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Back to School Deals 7/26 – 8/1/2015
Here are the top Back To School office supply store deals for 7/26 – 8/1. Wondering when your tax free shopping dates are? Full list of participating dates and items included can be found here. Office Depot OfficeMax Deals Extreme Deals All School Backpacks 30% – 50% off While supplies last, no rain checks. Limit 3 per household Office Depot Brand Wood Pencils, 12 pk: $0.01 With $5 minimum purchase before taxes Office Depot Brand 6″ Protractors: $0.01 With $5 minimum purchase before taxes Office Depot Brand Plastic 12″ Rulers: $0.01 With $5 minimum purchase before taxes Office Depot Brand Mechanical Pencils, 6-PK: $0.25 Poly Cover 1-Subject Notebook: $0.25 Sharpie…
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Homeschool Planet (Online Homeschool Planner) Review
Homeschool Buyers Co-op is a homeschool online discount curriculum store! I love finding good deals there! They are homeschoolers themselves and dedicated to finding good resources for homeschooling families. They saw the need for a homeschool planner that was thorough, but where you didn’t pull your hair out using it. So, they developed an online, mobile-friendly planner called Homeschool Planet. I was given a year’s subscription for the purpose of this review, and I look forward to using it to help keep us on point. Like a lot of homeschooling moms, I juggle a lot, and I’d like to use this program for some built-in accountability for getting…
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School Supply Deals!! (7/12 – 7/18)
The Back to School deals are starting to pick up steam. Here are the deals for 7/12- 7/18! Wondering when your tax free shopping dates are? Full list of participating dates and items included can be found here. Staples Deals 110% Lowest price guarantee for school supplies. Valid through 9/9/15 Buy a backpack Get 25% off school supplies Excludes Graphing & Scientific Calculators, Backpacks, Technology, Case & Ream Paper, Food, Cleaning & Breakroom Supplies, Printers, Shredders, Furniture and Daily Deals. 2-pocket paper folder: $0.15 Limit 30 per customer in store Staples 1-subject notebook: $0.25 Limit 30 per customer in store Westcott 12″ Wood Ruler, Beveled Edge : $0.35 Limit 30…
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Cursive Logic Review
I picked up a cursive handwriting book for Super D at the beginning of last year, thinking we’d practice. The only trouble was, that particular book showed him letters to copy, but didn’t actually teach him the METHOD behind cursive writing. It expected, I suppose, for him to either learn that elsewhere or figure it out as he went along. Neither of those happened for us, so I was super excited to have the opportunity to review CursiveLogic, a program that actually teaches students how to write in cursive. Linda Shrewsbury kindly sent me her new CursiveLogic Workbook to use with Super D for the purpose of this review. Linda…
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Advanced Allergy Therapeutics – Results!
When we started our journey with Advanced Allergy Therapeutics, we did it as an experiment. Friends of ours had experienced good results, and we wanted to give it a try. Chris received treatment 10 or 11 times (I lost count), and I wanted to share our overall conclusion today. We LOVED IT! Actually, we love how much it’s helped him. He is doing remarkably better. His symptoms aren’t 100% gone, but his quality of life has drastically improved. He has more energy, and wakes up much less congested. I also like that he doesn’t have to go get treatments forever and ever. We did…
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CTC Math Online Review
CTC Math is a very thorough online math program! They offer math lessons for kids that attend school somewhere, and for homeschoolers. Their materials for homeschoolers cover a core curriculum, and could be used as a base program. We were given access to their 12 month Family Plan, which gives us access to all the grade levels, for up to ten students! They are NOT based on Common Core. 🙂 CTC Math offers a wide variety of curriculum options, all broken down into manageable sections. Their instruction begins with kindergarten, goes all the way through elementary school, and includes more intimidating subjects like Algebra, Algebra II,…
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Dynamic Literacy WordBuildOnline Review
Dynamic Literacy has created a great online program to help kids build literacy! We were given access to WordBuildOnline Foundations Level 1, since Super D is in 2nd grade. There are 25 different lessons, or units of study, so it’s designed to last for a school year. This program is great, partially because it automatically adjust to the student’s level and can be used for students in 2nd – 4th grades, or even older, depending on their needs. Once Foundations 1 is complete, Dynamic Literacy offers Foundations Level 2, and Elements 1 and 2. Elements teaches Greek and Latin roots – super helpful! WordBuild is based on morphology,…
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Apologia Exploring Creation Field Trip Journal Review
We love to go on field trips in our family and take every opportunity we can to disappear into nature! I was super excited to get Apologia Educational Ministries’s new release, Exploring Creation Field Trip Journal, in the mail and start putting it to good use! The journal includes 3 different sections: Field Trip Pages, Special Spot pages, and As I See It Pages. There are also explanations on how to use each section, tips for preparing for a field trip, maps, and lots of field trip ideas! I love that this journal has lots of room to write down memories and observations. Apologia is committed to producing quality…
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S is for Smiling Sunrise Review
Vick Wadhwa generously sent me a copy of S is for Smiling Sunrise by Wordsbright to review. Upon my first perusal, the pictures are beautiful. I love the illustrations and the colors that are used within. It has the appearance of a happy photo book. I am appreciative of the effort that he clearly invested to create an ABC book that would appeal to young children. My kids enjoyed the colorful pages! Including a cd with the rhyming song and a downloadable mp3 is a great use of current media options! The thorough teacher guide, also downloadable from the website, offers questions to ask your preschooler, and suggested activities…
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Successful Homeschooling Made Easy Review
Stephanie Walmsley, author of Successful Homeschooling Made Easy, has worked hard to create an online course for homeschooling moms in order to help us navigate these challenging waters! I was given a subscription to her 26 week Successful Homeschooling Made Easy course for the purpose of this review, and I’ve had the opportunity to complete 7 of the lessons, as well as a bonus lesson. I love the design of her course. Stephanie sends a new lesson each week, and encourages moms to find a quiet spot and settle in with their favorite beverage for a little focused time. It’s nice to have an excuse to sit down…
