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Homeschool Library Builder Review

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Homeschool Library Builder (HSLB) is a Christian family-run book business dedicated to providing quality literature at affordable prices.  HSLB was founded by homeschool moms who felt the need to create a way for homeschooling parents to be able to gain access to good books.  Think of HSLB as a giant online library book sale that offers both new and gently used books.  You’ll find books that work with literature based curriculums and other unit studies. Membership to HSLB is free.  They offer services such as: Book Search – locate out-of-stock or other desired books for customers Product Marketing – marketplace…

Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Review

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When I first started homeschooling, one of the books that I turned to for information was Debra Bell’s Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling.  It was packed with information that helped me as I started my homeschooling journey.  I kept it on my bookshelf as a reference that I turned to often. Recently, Apologia Press released an updated version of the Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Apologia Press, who is known for their excellent science curriculum, has branched out and added new resources to their product line. The bright orange cover was the first thing…

Beehive Reader 1 Review

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Beehive Reader 1 by Marie Rippel with Renee LaTulippe The Beehive Reader 1, recipient of the silver medal in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, is a phonics based early reader that correlates to the All About Spelling level 1 program.  Example: Story 1 ~ “At the Pond” can be read after completing step 15 of the program.  You can see more correlations to the program here.  Although the Beehive Reader 1 is set up to be used with the All About Spelling program, it can easily be used as an independent reader. The hard cover of this book makes it…

Dollar Homeschool – Ray’s Arithmetic Review

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Ray’s Arithmetic takes students and teachers back in time.  Ray’s was originally created to be used by frontier Americans who often lived in areas where available teachers were few, often far away, or even completely unavailable. The books are designed to allow children, once they can read, to work independently to a very great extent. Concepts are carefully explained, and all of the subjects follow one after another in a very logical progression, so that the child is never asked to work a type of problem which has not yet been discussed. The Ray’s Arithmetic cd contains 38 books indexed…

MathScore Review

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MathScore is an online math practice and assessment program for students between 1st grade and Algebra I developed by Steven Yang.  When Mr. Yang saw that many math educational software programs were heavy on the fun but light on the educational value, he set out to create a program that balanced learning and motivational fun. MathScore randomly generates math problems that automatically adapt in difficulty based upon the student’s performance.  This allows each student to progress at their ideal learning pace.  The automatic grading allows students to receive immediate feedback on their work. MathScore is intended to be a supplemental…