Activity Bags

This article is in collaboration with Activity Bags. For the past few weeks, the Review Crew has had the pleasure of reviewing many products from Activity Bags.  The products reviewed include the following: Science Experiments in a Bag E-Book 1: This book provides examples of 25 simple science experiments in Biology, General Science, and Nature … Read more

Kinderbach Reviews

Kinderbach is a familiar name in piano introduction for young beginners in home education.  Their online program, uses playful characters to teach note reading, rhythm, singing, and composition.  It is child paced, has music theory games, and comes with lots of fun printables. But wait! There’s a great new addition to the Kinderbach family! This year, … Read more

Music Together Reviews

This article is in collaboration with Music Together. According to their website, “Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, first and second graders, and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood … Read more

Speekee TV

This article is in collaboration with Speekee. Speekee uses a mixture of children filmed on location in Spain with puppets to teach Spanish in an immersion approach.   Each video has a theme (e.g. El Cafe, El Zoo, etc.) with consistency in format.  This repetition within each program helps the kids to learn key words and … Read more

Before Five in a Row Reviews

This article is in collaboration with Before Five in a Row. For years, home educators have loved the Five in a Row approach to learning, a plan where the parent and child reads the same book aloud for five days in a row. After each reading, they discuss various aspects of the story or complete … Read more

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