Reviews

These are my own opinions of curriculum and resources that we have used in our homeschool.   Many of the items we have chosen and purchased after our own research, while others were reviewed as part of the Homeschool Review Crew.

Art:

• ARTistic Pursuits - Middle School Book 1 (TOS Review)
• Stopmotion Explosion Animation Kit (TOS Review)
• ArtAchieve (TOS Review)

 

Books / Novels

• The Glass Castle (YA Novel) (TOS Review)

 

Foreign Language:

• First Form Greek - Memoria Press (TOS Review)
• First Form Latin - Memoria Press (TOS Review)
• Latin for Children, Primer A (updated June 2013)
• Middlebury Interactive - High School German 1 (TOS Review)

History / Social Studies & Geography

• Home School in the Woods:
  
  • Project Passport: Ancient Greece (TOS Review)
  • Project Passport: The Middle Ages 
  • Project Passport: Ancient Egypt (TOS Review)
  • Hands on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections (TOS Review)
• Heirloom Audio Productions (Audio Dramas):
  
  • In Freedom's Cause (TOS Review) 
  • With Lee in Virginia (TOS Review) 
  • The Dragon and the Raven (TOS Review)
  • Beric the Briton (TOS Review)
    
  • In the Reign of Terror (TOS Review)
  • Captain Bayley's Heir (TOS Review)
• Memoria Press:
  
  • Famous Men of Rome Set (TOS Review)
• General History Resources:
  
  • Drive Thru History Adventures (TOS Review)
  • Drive Thru History - "The Gospels" (TOS Review)
  • Heritage History 
  • Profiles from History
• U.S. History:
  
  • Heroes of History - John Adams (TOS Review)
  • U.S. History Detective Book 1 (TOS Review)
  • Heroes of History - George Washington (TOS Review) 
  • Our America Series: The Pilgrim Adventure & Our America Series
• Geography:
  
  • Drawing Around the World: Europe (TOS Review)
• Unit Studies:
  
  • Homeschool Legacy - Knights & Nobles Unit Study (TOS Review)
• Grade Level History :
  
  • Alpha Omega LIFEPAC -  5th Grade History
  • BJU Heritage Studies 5

Health

• How You Are Changing - Girl's Edition 

Language Arts

• Vocabulary / Spelling
  
  • Ready to Teach - Greek Morphemes Lessons (It's NOT Greek to Me!) (TOS Review)
  • IEW Phonetic Zoo C (TOS Review) 
  • Dynamic Literacy - WordBuild: Elements 1 (TOS Review)
• Writing
  
  • High School Essay Intensive - IEW (TOS Review)
  • Writers in Residence - Apologia (TOS Review)
  • IEW -Teaching Writing Structure & Style/ Student Writing Intensive B (TOS Review)
• Literature:
  
  • Illuminating Literature: Characters in Crisis (TOS Review)
  • Macbeth - Progeny Press (TOS Review)
  • Lightning Literature - Shakespeare Tragedies (TOS Review)
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel - Progeny Press (TOS Review)
  • 9th Grade Literature Set - Memoria Press (TOS Review)
  • Illuminating Literature: When Worlds Collide (TOS Review) 
  • Introduction to Poetry: Forms and Elements - Progeny Press (TOS Review)
• General LA
  
  • Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization - IEW (TOS Review)

Logic & Philosophy

• Traditional Logic I - Memoria Press (TOS Review)

 

Math

• Stinky Kid Math (TOS Review)
• CTC Math (TOS Review) 
• Shape Whiz Geometry Game (TOS Review)

Music

• Maestro Classics - The Nutcracker (TOS Review)
• PianoWithWillie by JazzEdge (TOS Review)

Online Learning (Multiple Subjects)

• Digital Savvy - CompuScholar, Inc (TOS Review)
• HelpTeaching.com (TOS Review) 
• NotebookingPages.com (TOS Review)
• Star Toaster - Orphs of the Woodlands (TOS Review)

 

Religion / Bible Study

• Grapevine Studies - New Testament Part 1, Level 4 (TOS Review)
• Grapevine Studies - Old Testament 1, Level 4 (TOS Review)

 

Science

• Marine Biology 2nd Edition- Apologia (TOS Review)
• Chemistry 101 (TOS Review)
• Living Waters: Intelligent Design in the Oceans of the Earth DVD (TOS Review)
• Science Unit Studies for Homeschoolers and Teachers (TOS Review)
• Fascinating Physics (TOS Review)
• Apologia Exploring Creation Field Trip Journal (TOS Review)
• Visual Learning Systems - Digital Science Online (TOS Review)
• Biology for the Logic Stage - Elemental Science
• Lapbooking Through the Periodic Table - Elemental Science