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Spelling You See as experienced by a mom and with a young daughter who needed to build confidence in her spelling abilities: My daughter, Tori, and I reviewed Spelling You See: Jack and Jill (Level B). I hoped Spelling You See would help give my daughter confidence in her reading and spelling, and it has been…
The kids and I had loads of fun reviewing Thrively! Thrively is a fun assessment and delight-driven database of educational activities for students and parents. Here’s some basic information about how it works. You can also find this information on Thrively’s site. Thrively is completely free! You simply go to their site and create an…
All moms, homeschool moms especially, want to fully understand their children’s strengths so that they can be better parents (or teachers) and their children can be better learners. Sounds simple, right? For a community that relies on tools in order to create a space where kids can grow and thrive, there is surprisingly little out…
I fell in love with using magnetic pom poms in school when my youngest was three. If you search anywhere online, then you are bound to find them being used in some manner as math manipulatives or just fun play tools for young children. As my youngest became older, a whopping seven years old, the…
The vernal equinox is the time when planet earth has tilted such that the sun passes out of the southern hemisphere and becomes dominant again in the northern hemisphere. The light is not always equally distributed around planet earth, and that’s like the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we can feel him tugging hard at us, and…
Kids are like sponges. I’m amazed at what my kids manage to soak up from the world around them (sometimes good, sometimes not so good), and even more amazed by what they remember, especially during the times when I don’t even think they are paying attention. Childhood is the perfect time to have our kids…
Song School Latin Book 1 Program is a wonderful way to introduce your K-3rd graders to Latin! It’s fun for the student, easy for the teacher, and is great for teaching multiple children at the same time. Below you’ll find 3 reviews from 3 of our Hip Homeschool Moms team members. They were each provided…
Two of our team members were recently given the Writing & Rhetoric Book 1 and Book 2 by Classical Academic Press to use in their own homeschools and to review for you! This writing program is different than others in that, instead of simply providing a topic and having the student write on it (which is…
What child isn’t fascinated with snow? At the first sight of snow falling, my kids’ excitement goes through the roof and they start making plans to head out to make snow angels, snowballs, and snow forts. I’ll admit, I’m not a fan of bundling up all the kids (and then un-bundling them when they have…
In January 2009 as President Obama was preparing to be sworn in as President of the United States, he was also visiting with wounded troops to commemorate MLK Jr. Day. He is quoted as saying: “As we honor that legacy, it’s not a day just to pause and reflect — it’s a day to act,”…
Although Ben Franklin’s kite experiment resulted in the invention of the lightning rod which helps keep lighting from destroying our homes, that is not an experiment we want our children to try because it can be fatal. But the notion that there are negative and positive forces all around us can tell our students to…
Louanne’s Computer App Info The Splash Math Program is currently used by more than 4 million kids to improve math skills and scores. The program has won several educational awards in the last 3 years. The program reinforces math concepts with self-paced and adaptive practice anytime, anywhere (works on iPad, laptops and desktops). They offer…
