Homeschool Curriculum and Guidance that Works– Without the Frustration or Expense! Write with the Best Volume One With Write with the Best Volume One, a child learns descriptive writing by modeling classic works of literature. Volume One is geared towards 3rd to 12th grade and covers nine different genres: Describing an Object from Jules Verne Describing a Place from Charles Dickens Describing a Character from Daniel Defoe Dialogue from Kenneth Grahame The Short Story from O. Henry Fables from Aesop Friendly Letters from Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry – Rhyming Verse from William Wordsworth The Ballad or Narrative Poem from Henry…
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Guardian Angel Publishing Review
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Guardian Angel Publishing offers an interesting selection of childrens books geared at ages 0-12. They are unique in that they offer their books not only in print form, but also as an e-book on cd and as instant download e-book. Here are the books we received to review: Earthquake by Susan J. Berger This book about Earthquakes empowers your kids with information and preparedness. What causes earthquakes? Can we predict them? How are earthquakes measured? How do we prepare for them? There are lots of fun factoids and a few experiments. (Learn how to make your own seiche.) What was…
Growing Healthy Homes: Nutrition 101 Review
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Nutrition 101: Choose Life! is a complete nutrition and health curriculum. It covers the major body systems, what they do, how they function, and how they are affected by both good and bad foods. The 448 pages are packed with information, activities, and recipes. You will learn about: The Brain and Nervous System Digestion and Elimination Respiration and Olfactory Muscular and Skeletal Systems Cardiovascular and Immune Systems Endocrine System and Emotions This Bible based curriculum will teach your kids (and you) the whys behind healthy eating. You will not only learn how to eat better, but also why different foods…
Studypod Review
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Studypod was developed by a former teacher (assisted with input from his students) to help students organize their workspace when doing homework and reading, helping to make homework more enjoyable and to get their work done faster. Studypod isn’t just limited to students. Here are some examples of different uses for the Studypod: portable music stand portable art stand book holder at the gym recipe book holder When I first saw the Studypod, I thought, “where was that when I was in school”. I could immediately see many uses for it in our home. I was thrilled when I found…
A Journey Through Learning Review
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A Journey Through Learning offers beautiful, full color lapbooks and unit studies at affordable prices. Most of the lapbooks include a study guide so you and/or your student don’t have to search for the answers. Munchkin really enjoys doing lapbooks as long as she doesn’t have to do too many at once. In other words, she prefers to do only one lapbook at at time. We have used lapbooks as complete studies by themselves or as review of what has already been learned. With the Journey Through Learning lapbooks, I cut out the components and paper clipped them to the…