For the Crew revew, we received a copy of the DVD Web Design for KIDS...and Curious Grown Ups Too! 

This is an easy to follow DVD to teach your child(or you) about simple HTML and web-design. The DVD is approximately 1 hour and 22 minutes long and consists of seven chapters. Two preteen kids are on the DVD to keep you company and learn along with you!

Some of the subjects covered in the DVD are:

~The 10 Basic Lines of Code

~Coloring the background and letters

~Making the letters move across the screen

~Designer backgrounds

~Changing fonts

~Adding pictures 

There is also a Bonus Chapter on File and Folder Management. Basic things like how to create a folder, how to save things inside the folder, what to do if you accidently save something in the wrong place, and much more! 

Jennifer watched the DVD on several afternoons and easily set-up a new blog that incorporated the lessons listed above.  She enjoyed the engaging style of the DVD and the additional knowledge of HTML that she acquired from it. 

The cost is :  $19.99 and it is well-worth the knowledge gained.  It has taken me hours of hunting, peaking, reading websites and books to gain the knowledge incorporated in this DVD.

I give this product an A and encourage it for all families interested in beginning to develop a webiste or blog.  To see a sample video clip go here.

One last note, the owner and designer of this product, Mr. Brian Richardson, is a very charitable man.  He donates portions of every product he sells to great causes.  As he states on website, "I believe we are blessed to be a blessing. "  Read his list of charities here.

~Blessed beyond measure,

I have drooled over this bible curriculum for the past two years.  I was so blessed to receive Grapevine studies wonderful products to review for the TOS Crew. 

Self-proclaimed as "stick-figuring the bible", it is a wonderful, comprehensive bible study for the whole family. The author of these studies has went into a lot of detail to use inductive methods to study the bible with children of all ages.

For review the girls and I received the Old Testament Overview.  

 I received the teacher's edition in hard copy. 

Price: $24.95

 Each of my daughters recieved the e-book copy for their reading level:

Jennifer-Level 4

Price: $28.95

 Elizabeth~Level 2

Price: $19.95 

Grace~Beginner

Price: $19.95

Although each of the girls received a different level, it was very easy to use my 3-4 Teacher's manual to lead them in their lessons every day.  Jennifer's level 4 lessons have excellent lessons in how to use a topical Bible, Bible dictionary and Bible commentary.  Grace's pages have a bigger area for her to draw her stick figures in, because younger hands have a harder time drawing small.  We all work together for about thirty minutes each day to go through the lessons. 

The first part of this overview was a Bible outline of the Old Testament.   We spent about seven days of going over major events of the Old Testament.  It was a wonderful foundation for a more inductive study that follows in the individual plans.  I appreciate how Dianna Wiebe(the author) has summarized the major events using simple yet meaningful stick figures and drawing.  In Jennifer's book, she then had a space to write in the exact books of the bible that these events take place.  This lead to wonderful discussions about the why the Bible is in this order, about how the Bible came to be and who did write the Bible. 

The lessons are layed out in a simple to follow style which are to age level.  I appreciated how the teacher's manual has the student page numbers on each of it's pages as well.  This made it much easier for us all to follow along together.  Jennifer's additional activities made beneficial use of the time that she has to wait while I help Grace.  The color coding of certain drawings are similar to what Kay Arthur teaches in her Precept classes.  I think this will be helpful for the girls to carry through in their bible study throughout their lives.  Each lesson has great review questions and focused memory verses, which are an important part of our lives. 

I believe these books will take us the full school year to complete.  We have all learned a lot from them and the drawing is helping us to not only learn about the Bible but to cement the truths in our minds.  This ultimately establishes a knowledge of the scriptures that will set our hope only in Him and His Truths found their. 

  Here are a few of the girls pages:

Elizabeth's timeline of Creation

Grace's timeline of Creation

Elizabeth working on her timeline.

Jennifer working on her lesson.

After we complete these lessons I plan to purchase the Multi-Level Biblical Feasts and Holy Days Student Book , then we will do the New Testament Overview. 

During the review process, I was impressed time and again by the author of these studies, Dianna Wiebe.   Her committment to customer service is phenomenal.  The hardcopy that I received via mail, was carefully packaged and arrived quickly.  She made herself available for questions and answered emails promptly.  She has a heart for the Lord and serving us her customers. I encourage you to read this newsletter online. 

I highly recommend this product and give it an A.

The cost is appropriate for the amount of material and knowledge that we are learning, the customer service is fabulous and the lessons are engaging. 

~Blessed beyond measure!