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Review: Extraordinaires Design Studio Pro
For the past few months I’ve had some time to work on developing my graphic design skills. This is something I’ve always enjoyed and I’m finding that it comes in very handy at the print shop. I’m actually being able to do some simple projects for customers now, which I find very rewarding. One of my first projects was quite a challenge,…
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Review: Watercolours Made Easy
Yes, I know “watercolours” is not the American way to spell watercolors. But neither is “aquarelle” which is the name on the box. This is a multi-cultural project, don’tcha see? The facts are these: Watercolours is the Brit spelling. Aquarelle means “watercolor” in French. Ravensburger (the maker of this kit) is a German company. The artist Claude Monet was French.…
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Review: Tenzi Game
In the midst of our moves over the past few years, I’ve whittled down our table game collection to just our very favorites. We like to play games as a family when we’re camping and during the holidays. The girls play games with each other and with their friends on winter evenings. And so we enjoy a wide assortment of…
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Review: Simbrix
Simbrix is another product Rebecca and I are reviewing this fall as part of her “continuing education.” It was sent to us by Timberdoodle in exchange for our honest review. You can probably tell from the pictures what it is, but I’m going to talk about it anyway. I’m sure you’ve seen (and maybe played with) the fusible beads that…
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Review: Puzzleball Globe
The Puzzleball Globe is an actual globe and yet an actual jigsaw puzzle. It comes with a stand so you can display it when you're done, or it can be taken apart and returned to the box to be reassembled any number of times.
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Timberdoodle Games
Timberdoodle is my favorite homeschool company for fun supplements, thinking games, and activities. I was really impressed with the selection of single-player critical-thinking games that Timberdoodle offers.
