by Dawn Camp | Jan 5, 2009 | homeschooling, reviews
Core Learning’s Crayola® Art Studio has been one of the more popular products we’ve been asked to demo. There are times when I’ve actually had to set a timer and a rotating schedule to keep the kids from fighting over who gets to use it. With Crayola...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 28, 2008 | homeschooling, reviews
Our family has been previewing ALEKS Math, “a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn’t know in a course. ALEKS then...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 18, 2008 | family & friends, homeschooling, reviews
I knew that Trigger Memory Systems would get a wonderful review from me from the day I handed one of my children the Zone Cleaning for Kids Clean n’ Flip Chart. You see, no matter how neat our house is in the morning, it deteriorates to looking like a war zone...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 16, 2008 | homeschooling, reviews
Time4Learning is an online educational program for preschool through eighth grade. It is comprehensive in the areas of language arts and math, with science and social studies included for most grades. My children have really enjoyed our trial period of Time4Learning...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 15, 2008 | homeschooling, reviews
Learning the names and locations of the 50 states is a delight with The Little Man in the Map! This clever hardback book from Schoolside Press makes the United States of America come alive and contains clues that help memory retention. Once you “see” the...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 15, 2008 | homeschooling, photography, reviews
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the greatest art teacher. My creativity is better expressed through a mouse and keyboard than with traditional art supplies; however, I want my children to be artistically more well-rounded than their mother. Spears...
