Menu Monday for 11/23/15

Posting late. No legitimate excuses. Here's the plan:

Saturday (11/21):

Rotisserie chicken, brussels sprouts, rice

Sunday (11/22):  

Split pea soup (tomato), grilled cheese sandwiches

Monday (11/23) (Boy Scouts):

Cheese burgers on rolls, carrot sticks, chips

Tuesday (11/24):

Ravioli, salad, TX toast

Wednesday (11/25)(BIRTHDAY):

Steak, Caesar salad, baked potatoes, ice cream, Carrot cake

Thursday 11/26)(THANKSGIVING):

Turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, rolls, pumpkin pie, scalloped potatoes?

Friday (11/27):

leftovers

Saturday (11/28):  

Leftovers

Menu Monday for 11/16/15

I'm a little late figuring out my plans this week. Normally shop on Saturdays, but went to Richmond Saturday to watch my daughter run the Richmond Marathon instead!

So we've been figuring it out each day - dinner out Saturday; pizza Sunday... finally figured out a plan so here it is:

Sunday (11/15):  

Pizza (lentil soup)

Monday (11/16) (Boy Scouts):

Hot dogs, chips, cauliflower

Tuesday (11/17):

Pan-fried chicken breasts, broccoli, rice medly

Wednesday (11/18):

Boy Scout fund raiser – Buffalo Wild Wings (vegan dinner at home)

Thursday 11/19)(7:00 CAP):

Spaghetti, sauce, salad, TX toast

Friday (11/20):

Butternut Squash Soup, Salad, bread

Saturday (11/21):  

Stir fry vegetables, brown rice

 

Blue Ribbon Awards

It has been an amazing year of products for me as a member of the Schoolhouse Review Crew. Every calendar year, as our reviews for the year finish (mid- November), the reviewers are given the opportunity to vote for their favorite products of the year (in various categories). The votes are tabulated and the vendors are notified of the results.

The results of our voting will be posted today, and in advance of my learning of the outcomes I wanted to post my and my son's personal favorites. We are only allowed to vote for products we reviewed, so even though there were reviews of products for phonics or elementary math, for instance, we won't be listing any of those. 

With all the "test" products we worked with through this year, in addition to the change of grade level over the summer, maybe the true test of which products were best for our family is in the question, "Which products are you still using?"  Well, daily we are still using Middlebury Interactive Languages, Fascinating Chemistry,  When Worlds Collide, The Ultimate Homeschool Planner and Koru Naturals. Still being used regularly or periodically in our home school: IEW Student Writing Intensives C, IEW Student Writing Intensives C, Fix-It Grammar, and CTC Math. Passed/passing along to my (adult) daughter to enjoy: In Freedom's Cause, Maestro Classics, Apologia Educational Ministries: Field Trip Journal and Brinkman Adventures. Still benefiting immensely from having used Cursive Logic.
 

So, first I'll list the major categories  and my favorites (linked to my review), and at the bottom I will list the rest of my reviews for the year with links.

1. My Favorite Writing Curriculum: IEW Student Writing Intensives C
2. My Favorite Vocabulary Program:  Dynamic Literacy
3. My Favorite Grammar Program: Fix-It Grammar
4. Our Favorite Penmanship Program: Cursive Logic 
5. My Favorite Literature Curriculum: When Worlds Collide (Sharon Watson)
6. My Favorite History Curriculum: Home School in the Woods 
7. Our Favorite History Supplement: In Freedom's Cause
8. Our Favorite Science Curriculum: Fascinating Education 
9. My Favorite Math Curriculum: CTC Math 
10. Our Favorite Foreign Language Curriculum: Middlebury Interactive Languages 
11. Our Favorite Fine Arts Product: Maestro Classics 
12. My Favorite Elective Curriculum: Apologia Educational Ministries: Field Trip Journal
13. Our Favorite Christian Education Supplement: Brinkman Adventures
14. Our Favorite High School Product: Middlebury Interactive Languages
15. My Favorite Parent Product: Koru Naturals
16. My Favorite Planning Product: Apologia Educational Ministries: The Ultimate Homeschool Planner
17. Best Resource I Didn't Know I Needed: Homeschool Planet
18. Our Best Online Resource: Fascinating Education
19. My Best e-Product: Introduction to Poetry
20. Our Favorite Book, Novel or Audio Drama: Brinkman Adventures
21. Our Favorite Video: FishFlix.com
22. My Teens' Choice: Middlebury Interactive Languages
23. My All Around Favorite Product/Vendor: Middlebury Interactive Languages     

My favorites were not all the Crew favorites, so check out the Crew Blue Ribbon winners.

 My other 2015 Crew Reviews:

• Digital Science Online
• The Critical Thinking Co.
• HomeSchool Office 
• Thick as Thieves
• ARTistic Pursuits
• A+ Interactive Math
• Successful Homeschooling Made Easy
• Homeschool Legacy
• With Lee in Virginia
• The Conversation (Classic Conversations)
• Stinky Kid Math
• YWAM 
• Standard Deviants Accelerate
• Grapevine Studies