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Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Magic School Bus Young Scientist Club

The Young Scientists Club The Magic School Bus Science Club Membership (50% Off) Shipping included! 

Ok, so I bought this deal the JUST the other day off of Educents, however, there were only 2 hours left on the deal, so I didn't share it with ya'll. But Mamapedia has the exact same offer running and it ends tonight at midnight.

My 7 year old received the human body kit for Christmas and my children really enjoyed doing it earlier this year. The entire Magic School Bus Young Scientist Club has been on my list of things to consider purchasing since then, and this 50% off deal sealed the deal for me. In my opinion, $10 a month is an inexpensive and fun way for the whole family to learn science. You can buy these kits on Amazon.com individually, but they run $15-20 each.

So here'an opportunity to get all of them for a great price! I like deals. :)

This is my kids using a 1L soda bottle contraption it taught them how to make to measure their relative lung capacity. We did a comparison between little kids, big kids, and an adult. 

The Box.

It came with a poster with body part stickers. 

It comes with a colorful 19 page booklet that tells you how to do the experiments. My 10 and 11 year old were able to do them completely independently and help the little ones.

It also comes with some materials to help you with the experiments. 

Click the link below to purchase your Young Scientist Club membership:
The Young Scientists Club The Magic School Bus Science Club Membership (50% Off) Shipping included! 

(This is an affiliate link which means if you click on it and purchase it, I receive a small percentage of it. Probably enough to buy a pencil. I only have one kit so far, but I do endorse this product according to its quality and the enjoyment it provided my children.)

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

International Nerd Association


I was going over my fifth grader's Language Arts workbook today. He told me he finished it, which actually means he did all the pages he understood how to do. He kind of glossed over the pages requiring any lengthy writing. I was ok with it because writing can be difficult for a child. I never liked writing either. Going over his workbook helped me realize writing is something we will have to focus on over the next couple of months.

However, there was one page in which it had him fill in a writing plan in a graphic organizer for a story he would like to tell. He wrote:

Beginning
Characters: College students Kyle and Jessica
Setting: Hawaii

Middle
Problem: Bullied

End
Solutions: INA

I asked him what INA stood for and he replied, "International Nerd Association."

I'm looking forward to reading his story :)

We use the Flash Kids Language Arts books. My kids have enjoyed them. They cover:

  • parts of speech
  • sentences
  • mechanics
  • vocabulary and usage
  • writing
  • research skills. 

They are colorful, easy to do independently, and best of all inexpensive. They retail for about $6.95. Some levels can be purchased at Amazon.com, but Flash Kids is a division of Barnes and Noble. 

They look like this: 



Flash Kids also has other subjects in the series, including writing, math, spelling, reading comprehension, and test prep.


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