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December 4, 2009

Essie in Progress Tour

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…

Visions of Sugarplums Tour

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Visions of Sugarplums: A Collection of Christmas Cookery is a delightful ebook published by Lizzie of A Dusty Frame, filled with those exceptional recipes of holidays past. My mouth waters as I examine the contents: Gingerbread WafflesWarm Cranberry PunchSweet Potato CasseroleMoravian CookiesToffee SquaresEpiphany CakeJulgrot (Swedish Rice Pudding)Triple Layer BrowniesVintage Molasses Cake The book is sprinkled with holiday traditions from around the world and their corresponding recipes, like finding the lucky single almond in the Julgrot. You’ll find inspirational quotes, a section on making homemade ornaments from kitchen ingredients, suggested family traditions, snow day ideas, and a list of favorite Christmas…

Mathletics Review

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Mathletics is an internet based math curriculum. Before considering this program, you will need to make sure your computer meets the minimum requirements listed below. System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista or Mac OS 10.4 or above 512 MB Ram Screen Resolution of 1028 x 768 Broadband internet connection Internet Explorer (7 or above) or Firefox (2 or above) Adobe Flash Player (latest version preferred) Mathletics offers curriculum for grades K-8 at this time. The yearly subscription includes a teacher/parent account as well as a student account. The parent/teacher can download additional worksheets/workbooks for use when the student is not able to…

The Christmas Kitchen Tour

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Tektoma Review

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If you are like me, you probably have never heard of Tektoma, so I’ll explain a little about them prior to getting into our thoughts… Tektoma offers members tutorials for making video games using Gamemaker software from YoYo Games. Tektoma is geared towards kids ages 7-17. The tutorials offered cover a various range of topics and skill levels. They even have a forum and a place to share the games that the kids create. They offer tutorials for the following game platforms: Racing Arcade Memory Platform Fantasy Adventure In addition, they offer shorter tutorials on how to: use tiles to…