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The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

The Person I Marry {Crew Review}

November 9, 2011 by Dana

Gary and Jan Bower from Bower Family Books provided the TOS Review Crew with a digital copy of their absolutely beautiful book, The Person I Marry.  From beginning to end, this book is gorgeously created.  The photos are breathtaking and completely original.  Even before a child can read, they will be able to enjoy the beauty of The Person I Marry.
The Bower’s used their experiences in life and raising 12 kids to provide a book about the kind of marriage they wish for their children to have, the kind of marriage we all wish for our own children.  In The Person I Marry, the Bower’s discuss what qualities to look for in a marital partner in language young children can understand, building a foundation for the future.  The images and thoughts provided by the Bower’s in The Person I Marry are not soon to be forgotten.  This is one book all parent’s should add into their library.
You can find The Person I Marry on Bower Books online at a low cost of $11.99 plus shipping.  This beautiful book is a full 32 pages of original artwork.  Don’t forget to take a look around at their other equally beautiful and creative books!  Bower Books offers free shipping on orders over $30.  And don’t forget to ask for your book to be autographed by the authors, a free service offered by the Bower’s through checkout!
For more review of The Person I Marry visit the TOS Homeschool Review Crew Blog!!
Disclaimer: This e-book was provided by Bower Books and The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Review Crew for free in exchange for my honest opinion in a written review of this book!  No money was exchanged only a free product download.


Filed Under: 12 kids, 2011, Beautiful artwork, Bower Books, crew review, Gary Bower, Jan Bower, Marriage, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, The Person I Marry, TOS Crew, TOS Review

Apologia, How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids {Crew Review}

August 29, 2011 by Dana

I am really excited to share with you my very first review for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew. This is my first year with the TOS Crew and it is the Crew’s fourth voyage. It promises to be a fun and interesting year for us all! 

Now onto the review!


For my first review, I was asked to read Apologia’s How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids by Apologia’s own Rachael Carman. As you all know, I am a HUGE fan of Apologia’s homeschool curriculum so I was more than THRILLED to find this listed for review right away. In my opinion, Apologia’s line of quality products tops my list of educational favorites.

Though this book is not a part of their already well-known curriculum line, it is an excellent encouragement resource for anyone interested in providing a solid love of God for their family and changing the direction of life for both their children and themselves. You can find the book listed in the Resources for Parents section on Apologia’s website.  This is honestly a wonderful resource for all parents, not just those who are home schooling. It is so much more than homeschooling encouragement. It is an encouragement to live a life for God.

H.E.A.R.T. is an acronym.  Each letter has a special meaning.

H – Have a Heart for the things of God.
In this section, you will learn how to have a heart for God. In order to have a heart for God we must have a relationship with him. We must find time to fellowship with God, to read His word, to do His work. Throughout this chapter, Mrs. Carman explains just how to do those things through praise, scheduling and so much more.

E – Enrich Your Marriage.
Throughout the bible we are told that we are to put our spouses first, after God.  In this section, Mrs. Carman has us take a look at the relationships in our lives: our parents, those we know and our own. She asks us to notice the differences, the truths, the good and the bad of each relationship so that changes can be made to build a stronger H.E.A.R.T. for our family. She asks us to make the changes necessary to make our marriages stronger, to connect to our husbands and allow God to help strengthen our weaknesses in marriage so that we may live to glorify him with our family.

A – Accept Your Children.
Have you really sat back and taken a long look at your children?  Have you thought about what you want for their lives?   Have you ever consider what God wants for their lives?   Have you thought about His purpose for creating your children?   After reading this section, you will have done all of these things. Mrs. Carman has us take a long look at each of our children’s interests and how they affect their own single relationships with God and His purposes. She helps us to realize just how important our children are, not only to our own life but for the bigger purpose of glorifying God. She also shows us how to pray for our children, to help them to become stronger individuals in order to live up to the purpose they were created for.

R – Release Them to God.
This is possibly the hardest part of living as a Christian: letting go of the control of our own lives and letting God take over. Even harder is allowing God to control the lives of our precious babies. In this chapter, Mrs. Carman explains how to do that. She has us take another look at the wishes and plans God has for our children and explains how to pray specifically for each of those individual plans. She shows us how to let God take control and allow our children to grow in His name and spirit. She teaches us how to release our own control to allow God to give life to our children in His own way.

