Math

Several months ago, Critical Thinking sent their Building Thinking Skills books out for the Crew to review (you can read those review here).  Now, they have shipped again – this time sending their books from their Mathematical Reasoning series.  Crew members with children in the appropriate age range received one of the following books for … Read more

I don’t know if I’m a “typical” homeschool mom (or even if there is such a thing), but math is definitely one of the subjects that I struggle to teach, even though I got good grades in math.  I’ll admit, it’s not my favorite subject, so I’m glad to have a close family member who … Read more

This article is in collaboration with Math Mammoth. Have you heard of Math Mammoth?  I have – we have used several Math Mammoth workbooks with my children in our homeschooling over the years, and I have always been impressed.  If you’re looking for bargain math materials that are good quality and thorough, then Math Mammoth may … Read more

This article is in collaboration with ALEKS. The Homeschool Crew looked over ALEKS.  I’m not extremely familiar with ALEKS, so I’m just going to copy and paste the information from their website here: What is ALEKS? ALEKS is a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine … Read more

Having trouble teaching the multiplication facts to your children?  What about basic housecleaning – have you been looking for a way to get your children involved but just don’t know where to start?  Then, look no further than Trigger Memory Systems – they have JUST what you need!   Each member of the Homeschool Crew will … Read more