This blog is my attempt to document our busy but BLESSED lives raising and educating our children for His glory. A child of God, wife to one, and mom to6 fabulous kids. We are in our 17th year of homeschooling using a Classical ~ Literature based approach. Come along for the good, the bad & the ugly.
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. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with FTC Regulations.
Happy Friday friends! Earlier this year when we weren’t sure if Micah would have the chance to play baseball we began thinking of other sporting options he could pursue. He showed interest in learning Karate so we began researching places to join. Unfortunately, many of the local studios were not open again because of the pandemic. Thankfully, we were offered a chance to review the Family Mixed Martial Arts Videos Preschool Mixed Martial Arts from Family Mixed Martial Arts Videos.
Family Mixed Martial Arts was created by Niall Yamane from Alabama and is designed for children aged four to seven years old. His homeschool fitness course gives you access to his complete Mixed Martial Arts training. With your membership, your student will be taught self-defense, posture, good sportsmanship, respect, self-discipline, and independence all the while developing balance, coordination, and gross motor skills.
The Family Mixed Martial Arts programs sixteen lessons in the course are taught and demonstrated by the cheerful, Ms. Cheryl, and her child helper. Everything is thoroughly explained and demonstrated before your children are asked to perform any movements. Lessons on proper posture and form are included as well as warm-up drills, stretching, and lessons on character development.
The best part of this program is that you don’t need to have any fancy equipment to do the lessons in your home! Simply log on to the internet on your computer or smart TV and access your account and the 21 lesson videos. Props and accessories that are needed are easily substituted. For example on exercise calls for a Boogie Board. We personally do not own a Boogie Board, but a towel spread out on the floor is a suitable substitute for the exercise.
Each fifteen minute lesson within the program is broken down into smaller section chunks. These sections are short videos that are between two to five minutes in length. The format follows the same flow of a warm-up, Mixed Martial Art technique to be covered, a lesson on character building, review and game section, and finally a fun exercise to finish the lesson. The full course is directed towards the child but there is some parental involvement needed during some of the lessons. Nothing too strenuous, just the child needing a “parent partner” to help with a game.
Using this Family Mixed Martial Arts course was super easy with Micah! Typically, we would use these lessons before we started our school day to help him get his wiggles out. Since this is a mastery-based program we watched several of the lessons more than once and we completed the lessons at his pace focusing on overall physical fitness and building his self-confidence.
Micah did really well with this program, I am super pleased! I really liked how the program focused not just on fitness, but of building the character of the child. Reinforcing this valuable life skill makes this homeschool fitness program a huge success in my book. Family Mixed Martial Arts makes homeschool fitness easy with their Preschool Mixed Martial Arts, but don’t just take my word for it! Be sure to click the banner below and read the reviews and thoughts of my thirteen CrewMates who also had the chance to use the Family Mixed Martial Arts Videos Preschool Mixed Martial Arts.
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. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with FTC Regulations.
Hi there! Today I am excited to tell you about the homeschool spelling curriculum we have been using with Micah, my 6 year old, since January. It’s called Superstar Spelling from The Crafty Classroom and it has helped him to learn to spell his weekly spelling words in a fun way!
The Crafty Classroom is the brainchild of Valerie McClintick who produces top quality educational resources for math, reading, science, alphabet, Bible, writing, and more! All of her products are priced affordably so you are not going to break the bank getting quality curriculum material. We received a digital download PDF of the editable spelling curriculum designed for children in Kindergarten to grade 5.
The best feature of the Superstar Spelling Program is that it is editable! Meaning you can choose 20 of your own spelling words to input and the program will automatically generate a customized spelling list. The included worksheets pages cover the important spelling lessons including: Syllables ~ Vowels ~ ABC Order ~ Beginning Letters
This multi-sensory spelling program has a clear set routine so it takes the guess work out of what should be done each day. With over 30 differentiated activity pages across the five school days you will have plenty of hands-on spelling activities to choose from to help your student learn to spell. And for the busy moms with multiple ages, it is NO-Prep. Just type the list once and your words are generated in black and white for all the activity pages.
Using this with Micah was so easy! I simply downloaded the PDF curriculum and saved it to my MAC desktop. Then I opened it up in my Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to enable editing. Just an FYI, If you open the file in a browser or a different program you will not be able to edit. The PDF file gives you a link to download a free copy of Adobe Reader as well.
