Enjoying the Chaos

Little J was recently given the opportunity to review a brilliant online reading program called Reading Kingdom . Reading Kingdom is a fun easy, to use reading program suitable for ages 4-10 to help them learn to read to a third grade level. The program uses Dr. Marion Blank's patented "6-SIM" Six Skill Integrated Method that teaches all the reading and writing skills in an integrated fashion so that they complement and reinforce each other while fostering comprehension at every level. The program is designed for children to use with very limited assistance. Little J loved that from the very first day he could use this program by himself. While using the program Little J had the choice of using the online click and point keyboard or the actual keyboard on my laptop. We tried it both ways but Little J preferred the real keyboard. There is also an option to increase the time allowed for the child to answer. We had to do this for Little J because al...

    When I was given the chance to review a program from Notgrass Company I was really excited. I am an immigrant from England. Therefore my knowledge of American history is limited to what I was taught either in England or the three years I lived in Nebraska when I was a child. I have been searching for a good American History program. Well I need look no further, I have found it. The program I was offered was called America The Beautiful and I was completely excited (I know a lot of excitement) - I mean the name says it all and I was intrigued. I spent a lot of time looking at their website and really felt that it would be a good fit for us. In fact I was so sure that I went ahead and bought an extra set of the 'Maps and Timeline' books so that both Jam (7th grade) and Boo (5th grade) could use the full program. This set is amazing - as soon as we received it the kids were both excited to get started. We loved the graphics, pictures and the fact that it includes...

We love 'The Little House on the Prairie' Boo has read ALL the books. I have read all the books, plus I think I have watched every episode of the TV series. I remember being a little jealous that my baby sister had a complete set of the dolls. Jam however has not had the same enthusiasm for the whole series however, he was willing to read 'Farmer Boy' which he loved. We had the opportunity to review a DVD from Legacy Documentaries called Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura When I told the kids we had the opportunity to watch the DVD Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura DVD they were very excited. However when it started they were a little disappointed for just a few seconds. They thought we were going to be watching a movie. However after the first few seconds they completely recovered from it. This documentary is very well presented, my kids loved that the documentary is filmed on the farmstead described in the 'Farmer Boy' book. This DVD is ful...