September 2009 - Page 3 of 8 - Marine Corps Nomads

Mary from Games for Learning came up with a great idea for a review game. I decided to make up a file folder game board and question cards to go along with the idea. You can find the game board and instructions here. You can find a template for these cards in Word here. You can download the score cards here. If you’re not sure how to keep score in bowling, here is a good explanation. I have created bowling pin cards for the States and Capitals. You can download these here. Munchkin is excited about having another new game…

Educational Diagnostic Prescriptive Services Review

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Homeschool Curriculum and Guidance that Works– Without the Frustration or Expense! Write with the Best Volume One With Write with the Best Volume One, a child learns descriptive writing by modeling classic works of literature. Volume One is geared towards 3rd to 12th grade and covers nine different genres: Describing an Object from Jules Verne Describing a Place from Charles Dickens Describing a Character from Daniel Defoe Dialogue from Kenneth Grahame The Short Story from O. Henry Fables from Aesop Friendly Letters from Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry – Rhyming Verse from William Wordsworth The Ballad or Narrative Poem from Henry…

Our Week in Workboxes

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I try to prepare a weeks worth of workboxes over the weekend, so it doesn’t take me as much time in the evening to fill Munchkin’s workboxes. This is what we have planned for this week. Workbox 1 – Bible (Grapevine Studies, Memory Verses)Workbox 2 – Math Activities (File Folder Games, Math Games)Workbox 3 – Math (Teaching Textbooks, Custom worksheets for lessons)Workbox 4 – Science (Apologia Biology, Custom worksheets for lessons)Workbox 5 – Magazines (God’s World News Top Story, Gutenberg Study)Workbox 6 – State Study (State books, State Maze, State Trivia, State Workbook)Workbox 7 – President Study (President Books, President…

Guardian Angel Publishing Review

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Guardian Angel Publishing offers an interesting selection of childrens books geared at ages 0-12. They are unique in that they offer their books not only in print form, but also as an e-book on cd and as instant download e-book. Here are the books we received to review: Earthquake by Susan J. Berger This book about Earthquakes empowers your kids with information and preparedness. What causes earthquakes? Can we predict them? How are earthquakes measured? How do we prepare for them? There are lots of fun factoids and a few experiments. (Learn how to make your own seiche.) What was…

Desert Lapbook

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Munchkin decided that since we now live in a desert that we should do the desert lapbook that we received from A Journey Through Learning. We started off this mini unit by heading out on a field trip to the desert. We were able to see the desert before a rainstorm and after a rainstorm. It was interesting to see the differences. We were also able to see the desert during the day and at night. Munchkin expected to see many more animals at night, but that wasn’t the case for us. Then again, it may have helped if we…