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We are life long homeschoolers. We’ve lived in 3 states now with various requirements for state laws. The one thing I have always found useful is the Hey, Mama! Schoolhouse Planner for 2019/20 Year from The Old Schoolhouse® written by Gena Suarez.

Gena Suarez is one of the owners of The Old Schoolhouse®, a leader of the homeschooling community and an inspiration to Mother’s like me, and a decade long friend of mine. She gives support, a listening ear, helps promote vendors, and provides friendship as well as guidance to homeschoolers around the World. She has a true heart of gold and I am always honored to work for the Homeschool Review Crew, a division of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine. In fact, I joined the Homeschool Review Crew because of an invitation from Gena and I have stayed with the Crew because of the person that she is and the wonderful company her family has created.

The Old Schoolhouse® provides many products for homeschoolers that are wonderful and the Hey, Mama! Schoolhouse Planner for 2019/20 Year is no exception. This planner comes in paperback form with a spiral binding to allow the planner to lay flat to the table as you plan. The planner has full 8.5×11 pages with clear writing laid out to allow room to schedule, add small notes, and really plan your year. It contains 188 pages, and enough planning room for 5 children. Gena’s design is for large families like ours.

My favorite thing though is that the Hey, Mama! Schoolhouse Planner is a devotional for Mother’s like me. Included within the pages are short but inspiring devotional written to speak to the Homeschool Mom’s heart as she trudges through her days educating her beautiful children. When you need a pick me up, Gena is there within the pages of your planner to lift you up.

You can view sample pages of the planner here!

The planner starts out with one of these devotionals as soon as you open the first page. Page 3 includes a Table of Contents to help you find your way. Sticky tabs would work beautifully with this planner so you can easily find all you need as you work through your year.

There is a short explanation on how to create an Academic Transcript which is wonderfully written to help you understand how to implement this tool in your homeschooling for future planning. This is followed by an Academic Transcript page that you simply fill out for your records. A Checklist and Skills Learned page is also included which is easy to fill in and use.

Next you will find full year calendars for 2019-2021 to help you visually see the year’s dates and prepare ahead for planning. The planner itself begins with July 2019, providing a notes sheet at the beginning of the month, followed by a block calendar for July. Each month also has a devotional included for you. This pattern repeats up to June 2020.

The next section is a weekly planner. This is a section of basic dateless pages designed for use with up to 5 children. There is a block for subjects and you can fill in by child what is to be completed. There are 52 weeks of planning pages in this section for your full year of planning. You will also find several devotionals and notes pages in between the planning pages to continue to give encouragement and support to you as you plan your year.

The back of the planner includes an additional section which doubles as record keeping. It includes 5 sections, one per child. There is a Journal or Notes planning page which is headed with Child (1) and gives space for a name. Next is a Curriculum Planning page where you can write the subject, grade level, and more information for gathering materials needed for your child’s courses for the year. An Attendance sheet can also be found here, as many states require attendance records be kept.

There is a Books Read This Year page, which is simple in format and easily filled in. Yearly and Semester Goals sheets are here as well. And a final page for notes, journaling, whatever you choose to use it for.

This planner is simple, but filled with all you need to plan our your school year for your family.

You can purchase the Hey, Mama! Schoolhouse Planner for 2019/20 Year for $29 US.

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For this review, Mill Creek Entertainment sent us a DVD copy of Life With Dog. I have to admit, this movie was not what I expected. It was so much more.

Honestly, when I read the title Life With Dog, I thought I would be getting an adorable story about a dog’s life. The movie stars Corbin Bernsen, Marilu Henner and Chelsey Crisp. I adore movies with Corbin Bersen and Marilu Henner. I’d never heard of Chelsey Crisp before this but she’s an endearing soul who I look forward to seeing star in more movies in the future. Anyways, between the actors and the title, I thought this movie was going to be good and kid friendly since it’s Dove recommended.

Life With Dog shares the story of Joe Bigler and a mishappen dog that finds his way into Joe’s heart. Joe’s life is spent doubting. His wife, Alice, was the one filled with faith, that always looked positively on life. Joe was the one who questioned, who needed proof to see truth, who struggled with his connection to God.

