Do you ever wish you could stop lecturing and get your child to think for themselves?? I know I do… That’s why, when the opportunity came up to review one of the titles available from Parenting Made Practical, I was excited to find one that covers exactly this! Taming the Lecture Bug and Getting Your Kids… [read more]
Teaching Cursive with CursiveLogic {Homeschool Review Crew}
I am so glad we had the opportunity to review the CursiveLogic Quick-Start Pack and The Art of Cursive from CursiveLogic! Teaching cursive is not something I had really thought about yet. Monkey had expressed some curiosity for reading cursive, so we have been practicing that, but he had never actually put pen to paper and attempted to… [read more]
Magic Stix Washable Markers {Homeschool Review Crew}
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my full disclaimer for more detail. We were so excited to have the opportunity to review the Magic Stix Washable Markers 24 pack by The Pencil Grip, Inc.! I don’t know about your house, but over here, if the boys are using markers, it’s about guaranteed that… [read more]
Starfall: Kids Educational Games {Homeschool Review Crew}
Let’s talk about kids educational games. Some are awesome and some, well… you look at them and wonder how in the heck they qualify as educational, right??!? With The Starfall Home Membership from Starfall Education Foundation there’s no doubt about the educational quality! The Starfall Home Membership uses interactive games, songs, puzzles, and a library of books to teach… [read more]
Typing with Bytes of Learning {Homeschool Review Crew}
Monkey has been learning how to code, but its been a slow moving process since he didn’t have any previous typing experience. He was constantly asking where certain keys were located. Needless to say, when the opportunity came up to review the UltraKey Online Family Subscription from Bytes of Learning, we were really excited! UltraKey Online is an… [read more]
Magic Stix {Review}
I’m sure by now you are fully aware that we love The Pencil Grip Inc.’s products – well, now we’ve got another one to add to our list of favorite art supplies! We are SO excited to share our review of The Pencil Grip Inc.’s newest product Magic Stix with you! This post may contain… [read more]
Forbrain {Homeschool Review Crew}
Monkey has always struggled with certain letter sounds (“th” and distinguishing between “t” and “d” for example). So we were intrigued by the idea that the Forbrain headset helps with speech and language issues as well as improves attention, concentration, verbal working memory, and short-term memory. Forbrain from Sound for Life LTD is designed for… [read more]
Thin Stix Creativity Pack {Homeschool Review Crew}
We loved the Thin Stix 6 pack of classic colors (read that review here) and wanted more colors so we were excited to receive Thin Stix Creativity Pack from The Pencil Grip, Inc. to review this time. Thin Stix are a solid non-toxic tempera paint in a glue stick form. There is no need for… [read more]
Preschool Supplies From The Pencil Grip, Inc. {Homeschool Review Crew}
It’s always fun for us to try out new preschool supplies! For this review, The Pencil Grip, Inc. sent us two of their products to try out: The Ultra Safe Safety Scissors and The 3 Step Pencil Grip Training Kit. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may make… [read more]
Reading Eggs {Homeschool Review Crew}
Monkey loves online learning games and activities, so we were especially excited to participate in a review of Reading Eggs! For this review, we received a six month subscription for two students to Reading Eggs. The subscription included access to Reading Eggs Junior (ages 2-4), Reading Eggs (ages 3-7), Reading Eggspress (ages 7-13, grades 1-6), and Mathseeds… [read more]