April 2010 - Page 5 of 13 - Marine Corps Nomads

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Super Star Speech by Deborah Lott About Super Star Speech: The Super Star Speech materials have been designed by a speech-language-pathologist to assist parents in helping their children achieve developmentally appropriate speech and to provide some of the necessary resources to do speech therapy at home. The focus of these books is the correction of articulation (speech sound) errors. About Super Star Games: Deborah Lott has also created a line of fun, educational games. Munchkin and I are very familiar with these games as I had previously purchased the Super Star Game Bundle. I enjoy using them in Munchkin’s workboxes…

April 22, 2010

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Sunset Crater National Monument

Posted in Family

We decided to take a day trip over to the Sunset Crater National Monument while we were up in Williams (near Grand Canyon) camping. The plan was only to spend a few hours over there, but it ended up being a very long day as a trip took us to more places… We started at the visitor center and picked up Munchkin’s Junior Ranger booklet for her to work on as we made our way through the park. There were several different locations to stop along the way. Our first stop after the visitor center was a hike up a…

The Complete Zoo Adventure Review

Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews

The Complete Zoo Adventure: A Field Trip in a Book by Mary & Gary Parker Whether you are planning a trip to the zoo or you just want to have a fun zoo adventure at home, this book will help you plan a wonderful zoo field trip. The Complete Zoo Adventure features, a before the zoo section to help get ready for the field trip, an at the zoo section for the actual zoo field trip, and an after the zoo section to help wrap up the learning experience. In the Before the Zoo section, there is a planning calendar…

Tropical Traditions Organic Palm Shortening Review and Giveaway

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Reviews

Going gluten free caused us to really have to change our eating habits. While we were making the transition to being completely gluten free, we started to eat much healthier. Because I had to pay close attention to all of the details on packaging, we started to realize how much junk we were really eating. We started to make even more changes. The one thing that I found difficult to replace was shortening. I wanted a healthier alternative to regular shortening, but I couldn’t find anything. When I learned that I would be trying out the Tropical Traditions Palm Shortening,…