After a tragic bicycle accident that took Alice’s life, and the light out of Joe’s, he struggles even more to find his way. He begins to believe that there was a hidden agenda behind Alice’s death when he’s approached by developers who wish to purchase their home. He struggles with depression and becomes paranoid, even with his own family. His days are dark and ominous.

But one day, Dog shows up in Joe’s garden and he touches Joe’s heart in a way no one else is able to. He brings Joe happiness that he’s been missing, and Joe finds his smile again. He helps Joe cope with his pain. He silently offers love and understanding during Joe’s dark days, helping Joe find the courage and strength to grieve the love that he’s lost.

I have to be honest. I wouldn’t recommend this movie for small children, like my Jack. The movie is very impacting, moving, full of emotion, regret, forgiveness – all those wonderful things that make movies good. But the movie is also full of dramatic edginess, loss, heartache, grieving and things that I, for one, try to limit my younger children’s interaction with. For an older child that can understand grief and anguish, it would be great. For a younger child still learning to cope with these things, I would avoid it.

Due to the events of the past week, this movie was really hard for me to watch, but since I was obligated for review, I did. It left me in tears. Life is short and accidents can happen at any moment that change your world forever. Sometimes it’s hard to see the reasons behind those events until much later in life. Sometimes you never find the reasons at all. Yet still we have to continue on living, even in pain, even in loss. Hope, Faith, Love often are needed to get us through, and sometimes that comes from a beloved, beguiling friend like Dog.

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Life With Dog is also available through other retailers as well. You can rent Life With Dog from Amazon.com for $4.99.

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I am always looking for wonderfully delightful books to read with my children. Nothing by Natalee Creech, Illustrated by Joseph Cowman, fit perfectly to our taste. Nothing by Natalee Creech was gifted to us through the Homeschool Review Crew from WorthyKids, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

From the adorable cover, to the beautifully designed pages inside, this book brought joy and excitement as we read it together. The rhyming design of the words flows beautifully to create a fun story that you won’t soon forget. The words are easy enough for the young reader to follow and read themselves for their own enjoyment as well.

Sentences are simple and don’t take a long time to follow. The book is for ages 4-7 specifically but could be read by an older child as well. I’d say up to 10 or so in age. It is a hardback book with a paper dust cover. The printed image on the book is similarly designed to the dust cover as well so it is just as appealing without.

Nothing shares the story of the Love that God has for us all. Each pages focuses on how God loves us no matter where we are or how far we go. Even clothed, when we are wrong, when we are sad, when we are immensely happy – God loves us no matter what. Deep in the Ocean, high in the sky, in a far away place, or even riding a bike – God loves us everywhere and He forgives our faults and Sins.

The book is around 32 pages in length with vivid imagery that fills the imagination with creative thought flowing throughout. Designs are variety in size, helping to bring the larger images to life, emphasizing on different aspects of the story. I particularly like the giant Octopus, the large Hot Air balloon and the sweet girl’s over-sized smiling face at the end of the story. Jack’s favorites were the Sea scenes. He loves anything Ocean related.

Natalee Creech enjoys writing Scripture based children’s stories that warm the heart. Her creative style pairs well with Joseph Cowman’s artist hand. Joseph creates beautifully designed worlds that truly reach far to catch the imagination of children and adults alike.

Natalee Creech is a writer and a teacher who enjoys children and sharing the gospel with others. She lives in Canada but was educated in the United States and spent several years educating others in South Korea. She has a cat named Oreo that she loves.

Joseph Cowman lives in Idaho, where he designs delightfully original illustrations for children’s books. His loves of art developed early through a vivid imagination, and a love of design, creating and building. The worlds he creates are truly inspiring.

We really loved this book. It brought joy to us together and created a loving snugly moment for us to remember. It’s a book that will remain in our family for many years and already has a special place among our other favorites on our bookshelf. The kids loved the images within the large pages. The coloring of the characters, the blends of color, and the flowing words worked wonderfully together to create a happy story to read again and again.

Nothing by Natalee Creech is available from WorthyKids, an imprint of Hachette Book Group for $16.99 US and $22.49 CAN.

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