Category Archives: curriculum review

Review: More Starfall

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Julie @ Creekside Learning

    My kids have long been fans of  Starfall, a free website for preschoolers and early elementary aged kids that teaches reading and language skills. Starfall also has additional content on their More Starfall component, which consists of more … Continue reading →

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Review of Time4Learning

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Julie @ Creekside Learning

For the past month, we’ve been using Time4Learning for math for my 8 year old. The whole Time4Learning program was recommended by a friend who remarked at how independently her kids could work with this program. That appealed to me, … Continue reading →

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Curriculum Review of R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey: Earth & Space

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Julie @ Creekside Learning

If you’ve been here before, you may know that I love using hands-on curriculum with my kids.  No surprise then, that we really enjoyed using R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey’s: Life (RSO) program. And this year, we will be using their Earth and … Continue reading →

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Curriculum Review: Brave Writer –and Give Away!

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Julie @ Creekside Learning

From the first time that I heard the founder of Brave Writer, Julie Bogart, speak, I knew that this was not your average language arts curriculum. I could not absorb Julie’s ideas fast enough at that homeschooling conference last Spring. … Continue reading →

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