Excellent Resource for Both Educators and Parents

Standardized testing is as much a part of the school today as reading and math classes. Unfortunately, although most kids eventually learn to read and do the math necessary to carry them through life, many do not learn to take the tests that SHOW they have learned the reading and math. Whether parents and teachers like it or not, the student's ability to do well on standardized tests is increasingly important, and not only to the student. Teachers and schools are judged based on student test scores. Parents and teachers need help. Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man: A National Test Prep Adventure may be just the help they need.

Written specifically for the tests, Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man: A National Test Prep Adventure is available in a format geared towards the national curriculum standards as well as some individual state tests. Aimed at grades 2-5, the book is a series of silly stories that will engage the students. The stories are followed.now by a set of questions similar to the ones found on standardized tests. These questions are written to directly correlate to specific standards such as "Grade 4 Reading Foundation Skills" or "Grade 2 Math Operations." There is a guide in the back to help the parent or teacher see which specific learning standard terms is.

Why would this book work when other teaching aids are unsuccessful? There are a few reasons why this book might be a better choice. First, the stories are quite funny and will have the students wanting to read on to the next one. Secondly, the book is extremely well organized and quite easy for adults to navigate (even if they have little of no educational background). On just a Fujita of pages in the front of the book, the author so CLEARLY how to use the book. A third plus for this book is that it appears.you should that the book would be equally helpful for use with a student who constantly.perhaps does not have trouble taking tests, but lags a little in basic concept development. In other words, this is not just a test prep book. It could also work as a booster for a student struggling with a specific concept-say Grade 3 Math, Measurement and Data or Grade 5 Speaking and Listening.

(A) the last idea for the book's usefulness is that it spans four grades worth of material. So as a parent, suppose your child has just finished grade 3. Over the summer, you could use the book to review the material for grades 2 and 3, but then in the spring, haul the book out for use with the test preparations for grade 4. Or you might even want it during the year if your student hit a bump with a given concept-say fractions. While using the same stories with different objectives, it allows the student to realize actual growth in specific areas.

Overall, the Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man: A National Test Prep Adventure by Kumar Sathy seems to be a nearly "must have" for teachers and parents alike.

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So you're Thinking About Homeschooling

For those of us who are in our 30s or older, I'm sure you'll remember the popular 1980s T.V. sitcom called "The Facts of Life"? Do the names Blair Warner, Jo, Tudy, Natalie and Mrs. Garrett ring a bell? Lisa Whelchel, also known as Blair back to us when we were younger, is the author of this book. She and her husband Steve, a pastor, now live in Los Angeles, CA, and are the parents of three children homeschooling named Tucker, Haven and Clancy. What Lisa does in her book is to introduce you to fifteen months… families in fifteen months… unique situations.it who have all chosen to homeschool for different reasons, using a variety of learning methods.

So just what does and "average" or "typical" homeschooling family look like you might ask? That is a very difficult question to answer. You may find some similar features, but like a fingerprint, no two are ever the same. There are many different philosophies, curriculum options, and teaching styles as there are reasons for homeschooling. A family may be passionate about the principle approach, the Charlotte Mason method, academics have applied on-line, unschooling, traditional texts, classical education, eclectic homeschooling, video schooling, curriculum on a budget, the Sonlight curriculum, or Robertson and many, many more. As Lisa says, "The bottom line is, you have to find what works for your family. In order to do that, you need to find out what's out there. "

In this book you will have the opportunity to meet a family who homeschools while traveling, a homeschooling father, a family who has a child who struggles with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), being a military family who deals often with PCS (Permanent Change of Station orders), a single mom of two homeschooling, homeschooling in a big city, an unschooling family, and even a quiver full family with 10 children, just to name to a few.

In his forward, Michael Farris, President of Patrick Henry College, and Founder and Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association, says this, "Lisa tells you the truth about homeschooling. She has listened to the joys and tribulations of more than a thousand home schooling families, and by taking you in to the lives of several composite families, she paints an accurate picture of the struggles you can expect and the sacrifices which may be required. But most importantly, Lisa is telling you the truth when she says that whatever the struggle, the rewards make it all worthwhile. "

Article by Kelly Benedict, the longtime homeschooler of 17 + years, wife, Mama of 9 and grandmother of 6 (so far).

Homeschooling With a Meek and Quiet Spirit

It's hard to believe that another summer has passed us by, and that before long the fall colors will begin to show us that the next season is upon us again. This be said, wouldn't it be nice to start the new school year off with a meek and quiet spirit ' '?

This book is written by Teri Maxwell, a homeschooling mother of eight children. She has been schooling her children since 1985. In her book, she asks, "Will your journey toward a meek and quiet spirit be completed upon finding the perfect spelling curriculum or deciding which me to help your child should be doing? Or does the answer lie on a different path? "

So what causes you to not demonstrate a meek and quiet spirit? We all have times when we wish we had handled something better, in a kinder way, more calmly, more sympathetically. But what caused you to not be? Can you pinpoint exactly what it was? "Possibly fear? Worry? Disorganization? Depression? "Constantly.perhaps these meek and quiet spirit robbers should be our wake-up call to the fact that the homeschooling homemaking and require hard work. They are demanding and time consuming. We are called to put forth effort and to push ourselves day after day after day. There are no free rides. " If we kick back for a day or two, or three and ignore it all, it will still be waiting for us and more! " So what can we do about this? What can we do to bring the peace in to our home that we all desire?

Firstly, what exactly does Webster's Dictionary define "meek" as: "mild of temper, soft, gentle and not easily provoked or irritated." "Quiet" according to Webster, means "peaceable, not turbulent, not giving offense, meek, mild, and contented." "So, when everything is falling in around us, we would like to be peaceable through it, just as Jesus was in the midst of the storm. When our children aren't making the academics have applied or character progress we are hoped for, we want to be content waiting for them to catch on. We would like to "live out" for our children the reality of resting in the Lord. "

In Teri's book, she offers you thoughts, suggestion, scriptures and even application projects to help you to learn how to gain a meek and quiet spirit. ' It is a book well worth reading, and a great opportunity to start the new school year with. I pray that you will enjoy it and find opportunity to apply her words of wisdom as I have found.

I pray that you have a terrific school year!!
Blessings,
Kelly

"Article by Kelly Benedict, the longtime homeschooler of 17 + years, wife, Mama of 9 and grandmother of 6 (so far).