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If you are looking for wholesome, yet exciting, action-adventure novels for your older children who might enjoy fantasy stories such as Lord of the Rings you will want to know about The Peleg Chronicles by Matthew Christian Harding. Members of the TOS Crew received copies of Foundlings (Book One of The Peleg Chronicles). It is … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Vocabulary Cartoons. Expanding an individual’s vocabulary is most meaningful when learning new words in context. Memorizing definitions outside of context is difficult. Memorizing lists of words and definitions can add up to little more than struggle and failure. New Monic Books uses an enjoyable and entertaining approach to learning … 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 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