2015 Schoolhouse Review Crew Blue Ribbon Awards

 

It’s hard to believe that another TOS Crew year has come to an end. I wrote my last review for the year last week. My family has done 36 reviews of some amazing products. Some of them were tried and true favorites in the homeschool community. Others are vendors that I have never even heard of prior to the review. I’m looking forward to another year in 2016 with the Schoolhouse Review Crew!

Drum roll~ for the 2015 Blue Ribbon Award Winners! I’ll tell you my favorite after the ones who won with a link to my review.

Crews Picks:

Favorite Reading Curriculum: Reading Kingdom
Favorite Writing Curriculum: Institute for Excellence in Writing
Favorite Vocabulary Program: Dynamic Literacy
Favorite Spelling Program: Institute for Excellence in Writing: Phonetic Zoo
Favorite Grammar Program: Institute for Excellence in Writing: Fix-It! Grammar
Favorite Penmanship Program: CursiveLogic
Favorite Literature Curriculum: Progeny Press

My Favorites:

Reading curriculum~ Star Toaster

Writing curriculum~ Institute for Excellence in Writing

Vocabulary~ Dynamic Literacy

Spelling~ Institute for Excellence in Writing

Grammar~ Editor in Chief The Critical Thinking Co.

Penmanship~ Memoria Press

Literature~  Heirloom Audio Productions

Crews Picks:

Favorite History Curriculum: Home School in the Woods
Favorite History Supplement: Heirloom Audio Productions: In Freedom’s Cause
Favorite Science Curriculum: Visual Learning Systems
Favorite Science Supplement: Ann McCallum Books: Eat Your Science Homework
Favorite Math Curriculum: CTC Math
Favorite Math Supplement: SimplyFun

My Favorites:

History~ YWAM

History Supplement~ Heirloom Audio Productions

Science~ The Critical Thinking Co.~ Surfing the Net: Science

Science Supplement~ FishFlix.com

Math~ CTC Math

Math Supplement~ Super Teacher Worksheets

Crews Picks:

Favorite Christian Education Curriculum: Grapevine Studies
Favorite Christian Education Supplement: Brinkman Adventures
Favorite Foreign Language Curriculum: Middlebury Interactive Language
Favorite Fine Arts Product: Maestro Classics
Favorite Elective Curriculum: Apologia Educational Ministries: Field Trip Journal
Favorite Audio Drama: Brinkman Adventures
Favorite Video: FishFlix.com

My Favorites:

Christian Education Curriculum~ YWAM

Favorite Christian Education Supplement~ Heirloom Audio Productions

Foreign Language~ Memoria Press

Fine Arts Product~ ARTistic Pursuits

Elective Curriculum~ Smartkidz Media

Audio Drama~ Heirloom Audio Productions

Video~ FishFlix.com

Crews Picks:

Favorite Elementary Product: Star Toaster
Favorite Middle School Product: The Critical Thinking Co
Favorite High School Product: Writing with Sharon Watson
Favorite College or College-Prep Product: Freedom Project Education
Favorite Parent Product: Koru Naturals
Favorite Planning Product: Apologia Educational Ministries: The Ultimate Homeschool Planner

My Favorites:

Preschool~ Doesn’t apply to me

Elementary~ Heirloom Audio Productions

Middle School~ Institute for Excellence in Writing

High School~ Doesn’t apply to me

College or College-Prep Product ~Doesn’t apply to me

Parent Product~ Institute for Excellence in Writing

Planning Product~ Apologia Educational Ministries

Crews Picks:

Best Resource I Didn’t Know I Needed: Homeschool Planet
Best Online Resource: Super Teacher Worksheets
Best e-Product: Home School in the Woods
Just for Fun: USAopoly 
Teens’ Choice: YWAM Publishing
All Around Crew Favorite: Institute for Excellence in Writing

My Favorites:

Best Resource I Didn’t Know I Needed~ Institute for Excellence in Writing

Best Online Resource~ Smartkidz

Best e-Product~ Brookdale House

Just for Fun~ USAopoloy

Kids’ Choice~ USAopoloy

Teens’ Choice~ Heirloom Audio Productions

All Around Crew Favorite~ Institute for Excellence in Writing

Not all my favorites won! Which is perfectly fine as it was hard voting. Some items were just what I needed at that time and really blessed my homeschool. I didn’t have any issues or dislikes this year that caused tears from the kids or from me! 

It can be tough continuing using products that you review along with your regular curriculum. I found that this year a lot of items where a better fit for my family and have continued using them.

Congratulations to all the Blue Ribbon Award Winners~ You guys really make a difference in the lives of so many homeschoolers.