Enjoying the Chaos

We have been very fortunate to review the  8th Grade Literature Guide Set  from  Memoria Press . Boo loves to read and we looked at the  7th Grade Literature Guide Set  the 8th Grade Literature Guide Set and the 9th Grade Literature Guide Set  they all looked excellent. Boo had already read all of the seventh grade choices and although she could have handled the 9th grade choices we decided that she would enjoy the 8th grade choices and we have not been disappointed. To facilitate this review we received the consumable student guide and the corresponding teacher guide for; The Wind in the Willows Treasure Island  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer As You Like It The four books can be used in any order as they are studied as individual units one per quarter of a school year. Boo decided she wanted to work on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, As You Like It, Treasure Island, and then finally The Wind in the Willows. The study guides do ...

My kids LOVE to read. I have never had to bribe, trick, or talk them into picking up a book. In fact sometimes I am tempted (I have never actually done this) to ban them from reading when they get in trouble. Yes, they love it that much! So when I was offered a review from  Progeny Press which involved reading - it was a no-brainer we had to do it. Jam had been bugging me forever to read The Hunger Games (You know the drill "But Mom, everyone else has read it) so he was really excited when I finally let him read it for this review. Boo who is always game to read new books chose The Giver . I got the books from the library and introduced both of them to their Interactive PDF study guides  Hunger Games $21.99 recommended for grades 8-12 (for Jam) and  The Giver $18.99 recommended for grades 5-8 (for Boo). My kids loved the fact that they could type directly into the guide instead of having to hand write everything. My husband and I liked that we didn't have to p...