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A Little Spark – Mom’s Choice Award® Gold Medal Recipient
This is a review for the children’s book A Little Spark – Mom’s Choice Award® Gold Medal Recipient. I was sent a copy of the book in exchange for this review. Check out the Press Release here: Getting Charlie to sit down and read the 30 minutes a day is harder than getting Charlieinto a Dentist to have teeth pulled. When I found out A Little Spark is interactive, I thought that might capture Charlie’s attention. Keeping Charlie focused on reading. When A Little Spark, I didn’t tell Charlie what I was doing. I turned on the Video to see what would happen. As I did, I found myself commenting…
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A Little Spark by Chris Parsons
Advancements & Ingenuity Helping Kids Love Reading Again: The number of children aged eight to ten who read for pleasure plummets – realizing a 30% to 50% decline over the past 10 years – necessitating a new approach Stories are wings that help you soar every day. These are the inspirational words emblazoned on this year’s International Children’s Book Day poster amid this annual event intended to stimulate a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books. Initiatives like this are profoundly important when one considers the number of children aged eight to ten who read for pleasure has plummeted 30% to 50% over the past 10 years. Indeed, the trend statistics surrounding kids and reading is disheartening.…
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Homeschool Resources: Electives
Welcome to our Homeschool Resources: Electives is what we are sharing this morning with everyone. Would you take a look at the websites and let me know if you’ve used these resources with your students? Charlie says he can’t wait to check out Computer Science- Free Alice Computer Programming Software. HomeSchoolPiano HomeSchoolPiano has been designed to teach even absolute beginners how to play the piano by developing the ear, reading, improvisation, and composition skills of your student. Computer Science – Free Alice Computer Programming Software– Grade 6-12, with parental supervision This website offers “Alice” – free educational software from Carnegie Mellon University that teaches students Computer programming in a visual,…
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