Marty's Fun With Numbers dvd
Marty’s Fabulous Fun With Numbers Show is a fun and easy way for children to learn numbers. They learn how to write the numbers while trying to guess what Marty Mouse is going to make from each number. They thrill when the number one becomes an elephant or the number seven becomes a crocodile. Then Marty teaches them how to count sets of numbers. Children giggle when the sheep snore or one gets caught using the bathroom. The bees begin to sneeze and children will laugh when one of them blows her nose. But the favorite time is watching cows dance to the "Bunny Hop."
Marty plays some guessing games following the show. Children will feel successful
when they remember each number and how many it represents.
Learning should never be a dull drudgery, but a happy time...full of fun. Learning
while being entertained helps children fall in love with learning.
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Marty's Pattern Hoedown dvd
8...10...14...20...28...38...
What comes next?
Sequencing, making patterns and
determining what comes next are difficult skills to master. Before a child can understand the harder patterns, they need to be able to analyze simple patterns. Give your child an early start with this fun video that teaches simple patterns. Children don’t realize they are learning...they just enjoy having fun. This video will give them a head start on a skill that carries all through elementary, high school and even into college. When learning is fun, it is easier to grasp. Start with simple things kids enjoy...like animals and their sounds. Children love to get involved in learning. They will soon be high kick-
ing with the cows or twirling around like the pigs when they have analyzed the patterns correctly.
The cartoon animals are delightful and the music is familiar. What a fun and easy way to begin learning a skill they will use through college.
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tweaky and friends teach character
Tweaky and Friends Teach Character are video stories that teach nine different character traits.
Tweaky's Show About Respect: Madison Mouse tells Pookie Pig one of his crazy stories about a selfish mouse named Mimi and his new friend Yooyoo who teaches Mimi to share.
Tweaky's Show About Responsibility: Eloise Elephant and Pookie Pig build a bridge from blocks. Pookie tells a story about Notme who is blamed for everyone else's messes.
Tweaky's Show About Perseverance: Madison tells another one of his wild and crazy stories to Tommy Turtle. Little Bitty Turtle teaches Igiveup how to persevere.
Tweaky's Show About Caring: Eloise helps Clarissa Cow learn how beautiful she is because of her caring attitude. Her tale about a king, a frog genie and a beautiful princess is just as unbelieveable as one of Madison's stories.
Tweaky's Show About Self-discipline: Tommy tries to do a magic show, but he wants to saw Dinky Dog in half. Dinky has some magic of his own to save himself from being sawed in half.
Tweaky's show About Citizenship: Clarissa and Chico Cat prepare a special program for a school assembly. Clarissa recites, sings, and demonstrates a communal belly laugh. She and Chico sing a duet for the show.
Tweaky's Show About Honesty: Conchita Chick and Dinky are horrified at the number of dishonest kids they have met. Conchita gives an object lesson about how integrity is made dirty by dishonesty. She has a special way to turn the dirtiness clean and pure again.
Tweaky's Show About Courage: Lenny Lion and Chico swap stories about being brave. They do a science object lesson to show how courage can grow.
Tweaky's Show About Fairness: Freddy Frog is the sounding board when the bird and chick friends have a misunderstanding. When they settle their arguments and make friendship bracelets, the whole character gang of friends want to join in. These character-building stories are favorites with kids. They love to hear the videos over and over. The lovable characters have become friends with many children.
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Tweaky and Friends Teach Character Lessons is the users manual to accompany the Tweaky Character Building videos available above. There are craft patterns, sheet music, discussion questions, science activities and other projects that enhance the video stories. There are nine Character traits emphasized: respect, responsibility, perseverance, caring, self-discipline, citizenship, honesty, courage and fairness. These character-building stories are favorites with kids. They love to watch the videos over and over. The lovable characters have become friends with many children.
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This is a set of nine videos on DVD with a users guide sold separately. The DVD set contains all of the nine stories. Tweaky the hummingbird and his friends teach us nine different character traits in this set: respect, responsibility, perseverance, caring, self-discipline, citizenship, honesty, courage, and fairness. There is a song to go with each character trait, which is sung by one of Tweaky's friends. The story and songs are done in such a way that you are definitely drawn into the story.