T – Teach Them the Truth.
The title of this chapter says it all: Teach them the Truth. Teach your children the truth of His words. Teach your family the love that God has for us all. The bible is a guidebook, written to provide a firm foundation for our relationship with God. This chapter explains how to use this foundation to make our family stronger and bring both ourselves and our families closer to God. Mrs. Carman has us take a look at the good and the bad of our world, along with the word of God to show us how to correctly teach our children the truth of God’s love and wishes for us.

In these five chapters, we are shown how to live our life for God, how to encourage our children’s relationship and our own with God, how to provide strong foundations on which to grow in our relationship and our faith, along with so much more.

After reading this book, I have personally come to realize that I have been pushing my children to live for my purposes and that of our daily society instead of living their lives as God has directed and created them to do. I have learned to pray about the choices my children make, the future they choose and I am learning to let God have control of where He is leading them. In the future I will be allowing God more control of their choices and teaching them to listen to His guidance as they continue to grown in His word.

How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids is written by Rachael Carman and available through Apologia Education Ministries, INC for $13 plus shipping. A free sample chapter is available on the website, along with the book’s Table of Contents. I recommend this book for all parents, regardless of educational preference. It is certain to change your H.E.A.R.T.

To visit The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew blog and read more reviews click here!


*Disclaimer – I received this book for review FREE from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Homeschool Review Crew. I was not asked to provide a positive review but instead asked to provide my honest opinion of the product I was given. I have not received any monetary supplement for reviewing this book, other than the free copy sent in exchange for writing my personal opinion for this review.



Filed Under: 2011, Apologia, crew review, encouragement, HEART, How to Have a H.E.A.R.T., life for god, parenting resource, praying for kids, Rachael Carman, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, TOS Crew

The Curiosity Files: Quicksand {Review Crew}

April 29, 2011 by Dana

The Curiosity Files:
Explorations with Professor Ana Lyze, Expert in Outlandish Oddities
Quicksand

2010 The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, LLC
$6.95 per eBook
for all ages: Elementary, Middle and High School
Available at The Old Schoolhouse Store
Join Professor Ana Lyze, expert in outlandish oddities, as she explains the wonders of Quicksand and it’s amazing Non-Newtonian properties.  In this wonderful eBook from The Old Schoolhouse Store you will learn what Quicksand is, how to escape it, what not to do to escape it and much more.  Professor Ana Lyze covers the facts of Quicksand and also provides biblical reference for Quicksand in our Christian lives.  This eBook is full of wonderful information and fun activities, as well as including lessons for spelling, vocabulary, writing and even math for both Elementary and High School levels.  The fun lab experiments are easily done at home with very little preparation and are memorable enough to last a lifetime.
This particular file took us a week to complete, though it could be done in only a few days or stretched to two weeks depending upon your preference.  We began with reading through Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Quicksand, learning what Quicksand is made of and how it creates a suction to keep you stuck.  The information is written to keep your attention as a child or adult without becoming overly boring.  Each reading portion leads to more questions that are answered quickly with the next section of reading.  At the end of the section are review questions, perfect for all ages. 
The section called In The Beginning relates Quicksand to the bible and our everyday lives.  This went well with other lessons we have been doing in our homeschooling.  This lesson talks of building your life on the Rock, instead of in the Sand for a stronger connection to God.  It continued to drive our current message of a strong faith and strong life, over that of the easily damaged one.
Included in The Curiosity Files are many related educational activities to further expand on the topic at hand.  Math is handled by relating measuring, drawings, sinking rates and more. Spelling and vocabulary are kept on the appropriate levels for age, allowing challenge but not too much for the younger set.  The writing portion is both challenging and fun, providing a thought provoking topic and including a very helpful guideline to follow as you write.  The provided copywork comes in many printable formats to choose from, once again ready for any age to use.  There is even an included Geography exercise in this file!  Some of the activities are relatively easy to do, while others are more challenging requiring more skill to complete.  All the activities are fun and leave you with a feeling of wanting to do more. 
The experiments range in activity from Art to Physics.  We particularly enjoyed making Edible Quicksand and our own Quicksand Goo.  It was interesting to compare Quicksand we have encountered at the Beach with that we made at home.  We realized that they were not extremely different in seperation and suction, though real Quicksand is grainy in texture and not really gooey at all. 
The kids and I really enjoyed The Curiosity Files lesson on Quicksand.  We look forward to learning more from other Files in the series from Professor Ana Lyze which can also be found in The Old Schoolhouse Store.  You can get single eBooks from the series from $6.95 and up or the 9 pack bundle for $46.  Check out The Curiosity Files today!

Filed Under: 2011, curiosity files, curriculum, homeschool, homeschool review crew, professor ana lyze, quicksand, Review, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, won't sink

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