Enjoying the Chaos

My kids have never not wanted to read. In fact sometimes I threaten they are banned from reading! Of course this only lasts for about 30 minutes, or until their chores are done! One thing that spurs an extra long reading session, is when Captain's favorite magazine is delivered. We have a kids magazine produced by our church. It costs about $10 for a year (delivered) arrives every month and he loves it! If your child doesn't like to sit and read a long book (Captain's current book is 'Raising Dragons' by Bryan Davis) magazines can be a great way to kick it in to gear!

I recently had the opportunity to review the really cool reading app  FarFaria . Captain America really loves me to read him stories, which of course I love to do. However, he seriously would have me read them all day if he could. So when I heard about FarFaria I thought it would be a great app to try out while we are working on Captain reading more to himself. PLUS as a bonus I have a 3 month subscription for you to win! First of all this app works on Android and iPhones so it doesn't matter if you have an Android loving husband like mine or a Apple one like my brother, you can use this app on either. The app is really easy to get around. In fact I never looked at it until Captain had been using it for a week or so. There is a huge variety of books to choose from. They are divided into different topics animals, classics, fairytales, adventure, and bedtime. It's set up like a cool map, Captain calls it his treasure map. Which of course I think is cool because books o...

Since I work from home there are times when I need Captain America (remember this is now what we call Little J who's 5) to do something constructive if I am busy. He has his own laptop on his new school desk that we set up this year and so doesn't have to boot someone else off theirs to play.  Essential Skills Advantage is an online reading and language program for grades K-6. I was given a premium membership in exchange for this review. A premium membership costs $9.99 a month however if you use the code 'TOS50' by Oct 1 2014 you could get this program for $4.99 a month (for as long as you keep the subscription active). There is also a free version of the program available however this does contain ads and doesn't have all the features of the premium membership. Essential Skills Advantage has been around along time. Up until recently it worked mainly with traditional schools (over 20,000). Since the program was so successful in helping children in the class...

Little J's favorite book...for the day.