JoAnn 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
This article is in collaboration with Vantage Learning. Writing is often a difficult subject for homeschool parents to teach. Uncertainty over how to grade their child’s writing, or a lack of confidence in their own writing abilities are often at the root of this difficulty. Vantage Learning has a solution — My Access! Home Edition. … Read more
There are so many technological advances that we as homeschoolers can take advantage of to aid in the education of our children. From computers to iPods to DVDs and the like, there are a multitude of ways that we can provide an interactive, advanced, and modern education in our homes. This week’s Blog Cruise question … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Peterson Handwriting. The first official review for this Crew year is Peterson Handwriting. Our Port Crew (which primarily reviews products for infants through upper elementary) was divided into three testing groups the print writing, the cursive writing, and the PDF By Hand (which requires the Wacom Digital Tablet). Peterson … Read more