What's in a Favorite?

Each November as we wind down our Homeschool Review Crew year and take a quick rest before starting again, our 200+ reviewers vote for their favorite products in over 30 categories.  As Product Manager of this amazing group, I see a lot of curriculum come in and out of my house.  Trust me, it is hard to choose favorites.  I also know the hearts of these amazing blogger/reviewers.  They are passionate about what they do and want to provide the very best insights to you as not only potential consumers, but also as friends.  They put a lot of thought into the voting and it is a highlight of our Crew year.

I have my favorites, and will share them next week, but first I want to share with you the winners of this year's Blue Ribbon Awards.  Some I thought were no brainers, but a few actually surprised me.  See what you think!  If they have a star in front of them, we have personally reviewed them here at Family, Faith and Fridays either this year or in the past.  You can find those reviews from the search bar to the right.

*Favorite Reading Curriculum – Reading Eggs
*Favorite Writing Curriculum – Writing with Sharon Watson
Favorite Grammar Program – Eclectic Foundations
Favorite Penmanship Program – Channie’s Visual Handwriting & Math Worksheets
*Favorite Literature Curriculum – Hewitt Homeschooling

*Favorite Social Studies Curriculum – Let’s Go Geography
*Favorite History Supplement – Rush Revere
*Favorite Science Curriculum – Innovators Tribe
*Favorite Math Curriculum – CTC Math
*Favorite Math Supplement – Times Tables the Fun Way

 Favorite Foreign Language Curriculum – Memoria Press (Latin)
*Favorite Fine Arts Curriculum – Creating a Masterpiece
*Favorite Elective Curriculum – Doctor Aviation
*Favorite Christian Education Curriculum – Drive Thru History
*Favorite Christian Education Supplement – Brinkman Adventures

 *Favorite Preschool Product – Reading Eggs
*Favorite Elementary Product – Susan K. Marlow
*Favorite Middle School Product – Innovators Tribe
*Favorite High School Product – Doctor Aviation
*Favorite College or College-Prep Product – Institute for Excellence in Writing: High School Essay Intensive
*Favorite Parent Product – Everyday Homemaking

*The Resource I Didn’t Know I Needed –  Innovators Tribe
Favorite Planning Product – Only Passionate Curiosity
*Best Online Resource – Reading Eggs
*Best e-Product – Home School in the Woods
*Favorite Book or Novel – Rush Revere
*Favorite Audiobook or Audio Drama – Heirloom Audio Productions: Captain Bayley’s Heir
*Best Product Just for Fun! – Drive Thru History 

*Kids’ Choice – The Pencil Grip: Thin Stix
*Teens’ Choice – Drive Thru History
*All Around Crew Favorite – Drive Thru History

 

   

Join me next week as I share with you MY FAMILY'S personal favorites and why this job of mine is such a blessing!

Blessings, 

Our Favorites and the Review Crew's Blue Ribbon Award Winners

Wow, DONE! 20 reviews completed for the 2015 Schoolhouse Review Crew Year!  As I get ready to move on to my new position as Product Manager with the Crew, it has been fun to look back at all we have reviewed and pick our favorites for the year.

The task was actually not as easy as I thought, as more than several things we were blessed to review ended up replacing our current curriculum and became a part of our daily life, not just used for the review period.

After much deliberation, here are our favorites-

Colby's- The Fun Spanish- This is kind of funny to me.  Yes, we really liked this program, but it is one that the more we use the more he likes it.  It is now what he wants to do first thing in the morning because it is truly fun!

Salem's-  Heirloom Productions- With Lee in Virginia Audio Drama.  No surprise here.  This boy loves audio drama and these are great quality.

Mine- (yes, I am allowed more than one, I am the mom!) IEW.  Simply the best writing program out there in my opinion.  We do not start it as early as many people do, but I believe a few years of this writing program will make a huge difference in your teen's life!

UnLock Math- This is one of those "I did not know I needed it products," but it turned out to be a God-send. We have a math product we have used for high school and been perfectly happy with but this just clicked for us, provided the customer support we needed at times, and my son, on his own, chose to stay with it after the review period.  That says a lot- trust me!

There were so many amazing programs this year, many of which we did not review but others did. Once again our family was blessed by the Crew and the opportunity to have these products in our home and incorporate them into our homeschool and lives.

Each year at the end of the year the Review Crew votes on their favorites- it is one of our favorite parts of the year and I pray blesses the amazing vendors we serve.


If you would like to see all of the official winners, voted on by our Review Crew, as well as other crew member's favorites, make sure you check out our linky just for those posts!

While I will not be reviewing products for the 2016 school year, I am still actively involved and can tell you that there is a heck of a line up of products!  Make sure you keep your eyes open starting in late January!

Blessings,