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Crocs.com has a great sale for Labor Day! Up to 50% off select colors and styles! Then use code LABORDAY to take an extra 20% off select items! Here is one deal:
Amazon currently has a section of children’s books on sale for buy 1 get 1 50% off! There are some best sellers on this list and some fun fall/halloween books, too! Here’s one deal idea:
Shop around and see what deals you can make! There are chapter books and learning books as part of this deal, too!
Also check out Target – they are having a Buy 1 Get 1 50% off kids book deal as well!
Have you seen all of the family matching pajamas from The Children’s Place? So many cute ones – football, halloween, thanksgiving, and Christmas! Check them out and get what you need while sizes are in stock!
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Six Flags Over Georgia invites guests to savor the thrills at its Brews & Bites Festival, returning weekends, August 27 through Labor Day. My husband will be excited to check this out!
The Brews & Bites Festival features over 40 refreshing craft beers and cocktails from favorite local breweries, like Monday Night Brewing, Wild Leap, Atlanta Hard Cider and more, plus delicious offerings from gourmet food trucks. From foodies to families, there’s something for everyone!
The best way to experience the Brews & Bites Festival is with a Festival Punch Card, which allows guests to mix and match up to twelve beverage samples from various booths. Guests can purchase a Brews & Bites Festival Punch Card for the lowest price online now at sixflags.com/overgeorgia.
Six Flags Over Georgia Now Hiring for Fright Fest
Six Flags Over Georgia is now hiring over 200 monsters for Fright Fest, the park’s premier Halloween event. Next Saturday, August 13, the park is hosting National Scare Day with open auditions and interviews for a variety of roles including scare actors, singers and dancers, make-up artists, supervisors and more. Auditions and interviews will take place on August 13 from 10:00am – 3:00pm.
Fright Fest returns to Six Flags Over Georgia, select nights September 17 through October 31. To apply for Fright Fest, interested applicants can text SCARE to 220-MONSTER.
Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew.
As a homeschooling family, we love reading books in our house. You can take the books a step further by using a literature study guide. We’ve been working through The Story of Ping Study Guide from Progeny Press with our first grader.
A couple of years ago we reviewed Hound of the Baskervilles Study Guide from the same company and loved it, so we knew this one was going to be just as wonderful for our family.
Ping, the duck, lives on a boat on the Yangtze River in China. Every day he and his duck family are taken by their owner to feed on the riverbank. Later, when it is evening, Ping is the last duck to return to the boat, so he hides to avoid being spanked. The following day Ping, feeling lost, begins to swim in search of his family. Along the way, Ping observes some cormorant fishing birds. A boy captures Ping for his family’s dinner, but the boy releases Ping that evening. Upon being released, he sees his master’s boat. He hurries to return to his family knowing he will be the last duck again, but this time he accepts the punishment
The Story of Ping is such a great book. In fact, it was my husband’s favorite book as a child so I had him work through The Story of Ping Study Guide with our son. This story guide is an interactive PDF file so we can print the work or we can type in the answers online. We ended up orally discussing the answers together instead of doing either of those options, but we did print the fun coloring pages, word search, and maze.
I really liked the pre-reading activities. This gave us a links to watch videos online to help enhance learning. It also listed Bible verses to read together and discussion questions. In addition to discussing the story, there are opportunities to discuss the artwork as well. After-You-Read Activities of course are activities for after the book is read. These were amazing ideas on discussing family trees, emergency plans, and even planning field trips.
So much great information and activities were packed into The Story of Ping Study Guide. I’m so thankful we had the opportunity to use these great materials and I look forward to checking out more literature study guides from Progeny Press.
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Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew.
As a homeschooling family, we occasionally need a little extra work in certain areas or even just some busy work. One of my favorite websites to turn to in times like that is Super Teacher Worksheets. Through this website, we can print a variety of worksheets for the whole family! I have been using this website since my oldest, who has now graduated, was little.
At a quick glance, I can easily see that worksheets are provided for math, reading comprehension, writing, phonics, grammar, spelling, literacy units, science, social studies, brain teasers, and more. This barely touches the surface of the vastness of the website, though. The more I looked for worksheets, the more I found! There is even a huge section for foreign language worksheets! It would take all day to tell you about the many things included in a membership, so I will tell you about the top ones on my list.
My favorite aspect of this program is the Worksheet Generator. This is as awesome as it sounds! All I have to do is select the type of worksheet I’d like, from addition problems to classroom Bingo, to word searches. Then I adjust any settings and instantly I have a brand new worksheet for my kids! This is great, especially for when I have a student struggling with a particular concept. The generator can also help create quizzes and tests with ease! My co-op students love it when I make a word search with all of their names in it and then they have to find everyone.
