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Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.

My son is in eight grade but is already taking some high school courses. We were excited to get a jump start on his high school credits with the Economics Online Course Bundle from Boundary Stone.

The Economics Online Course Bundle includes the following:

• Basic Economics 4th ed. textbook
• 12 month Student access to online course
• 12 month Student access to Budget Mini-course

My son has been working diligently at the program for the past few weeks during this review period and he is already 34% of the way through the course. I always love visual reminders of progress.

When he completes a quiz or a test, the program emails me so that I know he has completed it. He does have the option to retake tests and quizzes if he doesn’t like his grade. It’s very easy to keep track of his progress by just logging in and seeing where he is at.

Boundary Stone is self-paced and grades automatically, making my life a lot easier as a homeschooling mom.

There are many topics covered, but here are a few that are worth pointing out:

• Fallacy of Abundance
• Theft/Redistribution
• Monopoly
• Government obstacles to trade
• Profit and Loss
• Building a business
• Labor Unions
• Supply and demand

Since he has begun the program, my son has been asking more about the stock market and has begun researching that on his own and how to further wealth.

Here are my son’s thoughts on this program:

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Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.

The relationship between a mother and a daughter is so precious. I have been blessed with three beautiful daughters (and two handsome boys, as well). When my oldest daughter, who is now 17, was younger, we would do devotions together. I have always enjoyed precious time with all of my children. The past few weeks, my 2 younger daughters and I have been checking out The Adventures of Rooney Cruz RINGLEADERS from Truth Becomes Her.

We were sent 4 books from this company. We were given:

• The Adventures of Rooney Cruz RINGLEADERS
• RINGLEADERS: A Devotion for Girls
• RINGLEADERS Coloring Book
• RINGLEADERS: Journal for Mothers and Daughters

The Adventures of Rooney Cruz RINGLEADERS follows the journey of six New Testament women whose stories proclaim the hope of Jesus to the generations. The main character, Rooney Cruz, learns about five superpowers that has has: Prayer, Patience, Bravery, Loyalty, and Leadership. Written by Erin Weidemann, this book helps to share the gosepl between mothers and daughters.

I have been reading The Adventures of Rooney Cruz RINGLEADERS with my 11 and 9 year old daughters. There are nine chapters in the book and we chose to do about three or four a week, although my daughters would have loved a faster pace. I wanted to stretch it out a bit for them. Once we finished reading, I’ve noticed the girls picking it up often to reread about Rooney’s adventures. Although this series is geared toward girls, I feel like this would be a fine read-aloud for the whole family.

RINGLEADERS: A Devotion for Girls has 40 days of devotions included. Each day could have some Bible reading, an activity, questions, art, or more. There are lines to write in the book, or you could just discuss the answers out loud, which is what we chose to do. Day 13 was especially interesting to work on as it talks about obeying parents and why our life is better if we obey parents. That opened up some great discussions for our home.

The coloring book was fun, too. The girls have taken turns coloring pages during our free-art time during the week.

One item that I have especially enjoyed is the RINGLEADERS Journal for Mothers and Daughters. There are spaces for mom to write things and open up to her daughters and vice versa. There are also spaces for drawings and writing notes to each other. I think this is an item we will come to treasure over the years.

For more information, visit The Adventures of Rooney Cruz RINGLEADERS on their website. You can also find out more on Facebook and Instagram.

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Walmart has many items currently on sale for an early Black Friday sale. One to check out is this Lenovo Ideapad 3 for only $149, down from $319.99! This is great for students at home now for homeschool or as an extra computer.

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.

A few years back, we were introduced to Drive Thru History® Adventures and David Stotts through their DVDs. They are now moving online with some great resources!

Our family has been super excited to start using the new Bible Unearthed from Drive Thru History® Adventures.

Bible Unearthed is an online program that includes videos, exclusive course guides, and a Drive Thru History community! You could easily use this program as a curriculum for homeschool or to just enhance Biblical knowledge and history. Our family is using it just for knowledge purposes.

