Electric Circuits KitBook

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A KitBook combines the visual features of a textbook with hands-on learning through a complete kit. We received an Electric Circuits KitBook to review, which contain alls the instructions and parts needed for each experiment, plus a “PowerPage” for building actual working circuits. I handed my boys (who are 12 and 10)  the KitBook and [Read On]

Meet the Sight Words Review

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When Ryan started Kindergarten, I remember being surprised the first week when the first spelling list came home. The spelling sheet explained that these were words that Kindergartners were going to be taught to recognize ‘on sight’. I had assumed schools used phonics to teach kids to sound words out, but that was not the [Read On]

Review: Leapfrog Tag

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I’ve been a fan of Leapfrog ever since we got our first Leapster for Nathan the Christmas he was six, so I jumped at the chance to review the new LeapFrog Tag Reader. Even though Kaitlyn is only 2 1/2, she is already trying to “read” her books and she can hold a crayon correctly, [Read On]