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WordGirl Halloween Episodes on PBS KIDS

October 30, 2009 By
Adventures of Word Girl
Image by Litandmore via Flickr

My apologies for my total lateness in posting this. Check your local listings at PBS Kids Go! for today’s airing of a special Halloween episode of WordGirl.

“TOBEY’S TRICKS AND TREATS”
After losing the costume contest at school, Tobey (Patton Oswalt, TV’s The King of Queens) sets his Robots on a candy-stealing spree and vows to ruin Halloween. Becky and Violet (in her WordGirl costume) plot to save the holiday… and the city.
Vocabulary Words: Eerie, Supernatural

“ESCAPE WHAM”
When both Chuck (Fred Stoller, TV’s Everybody Loves Raymond) and the Whammer (John C. McGinley, TV’s Scrubs) attempt to steal famous, priceless Henry VIII artifacts, WordGirl assumes they’re partners in crime. But instead of working together the two villains end up battling each other. Wham!
Vocabulary Words: Potential, Boisterous

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Holiday Gift Guide Update

October 16, 2009 By

How many weeks until Christmas? TEN! Exactly Ten weeks from today is December 25th! That means it’s time to start shopping for gifts!  The response to my request for products to list in my Holiday Gift Guide for Tweens and Teens has been unbelievable. I thought it was hard to find cool gifts for kids ages 10 and up but there is SO MUCH out there! Because I’ve had so many requests, here’s what I’m going to do:

On this blog I’ll be posting reviews of products we’ve personally tested, for Moms, Dads, and kids of all ages, with the category “Holiday Gift Guide”. Categories are searchable from the sidebar. If a product is specifically aimed at ages 10 and up (tweens are 10-12 like my son Nathan), I’ll add a link to the post on the Holiday Gift Guide for Tweens and Teens page you see here in the nav bar. That way even when the post drops off the main page, you’ll still be able to see my reviews and suggestions.

For products I find online and think would make a cool gift but will not be reviewing personally, I’ll be posting a page of links on the URL http://tweenteengifts.momreviews.net.  This is my way of helping my readers who have tweens or teens to shop for find the hottest gifts this holiday season. The page of links goes live on November 2nd with additional links added December 4th.

My goal for this holiday season is to help my readers get their holiday shopping done and find ideas for gifts for everyone on their list! I’ll be holding giveaways too, so if you don’t already subscribe, this would be a great time to Subscribe to MomReviews.net :)

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Giveaway- Make Learning Fun With Rock ‘N Learn!

September 7, 2009 By

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rock n learnWhether you have little ones learning the alphabet or older kids who need to learn multiplication facts, I’ve got info for you on a totally  fun way to teach and learn educational skills – through rockin’ music!  Rock ‘N Learn combines music kids (and parents!) will love with skills like phonics, multiplication, division, science and social studies, even Spanish and French.

Younger learners will love the  cartoon characters, games, movement, and especially the MUSIC in the many Rock ‘N Learn titles aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners. We received Alphabet, Alphabet Circus, and Alphabet Exercise for Kaitlyn, and she requests at least one of them almost every day.  Her ability to recognize both uppercase and lowercase letters improved dramatically after only a few episodes of Alphabet. Chris and I had already taught her the uppercase letters, but after watching Alphabet, she started pointing to letters on cereal boxes and stuff around the house and saying the letter. Alphabet Circus combines fun learning songs for each letter with the excitement of a circus, with ringmaster “Alphabet Al”. Alphabet Exercise gets her moving as she follows along doing Jumping Jacks, Windmills, “Picking Cherries”, and “Soaring With Eagles”.  The songs are so catchy, too. There are companion CDs that come with books that parents and teachers can use to reinforce the skills from each video. It really is Rockin’ AND Learnin’!

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For my older son who is 10.5, I requested Multiplication Rock and Division Rap on DVD, and Division Rock on CD.  If you have a child learning these skills either for the first time or if they need to brush up on facts, I highly recommend any of these.  Nathan really struggled with learning his multiplication facts last year, not that he couldn’t learn them, but that he couldn’t come up with the answers quickly in his head. Listening to the CD, with the question and then a pause so he could figure in his head, and then hearing the answer, really reinforced to him that he DOES know multiplication, so it boosted his confidence AND helped him with factors that he was stuck on.

For example, this is what your child will see on Division Rap- they can go directly to division concepts like how to use multiplication to check division answers, parts of a division problem, what to do with remainders, story problems (which Nathan also struggles with so I was VERY glad to see that included), and an introduction to long division. Each number from 2 through 9 has a very cool rap song, and there’s a drill section that just goes through each number.  In my years as a parent I have not found anything that is more in tune with what appeals to today’s kids in terms of how they learn and what kind of music they like to listen to than Rock ‘N Learn. Seriously!

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BUY IT:  To check out all of the titles from Rock ‘N Learn including how to save by buying DVD collections, visit Rock ‘N Learn.

WIN IT: Rock ‘N Learn will send one winner any two titles of their choice! For your main entry, you must visit the Rock ‘N Learn site, browse the titles, then come back here and leave me a comment telling me which two titles you’ll choose if you win. Enter by Wednesday, Sept 16. at 12:00 PM EST.

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