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2017

In The Reign of Terror {Crew Review}

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Heirloom Audio Productions presents In The Reign of Terror, a two and a half hour, non-stop audio adventure for your family!  Created for ages 6-16, this radio drama is sure to excite listeners of all ages!  I know it was one greatly enjoyed by my family.
In The Reign of Terror features a wonderful cast:
Brian Blessed from Star Wars, Tarzan and Robin Hood
John Rhys-Davies from The Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones
Jack Farthing from Poldark
Cathy Sara from Downton Abbey
Christina Greatrex from The Royal Shakespeare Company
and Jill Freud from C.S. Lewis at War
This great team of experienced professional actors bring life to this dramatic tale of friendship and family during the French Revolution, one of the many extraordinary adventures of G.A. Henty.  This is a 2 CD-set filled with adventure and an additional study guide is available for the program to help bring the audio adventure away from the ears and onto paper to bring it to life.  This great guide helps your students focus on the importance of the French Revolution and the experiences being shown through this amazing story’s telling.
An added bonus is the Biblical background to this story, providing a solid Christian stance on History which is lacking in so many Historical programs these days.  Heirloom Audio Productions provides moral values and eternal truth through their many audio productions available through their website.
Through In The Reign of Terror, students can learn the differences between the American Revolutionary War that was fought for Independence and the French Revolution which was more of a selfish fight for freedom and ended with a lot of unnecessary blood shed.  Students get a feel for what life was like in turbulent France at the time of the war, how it felt to live in this time period and face such troubling times in life.  They see how the War brings chaos and strife to friends and family who were in the midst of such a terrible event.
Heirloom Audio provides wholesome family entertainment for children, that excels in historical value with a touch of fun to keep children intrigued and keep boredom at bay with their amazing audio adventures.  There are many to choose from and enjoy.  In The Reign of Terror is just one of many available.
Additionally, Heirloom Audio Productions is releasing a brand-new online program with their Live The Adventure Club!  They are currently offering an amazing 3 month trial offer for the program for free to give it a try!  If you act now you can also grab their newest audio adventure, Captain Bayley’s Heir for only $1!  What an amazing deal!
The Live The Adventure Club provides great parenting advice along with amazing wholesome materials to use with your family.  These great historical treasures are gifts that every family can use.  And there are hundreds of fun activities provided for kids as well!
Our family loved In The Reign of Terror.  We listened to this one as a family and discussed what was taking place, lead by the study guide provided.  From 4 to 16 and above, we all enjoyed the great voicing of the actors, the story line, the adventure and we look forward to listening to more of these audio productions in the future.
In The Reign of Terror is available through the Heirloom Audio Productions website for $29.97 plus shipping and handling.  There are other great audio productions available as well.  And don’t miss out on the Live The Adventure Club available on the website as well!
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Too Blessed To Be Stressed.. Devotional {Frontgate Review}

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Have you been looking for a devotional to use every day that brings peace to your soul?  The Too Blessed to be Stressed… Inspiration for Every Day devotional may be just what you need.  This book is beautifully written and designed to be inspiring to you, the reader.

There are 365 devotions included within the pages of this book by Debora M. Coty.  The devotions are dated with dates that can be read and used again and again, like May 2nd or December 6th.  There is one devotion for each and every day.

These devotions touch on differing topics that reach to your heart.  Things like Loose Lips and The Real Deal.  There’s something there to touch your heart and change your thinking for sure.

The devotions are short as well.  Keeping devotions short ensures that you can complete at least a daily devotion every day, bringing you closer to God and His word.  Each devotion also includes a Bible verse to meditate upon and inspirational words to encourage you on your journey.

Too Blessed to be Stressed… Inspiration for Every Day is definitely inspiring and encouraging for every day.  And at $16.99 this little book is affordable as well.  Don’t miss out on the Giveaway going on now at https://www.blessedfreebies.com/tooblessedtobestressed.html

