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is a web-based assessment and learning math system. My kids have both been using ALEKS for a short time now. You can read an overview of ALEKS on their website for specific details. With ALEKS your student gets an assessment of their current knowledge and after being placed within the program your child proceeds through [...]
See-N-Spell is a 40-page quick reference guide which includes over 300 commonly used words in order to help writers improve their spelling and vocabulary. The guide organizes words alphabetically and by part of speech. There is also a section for commonly misspelled words as well as an area where you can write in your own [...]
13 year old Alexa Peters authored the Cooper and Me and the Military book which is about family and friends who are separated by military deployment. Her idea was to aid kids in dealing with their feelings about being separated from loved ones who are serving their country elsewhere. Released on January 31st, Cooper and [...]
What comes to mind when you think about a program that drills math facts towards the goal of mastery? Is it a tedious boring task where your child goes through a flashcard type approach? Do you think of your child rolling their eyes and dreading such a task? Do you hear, “Oh Mom do we [...]
“God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.” Genesis 1:16 NIV Whenever our family studies astronomy I am reminded of this verse in Genesis. As I look up into the night sky I marvel at how many stars and [...]
A Mile in His Shoes, from the directors of Angels in the Outfield stars Dean Cain and Luke Schroder, is a film based on the book “The Legend of Mickey Tussler”. This movie is an inspirational story about the journey of Mickey, who has Aspergers Syndrome as well as an amazing gift, and a coach [...]
provides a series of movie guides named Z-Guides which leads you through a study of a movie which is set in a specific historical time period. Each guide focuses on a specific movie release and not only do you learn about the movie details but the historical period associated with it while developing research [...]
I went to public school when I was growing up. At my high school we had several paths we could take for our curriculum, I chose the college path and a foreign language was required for it. I ended up taking French and wished I had taken Spanish. Needless to say I was thrilled when [...]
Invasion by Jon Lewis is a science fiction book that centers around three teenagers, Colt, Oz, and Danielle who get caught up in exposing a conspiracy and an invasion by aliens. The storyline involves portals which exist between our world and other alien worlds, a secret military organization that protects normal citizens from aliens, [...]
My daughter read Cooper and Me and the Winter Adventure by Monique & Alexa Peters and just loved the story and the pictures in this book. The illustrations are just beautifully done. It is a fun and lovable story about two dogs, Cooper and Bella, and their adventure as they go out to sled and [...]
