Tuesday, December 31, 2013

A while back we reviewed the Piano Lessons by Hoffman Academy. Gavin has really enjoyed the worksheets and working through the lessons each day.

    

Here's a coupon code: thriftyfamilypiano That will give 20% off the entire cart, and is good through Saturday, January 11th, 2014.
Enjoy!
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Our kids continue to love these bilingual children's books!!!  Being a multi-cultural, multi-lingual family I think they are great for not only the little one but for language instruction. They are a good way to learn Spanish for children.

Description:
This book is the fourth in a series of bilingual books for children to either learn Spanish or English. THE EARTH - LA TIERRA teaches about the continents on earth.
The book is accompanied by a website were the book is available in an animated format as well as many games to practice the vocabulary.




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I had applied for the free copy of CollageIt. With the holidays being so slow and all, yeah right. I did try out the application and there are some really neat features that could be used for those digital scrap booking folks. Description: CollageIt is an automatic and easy to use collage maker to create eye-catching collages in no time on both Mac OS X & Windows. It excels with its ease of use. Highlighted Features: • Making collages is as easy as 1-2-3. • Various kinds of layouts and diverse templates. • Free to customize collages with powerful functionality. • Multiple export and share options. Know more product info: http://www.collageitfree.com/
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We reviewed the book, "Escape from Mercy Hall".

Decription:
A thrilling new adventure by Garth Edwards with illustrations by Max Stasyuk.
 An ebook for boys and girls age 9-11.  The first of the Thorn Gate trilogy.

     They heard a loud crackling noise behind them.
     “Quick!” called out George. “The hedge is closing. We’d better get back.”
     Before they could move, the crackling noise grew louder and as they watched, the long slim poles rapidly bent in all directions. Branches twisted and thorns stretched out again. In just a few minutes the crackling stopped and the hedge was back to normal; huge, dense and totally impenetrable.

      The four orphans from Mercy Hall are stranded in a strange new land where Muttons (savage sheep), strange people and curious creatures live under the control of the cruel Robes.

      They travel through the mysterious Rainbow Cave where living creatures can be changed for better or for worse. Dangers abound around every corner and the children set out on a mission to free slaves and escape themselves?

     The land behind the hedge is full of weird and thrilling adventures.

Our comments:
Although Yuneidi, 9 years old, wasn't as enthused with this book, I started reading the book and it is pretty good. The book does move slow at first and may be why she lost interest. I would recommend this book for late elementary through maybe middle school children.
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Monday, December 30, 2013

This is a really neat idea for kids homeschoolers or not. The Seafloor Explorer seems really neat!
https://www.zooniverse.org/
Feeling a little behind after a week off......

Getting back on the school bus with Gavin. There are some great sites out there for Homeschooling in Texas. We recently transitioned to 3rd grade Science and Social Studies, but the amount of reading really has him flustered.

These Printable and Online Unit Studies could be great to use as extras. So much things for free!

Saturday, December 28, 2013

ThriftyMota eStore is up and running. Slow start but excited about getting started nonetheless.
Check it out. 
http://thriftymota.ecrater.com/

One downfall of eCrater, pictures have to be uploaded one at a time.
Makes for timely uploads unless things have one or two pictures only.