We've recently been exploring applied science, design and technology all via the online platform, Thinking Like An Engineer from Innovators Tribe. Innovators Tribe is an online multimedia program that currently offers two courses aimed at children from grades 6 to 12. Thinking Like An Engineer, Thinking Like An Architect and they are releasing Thinking Like A Carpenter sometime in the near future. The course involves about 30 hours of the students time to complete and is made up of both online video and multimedia lessons, along with a large portion of hands on activities. Our family was pr ..read more

We've been having loads of cultural geography fun with this all new weekly homeschool geography curriculum from Let's Go Geography! What Is Let's Go Geography A full 36 week Cultural Geography immersion program. Each week the program visits a new destination. In a full year you can expect to visit around 30 different countries. The exploration happens via, mapping, flags and landmarks. Each week there are links to listen to songs and watch videos related to that country, along with notebooking pages, crafts, colouring pages and more! Currently Year One is released, when complete the ful ..read more

I have a unique product to introduce to you all today, called Doctor Aviation, if your family enjoys anything to do with aviation then this may just be right up your alley. My high schooler has been undertaking a course in aviation education and was provided access to the complete course in order to bring this review to you. What Is Doctor Aviation This product is the brain child of Daryl Smith, aka Doctor Aviation. The course is an introduction to all things aviation and will provide the student with the basic tools and knowledge to take off into the world of flight. The course is recomm ..read more

Today I would like to introduce you to MarshMedia a company that produces health education products mainly for use in schools but would like to reach out to the homeschool community. Our family was given access to the suite of health and puberty videos that MarshMedia have available in order to bring this review to you. What is MarshMedia The company creates educational products, mainly based around puberty and health for children and young teens and up until now have primarily created these for schools. The company has put together a great plan though in an effort to reach out to the hom ..read more

These past few weeks we've been using an online program from K5 Learning to supplement my son's math and reading lessons. Our family have been given a subscription to K5 Learning in order to provide this review. What is K5 Learning K5 Learning is an online portal created to supplement reading, math and spelling for children undertaking grades K through to 5. It is not a complete curriculum. If your child could use a little extra help though, this may be the thing for them. The site includes assessments in both reading and math, which the child takes before diving in to any lessons. This gi ..read more

And watch their observational skills soar! In this day and age of digital madness it's so hard to get kids outside, engaging with the natural world around them. But add in a little piece of technology and they might just be immersed for hours! Give them a camera so they can record what they observe. We recently spent some time on a local island and whilst they had to share the one spare camera we have, all three kids got into some serious nature photography. They spent an incredible amount of time wandering, engaged, observing and capturing what they saw. My teen is teaching himself t ..read more

In this age of technology it is really important for our students to understand fundamental computing topics so I knew I had to review the new Digital Savvy course from CompuScholar, Inc. My teen has been using the information technology course, 'Digital Savvy' which we were given access to for the purposes of this review. What is Digital Savvy. CompuScholar, Inc formerly known as Homeschool Programming has a range of computer courses aimed at middle and high school aged students. Digital Savvy is aimed at grades 6 - 12 and is an overall Information Technology course. It aims to teach the s ..read more

We recently experienced one of the worst natural disasters our local area has seen in a very long time. I personally have no memory of anything ever hitting our area as hard as this. In less than 30 hours our area had 890 mm of rain dropped on us. No wonder it had nowhere to go. We though, are the lucky ones and whilst being placed on a possible evacuation list was mightily scary our only real threat was that of surrounding roads being cut off. And cut off they were and still are. The above three images are from a road that we use almost daily. The sheer force of the water is simply ..read more

We are currently receiving excellent fine art lessons via the monthly plan from Creating A Masterpiece. Our family has been access to this online program in return for our honest review. What Is Creating A Masterpiece. C.A.M is an online subscription based fine arts program, that is suitable for students of all ages. We were provided access to the Monthly Plan option. The video lessons are presented by the artist herself, in an easy to follow step by step manner. All the lessons are broken into appropriate levels so that you can easily assess the difficulty of which level would best suit ..read more

My daughter and I have been digging in to the world of Andi and her pals, with these Circle C Stepping Stones books written by Susan K. Marlow and published by Kregel Publications. We received the first two books, Andi Saddles Up and Andi Under The Big Top, in return for our honest review. The first in the series, Andi Saddles Up, takes the reader back in time to the Circle C Ranch during the year of 1877. The book introduces nine year old Andrea Carter, on her birthday. Andi is extremely excited, given that it is not only her birthday but that she is also now old enough to ride Taffy, her ..read more