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Review: Editor In Chief B1
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Editor In Chief B1 Grades 6-8 Editor in Chief by Critical Thinking Press is an excellent resource to help students become better writers and self editors. Students learn how to identify and correct grammatical errors, writing mechanics errors, and usage errors. They have to really think while they are reading the short stories as not all errors jump up from the page. We received the B1 level of Editor in Chief which is geared towards students in grades 6-8. For the first few stories, I walked through the process with Munchkin. Grammar and writing are not her strongest subjects, so…
Mornings and Evenings with Spurgeon Charles Spurgeon is known for his no-nonsense style devotions. His devotionals are thought-provoking and fluff-free. As a teen, I was given the older Morning & Evening devotional by Spurgeon. I used it, but I don’t think that I truly appreciated all that was being said in the devotionals. Starting to read these newly packaged devotionals now, as an adult, I can better grasp and appreciate Spurgeon’s style of devotionals. I like the short devotionals that contain a good bit of meat. I can start my day with a short devotional and think about it throughout…
Review: Sabbath The Ancient Practices
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Sabbath: The Ancient Practices By Dan Allender, Phyllis Tickle As a family, we’ve been studying more about Biblical holidays including the Sabbath. Since we wanted to learn more about Sabbath, I thought this book might help us delve deeper into the topic. One of the things that I liked about the book is the emphasis on delighting in the Sabbath and not seeing it as a burden. My main problem with the book is that is wasn’t grounded in scripture; it was mainly based upon the author’s opinion. While I agreed with some of what was written, I would have…
Review: Elements of Faith Vol. 1
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Elements of Faith Vol. 1: Hydrogen to Tin Faith Facts and Learning Lesson from the Periodic Table Richard D. Duncan The study of the periodic table of elements can often be tedious task for students. Symbols, letters, numbers – they all blur into each other and leave the student wanting to just walk away from chemistry all together. Many students want to know how the study of the periodic table is relevant to their lives. Many chemistry classes leave them without practical application, so they walk away thinking that the periodic table is irrelevant to their every day lives. The…