When the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew was offered a book published and offered by Apologia Educational Ministries titled Flourish: Balance for Homeschool Moms by Mary Jo Tate, I all but begged to be on the review. Having never been disappointed by anything from Apologia and finding the title of this book intriguing and perhaps […]

For the past eight weeks, Eden and I have been working on a review from WriteShop as part of a review for the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew. We received a digital copies of WriteShop Junior Book E with the Teacher’s Guide, Junior Book E Activity Pack with Fold-N-Go Grammar, Time Saver Pack, and Junior Writer’s […]

Six weeks ago, I received a course from Veritas Press in their Self-Paced History for Eden (age 9) to work through titled Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation as part of a review for the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s review crew. She has completed 27 lessons in that time. Intended for grades 2nd-6th, Eden fell squarely into this category, […]

Several weeks ago, I received two DVDs from Library and Educational Services in their Go Science series, the first was Volume 2: Life Science, Weather, and the second was Volume 7: Engineering, Design, Flight. These are fun science DVDs that add a bit extra to our current science curriculum and provided about an hour of […]

For about seven weeks now, we’ve been starting our weekdays with We Choose Virtues. As part of a TOS Review, I received their Parenting Cards (a physical copy – I chose NIV, but they also offer a King James Old Testament-only format) and a file full of downloadable material as well – that included a Kids […]

About a month and a half ago, I received a year’s subscription to LearningPalette.com from Learning Wrap ups as part of a review for the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew. I signed Ruby, age five and having just finished Kindergarten, and Sterling, age 7 and having just finished first grade, up. Both children worked in both Basic […]

 Kinder Cottage Publishing has taken many older children’s books, edited them to update the English to what we understand today, and offered them in adorable little hardcover books. To review, I received The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Peter Rabbit at the Farm. Both titles are offered for just $4 each and, at five inches […]

I’ve read A Life in Balance, a book of about 200 pages from Learning Breakthrough Program as part of the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew. It’s written by Frank Belgau (as told to Eric Belgau) and details Frank Belgau’s life in biography form as he works with kids who struggle with learning, then details what […]

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew has been working on a review for Progeny Press for the last many weeks. As part of the review, I received two downloads to review, Little House in the Big Woods – The E-Guide for grades 3-5, and Uncle Jed’s Barbershop – E Guide for grades K-3. Both E-Guides are […]

As part of the Review Crew for Old Schoolhouse Magazine, I’ve been given to use and review a 12 Month Family Plan membership to CTC Math, an online math tutoring program. I had Ruby, Sterling, Liberty, and Eden each work in their current grade level four days a week. They took quizzes to figure out […]