The One Year Adventure Novel curriculum guides students from grades 8-12 through the process of writing a structured, compelling adventure novel over the course of one school year. 78 lessons guide students step by step through a process that ends with the creation of an original, fully structured adventure novel. The One Year Adventure Novel [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
Life in Holland
This category takes its title from the ditty “Welcome to Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley. It’s one of those things well meaning friends like to forward to me from time to time. Since I get to live in Holland with three kids…there are lots of very special, very lovely things to write about. I asked [...]
All About Homophones
All About Spelling has easily been my favorite product discovery since I became a TOS reviewer. A clean presentation, parent friendly and it works! What more could I want? AAS has released an eBook called All About Homophones. Homophones have been a huge difficulty in our language arts studies. Homo means same and phone means [...]
Media Angels: Missing Link Found
The Missing Link Found is written by homeschooler Christina Gerwitz with her mom Felice. It is a Christian creation adventure mystery, part of The Truth Seekers Mystery Series. The story revolves around the Murphy family who find their vacation plans cut short during their vacation in the Florida Keys. The Gerwitz family run Media Angels [...]
Trigger Memory Systems
Times Tales is a mnemonic based program that makes it fun and easy to memorize the upper multiplication facts. It uses simple cartoon stories to help students retain the multiplication facts. It covers the most difficult times tables: 3×6,3×7,3×8,3×9,4×6,4×7,4×8,4×9,6×6,6×7,6×8,6×9, 7×7,7×8,7×9,8×8,8×9,9×9. Okay, I have to admit that I dreaded trying this one. We’re not up to [...]
The Little Man in the Map
“A blank map of the U.S.A. plus your imagination are all you need to learn the states–all fifty in our nation.” A man in the map, a pack of schoolbooks, a mitten, a drinking cup, a longhorn chair and Old Man winter are just a few of the imaginative cues that Andrew Martonyi and Ed [...]
Puppetools
Puppetools is the creation of Jeffrey Peyton, an inventor, scientist and play pioneer. The site is dedicated to depicting the art of puppetry as a learning and communication media. Mr. Peyton feels that our culture has lost sight of the creativity and energy in education and believes that puppets can be an important part of [...]
Core Learning
Core Learning is an educational publisher of software, books, multi-curricular projects and online learning applications. Based in Philadelphia, PA, its curriculum content is designed to address national and major state curriculum standards applicable to the K-12 education market. Core Learning’s mission is to provide effective learning solutions for the development of fundamental knowledge and skills. [...]
