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You Need This Free App!
Update 4/22/18: I no longer recommend this app. See followup: Betrayal by Think Dirty App Toxins, toxins, everywhere! I took a trip to Target this week (without kids!!), and went to town scanning things with my new Think Dirty app. I knew most of the cleaners and personal care products weren’t good, BUT I didn’t know they were THIS BAD! I was HORRIFIED. I wanted to show everyone my app, and scan what they were buying for them. I also didn’t want to creep people out or get kicked out of the store <sic> so I refrained. Ugh. NO WONDER America is in a health…
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Review: Two Fun Games from USAopoly!
We LOVE playing games at my house, and I’m thrilled that my kids are now getting old enough to play that will engage me as well! We jumped at the opportunity to review two games for USAopoly, and they sent us Wonky: The Crazy Cubes Card Game and Tapple: Fast Word Fun for Everyone to play and review. The kids dived into the Tapple: Fast Word Fun for Everyone game first and were hilarious to watch! Super D picked a category card, and tapped the timer button to start the game. He then had 10 seconds to give an answer that matched the category, tap the Tapple letter button, and…
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Review: Eric Liddell, Something Greater Than Gold
The YWAM series of Christian Heroes is one of my favorites. I remember reading them when I was younger, and I am so excited to introduce them to my son! YWAM’s Christian Heroes series has over 70 titles, and we were given the opportunity to review Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold from the Christian Heroes: Then and Now Series by YWAM Publishing. Many titles also include a Study Guide and this selection was no exception. (Our study guide got lost in the mail, and we didn’t have time to review it for the purpose of this post. 🙁 🙁 I’ll update this when it arrives and we spend…
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Homeopathic Immunizations and Why You Should Consider Them
Discussion about vaccinations can quickly become heated, and so it’s not something I’ve ever addressed on this blog before. No matter where you are on the broad spectrum of opinion, I think we can all agree that helping people gain immunity from disease is a good thing. And that’s the underlying purpose of vaccinations. Things start to get messy when you factor in valid concerns about vaccine injury and that, because of the National Child Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, vaccine manufacturers have ZERO liability. (Wouldn’t that name make you think it’s supposed to protect CHILDREN?? But I digress.) I wouldn’t buy anything from a manufacturer who hides…
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Review: Funtastic Science Unit Studies for Homeschoolers and Teachers
Science is one of my favorite subjects! I was a science major in college and enjoy passing the love of science on to my kids. It’s a subject we haven’t specifically focused on a lot, so I was excited to receive a copy of Science Unit Studies for Homeschoolers and Teachers from Funtastic Unit Studies. Susan Kilbride is a homeschooling mom with a degree in biology. She noticed that lots of homeschool moms feel uncomfortable teaching science to their kids, so she decided to help! Her unit study book is a fantastic answer! It includes twenty different chapters. Ten chapters are geared for ages 4-7, and the other…
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With Lee in Virginia: Audio Adventure Review!
I love the way audiobooks can bring stories to life and captivate kids! For the most part, I don’t enjoy reading out loud, so audiobooks are a perfect solution for us! Heirloom Audio Productions offered us the opportunity to review With Lee in Virginia earlier this summer. I’ve been intrigued by their previous productions including In Freedom’s Cause, and so was eager to give this audio adventure a listen. They sent us a beautiful 2 cd set, containing over 2 hours of audio. Heirloom Audio Productions focus on several important aspects in their productions that definitely set them apart. First, they believe that history demonstrates God’s sovereignty…
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Homeschool Planet (Online Homeschool Planner) Review
Homeschool Buyers Co-op is a homeschool online discount curriculum store! I love finding good deals there! They are homeschoolers themselves and dedicated to finding good resources for homeschooling families. They saw the need for a homeschool planner that was thorough, but where you didn’t pull your hair out using it. So, they developed an online, mobile-friendly planner called Homeschool Planet. I was given a year’s subscription for the purpose of this review, and I look forward to using it to help keep us on point. Like a lot of homeschooling moms, I juggle a lot, and I’d like to use this program for some built-in accountability for getting…
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CTC Math Online Review
CTC Math is a very thorough online math program! They offer math lessons for kids that attend school somewhere, and for homeschoolers. Their materials for homeschoolers cover a core curriculum, and could be used as a base program. We were given access to their 12 month Family Plan, which gives us access to all the grade levels, for up to ten students! They are NOT based on Common Core. 🙂 CTC Math offers a wide variety of curriculum options, all broken down into manageable sections. Their instruction begins with kindergarten, goes all the way through elementary school, and includes more intimidating subjects like Algebra, Algebra II,…
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A Busy Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Daylight Review
Motherhood is busy. There’s no doubt about it. Heidi St. John, in her book A Busy Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Daylight by Real Life Press, extends a lifeline to harried homeschool moms who are trying, every day, to give their kids a solid education that will prepare them well for life outside the nest, and do all the other things that moms do like cleaning, laundry, making dinner, and, let’s not forget, being a wife and a friend. This tidy volume is just the right length. It’s not so brief that it leaves out important aspects of life & homeschooling, but it’s not so long that a busy mom can’t find…
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Help Fund an Orphanage in Sierra Leone!
My friend Lindsay and her husband, Kevin, started a children’s clothing line last summer called Wazziwoo. This month, they are doing something special to help orphans in Sierra Leone. Wazziwoo is excited to announce a beautiful partnership with our dear friends at Touch the Nations! For the month of April, 10% of all proceeds will go towards their newest initiative to build an orphanage for Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone. We, at Wazziwoo, have BIG hearts for the littles of this world, especially those without an earthly mom and dad. So we are honored to play a small role in providing a home and family for these sweet ones…