In addition to just busy work and learning enhancement, Super Teacher Worksheets offers worksheets for holidays, special events, and topic studies, too.
I have been using the worksheets often with our local homeschool co-op and the kids are always excited when they see what new ones I have for them each week. I’ll be teaching science this year and I’ve already made quite the lesson plans just using the wonderful worksheets available. We will be focussing on Space and Weather, both of which have plenty of worksheets available.
For more information and to browse to see what is available, you can visit the Super Teacher Worksheets website. You can also find out more on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.
Although there are some worksheets available for free, you can also purchase a subscription to have access to far more worksheets and the generator. A year subscription to Super Teacher Worksheets is only $24.95. In my opinion, and with this variety of worksheets at your fingertips, it’s well worth the investment.
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This summer we took a break from school for the most part, but we added in the 12-month Family Membership from CTCMath as an adaptive online math curriculum to keep the kids learning a bit through the summer.
CTCMath is a complete math curriculum for students ages K-12. There are video tutorials to watch and then lessons to complete afterward. Each tutorial is between 4-9 minutes long. There is a tab to watch the video for each lesson.
After the tutorial, the student will click the Questions tab. On this tab, there are interactive questions which are scored and available for the teacher to view. You can also see if there are worksheets or study sheets to print. CTCMath is self-paced so students can return and repeat whatever lessons they need more work on before moving forward.
Once they have finished that, the program moves right along into the next topic. With a 12-month family membership, members receive access to all grades! This includes Kindergarten through 6th grade math, followed by Basic Math and Pre-Algebra, Elementary Measurement, Elementary Geometry, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus. A bonus to the program is that you pay one rate and then have access for up to five students. As homeschoolers, this is huge to just pay one price for your children! Plus if I know my child is struggling in a topic that was discussed in a previous year, we can click on that grade and then right on the topic to refresh.
Throughout the year, you receive progress reports via email that show where your child is at in the program. I can also log in to see results at anytime.
My kids spent most of their time this summer working on the speed drills and challenges, but also did a few lessons. There are fun games that they enjoyed using to practice their math facts. My rising 6th grader liked the lessons and how things were explained, however my rising 1st grader was not a big fan of doing math online. I think as he gets older, he will like the program a little better. He’s more of a hands-on kid.
As a mom, I find this program to be a great way to learn from home and I plan to continue working with my kids using the tutorials and games to reinforce what we are learning. I found the website to be very easy to navigate and pretty self-explanatory to move between sections.
Although we haven’t officially used the high school courses, I did spend some time watching some of the videos and checking out the work. From what I have seen, I think it would be a great option for high school, especially for self-motivated students.
CTCMath is offering a 50% off discount for homeschoolers! Simply click through this link and you’ll see the special offer!
For more information on CTCMath, you can visit their website. You can also visit them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube. You can also click the banner below to read more reviews on CTCMath from other homeschooling families.
Many thanks to Pure Flix for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own.
Pure Flix has a great new show that shows what happens behind the scenes at an early morning radio show? Check out the new sitcom Live+Local.
Starring executive producer Dave Coulier and Emily Pendergast, get an inside look at the Christian local radio station K-HUGG. The staff is experiencing some strange transitions and power shifts at work, but the way they handle it with grace and comedy will be sure to leave you laughing and inspired.
Live+Local features many guest stars including Danny Ray, Leanne Morgan, John Cooper, Colton Dixon, Anna Lind Thomas, Anthem Lights, Whitney Miller, Dustin Nickerson, Jeff Allen, Dallas Jenkins, and more!
The first thing I noticed about this show is that is stars Dave Coulier from Full House and Fuller House! If you don’t know who that is, he’s the actor behind Joey Gladstone!
I’ve been watching up to episode six, currently. We’ve enjoyed the fun quirky comments and “news” from the Bible.
Want to give it a watch? Start your free trial on Pure Flix and watch LIVE + LOCAL now!
Update: I just got the ones I ordered and they are awesome! Bigger than I expected! Definitely glad I snagged some of these!
Target.com has the Room Essentials Bento Box with Utensil for just $2.40!! That’s an amazing price and the reviews state that it is perfect for snack time or lunch time! 4 fun colors to choose from! Grab a couple today!
Steve loves all three of his daughters – but does he really know who they are? Discover the heartfelt journey of a dad who is desperately trying to hold onto his little girls but learns he must give up control and trust God with their future. STRONG FATHERS, STRONG DAUGHTERS is based on the New York Times Bestselling book written by Dr. Meg Meeker.
Check out the trailer below:
My husband and I watched this together. We laughed and we cried as we watched the family dynamics and could relate with our family. We also have 3 strong daughters (and 2 sons as well!). It was a beautiful inspirational movie and very well done.
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