JoAnn This article is in collaboration with I See Cards. Practicing math facts can be dry and boring, and a chore students learn to dread and put off. PyraMath takes the dry and boring out of practicing math facts and removes it from the chore list! PyraMath from I See Cards is a comprehensive interactive arithmetic … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Math Essentials. According to the Math Essentials website, only 4 out of 10 eighth graders are proficient in math. By 12th grade, that drops to only 2 out of 10. Rick Fisher, a math teacher in San Jose, CA, created Math Essentials and America’s Math Teacher to address that … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Math Tutor DVD. Math Tutor DVDs are designed to help students succeed in Math. This award winning company guarantees results, offers the #1 selling Math DVDs and is used in libraries and schools. TOS Crew members received 2 DVDs for review: 1. Pre-Algebra Volume 1 Total Run Time 5 … Read more
This week’s Blog Cruise topic can be a touchy one for some. Sometimes when we choose the road less traveled, others, even our own friends and family, like to voice their opinion about it. Sometimes that opinion can be negative and not so encouraging. This week’s question is, How do you respond to family or … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Time4Learning. Last year many of the TOS Homeschool Crew members reviewed Time4Learning, a great online program that can either be used as your core homeschool curriculum or be used to supplement your existing program. My children loved it. We were thrilled that Time4Learning was one of the vendors this … Read more