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Reviews by Castle View Academy

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Children’s Book Reviews

Dear Mom, A beautiful book from a son to his mom, By Peter Wilson and reviewed by Castle View Academy — Dear Mom

3 New Books By Julia Dweck — 3 New Books by Julia Dweck

Gimme-Jimmy by Sherrill S. Cannon and reviewed by Castle View Academy — Gimme-Jimmy with activity

Bosley Discovers The Waterfall Dual Language Book — Bosley Discovers The Waterfalll

Sun Dancers

A Year in The Secret Garden, A Review of 'April' — A Year in the Secret Garden

Peter and The Whimper-Whineys Review — Peter And The Whimper-Whineys

The Herd Boy

If you're not from the prairie, a book review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — If You’re Not From The Prairie…

Harry and the Hot Lava Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Harry and the Hot Lava

chandras magic light review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Chandra’s Magic Light

Hello, Bali A Kids Yoga island Adventure Book Review — Hello, Bali!

Daddy's Little Girl review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Daddy’s Little Girl Book Review

My Fingerprint Masterpiece Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures, kid lilt, art picture books for kids, photo — My Fingerpaint Masterpiece

The Magic Word review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — The Magic Word

Secret Agent Josephine in Paris Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Secret Agent Josephine in Paris

We're Roaming The Rainforest review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — We’re Roaming in the Rainforest

Manner Man Review — Manner-Man book and fun

ABCs of Australian Animals An Interactive Kids Yoga Book Review, Crystal's Tiny Treasures, Yoga for kids, physical activity for kids, photo — ABCs of Australian Animals

Santa's Birthday Gift Review — Santa’s Birthday Gift

The Christmas Owl by Angela Muse — The Christmas Owl

Tumbleweed-Christmas — Tumbleweed Christmas

My Yellow Umbrella Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — My Yellow Umbrella

Bosley Builds a Treehouse — Bosley Bear dual-language book

Away We Go! Review — Away We Go!

What is a Family? a question and answer book by Tamia Sheldon, book review — What is a Family?

Humpfree The Humpless Camel

Faux Paw Review

Mary Had A Sleepy Sheep Review — Mary Had a Sleepy Sheep

Blucy: The Blue Cat

Pie-Rits

Where Are The Dinos? e-book, childrren's books about Dinos, Kid Lit Giveaway Hop, Children's book week, 2013, photo — Where Are The Dinos?

Educational Product Reviews

The Cat In The Hat Read And Learn App, A review by Castle View Academy — The Cat In The Hat App

Make science lessons a breeze with Funtastic Unit Studies Science unit studies for homeschoolers and teachers. You'll find lots of science ideas for teachers. — Funtastic Unit Studies

Have fun in the sun with Free QR Code summer writing activities for K-2 — Summer QR Codes

Time Capsule Medieval England, A COMPLETE unit study! It's much more than just history - live the life! A Review by Castle View Academy — Medeival England Unit Study

Home School In The Woods Project Passport World History The Middle Ages. A review by Castle View Academy — Middle Ages

Learn With Play 150+ Activities for year-round fun and learning by members of the Kid Blogger Network (and Castle View Academy) — Learn With Play

Homeschool Planet is my life organizer! A Review by Castle View Academy — Hemschool Plannet Planner

SmartKidz Media Library For Homeschoolers brings the world into your home. A review by Castle View Academy Homeschool — SmartKidz Media Library

CTC Math, an online math program for homeschoolers from Kindergarten to high school. A review by CastleViewAcademy.com — CTC Math Family Plan

Learn Morphology in less than 15 minutes a day with WordBuildOnline by Dynamic Literacy. Read about the experience Castle View Academy had with it. — WordBuild Online

Successful Homeschooling Made Easy, a Review by Castle View Academy — Successful Homeschooling Made Easy

A+ Interactive Math

Build thinking skills with the preschool curriculum by La La Logic A review by Castle View Academy — La La Logic

Art Education couldn't be easier with ARTistic Pursuits! Castle View Academy has been loving learning art appreciation and exploring art in many mediums — ARTistic Pursuits

Print and Go Writing Activities For Every Season Thematic Writing Thru The Year for Grade Two (& much more)! — Writing Activities For Every Season

Love math with GPALOVEMATH by GPA LEARN, a review by Castle View Academy — GPA Learn Math

Math Analogies Beginning by The Critical Thinking Co. and how it works for us — Math Analogies

Digital Science Online Elementary Edition by Visual Learning Systems A Review by Castle View Academy — Visual Learning Systems

Fill ST. Patrick's Day with learning fun graphing, rainbows, reading, and more! — Rainbow Math and More!

