Castle View Academy

A Tour of the North Coast of Ireland With Wise Owl Factory

In September our family had the pleasure of meeting Carolyn (of The Wise Owl Factory), her husband, Gary, and their daughter, Betsy when they flew over to the Emerald Isle. Carolyn and I have 'known' each other for about 8 years through a teaching forum so it was lovely to finally meet her and her family in person. The children and I joined the Wilhelms on a tour of the famous North Coast of Northern Ireland for a day...an extremely windy day...and this is what we saw (You can read Carolyn's ... read more

Gift Ideas For Inquisitive Detectives Of All Ages

Gift Guide for Detectives of all ages at Castle View Academy homeschool

Do your children love solving mysteries? It's a great way to introduce them to forensics and logic while also sneaking in some math and science at the same time! Who can complain with that, when it's also so much fun to play the detective? If you have a detective-in-training on your gift list, check out these awesome detective gifts! We have all sorts of detective kits and books in our home! The kids love to solve cases (have you seen our review of Something Fishy at Lake ... read more

Calvert Homeschool Online Review

As someone who has done a fair amount of travelling before settling down and having a family in Northern Ireland, I think it's important for my children to learn about both history and geography, and since they often intertwine, I was happy for them to try out Calvert Homeschool Online and see what Calvert Homeschool had to offer in that area, as well as have a peek at the other programs they have available. We received six months of access to their online Family Plan that gave us access ... read more

Japanese Cranes And Hokusai Prints Note Cards

Hokusai prints and Japanese cranes note cards are beautiful

Note cards are so handy to have around as you never know when something will come up that you may need one, and right now I'm loving these two Japanese sets that have just been published: Hokusai Prints and Japanese Cranes. They're pretty and versatile so that you can use them for just about every occasion. This post may contain affiliate links through which I may receive a small commission. Tuttle Publishing kindly sent us a set of Hokusai Prints and Japanese Cranes note cards to ... read more

10 Reasons To Join The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew

Why you should join the Homeschool Review Crew now

As you may know, we're a part of The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew, and have been so for the past 6 years. Indeed, much of our homeschooling revolves around doing homeschool curricula reviews for the Crew. It's that time of year again when the doors open for applications to join the Crew for the upcoming calendar year. I thought I would share some of the reasons that the Crew has enriched our homeschooling life. We have been able to use curriculum that we haven't heard about ... read more