LightSail for Homeschoolers Premium Subscription Review

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We were blessed to receive a one-year online membership to LightSail for Homeschoolers and we have been using it to improve reading comprehension in our homeschool!  So far, D and E have used this program the most in our homeschool.  LightSail for Homeschoolers focuses on four main areas - reading, writing, vocabulary and fluency.

There is a great introductory video that you will want to watch as you get started with LightSail.  Plan accordingly, this video is 86 minutes long.

LightSail is an incredible deep and wide platform so it takes time to learn the ins and outs.  Honestly, we are still learning!  The introductory video will help familiarize you and your children with the platform so your kids can get started reading on it right away.

One of the first things the students will do is take a Power Challenge to help the program hone into their appropriate level.

Above you can see some of the questions that were within D's Power Challenge.

Above you can see D's dashboard.  There is so much available within this site!

 

I had her work through one of the LightSail Unit Studies, World Animal Day: Animals of the Ocean.

Working on her unit study.

 

 After she read the first book on Humpback whales, she took a spelling bee.

D read about Vincent Van Gogh for fun.

After reading about Vincent Van Gogh, she took a spelling bee.  You can see one of the questions above.

With our premium subscription, the kids have access to over 12,000 books in the online library.  I like that everything is color coded - within books everything is red, within audiobooks everything is orange, etc.  Students can browse books by author or subjects.

 

My parent dashboard above shows D's request for me to approve books.

 

I love that I can manage the content in D's library and that I can set parameters as I see fit.  Above you can see that she requested me to approve a few books for her to read.

 

I can easily go into the requests and approve or deny it.

 

There is so much to use on this reading-centric, adaptive language arts program!  LightSail literally has dozens of modules, a plethora of features and so much content that works together to improve your child's literacy skills.  I really appreciate that it customizes to your individual student and meets their unique needs.

 

I also want to note, that while there is so much content already available for you to use, there is so much you can do to customize as well.  You can provide memory work lists, create your own unit study, choose your own words for a spelling bee, etc.  You have control over what your child will see and read as you see fit.

This complete language arts platform is a great way to invest in your children's literacy future!  Want to know more?  Be sure to click on the banner below to visit the Homeschool Review Crew blog to read more reviews of LightSail for Homeschoolers.

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College Launch Solution from The HomeScholar LLC Review

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We were recently given 6 months access to the College Launch Solution from The HomeScholar LLC.  The HomeScholar LLC was created by Matt and Lee Binz, homeschool consultants with over 15 years experience of helping families homeschool through high school and enter into college.

 

 

What is the College Launch Solution?  It's a course that helps train and coach homeschool parents in guiding their high school students through the college process and launching them into college.  It has over 60+ hours of training to help prepare and work through the college application process.  This is an affordable option instead of hiring a college admissions counselor and can be used for all the children in your household.  I really wish that I had started this earlier with A but here we are in the very beginning of her senior year (better late than never!).  This course is specifically geared for high schoolers 10th - 12th graders so it's a great fit for both A and B.

 

As you can see from the course menu above, this course includes 6 training sections: Core Training, Finding a College, Paying for College, Applying to College, Preparing for Launch, and Succeeding in College as well as a few bonuses.

In the Core Training section, your teen will attend an online college admission seminar.  This will help them understand the college admission process and scholarship opportunities.  Parents will also get an overview of the whole process.  This is a section that can be referred back to again and again as needed.

Above you can see A with her Seminar Workbook for teens.

I feel like the other five sections are pretty self explanatory with their name.  In the Finding a College section, it guides you in finding a college and planning specifically starting in your students Junior year.  In Paying for College, you learn about scholarships, financial aid and even how to shorten college.  And so on with the other sections.  I really appreciate that this course includes the section on succeeding in college.  The goal of this course is not only to successfully launch into a college but to succeed once you get there.

 

I love Lee's heart and her encouraging tone as she guides both you and your teen through this college launch course.  I love that she mixes equal parts reality with equal parts encouragement.  She also sends accountability emails to help you stay on track and in control of this process.  If you are homeschooling through high school, I would definitely recommend this program.

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Pursued to Eternity by John Riley Review

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I have been beyond blessed to receive Pursued to Eternity by John Riley.  This short, fictional story takes you on a fast-paced adventure that begins in ancient times through the present and ultimately ends with our eternal future.  It's the story of God's pursuit of man.

My new paperback!

 

I was hooked from the very beginning of the introduction - dinosaurs, the Exodus, oil, apologetics - what was I about to read?

In this story we follow two brothers, Connor Bridges (a biology teacher and Christian), and his younger brother Dr. Alan Bridges (a geologist and professed atheist).

 

While there are 17 chapters and 151 pages, I found this book to be a fairly quick read because it was so interesting and engaging.  I love that it has a solid message of God pursuing man.  I also really appreciate all the bible evidence and proof about Creation.  I'm the only one who's read it so far but I'm going to have the older kids read it next because I think there's a lot of value in it!  I am such a fan of books that make you think and this is definitely one that does, it might even change how you think about the world.

John Riley has a Master of Science degree and has worked thirty-five years as an engineer.  During retirement, he and his wife, Nancy, have taught physics, robotics, SAT prep classes and an Apologetics: Creation vs. Evolution course on SchoolhouseTeachers.com.  It's a 14 week, video-based course geared for 7-12th grade that demonstrates the evidence and proof for Creationism and lets students decide for themselves what they think.

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