If you’re educating classically, Latin is one of those subjects that keeps popping up.  I never studied Latin as a child, aside from a few words in science class, so I’ve been learning right along with the kids.  We’ve memorized some Latin declension noun endings as part of CC, but haven’t dived any deeper into vocabulary.  When Laurelwood offered us the opportunity to review their Latin readers and workbooks, we decided to do a little summer enrichment and go for it!   Laurelwood Books sent us their Olim, Once Upon a Time in Latin, Reader III and their Workbook III.   I did have a hard time deciding which level…

We haven’t fully wrapped up this homeschool year, and I’m already thinking and planning next year!   I know I’m not alone!   I’ve been busy evaluating what worked for us this year, what didn’t work, and what was just so-so, for each of my kiddos.  I’ve already started browsing online and reading lots of curriculum reviews to try to decide what we want to modify for next year.   Having a written planner is really helpful in keeping all of our homeschool work straight, especially as Super D and Sweetheart add more subjects and complexity to what they’re doing.   The Old Schoolhouse just released their newest planner, Hey Mama!…

Essential Skills Advantage offered us the opportunity to review their Complete Home Learning Suite, so Sweetheart and I jumped in.  We were given a year’s subscription that gave us access to a WIDE variety of topics and subjects. ESA offers a supplemental curriculum that is used in more than 20,000 schools.   It is geared for ages K – 6th grade and has over 14,000 lessons!   Their program would keep the kids occupied for a while!    They offer the following programs: Math – Levels K-6 Language and Grammar – Levels K-6 Reading – Levels K-6 Science – Levels K-3 Geography – Levels 4-6 We focused on the Reading…

It can be tricky to turn practicing math facts into something fun.  Sunya takes a great stab at it with an interesting combo of a game involving number sentences and riddles!   Sunya Publishing sent us their new game, Sunya – The Magic and Wonder of Math and Science Adding & Subtracting, ages 7+, to try.   We received an instruction manual and two decks of cards.  Super D and I had fun trying it out, and getting competitive with the riddles! The basic premise of the game involves making number sentences.  The instructions come with three different versions of the game to play – we just tried out the first one.…

Andrew Pudewa and the Institute for Excellence in Writing are one of my favorite creators of homeschool curriculum.  I first heard him speak at a homeschool convention last year, and I attended every session I could that he taught!   I love his approach to the process of writing, and developing excellent language skills in kids.   When we were offered the opportunity to review their program, Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization, I hesitated just a moment because, well, it’s poetry, and I didn’t know how my kids would go for memorizing it.   I decided to give it a try because of who created the materials, and I’m so…

School is almost out for the summer and I thought this would be a great time to share this huge list of FREE Summer Reading Programs from Kristie at Saving Dollars and Sense. If you like this then you might also be interested in this list of Good Report Card Freebies. There are a LOT of great programs that your children can take advantage of to earn FREE books, prizes, and cash! You can print out this list of FREE Summer Reading Programs here. Junie B Jones Reading Club – Sign up and get a FREE starter Kit that includes a copy of Junie B Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus,…