Math Assessment Test and Lessons

Valentine's Learning Activities — Valentine’s Learning Activities

I can teach my child to read — I Can Teach My Child To REad

2014 Top Educational Products as reviewed by Castle View Academy & Crystal's Tiny Treasures — 2014 Top Educational Products

Sudoku picture puzzles is a fun math activity — Sudoku Fun For Kids

Whistlefritz Fun Spanish Lessons For Kids, A Review — Whistlefritz Spanish

IXL Online Learning Review — IXL Math

TH & SH Diagraph Fun From Wise Owl Factory as done by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Th & Sh Diagraph Fun

Clued In Kids Treasure Hunts Review By Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Clued In Kids

Standard Deviants Accelerate Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Standard Deviants Accelerate

Preschoolers and Peace, a Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Preschoolers and Peace

My Student Logbook review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — My Student Logbook

twinkle create makes printables easy — twinkl create printables

Reading Skills Fun with Essential Skills Advantage, A review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Essential Skills Advantage

UberSmart Math Facts Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Ubersmart Math Facts

Pick A Pocket Of Prairie — Pick a Pocket of Prairie

No-Prep Graphing and Read The Room Gr 1-2 — No Prep Graphing and Reading

Lessontrek Planner

HomeSchool Piano Lessons Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — HomeschoolPiano

K5 Learning Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — K5 Learning

WriteShop Primary Writing Program Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Write Shop

10 Monkeys Math World Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasure — 10 Monkeys Math World

LearningPalette.com review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — LearningPalette.com

CTC Math Review, Online Math Lessons for K-12 by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — CTC Math

Rhythm of Handwriting Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — The Rhythm of Handwriting

Maestro Classics Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Maestro Classics

Victus Study Skills System Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Victus Study Skills System

Zig Zag Zebra Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Zig Zag Zebra review

Science4US.com Review — Science4Us.com Review

KinderBach Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — KinderBach Review

Fox Talk — Fox Talk, learning about communication

Weather Detective By Enchanted Homeschooling Mom Review — Weather Detective Curriculum

Enchanted Homeschool Mom Member's Only website Review — EHM Educational Printables

The Garden Classroom, ebook review, Crystal's Tiny Treasures Childminding in Whitehead, photo — The Garden Classroom ebook

SchoolhouseTeachers.com Review — SchoolhouseTeachers.com

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Review Nov/Dec 2013 by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

twinkl educational resources

ABCmouse.com

The Big Book of Pick and Draw Activities, Pick and Draw game, Crystal's Tiny Treasures Childminding, kids art and literacy games, photo — The Big Book of Pick And Draw Activities

Other Fun Products

Learn With Play 150+ Activities for year-round fun and learning by members of the Kid Blogger Network (and Castle View Academy) — Learn With Play

Family Games Night with Games Quest — Games Quest

Entertaining kids through storytelling, magic and more with eSpectacularKids, a review by Castle View Academy — eSpectacularKids

Heroes of the City on Youtube — Heroes of The City – YouTube

A Little Mandarin, Classic Children's Songs in Mandarin, A review by Castle View Academy — A Little Mandarin

Lilla Rose Pretty Hair Adds Style With Ease — Lilla Rose Pretty Hair

GRANCHILDRENs-DELIGHT-Review — Grandchildren’s Delight CD

Happy Kids Songs, Mannered Kids by Cr — Happy Kids Songs

Pinterest Savvy, photo — Pinterest Savvy

My Color Coded Homeschool Planner Review — My Color Coded Homeschool Planner

Costumes for Acting Out Children's Books — Costumes for Acting out Books

Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg and Chips Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Hotel Chocolat Egg & Chips

The Importance of Premature Baby Clothing To Mothers by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Asda’s George Premature Baby Clothing

Motivated Moms review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Motivated Moms

Heroes of The City Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Heroes of The City

Tractor Weathervane by Cuckcooland.com Review by Crystal's Tiny Treasures — Tractor Weathervane review

Magic Tricks for kids! — Magic Tricks For Kids

DIY-Lunchbox-by-Melissa-Taylor- Review — DIY Lunchbox

Christmas Crafts for Kids

Little Songs of The Andes, Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou, A Child's Life in the Andes, Book and Cd review, culture for kids, Kids learn about Peru culture, photo — Little Songs from the Andes

Megson, "When I Was A Lad", Children's Folk Music, Album Review, Crystal's Tiny Treasures, photo — English Folk Singing for Kids

Educational printables