The Crafty Classroom: R.E.A.D. {Crew Review}

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Have you ever been to The Crafty Classroom website?  Have you seen the amazing products available there, like the Learning to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook and the R.E.A.D. Review Pack?  There are LOADS of other great things there too.
First, let me say how much I love The Crafty Classroom and the amazing products there. You can seriously spend hours just looking through all the good things to use in your homeschooling.  Curriculum for all ages.  It’s good stuff, y’all.  Check it out!
I’m planning to grab the Alphabet Curriculum Notebook pretty soon for Jackson.  This is a 26 week curriculum that I think will be amazing for him to work on his letters with.  And for $15, it’s a steal!!
For this review though, we were given a PDF copy of the Learning to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook, along with the R.E.A.D. Review Pack.  These two products really made me fall in love with The Crafty Classroom.  They are a complete reading curriculum for young students and they are packed with fun!  
The Learning to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook is 798 pages long.  This curriculum doesn’t cover the alphabet.  That’s covered in the awesome Alphabet Curriculum Notebook.  This Notebook concentrates on learning to read by providing a different word family each week with awesome activities that go along with it.  Students also cover sight words that are easily recognized.
The week begins with a great brightly colored image that can be printed of the word family you’ll be working on.  In the beginning of the file, you’ll find a Daily Warm-Up sheet.  I chose to laminate this for Jack and Laycie.  It has space for their first and last name, a clock to use hands to mark the time, as well as an analog box for learning to write the time.  It has a place for temperature and weather for the day.  There’s a calendar to make the month, day and year, as well as the day of the week.  It’s a great little start up for each day.
The first sheet of learning provides the word family word underlined with an arrow that instructs you to follow the sounds to learn the word.  Am is the first word so you would start with the “A” sound and follow through with the ‘M” sound to teach your child to say the word.  This is quick and fun to do with your child to enforce learning to read.
The next part of the lesson jumps right into writing by putting a letter in front of “am” for your child to learn to relate words through rhyming.  This begins your lesson in learning about words that are similar and helps your child with spelling. It’s great fun for your little one.
There are also printable cards for learning.  These can be printed on cardstock or paper and laminated as well.  They allow the child to see rhyming words as well as some sight words.  These are a great way to learn to recognize words in print.
There are sounding out and matching activities to help reinforce what your child is learning.  There are also grammar activities included in this curriculum which teach noun, verbs and other important grammar along with learning to read.  There are so many activities that your child will love learning with like mine have.
The R.E.A.D. Review Pack is really awesome as well.  This pack contains handy little readers that you print and staple together for your child to reinforce what they are learning in their Learning to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook.  These are easy to make and use with your little ones.
I used these two items with Jack and Laycie who are both at different places in learning to read but both LOVE fun activities on worksheets for reading.  There were so many activities to make this last all week for them.  They looked forward to the daily lessons and enjoyed doing it together.  Jack still needs some alphabet work but we will be working on that soon.
You can purchase the Learning to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook and the R.E.A.D. Review Pack from The Crafty Classroom.  The notebook pack is $25 and the review pack is $15.  Both are priced incredibly low for the content they provide.
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    Health Update: July 2017 {Severe Anemia Awareness}

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    This week has been hard.  The last month really.  My medicine is no longer controlling my uterine bleeding like it had been and now I am exhausted again.

    I emailed my doctor’s office last night to set up a new appointment with the doctor so I can go ahead and schedule my hysterectomy.  I wasn’t ready before but now I am.  I want my life back and energy back.  I want to enjoy my days again.

    So right now, I’m low in energy.  I’m eating tons of spinach and other iron rich foods to keep my blood volume up but it’s only doing so much since my body doesn’t absorb iron like it should.  I’m also trying to take a multivitamin daily.

    I’m not sure when surgery will be schedule but I’m hoping by August 16th so I can be up and moving by Jack’s birthday.  We will see.

    Until later on… I’m off to take a nap…
    Dana

    ACTIVA Products are FUN for the Family {Crew Review}

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    We live in an artistically creative household.  My 14 year old, Emmalee, dreams of being an artist.  She loves all mediums for Art.  So when the ACTIVA Products review became available I knew this would be exciting and fun for her and possibly my younger kids as well.  She has not been disappointed with the Rigid Wrap and CelluClay Quik-Sculpting Kit or the ACTIVA Products’ Favorite Sculptures KIDS CRAFTS free eBook.
    The Rigid Wrap and CelluClay Quik-Sculpting Kit comes with 2 4 inch by 5 yard rolls of Rigid Wrap.  This stuff is AWESOME and we will talk about how to use it in a few minutes.  Also included is an 8oz package of CelluClay Instant Paper Mache.  Paper Mache was a FAVORITE of mine in Elementary school.  It brought me so much fun!

