Casio Education- Discover Through PRIZM

Technology is standard with kids these days. Most of them are using computers before their third birthdays and it’s rare to find a teenager without an MP3 player or smartphone. So when it comes to education it’s not surprising that calculators are exceeding what would have been defined as “Star Trek” technology years ago.

Casio is not a name you instantly recognize in that field. Watches. Yep. Cameras. Yep. Calculators. Casio makes calculators? Yep!

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The Amber Treasure

Every good story is about a sword…or maybe every sword had a good story? Either way, The Amber Treasure is a story about a sword, well sort of…it’s actually a story about a boy who becomes a man and a sword, well actually a number of them play a large role in it.

The Amber Treasure is the first book in the Northern Crown Series by Richard Denning. This historical fiction novel takes place in England in the beginning of the Middle Ages.

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Using Historical Fiction in Your Homeschool - War Horse

Every story and every event has more than one side. This language arts and social studies program for War Horse from Scholastic provides lessons and printables to help your students look at history through the lens of historical fiction.  It's suitable curriculum for grades 8 - 12.

The young adult novel, War Horse, by Michael Morpurgo, was first published in 1982.

In our homeschool, we always find that after having read and doing lessons with text material, if there is a movie or TV show that accurately portrays what we've learned about, it's a fun break from more reading and reinforces what we've learned.

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The Story Template

THE STORY TEMPLATE is a programmed learner that allows the writer to develop her story from chaos. The book uses a series of exercises for the writer to construct her story’s four foundational pillars; learn how to use the “secret weapon” of story structure: the story template; build character depth and believable change; and construct subplots. THE STORY TEMPLATE then reviews writing techniques, and finishes with discussions of editing, writing the synopsis and query letter, submitting one’s work to agents, and types of publishing that the writer may wish to pursue.

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Big Book of Science Experiments

This new book, with more than 100 experiments provided by Mad Science and step-by-step instructions, shows kids how simple experiments can help them better understand the world around them.  “Following the success of Super Science Book, we created Big Book of Science Experiments to offer kids a supplement to everything they love about science. Annual science fairs continue to grow in popularity. This book provides a myriad of ideas to bring science directly to your home,” said Bob Der, Editorial Director, TIME For Kids. “We filled the book with incredibly cool experiments for kids to explore in a fun, family-friendly way.”

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Holiday Travel with Little Pim is Fun & Educational - Gift Guide Pick - Giveaway

Coming up with ways to entertain little children on long distance travel can be a challenge.  But it doesn’t have to be.  Julia Pimsleur Levine, daughter of the renowned linguist Dr. Paul Pimsleur and founder of Little Pim, and award-winning foreign language learning series, believes travel time is the perfect opportunity to play games that reinforce kids’ budding foreign language skills, while keeping it fun and silly.

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Math Blaster - Gift Guide Pick - Giveaway

Math Blaster is a learning-based virtual world where kids can create avatars called Blasters as they become the newest cadets at Blaster Academy. After completing arcade-style math challenges and racing through high-speed missions, they become members of the Intergalactic Space Patrol and explore a futuristic world, voyage to strange new planets and discover wacky alien races, all while practicing their math skills.

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Learn a Second Language with Little Pim

I grew up in an environment where I heard German all the time.  Both my parents immigrated from Germany and so it was my mom and dad’s natural way of thinking and speaking.  When I began school I also had the opportunity to take French, which I did all the way up to 10th grade.

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B is for Baking: 50 Yummy Dishes to Make Together Cookbook

This is a perfect cookbook for use with little ones in the kitchen!  The recipes are easy to make, don’t take long to cook and your kids will be able to help and you won’t sweat about letting them!

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Five Free Resources Perfect for Amping Up Your Home Schooling Strategy

With the way the education system is headed in this country, it's probably in the best interest of most children that parents choose to home school them. Yet this task is far easier said than done. Even with the best intentions, providing a home-spun education for your child that prepares them for the real can be an enormous

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