Vocabulary Cartoons: SAT Word Power by New Monic Books Vocabulary doesn’t have to be boring or difficult. Vocabulary Cartoons uses fun cartoons and mnemonics to help students remember difficult to remember vocabulary words. Each page has a vocabulary word with the phonetic pronunciation, part of speech, and definition. Link words are tied together with the vocabulary word in fun sentence to help the student remember the meaning of the vocabulary word. The sentence (caption) is paired with a cartoon to give the student a visual mnemonic. Finally, the “lesson” ends with the vocabulary word being used 3 sentences. The Vocabulary…
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America’s Math Teacher Review
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America’s Math Teacher by Math Essentials America’s Math Teacher is an online math curriculum that spans grade 4 math all the way to Algebra I. Algebra II curriculum is in the works at the time of this writing. A full year costs $195 for homeschoolers. Multiple students can work at different levels. Students can work at their own pace which allows them to master the concepts before moving on to the next topic. The Learning Center contains online video lessons as well as printable written lessons. The Evaluation Center contains quizzes and exams for the student to take after completing…
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create the perfect planner for your homeschool using a set of resources located in your mission pack. The mission pack has resources to help achieve not only your homeschool goals, but also your household goals. You may choose to complete the secondary mission of creating household and/or student planner using the same mission pack. Photos have been included to help you identify the mission packet once you meet your contact. Your contact’s location? The Old Schoolhouse Store. Your contact has some valuable surveillance footage that I believe will help you…
Traveling Made Easier: Travel Kits
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Are we there yet? He touched me!!! I’m bored!! She’s staring at me! Are we almost there? I don’t know about you, but I’ve heard those statements more than once on a car trip. Wouldn’t it be nice if the kids (and parents) looked forward to the car trips instead of dreading them? Travel Kits: A Simple Way to Bless Others by Donna Rees Travel Kits is a wonderful e-book put out by The Old Schoolhouse. It’s packed with beautiful illustrations and ideas to help you create fun filled travel kits for your family. In addition to blessing your own…
Review: Travel the World
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The 2009 Schoolhouse Planner: June 2010 Module Travel the World! Each month, a new themed module is released for the current Schoolhouse Planner. The modules are a nice homeschool asset whether or not you own The Schoolhouse Planner. Each themed module is packed with information (a study guide), activities (coloring pages, puzzles), links, recipes, lapbook pages, and much more. They are set-up so they can be used as a stand alone unit study. June’s theme is Traveling the World. This unit study covers maps, the continents, and other geography lessons in a Christian context. Scripture passages are woven throughout the…