Treasure Seekers

• Puzzleball Globe

  Timberdoodle’s catalog is full of curriculum resources and products for home educators, and my girls love looking at all the homeschool supplies they feature. They were thrilled to receive a Junior Puzzleball Globe from Timberdoodle for our family to review. The 3D puzzle made by European game maker Ravensburger features curved plastic [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Shauna

• ice, ice baby

    We decided to try something new last week and joined other families from our local homeschooling group to go ice skating! Neither of the kids had ever skated before, but they both kept trying and had a great time! (I had fun too, but my calves protested the next day.) Posted [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:17am EST
  by Shauna

• 2009 Virtual Advent Tour

  Kailana from The Written World and Marg from Reading Adventures are hosting the 2009 Virtual Advent Tour. As they explain: The Virtual Advent tour first started when we pondered why should the kids get all the fun of opening a box on the advent calendar and finding a treat in there, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:42pm EST
  by Shauna

• The Story of Christmas

  I just noticed this evening that the neighbors have their Christmas lights up, so as hard as it is to believe that 2009 is coming to a close, it seems appropriate that we received Gwen Ellis’s retelling of The Story of Christmas recently! Steve Smallman illustrated this 24-page children’s version of [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:06am EST
  by Shauna

• Operation Christmas Child

  National collection week for Operation Christmas Child is next week, November 16–23. Visit the Samaritan’s Purse web site to learn more about Operation Christmas Child, find out how to pack a shoe box, and locate your nearest local collection site. If you make your donation online instead of enclosing a check [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:15pm EST
  by Shauna

• grammar help for students (and adults)

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  Take a look at these helpful resources for helping your student (or yourself!) with grammar and language mechanics. Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl, has just released a follow-up to her successful book Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:00am EST
  by Shauna

• Big Thoughts for Little People

  My family received a copy of Kenneth N. Taylor’s delightful picture book Big Thoughts for Little People: ABCs to Help You Grow. The book was originally released in 1983 and has been updated with colorful, playful illustrations by Andrea Petrlik Huseinovic. Each lesson begins with a rhyming verse and features a different letter [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Shauna

• books of the year

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  Publishers Weekly posted its annual lists of best books of the year. Have you read any of PW’s top picks for children’s books in 2009? The only one I’ve read is Suzanne Collins’s Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games. Posted in books [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by Shauna