As the 2009-10 Crew year comes to a close, they decided to do something new.
They came up with the Seaworthy Award for our vendors.
We, the crew, voted...
First I listed the crew's choice in yellow, then I listed my/our choice in green (each is also a link to the company so you can check them out again if you want). Many of the products the crew voted for we we voted for too, but in a different category. If you want to read any of my reviews again click the label TOS Review Crew or do a search for the company in the widget on my sidebar.
And the winners are:
Favorite Language Arts Product: Educational Diagnostic Prescriptive Services (EDUDPS) All About Spelling (All About Reading)
Favorite History Product :Bright Ideas Press (All American History and Mystery of History) Home School in the Woods I would have chosen Bright Ideas Press but I did not review their history this year. I use their products and we are doing Mystery of History 3 this year, but I chose only from the products I actually reviewed and the maps was the closed to history that we did.
Favorite Science Product: Nature Friend Magazine Bright Ideas Press We love their Christian Kids Explore series.
Favorite Math Product: Math Mammoth Barnum Software - Quarter Mile Math
Favorite Online Math Product: Mathletics Aleks
Favorite Handwriting Product: Zeezok Publishing (Presidential Penmanship) Zeezok Publishing (Presidential Penmanship)
Favorite Fine Arts Product (art, music, etc.): Artistic Pursuits Bright Ideas Press- A Young Person's Guide to Composers
Favorite Pre-school Product: Time 4 Learning Guardian Angel Publishing
Favorite Elementary Product: Critical Thinking All About Spelling (All About Reading)
Favorite Upper-Grade Product: Professor in a Box Professor in a Box
Favorite College Prep Product: Cerebellum/Standard Diviants ACT Advantage Discover
Favorite Special Needs Product: Super Star Speech we did not review a Special Needs Product so I did not vote in this category.
Favorite Health and Beauty Product: Virginia Soaps and Scents Virginia Soaps and Scents (no doubt on this one... my hubby actually ordered a bunch of their soap.. we love it.. and he is planning to order some more soon. We are out of shampoo and I really like their shampoo.
Favorite Christian Product: Grapevine Studies Children's Bible Hour: Season's of Faith Series
Best Resource I Didn't Know I Needed: StudyPod Lobster Network
Best Homemaking Product: Sue Gregg Cookbooks we did not review any homemaking products so I did not vote in this area
Best Customer Service: Great Software Tools Tektoma (both were great for this, I may have voted for Great Software Tools for this if I had thought of it. The step by step classes they did and put on their site were invaluable.)
Best Online Resource: ABCteach Lobster Network
Best Office and Technology Resource: Web Design for Kids (and Curious Grown-Ups) Great Software Tools
Best Homeschool Resource: Apologia Press: The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Apologia Press: The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling
Best Map Resource: Home School in the Woods Home School in the Woods
Best Book, Novel or Magazine: Sarah's Books Terrestria Chronicles (the review for this will be up in the next day or two... keep your eyes on my blog for the review, I almost put Terrestria Chronicles down for my all around favorite!!!)
Best Children's Book: Children's Bible Hour: Season's of Faith Series Sarah's Books
Best Hands-On Resource: A Journey Through Learning Lapbooks StudyPod
Most Adaptable Resource: Sue Patrick Workbox System Sue Patrick Workbox System (everybody is adapting this to fit their family and their space)
Most Unique Resource: Lobster Network Grapevine Studies (we loved the stick figures for studying Bible)
Most Family-Oriented Product: Family Mint Web Design for Kids (and Curious Grown-Ups) (we chose this one for this category because it is great for all ages, we really learned a lot)
Kid's Choice: Maverick Books: Hank the Cowdog Series Tektoma (there was no doubt in my boys mind about this... they have been making games ever since we review Tektoma!!!)
All Around Crew Favorite: All About Spelling (All About Reading) Sue Patrick Workbox System This system revolutionized our homeschooling this year... we got a lot more done and kept much more organized all year. Though, Terrestria Chronicles and Bright Ideas Press were close second and third. I voted for Bright Ideas Press for 3 categories!!!!!
Each will be receiving this wonderful award to display with pride:
Well, that is the crew's picks for best this year and our picks for best this year...
congratulations to all the winners. Debbie
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