This Drive Thru History® Adventures program includes the following videos and worksheets to go alongside to help enhance learning:

1. What is Archaeology?
2. The Impact of Archaeology
3. Locating Archaeological Sites
4. The Life of an Archaeologist
5. What’s Being Discovered Today?
6. Archaeological Mysteries
7. Top Discoveries in Bible Archaeology
8. Getting Involved with Archaeology
9. Trends in Archaeology
10. Weird Archaeology
11. Accidental Discoveries in Archaeology
12. What’s Left to Be Discovered?

Typical Drive Thru History® Adventures videos feature David Stotts traveling all over the world finding Biblical evidence. These videos are more of a discussion of archaeological aspects between peers and less of cruising the world looking at sites, but that doesn’t make it any less interesting.

As my family has been watching the videos, we take the time afterward to pull up the worksheets and discuss the answers. If we are stumped, answer keys are provided.

These videos are so interesting that the kids often beg to watch more than one at a time!

We have been very intrigued by the facts presented in the videos. These videos help both kids and adults see the Biblical references and the actual location or historical objects involved to give substance to passages in the Bible. We don’t have the opportunity to travel overseas, but with Drive Thru History® Adventures, we don’t have to! All the fun and information is brought safely to our living room.

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Happy Monday! We had an interesting weekend. This was supposed to be my husband’s work weekend, but instead he took a trip to urgent care for a torn or injured distal bicep tendon. It was a ridiculous injury where my husband and I collided after we turned off the lights to go to bed and our eyes were adjusting. Crazy, huh? He’s out of work for a bit, so this should be an interesting season for us. I appreciate you shopping through my links and sharing posts as this is how I help supplement the family’s income and homeschool our crew.

Here goes our meals for the week:

Monday: Chicken Pot Pie

Tuesday: White Chicken Chili

Wednesday: Burgers

Thursday: Chicken Quesidillas

Friday: Grilled sandwiches and soup

Saturday: Chili

Sunday: Eggs, sausage, biscuits

Washington Farms in Watkinsville, GA is one of our favorite places to visit each fall. They are packed full of outdoor fall farm activities and a pumpkin patch. They also offer deals for teachers and first responders.

This year, Teacher Appreciation and Hometown Hero Weekends are September 19-20th, and 25th-27th. Teachers will receive free admission with school id, paystub, or homeschool certificate.

US Military, Fire, Law Enforcement, and EMS Personnel receive free admission and 50% off for immediate family members with service ID.

That means as a law enforcement family and homeschooling family, both my husband and I get in free and then half off for the kids.

For more information, please check out the Washington Farms website.

You can actually get your tickets on their website to save time and avoid lines! Simply select the date you want to visit and then select “Teachers”, “Heroes”, or “Heroes Family” ticket options and check out. Remember to bring your ID and info with you to show at the booth!

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.

Throughout our homeschooling years, all of my children have used various online programs. One that has always been used in their younger years is Reading Eggs from Blake eLearning Inc.

For review purposes, we have been using Reading Eggs with my 5th grader, 4th grader, and Kindergartener. This program is geared toward children ages 2-13. Even though the title implies reading skills, Reading Eggs is far more than just simply learning letters and sounds.

The program offers MathSeeds, Reading Eggs, Reading Eggs Junior, Reading Eggspress, and Fast Phonics. All of these programs are available both on a computer and as an app. I’m always a fan of programs with an app feature!

My Kindergartener has been working on Reading Eggs and MathSeeds during the review period. We use it as a reward a few times a week for when he completes his book work for the day. He’s then given time to work on his Reading Eggs program. My son’s favorite part of the program is actually MathSeeds, where he is learning numbers, number words, and shapes. He also likes working on ReadingEggs to practice site words. After completing lessons, he is given a quiz to go over what he has learned so far. There were a few times that I would have to help him on the quiz because he was in a rush to move along and missed a few things. Once I reminded him to slow down, he was able to move along again. Above, you can see him putting together sentences based on what the app is telling him.

My 5th grader prefers working on Reading Eggspress, where she reads stories and answers questions afterward. She also states that she likes having the avatar so that she can change their outfits often. Through different activities, the kids earn golden eggs that they can redeem toward virtual prizes. On their dashboard, they can spend those by simply clicking on Plaza and then shopping.

