“Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe” is a wonderful book that was just released this week (and is already in its second printing – woohoo!), written by Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson. Sarah Mae is an in-the-trenches mom of young kiddos, and she was wonderfully blessed to have Sally (who has raised [...]
With the Children on Sundays by Sylvanus Stall and Grace and Truth Books is a collection of Biblical teachings for children, first published in 1893, and then brought back into print in 1995. From the website: Filled with many of the most delightful family readings you’ll find anywhere, from an author with great skill in [...]
Have you ever felt a yearning for a closeness to God that feels out of reach? Do you struggle to read your Bible daily? Has your heart longed for a Bible Study or Devotional that made you want to turn back to your Bible with fresh eyes and a willingness that was previously lacking? [...]
We just learned about The Sugar Creek Gang, despite that the series was written back in 1939 by Baptist minister, Paul Hutchens. If you’re not familiar with them, The Sugar Creek Gang is a Christian-based adventure series revolving around the young lives of Bill Collins and his friends Circus, Dragonfly, Poetry, Big Jim and Little [...]
IndoctriNation: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity is the latest book that the Moms of MasterBooks is reviewing, and it accompanies the movie of the same name. This book was a tough one for me to read. It is a radical cry for Christians to yank their children from Public Schools, and homeschool them. [...]
Over the years we have been noticing a steady decrease in Sunday School numbers in our church. I know in my church (and apparently in churches around the world), we focus on trying to keep high schoolers coming to church every week. According to the data collected by Britt Beemer for Ken Ham’s book “Already [...]
“A Cry from Egypt” is a work of historical fiction written by homeschool graduate, Hope Auer. She began writing this book seven years ago, at the age of 13, when she was studying Ancient Egypt with her family. At the time, she was assigned to write a short historical fiction based on what she [...]
I’m proud to announce that The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew has branched out to include homemaking product reviews! The name of this portion of the Crew is called the Molly Crew and the first product featured is by Everyday Homemaking. Our choices were between a Family Chore System (which we could totally use help with [...]
Growing up, we seemed to have conflicting information on whether or not dinosaurs and humans co-existed. I don’t know if I’m remembering what we were actually taught in school, or if watching the Flintstones just overrode everything else that I learned. My dino-loving kiddos like watching shows like Dino Dan, but according to Dan the [...]
Guess what we received in the mail? The Complete Aquarium Adventure: A Field Trip In A Book! My kids dove right into this as soon as we received it. There are gorgeous pictures of all kinds of ocean wildlife that you can expect to find at an aquarium: My little one loved exploring the [...]
