This article is in collaboration with Vocabulary Cartoons. Truculent: Adjective meaning “inclined toward conflict; eager to fight.” Now repeat this fifty times and write it down another fifty and maybe you’ll remember it when it’s time for the SAT. That was the way I would practice vocabulary words anyway. Dull and sometimes ineffective. Truculent (TRUH … Read more
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 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