Math Rider Review

Members of the Schoolhouse Review Crew have recently had the opportunity to review Math Rider.  This computer-based math game is designed for students ages 6-12 to allow practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts for numbers 1-12.  Rather than a boring pencil and paper drills, the four operations are each practiced and mastered through … Read more

Math U See Review

Math U See is a comprehensive K-12 math curriculum. It was founded over 20 years ago by Steve Demme, a successful math teacher.  Using his combined knowledge of curriculum and teaching experience, he began developing worksheets based on a multi-sensory approach. What sets Math U See apart is the hands on nature of the program. … Read more

Teaching Creatively: Schooling in the Kitchen

  Welcome back to our Teaching Creatively Blog Hop. This week,  80+ members of the Schoolhouse Review Crew are sharing their tips, ideas, and inspiration for bringing more creativity to homeschooling. Today, the focus is on Schooling in the Kitchen. You may be imagining a family doing copywork and math worksheets sitting at the kitchen … Read more

TouchMath Review

TouchMath is a multisensory program that was born from one educator’s experience in the classroom with kids struggling to connect the concrete (3 of an object in front of them) to the abstract (the written number 3.)  She created numerals that have counting points (“TouchPoints”) on them corresponding with the number being learned, so the … Read more

Lone Star Learning Review

Lone Star Learning is a Texas-based company that has educational products developed “by teachers, for teachers”. They have multiple products for many subjects, including math, science and language arts. Our Crew reviewers got to sample a few of their products for this review. Target the Question Digital is an online daily math program for students … Read more