Then I simply typed in Micah’s wordlist into the correct numbered boxes. I really liked that the longer words would automatically resize to fit the space properly. There is space for 20 words for each list. The spelling curriculum we are using only includes 15 words each week for a 1st grader. It did cause a few problems on some of the activity pages by leaving blanks for those missing words. Not a huge deal on our end though! I simply took words from the previous week that he may have missed and plugged them in for extra review.
Because there are so many worksheet activities to choose from Micah just did one worksheet each day over the course of the review period. The Alphabetical order, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Gumball Dab & Spell activities were some of his favorites to complete.
I also printed a few of the worksheets for my 5th grader, McKenzie, who is not a strong speller. She enjoyed the hands-on aspect of the worksheets and did not feel they were too “babyish” for her. I definitely saw improvement in her spelling tests each week when she utilized using these worksheets.
Overall, this is another great Curriculum product from The Crafty Classroom! We have used several of the products offered by The Craft Classroom in our homeschool, either through review or ones we have purchased separately. This site is my first go-to when I am searching for anything from Alphabet, Bible, Fine Motor, Geography, Math, Reading, or Writing!
I think The Crafty Classroom offers quality, affordable, homeschool curriculum that won’t break the budget! But don’t just take my word for it, be sure to click the banner below to read the reviews from 24 of my CrewMates who reviewed the Superstar Spelling curriculum as well as the other two products reviewed, Fine Motor Alphabet Bundle and the Tracing Bundle.
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. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with FTC Regulations.
Happy Friday friends! In our house February and March are spent writing the yearly research paper for my middle and high school students. Writing can be a daunting task for many students, there is a lot to remember in the writing process because the subject covers so much ground. However, knowing how to write well is an essential life skill for all students. If you are looking for a writing reference tool for your middle or high school student, be sure to check out Excellence in Literature Handbook for Writers from Everyday Education.
The Excellence in Literature Handbook for Writers is based on the work by Ian Johnston, a retired college professor. Janice Campbell from Everyday Education turned this into a one-stop writer’s reference handbook for middle and high schoolers to help teach them learn to write. What’s really great about this handbook is that it not only helps teach your student how to write, but teaches you the teacher how to grade the writing pieces.
At 400+ pages this handbook is a huge resource! It is available in PDF eBook version or a physical paperback version. I think it covers everything one must know to be a successful high school and college age writer.
The book is broken up into two sections:
Instructions and modeling arguments for writing essays covers:
~ Arguments: Some Simple First Principles
~ Setting Up The Argument: Definition
~ Defining Key Terms
~ Deduction And Induction
~ Organizing The Main Body Of An Argument
~ Paragraph Structure
~ Paragraph Functions
~ Writing Arguments About Literary Works
~ Sample Outlines For Essays And Research Papers
~Critical Approaches to Shakespeare
Some Criteria for Making Literary Evaluations
A mechanics section that goes over usage and style that covers:
~ Phrases, Clauses, Sentences
~ Words
~ Basic Punctuation
~ Pronouns
~ Parallelism Or Parallel Structure
~ Modifiers, Gerunds, Infinitives
~ Clarity, Logic, and Structure
~ References And Bibliographies
~ Basic Format for Essays and Research Papers
~ Keyhole Essay Graphic
It is simply put a one-stop reference book on how to write everything from essays for high school and college to also covering punctuation, usage, and style. Seriously, this reference book has got you covered!
We received an eBook PDF version of the book and I currently have the file stored on my iPad in iBooks for easy reference. This book has come in handy as Mikayla (12th) and Montana (8th) have been working through their current writing programs. Future plans for this book is to print it out and either bind it or 3-hole punch it. I still have three children at home to school and I know that this writers handbook will continue to be my go to source to prepare them for college level writing.
If you have a middle schooler or high schooler and you are need a little extra help with writing and all the mechanics, then this handbook is the helping hand you need to succeed! Be sure to check out what my CrewMates thought of this handbook for writers by clicking the banner below to read 27 other opinions.
I think The Crafty Classroom offers quality, affordable, homeschool curriculum that won’t break the budget! But don’t just take my word for it, be sure to click the banner below to read the reviews from 24 of my CrewMates who reviewed the Superstar Spelling curriculum as well as the other two products reviewed, Fine Motor Alphabet Bundle and the Tracing Bundle.
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