Saving with Educents!

Have you checked out Educents yet? It's a daily deal site that offers great discounts (even has free items) on school items such as box curriculum, unit studies, board games, flash cards and so much more. It is free to join and so worth checking out. If you don't see anything today you like just try back tomorrow or in a few days. They feature items for preschool-High school and even sometimes items for teachers and families.

I personally get a lot of our random unit studies from them (most of the time for free or at 75% off). Right now they have a special offer for me to pass on to my readers! All you do is sign up with your email and they will send you a coupon for $10 to use in the store! Depending on what your looking for, that $10 can really go a long way! And as always they have some great freebies going on right now. There really isn't anything to loose by checking them out.

So how do you get the $10? Just click this link (or the photo in this post) and enter your email*. Simple and fast! Share this post with others who you feel would like this site and they also can get the $10 coupon!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all find some goodies to use in your homeschool.

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Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Dry-Erase Learning Book Review and Giveaway!

Today I am giving a simple review of "Dry-Erase Learning Book" by The Board Dudes!

*This photo was taken from Amazon.com*

This dry-erase learning book has been perfect for Goober to use for practicing his letters, numbers, shapes, and learning basic math as well as having a nice space to draw without using up all of mommy's printer paper! The 6 pages are very colorful each with a theme that makes each page fun to look at and do. We started using this in preschool for fun then in Kindergarten it became an everyday quiet time activity. Now that Goober is in first grade it is mostly used for the doodle section and sometimes he will just go do the other pages for fun. When we need a review of a letter or two we go back to this. It has held up very well but I have had to replace the marker once as it did end up drying out. But you can use any dry-erase marker so that wasn't an issue. If using a paper towel or cloth to erase the marker, I would do that within the first hour as after that it seemed to need to be scrubbed off. I go to the the point that Goober, once finished with his page, will dry it off right away. 

Overall this is a product I would highly recommend for anyone with a preschooler or Kindergartner. 

***I was not asked to do this review nor was I given this product either for myself or for the giveaway. I do not make any money from you reading this post, however if you follow the Amazon link and buy this product I will make a little as an Amazon Affiliate. Thank you for your support.***
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Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Fun with Wacky Lab

The other day we pulled this off the shelf (finally) and got busy digging for rocks. The kids loved it and I thought it was a great kit. But there are some things that I didn't really think through that made this harder then it needed to be. Mommy's thinking cap was not working right that day :). 

These are the fun tools that came with the kit. Goober loved them so much that he was trying to break bricks with them... I sent him to do it to the Lego sets instead and that worked so much better!

So by this point you should be able to see two things I should have done differently.... one, DO IT OUTSIDE!!!! And two, don't use a brown bag or even the newspaper they suggest. Use what I was going to use in the first place, either a box or a disposable aluminum foil baking pan. Not sure why I didn't go with my gut on this....

And then the third BIG mistake I made... I answered a business phone call.... 

...and came back to this....

...all over the table, floor, couch, and even footprints in the kitchen...

Thankfully it was all easy to clean up, it just took as long to do as it did for them to do the whole thing.... Someone told me after doing their kit that it took their child 4 hours. It took mine about one hour and took that long to clean it all up. 

But then we had a lesson in mopping!

And then we played outside while the floor was drying. Overall, I would do this kit again as the kids loved it and it really was a fun one. But I would take note of the things I would have done differently so that it would be more enjoyable next time. 

Kids love their rocks they found!

I found this kit and many more we hope to do soon at Toys'R'Us. 

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Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Book Club for Moms!

Looking for a book club just for you? Well here is one that is sure to be good! Monday September 9th-October 13th over at lisajobaker.com we will be reading through her book "Surprised by Motherhood". Come join the fun! 

Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”