Review on Scaredy Cat Reading System Level 3

 Scaredy Cat Reading System Level Three (SCRS L3) 

About SCRS L3:

Joyce Herzog has a reading and spelling program that focuses on single syllable words, teaches word building through adding of prefixes and suffixes, beginning language, and thinking skills. The Scaredy Cat Reading System Level 3 program comes with a teacher's manual ,a student activity book, 2 audio CDs ,the reader, and a fun learning packet. The learning packet includes word and phrase flash cards and several games. The price for the entire reading and spelling program is $100 (Prices subject to change without notice.) The program provides a  free placement test to help you decide what level the child would be in. Once the child completes level 3, she may be able to score at a fourth grade reading and spelling level.

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Our Homeschool Experience: 

My 7 year old daughter was really excited when the package came with all of the Scaredy Cat Reading System materials. She had fun playing some of the educational games and completing the assignments found in the activity book. One of her favorite games was "Squeeze S-t-r-e-t-c-h Game." In this game, her and I had to draw a card, name the picture on it, and move to the first space with that beginning blend. Another game that she enjoyed playing was "Review Game". In this game my daughter reviewed blends. She also enjoyed acting out the review questions and being able to select what activity she wanted to complete. Additionally, she enjoyed listening to the audio script and I appreciated the answer key. I also loved all of the suggested activities for the word cards and working with sentences. Having her read thirty words in one minute and spell 10 random words correctly was really beneficial for me. It helped me to understand if my daughter had mastered that particular lesson or if we needed to stay on that lesson for a bit longer. 

One game that neither of us understood how to play was the "Encourager E Game." The game was designed to help the child understand the effects of the letter "E" at the end of a word. For example, bad and bade, kit and kite, and Jan and Jane. My husband and I both read the instructions and neither of us understood how to play it. My 7 year old wanted to play the game so I modified it. What I did was have my daughter roll the die and whatever number was facing up, that was how many spaces she had to move. When she landed on a particular spot, she had to read the two words written in the boxes. Unfortunately, there were several lessons that had misspelled words, words that were copied repeatedly, and sentences that were written several times for the same activity. Scaredy Cat Reading System had some faults but overall, I would recommend it.

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Activity in a Bag Math & Science

Activity in a Bag 

Activity in a Bag:

Are you sometimes looking for fun and teachable activities for your children? Activity in a Bag  provides self guided activities for children from preschool through 8th grade. The activities are very engaging. "It has experiments they can see, touch, manipulate, and modify; situations that allow them to figure out what happens -- in short ,events, and puzzles that they can investigate, which is the very stuff of Science." Each activity is contained in a one gallon zipper bag. The cost for E Book 1 & 2 is $15 each. This includes instructions on how to coordinate a swap. For $27 you will receive Science Ebooks1 & 2 together at a discounted rate.  Biology, General Science, and Nature was one of the E books I selected to review. This book provides 25 samples of simple experiments. Chemistry, Human Body, and General Science E Book 2 also provides 25 samples of simple and engaging experiments. E Book 3 Chemistry, is available for $15 and the activity bag also includes instructions on how to coordinate a swap. The E Book Math includes 33 instructions for math games for elementary school-aged children and the cost is also $15. The games are designed for you to have fun with your child while reinforcing what ever skill is being taught. Most of the games are designed for 2 or more players. "These math games use materials found inside your home to make fun games that parents can use to strengthen their child's math skills and build strong, positive attitudes toward math."

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Homeschool Experience:

