Homeschooling for His Glory

It has been proven that learning a foreign language can do wonders for the development of kids. Finding a program to do that is not an easy task. I am also up for trying new ones and we had that very opportunity come up recently on the crew through Middlebury Interactive Languages . As a French speaker I desire for my kids to speak French, so I always tend to favor French, and therefore got to review the full first semester of the French Course . What is Middlebury Interacive Languages? Middlebury Interactive Languages is an online foreign language course. They offer foreign language learning in Spanish, French, Chinese and German. Some languages cover all grades (K-12), the others start at grade 3 up to grade 12, with some advanced placement courses as well. All of the courses are online so you will need a computer to go through the program. This is an interactive language learning program. It is divided into units, each made up of 6 lessons. Each unit is introduced...

Looking for an attractive, engaging e-learning program for your kids, read on. We recently received a free account from Standard Deviants  Accelerate   to the Standard Deviants Accelerate Homeschool Courses  (SDA) program, and we have thoroughly enjoyed using it. What is SDA?  SDA is an accelerated online learning program. The program offers the following courses: Arithmetic – Grades 3+  Fundamental Math – Grades 4+  Earth Science – Grades 6+  Nutrition – Grades 6+ Algebra – Grades 7+  Biology – Grades 7+  Chemistry – Grades 9+  English Comp. – Grades 9+  U.S. History – Grades 9+  AP* Biology – Grades 11+ AP Chemistry – Grades 11+  AP* U.S. Government & Politics – Grades 11+  AP* U.S. History – Grades 11+ AP  Eng. Composition – Grades 11+ -  *AP stands for Advance Placement What these are are videos with very engaging participants making these topics very interesting. The vid...

I have always struggled with planning and keeping a schedule. My youngest son, on the other end, thrives on schedules and check marks. So, that is why I was more than happy to try a new system for his school organization that catered to his bent.  Here comes My Student Logbook . My Student Logbook is a student planner of a kind, put together by a homeschool mom to help her and her kids keep on track of what needed to be done in their homeschooling. She talks about accountability and peace in the home. She then created her product which she sells at My Student Logbook . You can read her story on her website . So what is My Student Logbook? It is a fold-over logbook where you list all of the tasks, topics, subjects that you want your child to do, and then he/she proceeds to mark them off as he completes them. The genius of it is that as you move along in the weeks, all you have to do each week is flip the page, and you can replace the list page very easily as well by folding ...

Adding the Arts to our homeschool is often a challenge. Music lessons most often seem to be a luxury, yet every one would agree that they offer great benefits to the education and development of our kids. Recently we were privileged to be able to review HomeSchoolPiano - Complete Set of Books put out by HomeSchoolPiano. We receive a lifetime subscription to HomeSchoolPiano -Complete Set of Books for up to 5 students. What a blessing! I hoped to have my violin player get a start on piano, as his theory is not that great, and have my 4th grade level piano player learn some improvisation. So we tried to use this 3 -4 times a day. The details: HomeSchoolPiano is a subscription program that gives you access to online piano lessons. These lessons are suitable for all ages, even adults. Once you purchased a subscription it is for life and you have access the online lessons plus 3 books worth of downloadable music sheets to be printed out for use along with the lessons. The le...

Veritas Press  is a long lasting Christian classical homeschool curriculum company. They have served the homeschool communities for a long time. For the past few weeks, we have been privileged to be reviewing one of their latest products:  Self-Paced History . The Self-Paced History curriculum is an online interactive history program. It consists of 160 lessons per course per year, each covering about 32 important historical events. The full program is chronological and is divided into 5 periods: Old Testament and Ancient Egypt  New Testament, Greece and Rome  Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation  Explorers to 1815  1815 to Present  These courses are best suited to kids in the grammar stage, that is grade 2-6. Tuition for each course year is $199, with a discount of $100 for each additional student. You have a full year to complete the course. Because Self-Paced History is an online program, you will need a computer with ...

I am really excited  to tell you about a Math program that my boys have been enjoying for the past couple of months: CTC Math . Because Math is such an important school subject, I am always intrigued by Math curriculum and always willing to try them out. When the chance to review the 12 month family Plan from CTC Math came up, I jumped on the opportunity. No regrets to report. What is CTC Math? CTC Math is an online Math curriculum that describes itself as an online Math Tutor. It is geared for kids from Kindergarten to High school. How it works: You need a computer, internet access and a log in. The way the program works is that you watch a video with a teacher that explains to you the math concepts. The really neat thing about this program is that you (the student) have full control of the video, that is, you can stop it at any time, rewind, forward etc... Once you complete the video, you have a chance to do a set of exercises (usually 10-20 questions) to help you mas...