For my Fourth grader, she’s also a fan of Math Seeds. Out of my kids, she’s probably the one that likes reading the least, but she enjoys this program. She says that Reading Eggs helps make reading fun for her. It’s not just reading, though. For example, with the screen shot above, she was learning about the “point of view” in writing. It did an excellent job teaching about who is telling a particular story.

Beyond just an online program, members also have access to a Homeschool Program Guide to help shape and schedule learning for Kindergarten-2nd grade students.  There are a bunch of printables available to members as well.

Overall, we are fans. Reading Eggs definitely is one of our go-to programs for the kids and we are excited to continue working through their programs with our younger kids.

Interested in trying it out?  Reading Eggs is currently offering a FREE 30 Day Trial so you can see if it is a fit for your family.  It’s one that I plan to continue with my younger kids until they master all of the concepts.

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Happy Monday! This week, we are celebrating our baby turning FIVE! How is that even possible? This past weekend, my son and my husband went to the Currahee Military Museum up in Toccoa with their Trail Life Troop to learn about paratroopers. They had a great time and would definitely recommend others visiting there.

We’ve completed 23 days of school and it’s going really well! Proud of my kiddos! Hope you all have a great school year whether you are new to homeschooling, old to homeschooling, or are public schooling. Have a great week!

Monday: Pizza

Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pie

Wednesday: Hot dogs, homemade mac and cheese

Thursday: Lentil soup

Friday: Burgers

Saturday: Grilled chicken

Sunday: Leftovers or fix your own dinner

Lots of friends are switching to online school or homeschool now. I’ve had several ask me how to keep their kids safe since they are online more. One way to keep safe is with CovenantEyes.

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When my older kids were younger, we joined a homeschool co-op , where they were taught the Institute for Excellence in Writing® curriculum. I felt it was greatly beneficial to their writing and wanted to continue it for the other kids. I haven’t been able to find a class for the littles, so I was super excited to have the chance to review  Structure and Style® for Students Year 1 Level A from Institute for Excellence in Writing®.

Structure and Style® for Students is a 24 week writing curriculum that is taught via an online or dvd video course. IEW® provides daily assignments that include literary elements, vocabulary words, and help to improve writing. This course has lesson plans for five days per week. These plans include watching the videos, outlining, writing, peer editing, re-writing, and presenting.

The Structure and Style® for Students Year 1 Level A that we reviewed is geared toward 3rd-5th graders. The program includes a student binder, teacher’s manual, 24 DVDS or 24 Forever Streaming Videos. We received the Forever Streaming Videos. I am glad for that option so I can continue using this with my youngest when he’s ready for the program.

Throughout the summer, I have been using Structure and Style® for Students Year 1 Level A with my 4th and 5th graders. I think working through this program together has been a great fit for my girls. One of our favorite weeks included the fable of The Fox and the Stork, and we will feature that week’s lessons in this review. Below you can see how a typical week goes through this program:

On Mondays, they watch part of a video and write their Key Word Outline (KWO) for that week’s literary piece. On Tuesdays they will watch the rest of the video and test their KWO by retelling it out loud to each other or to myself or another sibling. From there, they work on adding adverb dress-ups or other descriptive words to enhance their writing. Wednesdays, they write their summary of the literary piece, including the adverbs they added. After it is written, the girls read their paper out loud, which catches some errors in their writing. Then my girls swap with each other for peer editing. Once they have looked over each other’s papers, I collect them to add a little extra editing where needed. Thursday is the day to write out the final draft and make any final changes. Friday it’s turned in!

Very little teacher prep is needed in order to start this program each week, which is perfect for our busy homeschool. It also doesn’t require a large involvement from me since they are watching the teacher on the videos. The kids find the teacher quirky and fun and do not mind watching the lessons.

Below you can see the rough draft of my 4th grader’s work before any editing has taken place. The program recommends writing in pen and skipping lines to add in any corrections.

We have been very pleased with our experience and I know the girls are learning more about writing in a wonderful way. I plan to get Level B for next school year and continue using this curriculum for them. So thankful for a great way for them to learn IEW® at home.

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