My 6 year old and I really enjoyed doing the Science projects together and playing the math games. My daughter learned how to make glue out of baking soda, skim milk, and vinegar. This concoction actually worked. There's another product that I was also reviewing and my daughter was suppose to glue a piece of paper unto card stock. The paper glued perfectly using the glue my daughter had created with the ingredients listed above. Another experiment that we enjoyed doing together was  observing how plants absorb water through their stems. The instructions asked us to use red and blue food coloring. Since we only had red, we used vanilla extract instead of the blue food coloring. Well, unfortunately this did not work out. I thought that maybe because the vanilla extract is colored, that we would be able to see the color in the stem but we couldn't. Also the experiment asked for us to use carnations. Instead of carnations, we used leaves and celery sticks. This worked and my daughter was able to see how water is absorb through the stems of the leaves and celery sticks. The "Bird Seed" experiment was also a lot of fun. At first, we thought we had done something incorrectly because the plants had not germinated but we were just being inpatient.:) For our last Science experiment we learned how a siphon works. My daughter filled one cup up with water and set an empty cup on the top of a thick book next to the cup filled with water. She then placed a plastic tube in the cup with water and the other end in the empty cup. She was able to see how the water flowed. For the Math Activity in a Bag, I selected "Double Digits." Since my daughter has been learning how to subtract 3 digit numbers with regrouping, I thought this game would be a fun way of practicing the concept. I had to modify it a bit and use 3 dice instead of 2. She would roll the 3 dice and then  look at the numbers and write down the biggest number she could make with those digits. She would roll the 3 dice again and this time she would write down the smallest number. Then she would subtract the smallest number from the largest. She would then write down the answer ( her score). After a few turns, the player with the most points would win. This game was a lot of fun!!!!

Making Glue

Bird Seed Experiment

Leaves Absorbing Colored Water

Math Game

Overall Thoughts:

My daughter and I would recommend Activity in a Bag and we LOVED it. We really enjoyed the hands on activities and the math game. It was so much fun to complete these activities together. The instructions were easy to follow and I really liked the observation questions found in the Science Activity Bag. At the end of the questions, the answers were provided. I also appreciated how everything was laid out. For example, the description of the experiment, the type, and the supplies that would be needed were all well explained. We also enjoyed playing math games. Since supplies had to be purchased in order to complete some of the experiments or games, Activity in a Bag is not complete for its purpose but I would recommend it.

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Jeepers Peepers Question Game

         

Product:
Jeepers Peepers is a fun question and answer game that meets the Florida State Standards. The game is designed for grades K and Up. The cost of the game is $29.95. The game is easy to play. Have one child put on the Jeepers Peepers glasses. Another child will place a photo card in the Peeper's slot without showing it to the child. The child will face the group and ask yes/no questions to find out what he/she is. When the child guesses what he/she is the child will spin the spinner to win tokens. The child with the most tokens at the end of the game wins. "With Jeepers Peepers™ your students will SEE that learning is fun as they ask questions, describe, categorize, problem solve, and more."
Jeepers Peepers includes the following:

• 6 pairs of Jeepers Peepers glasses
• My Cue Cards
• Spinner and bingo chips
• Instruction Booklet with game ideas
• 101 Photo Cards (4"x5") covering 5 categories

                   1) Animals

                   2) Food

                   3) People
                   4) Things
                   5) Transportation

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My Experience:
So the box arrives and my daughter had me open it immediately. My daughter's friend, my niece, and nephew were over and they tried to play the game but they did not understand it. We all got together and decided to actually read the instructions. :) We all loved it and played for a really long time. The kids' ages ranged from 6 years old to 11. For the younger ones, it was a bit difficult for them to come up with questions. After playing the game for a while they began understanding how to use the cue card and ask appropriate yes/no questions. The children loved the option of earning tokens if they guessed the picture on his/her card correctly. The spinner was also fun. I loved the fact that the game encouraged the child to ask questions, describe, categorize, and problem solve. It also helped the children learn how to take turns and listen. The children were learning and they did not even know it!! The game also meets The Florida State Standards for grades kindergarten - fifth grade. It is complete for its purpose and I would recommend it. 

Overall Thoughts:
My daughter and I really enjoyed playing Jeepers Peepers. It was such a fun way of getting together and playing while she was learning. The children that were over visiting loved the game and wanted to play it the entire time they were here. The game encouraged the kids to listen and ask questions. The spinner brought more excitement to the game. Winning the game and having to wait to see how many tokens the winner received was exciting for the kids. Jeepers Peepers also meets The Florida State Standards  which is important to me. This gave me the opportunity to see what my daughter needed to know at her grade level.

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