Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance for teens is the homeschool course Lindsey loves to hate. Or more accurately, it seems to be the course she hates to love. About the Foundations in Personal Finance program: This course includes 14+ hours of instructional video on DVD, plus one student workbook. If you have more than [...]

Homeschool computer programming for kids: KidCoder is a self-study science curriculum that teaches kids to write their own computer games and programs. It’s written as an introduction to the field of computer programming for kids 4th grade and older. There is also a TeenCoder program intended for older kids (high schoolers) who already have a [...]

I ran across a living math curriculum a couple of months ago when looking for business math for Lindsey. It was too young for Lindsey, but I had a feeling Kathryn would like it. I didn’t even make a big deal when it came in the mail — I just set it on my desk [...]

My review of Grapevine Bible Studies: Stick-figuring through the Bible. We reviewed Grapevine’s Esther study. A description from the publisher: Travel back in time with your children and teens as they study the book of Esther. Bible students will begin in the ancient Persian Empire, as King Ahasuersus banishes Queen Vashti and begins a search for [...]

We were given the opportunity to use and review Reading Horizons computer program. At first, I didn’t request to be one of the reviewers because we don’t have any struggling readers in our home, but the good folks at RH wanted reviews from all different reading levels, so we took the opportunity to see how [...]

As promised, my review of Teaching Textbooks — with big thanks to Kathryn, our resident expert, for her assistance in making sure I covered all the important points in this review! Teaching Textbooks is a full-year math curriculum that includes a consumable workbook, an answer booklet, and four CDs with step-by-step audiovisual instruction — plus [...]

I know many of us are making curriculum decisions for the coming year, and I’ve had many questions about how we like Winter Promise, so I hope this review will be helpful! A little of our homeschooling history, so you’ll know where we’re coming from: I’m now finishing up my fifth year of homeschooling. All [...]

I have greatly benefited from other blogger’s posts about curriculum they use, so I’m going to start posting occasionally about specific curriculum we use in hopes that someone will benefit from my posts, too! Anyway, this is my third year using Horizons Math with Kathryn. We used Singapore Math her kindergarten year, and Saxon for [...]