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October 7, 2011

Review: Principles of Marketing

Munchkin was excited about the possibility of doing this review as she currently is thinking about her plans for the future. When we received the dvd, I popped it into the computer and started printing out the lesson plans, learning objectives (by chapter), course syllabus, and key terms (by chapter). (You can view these on the computer, but I wanted to have physical copies for Munchkin.) I had Munchkin look over everything prior to starting the lessons, so she would have a better understanding of the class. For the classes themselves, the student listens to a lecture accompanied with powerpoint…

Rubik’s Cube + Scrabble = Scruble Cube

October 6, 2011

Heather L

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Rubik’s Cube + Scrabble = Scruble Cube

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Most of us are pretty familiar with both Scrabble and the Rubik’s Cube, but have you heard of the Scruble Cube? No? Well, I hadn’t either until I was introduced to it through the Homeschool Crew. As soon as I saw it, I was intrigued, and I admit, a little intimidated. Hmmm…. So, not only do I need to come up with words like in Scrabble, but I also need to be able to plan everything out and rotate a cube to be able to score points. **gulp** Game Play Players take turn forming words on the cube. The letters…

Tri-Cross Game Review

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Checkers meets Stratego… That’s how D described this fun game of strategy called Tri-Cross. When the game arrived at the house, we all read through the instructions of this completely new to us game, but it didn’t really “click” until we watched the video on how to play. There are different versions of the game which have varying degrees of difficulty. We decided to stick with the beginner version as we got use to the game play. (The beginner version is shown above, and the more advanced version is shown below.) It was soon very apparent that this was Daddy’s…

Wise Alec: Nature Nuts Game

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Griddly Games, the makers of the Wise Alec trivia board game, have created expansion packs that double as stand alone travel games: Nature Nuts, Civilize This, and Sports Buff. Each expansion pack features 3 decks of cards, 1 deck of Wise Alec cards, and a die. The game itself comes in a nice storage container which features a magnetic closure, organizational storage areas for each deck of cards as well as the die, a plastic cover to keep all the cards and die in place, and instructions printed directly on the container. What this means is that you will not…

May 17, 2011

Heather L

Review: BIP Wondermaps

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We have grown to really enjoy the products from Bright Ideas Press such as A Young Scholar’s Guide to Composers and Mystery of History. When I heard that we would have the opportunity to review their brand new Wondermaps program, I jumped at the chance. I mean it had 350 maps that were interactive and printable. Oh, the possibilities started tumbling through my mind. Wondermaps includes: 60+ maps of the world 60+ maps of the USA 125 historical maps, including 25 biblical maps The complete map sets from The Mystery of History vols. I–III and All American History vols. I…