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Prone To Wander Los Angeles creates uniquely designed jewelry, prints, home decor and phone cases for you to enjoy. All of their items are simply lovely. For this review, they sent to use two different phone cases to use for my iPhone 5 model.

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The first case is a lovely clear case with roses covering it that says “Trust In the Lord with All Your Heart – Proverbs 3:5”. This cover is gorgeous. The plastic case slips right over the phone and fits great. The design is simple and beautiful.

The second case is wooden with “Be Still and Know that I am God. – Psalm 46:10” engraved into it. It’s surrounded by beautiful pink and yellow roses with lovely green leaves. The wooden back is attached to a black rubber cover that easily slips onto your phone and stretches to fit.

I have been using this case for over a month now and I love it just as much today as when I received it. The case is not too heavy and the image has stayed well despite me carrying it all over. I love the feel of the carving: a reminder that God is always with me.

Prone To Wander LA has so many options to choose from. Prices vary by product. My wooden case in particular costs $22.99 while the clear plastic case I was gifted costs $14.99. Both are equally beautiful.

Be sure to stop over and check out all of the wonderful items Prone To Wander LA has available.

We were asked to review MESSYLEARNING FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND KINDERGARTENERS from PandaParents. I had honestly never heard of this company before this review and found it interesting so I decided to give it a try. Though it’s a little different, we have enjoyed it.

PandaParents MESSYLEARNING FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND KINDERGARTENERS is a digital program that offers several factors. The first step is story time in which you introduce on of their many books by reading and allowing your little one to read the book themselves. The books vary in subject and the curriculum is monthly in it’s design. Story videos are also included to help you bring the books to life for your little ones. These are short and adorably designed, easily to be used by you for your child.

In the back of each book, there is a question answer section to review what you’ve read with the child. This is not mandatory but is a great extra to help you ensure your child is listening and comprehending what they are learning. This section is short but thorough.

The second step is to learn. Here you put workbooks that are specifically created for the program to use with your child(ren). The workbooks are age appropriate and fun to use. These help you to build the skills your child needs for development and support learning.

Step three is time to be creative. Here comes the Messy part. You use Art to further extend the learning process, allowing your child to complete different activities. In the process, your child learns about different medians of Art and explores creating their own masterpieces based on the books your learning at the time. This is a fun way to really get your child motivated to learn. They know this is coming after the work and they often want to get to this step in any program so they are more willing to learn. Fun for all!

The books we received were Mommy’s Baby, Scotty Skunk Hears a Scary Sound, and A Jolly Jingling Journey. Each book is unique and educational but simple and adorably written and designed. We enjoyed all three of them.

Mommy’s Baby is probably Jack’s favorite because of the silly lines throughout the book. He is my Baby so he could relate to the baby in the book and the things the baby said are often things he says at bedtime as well. It was a cute read.

Both the book and workbook come in PDF form. The workbook pages are pretty simple and easy to follow. We were able to print them and work on them throughout the week. There are 34 pages in the Mommy’s Baby workbook.

Scotty Skunk Hears a Scary Sound was another favorite. This book concentrated on the “S” sound, which is Laycie’s favorite and always a challenge for her to say with her tongue-tie. This book was great for me to work on with her to practice that challenging sound.

A Jolly Jingling Journey is about the Big Guy in Red, Santa. We love stories that are Christmas-y though this one wasn’t about Jesus. It was about the letter “J”. This book was equally interesting to my children and they enjoyed reading it with me.

The creative projects for Art and learning are included in the workbooks. The Read-to-me story videos are also a part of the program and help to encourage your little ones to read along with the videos. These are downloadable as well.

We really enjoyed using this program. It was easy to use and thoroughly educating. It wasn’t a program I probably would have taken a look at had it not been on the Crew this year but it is one that my kids and I have enjoyed using.

PandaParents offers a free trial and several payment options. You can order the Digital Subscription for $9.99 a month. There are more options available to you on their website.

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The Lord gives sleep to those he loves. — Psalm 127:2

This is a beautifully written and illustrated book about bedtime and about God’s love for us. This adorable children’s book is filled with peaceful illustrations of varied animals that you and your children will enjoy time and time again. The story line is sweet and heartfelt, making you smile and giggle as you read this book together with your little one.

