Cicadas Express Lapbook Review

During our nature walk one afternoon we discovered several cicada shells on our trees.

We headed to the internet to find out more and ran across this unit study/lapbook. This inexpensive resource was filled with all information that we needed to learn more about these odd creatures!

If you are new to lapbooks, have no fear. Helpful links as well as photos are included to help you understand how they are put together. The download has everything that you need to get started. Lapbook pieces, background information, as well as fun internet links for hands on fun are all at your fingertips! You can add in other resources if you want to but it's great on it's on! Great value! We enjoyed this product and will look for more of these products to enhance our unit studies.

Infinity Permanent Markers from The Write Dudes

We love to craft with markers so when we were sent two packs of Infinity Permanent Markers from The Write Dudes we could not wait to put them to use! They came at a great time! We were just starting to work on a booth for the library to enter in the local fair. These markers helped to make our project fun! They worked on a variety of surfaces. We used them on a wooden sign:

We also used them to color in the vines and leaves on our banner made from a drop cloth

My daughters are also putting them to use ona variey of paper crafts on a daily basis!

These markers are bold, bright and fit nicely in your hand. As you can see they write well on a variety of surfaces! No crafty home should be with a least on set of these markers! Give them a try today, you will not be disappointed.

The markers are sold at department stores, crafts store and online!

Autumn Leaves! Mini Science Project

This is a simple experiment with a great visual of why and how leaves change colors. I loved the fact that this product is simple to use and easy to implement. This items that you need are common household items! Just alcohol and coffee filters! Fun and educational, can't get better than that!

If you want to give it a try click here!

You can see the green climbing up the coffee filter here!

Spirituality for Kids Review

As a homeschool mom character training is an important topic that we cover daily. We talk about how we should live our lives and the way that we should treat others. Children learn by example and I try to surround them with people that feel the same way that we do. We also use character training materials to supplement every day live experiences. Some times it is hard to find character training curriculum that is easy to implement as well as engaging to my children. I was excited to give Spirituality for Kids a try.

Spirituality for Kids is broken down in to 12 weekly lessons. They follow a young boy who has been transported into a video game called The Game of Life. In the game he learns how is choice effect him as well as the other around him. the website includes a pdf workbook with activities and journal ideas to complete after each lesson. Best of all this website is free to use. It is very easy to incorporate and involves very little teacher planning. Those are important facts to this busy homeschool mom. Give this a try today and see how you and your children enjoy it.