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 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
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