God Bless You & Good Night is a children’s book that is sure to become a Classic. It’s hardback with a beautiful illustration of a Mommy and Baby Giraffe on the paper book jacket. It’s a medium sized book with paper pages inside. Perfect for you and your little one to share in holding as you read to him or her before bed at night.

We loved this book and have read it many times. (So many that we had misplaced it when it came time for this review because it was loved so much we carried it all over.) You and your child will love the animals that fill each and every page: animals of all kinds.

You can purchase a copy of this book online at LifeWay or other fine retailers. It costs around $10 at time of this review. You can also participate in a giveaway to win your own copy of this book for your little one to enjoy.

Reading Kingdom is a long time favorite of our family, thanks to the Homeschool Review Crew. We were introduced to this program many years ago and have enjoyed using it ever since. It has been a huge help for our family, allowing my oldest son to gain reading skills when he used to struggle with reading in his early days. So when Reading Kingdom came up for review this year, I knew this was one that I wanted to use with my younger kids as well.

Since our early days with using Reading Kingdom, the creators of the program have also developed another program that is specifically designed for use with children on the Autism spectrum. ASD Reading focuses on students who have challenges with reading that are on the spectrum to help them gain necessary skills for reading they may not be able to accomplish through other programs. This program covers reading, writing and comprehension, helping even non-speaking students to learn reading and writing skills as they work through the program. This is an exciting development that I personally feel is just wonderful for students who may have specific issues when learning. I think it would have been great to use with my struggling reader had it been available to us as he was learning to read.

For our review, we were given access to Reading Kingdom for both Jackson and Laycie for a full year. Jackson is 5 and Laycie is 10 so they are at opposite ends of the reading spectrum. Jackson is just learning to read and recognize letters, spelling and comprehension, while Laycie has some reading skills developed, knows how to spell some words and is continuing to build her reading and comprehension skills. Laycie has struggled with reading thanks to her issues with her seizures and medications she has been on throughout her life, so I’m always looking for programs that challenge her and help her build her reading skills in a fun way.

When you sign up for Reading Kingdom, you can chose how many students you will use the program with and will be billed accordingly. For us, the youngest two children of our family needed this program. Once set up, I was able to get each student started.

When you sign in, you will be taken to your dashboard. This program is independent and your student should always work alone with the exception of you, the parent/teacher, giving guidance as needed in initially using the keyboard or following the directions to use the program and learning new concepts like how to click the arrows to move ahead with the program. You, the parent, should NEVER give answers for the child as the program is designed to progress and develop around what your child knows. It is self-measuring as your child works through the program and adjusts to their needs as they go.

When beginning the program, you can choose to set the program up beginning with lesson 1 or you can select to use a placement test to set your student at a level that may work better for them in the program. For Jackson, I chose to start with Lesson 1 as he’s new to reading and needs to develop his skills. For Laycie, I felt a placement test would be better since she already knows some things but needs to further develop her reading skills at her level of reading. You the parent, will need to assess your child to see what is best for you and them.

The program itself is very easy to follow. It begins with an explanation by a adorable Owl who explains to both the student and the parent what the programs expectations are, as well as how to use the keyboard, follow the instructions and begin using the program. After this, you jump into the lessons and begin.

Lessons are fairly easy to complete as well. You earn points as your work through the program that unlock online rewards for your child. The lessons start out simple and build as your child goes along.

Each lesson is in full-color and is interactive. Imagery and animation bring the program to life for your child, keeping them intrigued as they work through each lesson. This makes it fun for the child and keeps them wanting to learn.

At the end of the lesson, your child (or you the parent) can choose to stop the lesson for the day or continue to the next lesson if you choose to do so. Lessons vary in length and response required. Some lessons use a keyboard. You can choose between using an on-screen keyboard or an external keyboard for lessons. I *believe* that the on-screen keyboard is still available if you choose to use the external though.

This program covers important skills in reading: spelling, phonics, writing, grammar, comprehension and so much more. It can be used on most devices like iPad, tablets, computers, laptops, Chromebooks, and so on. This makes it versatile and easy to access for your child and for you.

You can find our previous reviews of Reading Kingdom here:

https://luvnlambertlife.com/2012/09/reading-kingdom-crew-review-2.html

https://luvnlambertlife.com/2013/08/reading-kingdom-crew-review.html

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