Tag: Homeschool Products

Times Alive! by City Creek Press Wouldn’t it be nice if kids could easily learn their multiplication facts? If they could have fun while they were learning? If they could enjoy the learning process so much that they want to do more work that has been assigned? Times Alive! helps kids easily learn their multiplication facts in a fun interactive way on the computer. At first, Munchkin didn’t know if she was going to like this program as it looked to “kiddish”, but she quickly found herself enjoying the program. Before we knew it, she had done many lessons. When…

TenMarks is a great homeschool math solution as a curriculum or a supplement to your current curriculum. Each program is personalized and mapped to state standards. Students work at their own pace with hints and video lessons. Instant Feedback Tailored to Each Child Reward System Munchkin was excited that she would have the opportunity to work on her geometry in a different format. She would receive instant feedback for her work, and she would receive helps as needed. Each week, Munchkin was assigned four worksheets. She would log onto her account to work on them. Each worksheet had a video…

Munchkin is great in many different areas of academics, but writing is not one of those areas.  She’s very creative and has no problem coming up with very imaginative stories.  She can tell quite the tale verbally, but when it comes to the mechanics of writing everything down properly, she falters.  She wants to be able to adequately write down her creative writings, so she gets frustrated with her lack of natural ability in this area. I looked forward to receiving Level 2 – Paragraph Writing from The Write Foundation.  After looking at the website, I thought that this would…

Let me introduce you to some fun play with polymers.  What’s a polymer?  Well, that’s one of the things that we learned about when we started our experiments with our 4 types of Yuck from Buckets-O-Fun! Polymers are very large molecules formed by repeated patterns of chemical units strung together. Yuck is an acrylic polymer.  We had the chance to test out the four types of Yuck: Chunky (like ice cubes) Saucy (like applesauce) Sticky (um, like snot) Snowy (like light, bubbly snow) The samples we received came in four little labeled baggies.  The saucy, sticky, and snowy Yuck looked…