    There are also instructions for 12 different projects included with the box on a small set of sheets.  These ideas include a Volcano, a Totem Pole, a mask, a Happy Mummy, a Peppermint Candy Bowl, a Sarcophagus and more.  Jackson really wanted to make a Mummy and put him in the Sarcophagus.  We’re still working on that.

    This whole kit is so neat!  I’ve never used Rigid Wrap before so it was a learning experience for both me and Emmalee, who ended up loving it.  She enjoyed the texture and feel of wetting the webbed material and smoothing it so that it formed to what she was trying to shape.  She cut strips and wrapped them around a straw to make beds which she later painted.  She used a small light bulb and draped the Rigid Wrap over half the bulb to make a small basket for their dolls.  She helped Jackson wrap a toilet paper roll with the wrap to make a Mummy and helped Laycie wrap another one so she could make a spider.  And they are still working on ideas to use the Rigid Wrap for fun!

    It does take a few hours for the product to dry.  It will feel cold to the touch if it’s not yet dry.  And you can wet it again to reform it if needed.  It’s really easy to work with and a whole lot of fun though I do warn you, that it makes little hands messy since it’s a wet sticky substance.

    The CelluClay Instant Paper Mache is equally easy to use.  Add water and smooth it out over whatever your working on to create your project.  Start small and add more as you go.

    The ACTIVA Products’ Favorite Sculptures KIDS CRAFTS free eBook was really great too.  This eBook is jam packed with great fun ideas to use the Rigid Wrap and CelluClay with your family.  It contains 12 fun sculpture ideas to be used.  The website also has great ideas for using the products as well.

    My kids have had so much fun with this, especially Emma.  At a price of $11.90, the kit is easy to budget in.  Emma plans to use the rest of our kit to make more beads that she can paint and design.  The paint adheres well to the products and hold the colors well.  I really look forward to more of her future designs.

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    Take Flight In Your Homeschool {Crew Review}

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    Do you have a child who loves planes?  Or maybe you have always wanted to learn more about flight.  Either way, Doctor Aviation and their flight learning platform is a great way to learn about flight, planes and all the elements that go along with the program in the comfort of your own home.
    This program is designed for older students or parents to use but if you have a young one who just loves planes, they can view the lessons alongside of you and really learn a lot.  So in my opinion, this is a family program for learning about flight.  Jam-packed with information that I haven’t seen any where else.
    I really was not sure if I wanted to join in on this one because I’m not a big fan of aviation but I’ve really enjoyed learning more through Doctor Aviation.  The lessons begin with the basics of the course and the Aviation system.  Then you move straight into learning about the aircraft itself.
    The lessons on the aircraft cover every element involved.  The major components of the aircraft are covered, as well as the axes and forces involved.  You learn about why an aircraft flies and why they turn, pitch and how they fly.
    In section 3, you learn about Air Traffic Control and how it works to help keep aircraft safe.  Without Air Traffic Control, the airways would be a crazy place.  Air Traffic Control are the police of the airways, keeping the right people in the right places.
    Section 4 covers Aircraft Maintenance and how different engines are checked and how they are kept safe.  One person missing one thing on this list is life or death for those on the flight.  Those who do aircraft maintenance have one of the most important jobs of all.
    Section 5 teaches you Airfield Operations and how the airport works.  A large airport is a city in itself, containing all your personal needs while you wait in layover for your next flight.  It also covers the small airport, the little guys who don’t get the big action.
    In the last section, section 6, you visit the Aircraft again, learning more about the particular elements that make up the plane.  You learn how altitude works and how the airspeed indicator works to keep the plane in flight.  You also learn about other types of aircraft, how they work and how they differ from planes in flight.
    The whole course works to give you a complete picture of how aviation works and what it takes to take wings and fly.  This program is perfect for the future pilot in your family or just someone who has a deep interest in flight.
    There are 15 lessons, each around 45-60 minutes in length.  Each also has a PDF file to extend the lessons for your student.  Each lesson has guided notes and also tests that you can use to see how much you are learning.

    You can get your own online subscription for Doctor Aviation for $99.  This is a 6 month subscription and you can pace your lessons to fit your student’s needs so long as they complete them in the 6 month period or your renew your subscription at the end of this time.
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