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Educaching is an innovative curriculum that combines education and geocaching. If you’ve never heard of geocaching, you can think about it as a high tech treasure hunt using your gps. We loved the idea of incorporating our gps into our school day. Munchkin would learn how to use technology, get exercise, and learn all at the same time. Sounds like a plan to me. The Educaching teacher’s manual starts off with teachers training. You will cover: What is GPS? What is Educaching? Learning the Lingo (terms you need to know in the gps, educaching world) Lesson Plans & Subject Integration…

October 5, 2009

Heather L

Nature Friend Magazine Review

Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews

Helping Children Explore the Wonders of God’s Creation Nature Friend magazine is a children’s magazine the whole family, including the grandparents, can enjoy. It is published twelve issues per year, six of which are gently nudged towards the older family members. Readers are encouraged to participate in the magazine by submitting art, photographs, stories, puzzles and poems. Besides the various submissions used each month, they have an annual readers’ issue that is compiled from reader’s submissions, cover-to-cover. Nature Friend magazine, begun in 1983, was first published by the Stanley Brubaker family of Goshen, Indiana. It was born out of Mr.…

Sarah’s Wish Review

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Sarah’s Wish by Jim Baumgardner The Accident It all seemed to have happened in one of those slow-motion moments. Actually, the horse heard it first-the rattle sound. The sound that leaves goose bumps on a big man’s neck. By the time the girl caught eye of it, Blackie had instinctively shied to the right. “Snake!” Rachel pointed at the coiled serpent, its mouth gaping, fangs laid bare. Blackie bolted. The sudden jerk slammed Rachel against the seat, wrenching the reins from her hands. Immediately she reached for twelve-year-old Sarah. Careening wildly along the narrow lane they furiously clutched at the…

Redefining Beau-ti-ful Blog Tour

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Redefining Beautiful: What God Sees When God Sees You by Jenna Lucado and Max Lucado Not feeling very beautiful? Learn what beauty is from God’s perspective. Revolve speaker Jenna Lucado has teamed up with her dad, Max Lucado, to bring girls a fresh perspective on what they need to live a life of peace, joy, and confidence. What does God see when He looks at them? And how does a girl catch that vision? Jenna reveals life accessories that are essential, and which single accessory is a real must-have to give teens a look they love—a look that says they…

College Prep Genius Review

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As you read in my College Prep Genius introduction post, College Prep Genius offers parents and students help in getting started for the road to college success. Through this course, students will learn how to prepare for the test, and the best way to take the test. Students are given tips and tricks to help them excel at standardized test taking. We received the College Prep Genius “Master the SAT Class” dvd set to review. This set includes 4 dvds (the whole “Master the SAT Class” lecture series), the College Prep Genius textbook, and the College Prep Genius workbook. The…