Exergen Temporal Scanner Review & Giveaway

Mel’s Thoughts:
Since having my boys, I’ve always dreaded taking their temps, especially when they’re little, and you can’t get them to hold the oral themometer in their mouth.  I don’t feel that taking an axillary temp is as accurate, so I’ve always gone with the dreaded rectal temps when they’re little.  Oh yes, I just [...]

TOS Crew: Graphics Toolbox

Designing and making graphics, buttons, headers, and other kinds of images is something I love, love, love to do.  It’s just a niche for me, an outlet of creativity.  When I heard we were going to review Graphics Toolbox for the Crew, I was pretty excited at first.  Graphics Toolbox was created by Linda Holler [...]

Book Corner: Never Blame the Umpire

My review

This is a precious book. It’s actually hard to believe a man wrote it, because it is so believable authentic from a teen girl’s point of view.

Cancer is a devastating diagnosis for anyone. For a teen, it rocks one’s world. And that is what Never Blame the Umpire is about. With raw, painful emotions, [...]

TOS Crew: Family Mint

The financial world has been up in arms for some time now; with a recession going on, it’s even more important to know where you stand financially and how to cut back on things to save money.  Early on in our marriage, Dan and I got into a bit of financial trouble, and it has [...]

Book Corner | Raven’s Ladder

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. [...]

Knowledge Quest: Map Trek

Melissa J. and Mel had the opportunity to review Knowledge Quest’s Ancient and Medieval Map Trek.  For the sake of writing space and to save you reading time, Melissa J. chose to review Ancient Map Trek, and Mel chose to review Medieval Map Trek.

Mel’s Thoughts:

History and geography is such a vast and wide area of [...]

TOS Crew: Presidential Penmanship (BJ Style)

Mel participated in this review with the TOS Homeschool Crew.

Zeezok Publishing is a company that has a variety of different materials, including music studies, literature, character building, and penmanship.

We received Presidential Penmanship (BJ Style) to review in our homeschool endeavors.  I just want to be up front and honest in this review; since this style [...]

TOS Crew: Math Tutor

Mel participated in this review with the TOS Homeschool Crew.

Math has sometimes been a tough subject to teach while homeschooling Jacob.  Anyone who reads my blog knows I’ve talked about this before….but God knows all our weaknesses, and He has certainly provided the supplements and helps that we have needed this year, through the Crew.  [...]

TOS Crew: Dollar Homeschool/Ray’s Arithmetic

Mel participated in this review with the TOS Homeschool Crew.

When I got an email for the Crew from Dollar Homeschool/Ray’s Arithmetic, I really didn’t know what to expect.  I thought it was going to be just another math course for Jacob and I to review.  Little did I know the background behind it or what [...]

TOS Crew: Kregel Publications- Bertie’s War

Mel participated in this review with the TOS Homeschool Crew.

Bertie’s War, by Barbara Tifft Blakey, is a story that takes place back in the turbulent time of the 1960’s, when the threat of nuclear missiles was real.  Roberta, or Bertie, is entering that time between childhood and young adulthood, picking her way through the “traumatic” [...]

TOS Crew: Christian Keyboarding

Mel participated in this review with the TOS Homeschool Crew.

Christian Keyboarding recently sent two programs to review, Keyboarding for the Christian School Elementary Version and Keyboarding for the Christian School Revised, both written by Leanne Beitel.  They were PDF files, so you can print out what you need at certain times.  The Elementary Version is [...]

TOS Crew: MathScore

Mel participated in this review with the TOS Homeschool Crew.

MathScore is an online program, developed by MIT graduates, that allows your child to practice his math skills in a very organized, efficient manner.  Based on his mastery of the skills, the program gradually increases your child’s level of difficulty as he progresses through the material.  [...]

Knowledge Quest: Upper Level Homeschool

Mel’s Thoughts:
From the creators of the Homeschooling ABCs course, comes Upper Level Homeschooling, a course for homeschooling parents to take, in order to help them learn how to give their older children/teens the best education possible.  All together there are thirteen lessons, scheduled to be delivered to your inbox once every week over the course [...]

* Terrestria Chronicles *

Terrestria Chronicles by Ed Dunlop
Ages: 10 and up
Price: $7.99 per book or $47.99 for the entire series

Visit the kingdom of Terrestria, a land where knights and their ladies live in castles and hwere dragons still roam (occasionally).

The Terrestria Chronicles allegory series was written with a three-fold purpose: to honor Jesus Christ as King, [...]

* Take Your Best Shot: Review and Giveaway *

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Take Your Best Shot by Austin Gutwein and Todd Hillard
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
List Price: $12.99
Ages: 12 and up

Melissa J’s Thoughts:

While this book is geared for teeangers, Take Your Best Shot inspired me – -in a great way!  If  9 year old can start a movement to raise a million dollars in international AIDS releif and [...]

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