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January 25, 2010

MathScore Review

MathScore is an online math practice and assessment program for students between 1st grade and Algebra I developed by Steven Yang. When Mr. Yang saw that many math educational software programs were heavy on the fun but light on the educational value, he set out to create a program that balanced learning and motivational fun. MathScore randomly generates math problems that automatically adapt in difficulty based upon the student’s performance. This allows each student to progress at their ideal learning pace. The automatic grading allows students to receive immediate feedback on their work. MathScore is intended to be a supplemental…

Be Authentic Tour and Review

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild…

Presidential Penmanship BJ Style Review

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Zeezok Publishing was founded in 2003 with a goal to provide quality literature and educational books for use in training the next generation. They believe that “It is better to build children than to repair men.” Zeezok Publishing sent us the Presidential Penmanship BJ Style Complete curriculum on cd to review. This program includes handwriting skills practice for grades 1st through senior high. While we do not normally use a separate handwriting program, I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to easily incorporate the use of this program in our every day schooling. Since the program is made up…

Energy: It’s Forms, Changes, & Functions Tour and Review

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Cherries in Winter Review

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Cherries in Winter My Family’s Recipe for Hope in Hard Times by Suzan Colon About the book: Cherries in Winter celebrates the unexpected turns in life and the comfort that can be gained from food and family. Like the women before her, Suzan found solace in her kitchen. “The recipes Nan wrote and saved offered more than directions for making the comfort food that sustained my family for four generations,” Suzan writes. “They’re artifacts from times both good and bad – not vague references, but proof that we’ve been through the worse than this and come out okay.” As Suzan…