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My School Year Homeschool Record Keeping Review

Record keeping is important, but not something we've done a lot of, so if you're like me, you may want to check out the Annual Membership Plan from My School Year Homeschool Record Keeping. For more information, read on for our review. Because my children haven't particularly needed homeschool records to date as they are on the younger side of their education (and records we may need in a particular subject we can garner from the class itself either online or in their workbooks), I ... read more

Dugustabox Picnic Box Revealed

July's Picnic Degustabox reviewed by Castle View Academy homeschool

Things are still going at almost full-speed here and they'll continue to race for another few weeks yet, before things start to slow down. Things haven't always gone to plan recently, but that hasn't always been a bad thing. I can't wait to be finished painting the house (I do NOT like painting doors) and have everything thinned through and organised back into place so we can all relax together and enjoy the fruits of our labour. At that point, we should be able to show more 'action' shots of ... read more

Black Holes Are Strange, Discover Some Interesting Facts!

Black Holes Are Strange! Castle View Academy has the details

I'd like to thank Spaceman Neil for submitting this week's guest post about one of his favourite topics; black holes! Such mysterious and fascinating entities they are! There are a lot of wacky things in the universe, but ask any scientist and they will probably agree that black holes are among the strangest. These spectacular collections of mass have gravity so strong that nothing can escape, not even light! Although there are still a lot of unknowns, astronauts like Neil are constantly ... read more

Ancient Rome: A Hands-On Unit Study by HSITW

HSITW Hands-on Ancient Rome Unit Study Review by Castle View Academy

My children enjoy learning about history, and they've previously done 6 projects from Homeschool in the Woods, so when the opportunity came up to review Project Passport World History Studies: Ancient Rome by Home School in the Woods, they were very excited to learn more this particular period of history. The periods available in the HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study are: Ancient Greece Ancient Egypt (read out review here) The Middle Ages (read out ... read more

Fun Facts About Lagrange Points

I’d like to thank Spaceman Neil of for providing today's guest post with lots of fun facts about Lagrange points! Such a mysterious and fascinating place! If you’ve ever wondered how satellites stay in orbit, wonder no more! The answer is pretty simple, but the explanation is a bit complicated. Here are some facts about Lagrange Points – basically galactic parking spots. Fun Facts About Lagrange Points They Collect Asteroids and Dust Similar to those kitty cat pajamas in the bottom of ... read more