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Say Anything Family {Crew Review}

October 25, 2011 by Dana



Say Anything Family was provided to us by the TOS Crew and North Star Games. This game was a whole lot of fun! We played it on a recent family sleepover weekend with all the kids. They absolutely LOVED it!!

In Say Anything Family, you are asked questions to which the player must answer a question on a provided dry-erase board. Players can either form teams or they can play singly. Once the answers are written down, the players then turn them over for all to see. The next step is placing a cute little Meeple, the trademark character of North Star Games, onto the answer they think it the best.

My kids were very creative in answering this game. We adapted it to fit us by having Mom play the scorekeeper and question asker. The kids were allowed to either write their answers or draw a picture on their card to depict answers that they may not know how to spell yet. All the kids, ages 7-11, had a wonderful time playing this game. The rules state that players play until a certain amount of points are scored but we played until we were out of circle for rounds on the scorecard and the kids never got bored. We look forward to playing this game again on future sleepover weekends.

Say Anything Family is not yet available to purchase but will be available soon. You can keep a watch on it by visiting North Star Games online. You can read other reviews on the TOS Crew website.

Disclaimer: Say Anything Family was provided to me for review by North Star Games and TOS Homeschool Review Crew in exchange for my honest opinion of the product shared in a blog post.


Filed Under: 2011, crew review, easy play, fun activities, fun games for family, North Star Games, Say Anything, Say Anything Family, TOS Crew, TOS Review

Before Five In A Row {Crew Review}

September 18, 2011 by Dana

Six years ago when I began homeschooling my oldest son, my homeschooling association head recommended several resources for a new Mom who was starting out on the grand adventure of home education.  One of her top recommendations at the time for a Preschool to Kindergarten aged child was Five In A Row curriculum.  I immediately went to my local library to seek out this book just to see what all the hoopla was about and if it was worth my time.  I remember being very impressed by the detailed curriculum written by Mrs. Jane Claire Lambert that suggested fun activities to use with classic children’s books daily for five days each week. 

Six year later, I was asked by The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew to review Mrs. Lambert’s book Before Five In A Row and I literally JUMPED at the offer.  I knew without a doubt that this book was going to be just as wonderful as I had found the original Five In A Row to be when I began homeschooling and I have not been disappointed at all!

In Before Five In A Row, Ms. Lambert provides a list of enriched, engaging classic children’s books that are widely available.  Titles such as Caps for Sale, The Little Rabbit, Blueberries for Sal, Goodnight Moon, and many, many more have been chosen for teaching this curriculum.  For each one of these books Mrs. Lambert has written a detailed lesson plan, providing reading, play, science, math and simple snack ideas that build upon the story to provide a real life experience of the book to the child reading it.  But that’s not all that is provided in Before Five In A Row. 

In the latter part of Before Five In A Row, Mrs. Lambert has provided a section called the Parent’s Treasury of Creative Ideas for Learning Readiness.  This section provides parents with an extensive list of ideas to use for creating their own “unit” study for their own children’s classics and favorites.  It begins by explaining how to gage if a child is ready to learn important reading skills and shows a parent how to build upon those skills as their child grows and developes to encourage a life-long love of reading and learning. 
For our review of this book, I purchased the book Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by N.W. Carlstrom.  Jesse, a small little bear, must figure out the appropriate clothing for each event throughout this book from his rain jacket and boots to his pajamas at bed time.  My preschooler absolutely LOVED listening to the story about Jesse, picking out objects she recognized throughout the books and repeating many of the words she also recognized as we read. 

For fun and as an extension of her lesson, we dressed up her stuffed animals using old baby clothes.  We also colored our own Jesse Bear’s, simple bear print outs I found online.  We practiced the suggested bible verse A cheerful heart makes good medicine (Proverbs 17:22) and a happy heart makes a cheerful face (Proverbs 15:13).  We also colored heart printed outs and drew happy faces on those hearts, as well as on smiley faces.  We really enjoyed reading Jesse Bear and learning through his story.

Before Five In A Row is written by Jane Claire Lambert for preschool children age 2-4.  It concentrates upon building memorable learning experiences and family bonding for young children, as well as strengthening pre-learning skills needed for education.  You can read an explanation of the book here.  Before Five In A Row can be purchased through Rainbow Resource for around $35.  To read more reviews of this book from the TOS Crew click here.

*Disclaimer – Before Five In A Row was provided to me by the TOS Homeschool Review Crew in exchange for my honest opinion of this product.  I was not required to provide a positive review and I was given no money in exchange for my opinion. 


Filed Under: 2011, BFIAR, Children's classics, crew review, FIAR, fun activities, Goodnight Moon, Jane Claire Lambert, Jesse Bear What will you wear, preschool, Rainbow Resource, TOS Crew, TOS Review

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