I was given the opportunity to review a unique website: Puppetools. What is Puppetools? If you guessed that it has something to do with puppets you were right! But Puppetools is not just about puppets. It’s about revolutionizing the education system in America. On the one hand…
Puppetools Review
As part the The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, I was given the opportunity to review a unique website: Puppetools. What is Puppetools? If you guessed that it has something to do with puppets you were right! But Puppetools is not just about puppets. It’s about revolutionizing the education system in America. On the one hand…
ALEKS
I have something to brag about. My 10 year old son has done his math everyday for the last month without complaining! Is this due to my fabulous parenting skills? What about my exciting teaching? Unfortunately the answer is no on both counts. As part of the Homeschool Crew, I’ve been given a free trial…