The teacher's manual is 112 pages long and is designed to be used in a classroom, but it is easily adapted for homeschooling or individual use. Each trait is set up to be done as a "trait of the month," and each trait has a corresponding project. For each trait you can print the words of the song, including the music with guitar chords noted. There is a paper-bag puppet craft and a refrigerator magnet craft for each trait, as well as an award sheet that can be printed off for each student at the end of the month. There are also discussion questions to go with each lesson that will help your child think about what was taught in the story.
The teacher's manual is well laid out and includes lots of fun stuff to do. After having time to look over this product, I do think it is a good value for the money and a simple way to incorporate character training into your child's day while having fun at the same time.
Nicole Teichroeb
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
The teacher's manual is 112 pages long and is designed to be used in a classroom, but it is easily adapted for homeschooling or individual use. Each trait is set up to be done as a "trait of the month," and each trait has a corresponding project. For each trait you can print the words of the song, including the music with guitar chords noted. There is a paper-bag puppet craft and a refrigerator magnet craft for each trait, as well as an award sheet that can be printed off for each student at the end of the month. There are also discussion questions to go with each lesson that will help your child think about what was taught in the story.
The teacher's manual is well laid out and includes lots of fun stuff to do. After having time to look over this product, I do think it is a good value for the money and a simple way to incorporate character training into your child's day while having fun at the same time.
Nicole Teichroeb
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
First phonics videos
First Phonics DVDs is a set subtitled "the fun way to learn to read." Two DVDs contain videos for all 31 stories. The stories emphasize the sound of each letter, such as "Bad Billy Bear Bursts Balloons" for the letter "B" or "Casper Cat Catches Caterpillars" for the letter "C." The stories themselves are not alliterated like the titles, but they teach character lessons using animals as the main characters. The author reads the story as the colorful characters interact throughout the story. There are phonics games that correspond to the letter sound. An original song accompanies each story and make learning the letter sounds fun and easier to grasp. There is a CD-rom which contains all three teacher's manuals to assist in lesson planning, crafts, and learning pockets (a pocket folder for flashcard homework intended to be sent home with a child from school).
This resource could be used for classrooms or homeschools, but it seems to lend itself more easily to homeschooling. The teacher's manual contains a plethora of ideas for teaching the letter sounds including:
· language arts worksheets
· craft that corresponds to the story, complete with templates and instructions
· vocabulary
· creative writing
· simple recipes
· math project
· science activities
I would put this resource in the kindergarten age range, but it may be more suited to preschoolers for some. The resource would probably have to be used by a parent and student together, in order to move back and forth between the menu items. My first grader liked the stories and the games but thought the songs were a bit long. (They are repeated several times between the video book and the game.)
This resource retails for $20. Having taught several children to read, I don't believe that this resource will actually teach your child to read. It would, however, make a good supplemental activity to your systematic teaching of phonics and reading skills. Children who love listening to a computer read a book will probably like it. For someone wanting some direction in teaching basic phonics skills to their 3 to 6-year-old, this would be an excellent resource.
Kim Kargbo
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
This resource could be used for classrooms or homeschools, but it seems to lend itself more easily to homeschooling. The teacher's manual contains a plethora of ideas for teaching the letter sounds including:
· language arts worksheets
· craft that corresponds to the story, complete with templates and instructions
· vocabulary
· creative writing
· simple recipes
· math project
· science activities
I would put this resource in the kindergarten age range, but it may be more suited to preschoolers for some. The resource would probably have to be used by a parent and student together, in order to move back and forth between the menu items. My first grader liked the stories and the games but thought the songs were a bit long. (They are repeated several times between the video book and the game.)
This resource retails for $20. Having taught several children to read, I don't believe that this resource will actually teach your child to read. It would, however, make a good supplemental activity to your systematic teaching of phonics and reading skills. Children who love listening to a computer read a book will probably like it. For someone wanting some direction in teaching basic phonics skills to their 3 to 6-year-old, this would be an excellent resource.
Kim Kargbo
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
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$20.00
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