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Curiosity Files: Zombie Fire Ants

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Zombie Fire Ants… Cicada Killing Wasps… Quicksand… Puffer Fish… Red Tide… As you can see, these are not your normal topics of study for an every day unit study.  No, these studies are meant to grab and hold your child’s attention.  They are complete, all-in-one studies which include lessons for most subjects.  Each study includes: Bible study and memory verses Math, history, and geography investigations Literature and suggested book list Writing, spelling, and vocabulary activities Beautiful copywork pages (manuscript and cursive) Science observations, projects, and experiments Discussion questions Art, crafts, drawing, and coloring pages Lapbook and notebook pages Internet resources…

Review: Secure Daughters Confident Sons

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Secure Daughters Confident Sons How Parents Guide Their Children into Authentic Masculinity and Femininity Have you ever wondered what you can do on a daily basis to nurture your children’s God-given design and help them resist the pressure to conform to arbitrary cultural rules?  Have you ever wanted to  better understand your spouse? your kids?  This book may be just what you are looking for. Glenn T. Stanton is the director for family formation studies at Focus on the Family. He debates and lectures extensively around the country on issues related to gender, s*xuality, marriage, and parenting. Often sought out…

Have Fun with Synonyms!

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Synonyms, The word game that gets your mind racing! I love to be able to use educational games in our homeschooling – especially when those games don’t require us to be super serious.  Enter in Synonyms – the board game.  The first thing that struck me about this game was how beautiful it was.  Everything was nicely contained in its own compartment in the box (love that!).  The 400+ color-coded cards were laminated and sturdy so they are sure to last for many, many games (and years) to come. …my mommy brain truly needs to be exercised more! From the…

VeggieTales: Happy Together!

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VeggieTales: Happy Together! Stories about family, friendship, and faith Happy Together! is an 80+ minute compilation dvd featuring 3 classic VeggieTales stories: Sheerluck Holes and the Golden Ruler Esther: The Girl Who Became Queen (short version) The Grapes of Wrath. It also includes 3 Silly Songs: Pants Dance of the Cucumber Larry Sings the Blues. Poor Larry has lost his favorite stuffed bear and is feeling rather low.  When he agrees to be the sound person in the new “happimentary”, Larry learns about what true happiness and friendship means.  Through the fun videos and interview with the veggie kids, Larry…

Review: VocabAhead

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VocabAhead is a GRE, SAT, ACT Vocabulary prep program.  The videos and mp3s can be played on a computer with a dvd-rom drive.  The dvd-rom may or may not work on a traditional dvd player.  The cool thing about the VocabAhead mp3s (audios) and mp4s (videos) is that they can be loaded onto an ipad, ipod, itouch, iphone….  The mp3s can be listened to on any mp3 player.  Students and teachers can also utilize the Study Room on the VocabAhead website to enhance the learning experience with quizzes, videos, and flash cards. At first glance, this sounds like a great…