I recently was offered the chance to review some of Candy Foote's e-books.  I chose two e-books from her selection of  "The Word Of God On ..." e-books.   The two that interested me most were "The Word Of God On The Words Of Your Mouth" and "The Word Of God On Being A Woman, A Wife, And A Mother."  Each of these e-books is a compilation of Scripture on its chosen topic, sold for $14.99 at CandyFoote.com .

There have been times in my life when I have done what Candy Foote has done in these e-books.  I have used my concordance to look up all the Scriptures on a topic that was heavy on my heart at the time. I wanted to know what God had to say on the topic, so I searched it out.  Some of those times, I underlined a few verses, but failed to make a list of them all.  On a few subjects, I recorded the verse addresses on a list in my journal ... but not the entire Scripture segments. 

Candy has done that work for us and compiled it all into handy e-books that allow you to print them and read them whenever you want to.  Not only would these be helpful for your personal Bible study, they can be assigned to older children and teens for Bible Study, copywork, or memorization of passages.

The Word of God on Being a Woman, A Wife, and a Mother -- $14.99
This e-book is available in the King James Version, as well as New International Version.  I selected the NIV version.  This subject is one that is important to me.  Candy has included not only instructive verses on being a woman, wife, and mother ... but also Scripture re-telling the stories of other women in the Bible.  

The e-book is 101 pages long, with 94 pages being the actual Scripture compilations.  From Genesis to Revelation, it's God's Word on being a woman, just as the title states.  Organized in the order they are taken from the Scripture, it's easy to locate stories of Deborah, or verses from Proverbs.

The e-book is neat, easily readable, and includes all of God's Word on being a woman, wife, and mother.  It is easily downloaded as a PDF document, which can be read with Adobe Acrobat.

The Word of God on The Words Of Your Mouth -- $14.99
Available only in King James Version, this large e-book includes all God has to say on the words we speak.  Once again organized from Genesis to Revelation, it also includes narrative Scripture and instructive Scripture.  The 133 page e-book includes 128 pages of actual Scripture compilations.

This e-book is also well-organized, neat, and easily readable.  It is ready for your personal Bible study, or to use in your homeschool.  This e-book makes it easy to find Scripture on our words to assign for copywork or memorization by our children.

Also downloaded as a PDF document, this can be read in Adobe Acrobat.


To purchase these e-books, and more, visit CandyFoote.com.


These e-books were provided to me free, in exchange for my honest review.

Trusting In Him,
April

...as you can probably tell by the fact that I haven't posted here at Homeschool Blogger since June.  lol  With homeschooling and running two businesses along with all the other things I do, it just got to be too much.  In fact, I heard the Lord (and my dh) tell me to cut down on the amount of time I spent doing many of the things I had been doing.  Among those were three weekly newsletters and a weekly podcast. 

Communication FUNdamentals is alive and well over on Art of Eloquence.com. Right now I have a Video Countdown to CHRISTmas going on where I post a daily video of the most inspirational Christmas music ever!  Come by and share in the most inspirational and creative ways God's children speak to Him.  Be blessed!

I am so excited!  I have been looking forward to the day when I could order this book.  I've heard it is the quintessential book on homeschooling in high school ... especially if you prefer a relaxed method of homeschooling.  Every time I've asked about record keeping, planning courses, how much I can personalize a high school education ... someone would say "You need to read this book."

What book am I so excited about?  Barbara Edtl Shelton's book,  Senior High: A Home-Designed Form+U+La.  I was able to order it recently, when I ordered some new grammar books and math workbooks for the kids.  I'm looking forward to reading it, and learning from it.

Trusting In Him,
April

More abusive teachers are in the news, this time two teachers tortured and abused several special needs children in their care--children who couldn't speak out about what was happening to them.

Parents, even your special needs children deserve to be at home where it is safe, and where you can be there to protect them. Homeschooling special needs children can be done!

Check out these resources to start:

• E-Book: Teaching Jeremiah--a complete curriculum for teaching special needs children in preschool and early elementary grades.
• E-Book: Someplace Called Special--A Look at Homeschooling Special Needs Children
• Special Words for Special Needs--Blog posts by a mom homeschooling several special needs children.
  

You can find many more resources by searching online, and don't be afraid to ask questions! Trust is a huge thing for children with special needs. Your child trusts and needs you, not a person that neither you nor your child has never met before. You wouldn't just leave your child with strangers otherwise, why do so just because that stranger works for a public school?

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

One of my favorite parts of music class each year was the day we got to listen to Peter and the Wolf on record, or watch the cartoon version of it.  I love that musical story, and never grew tired of it.  Maestro Classics has continued to develop that art form of the musical story.  Stephen Simon and Bonnie Ward Simon have created 8 Stories In Music CDs, including some with original music:

• Tortoise And The Hare
• Peter and the Wolf
• The Story of Swan Lake
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Casey at the Bat
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
• Juanita the Spanish Lobster
• Juanita la longosta espanola

We received The Tortoise And The Hare, which was recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The music was composed and conducted by Stephen Simon, the story was adapted by Bonnie Ward Simon, and it was narrated by Yadu.   The CD came with an educational booklet that included information about music, instruments, sheet music, background information, and three puzzles.

The CD itself contains 7 tracks:

• musical version of The Tortoise and the Hare
• information about the story
• a fun song, "Pretzel Vendor of Paris"
  
• information about the music
• the story of The Tortoise and the Hare repeated (now that you know a little more)
• prepare to perform
• accompaniment track for sing-along

We listened to The Tortoise and The Hare in the car one weekend.  I thought the story was a charming and witty adaptation of the classic Aesop's fable -- a fun way to add music appreciation into our homeschool.   The children all listened, and seemed to be enjoying it.  When I asked them their opinion later, the 8 year old said it was "okay" and he "sort of liked it".  But then he did tell me how he liked the Pretzel Vendor of Paris song, and a few other things.   My 3  year old enjoyed the story portion, although she was too young to understand the music education portions.  My 14 year old daughter enjoyed learning how the composer created the music for the story.  But, this is not something they'll be begging to listen to on future car trips.

This particular story was a little young for most of my children, but I enjoyed the CD and would like to hear more of the Maestro Classics CDs.  I think they'd enjoy some of the other stories more.  My sons would like Casey at the Bat or Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and my daughters would probably enjoy The Story of Swan Lake.  

Maestro Classics CDs retail for $16.98, or you can purchase a 3-CD set for $45.00.  A few of the CDs also come with story books in a gift set for $24.99. 

This item was provided free for our review as a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew.  We received no other compensation, and this review is our honest opinion.  Click the TOS Homeschool Crew banner at the top to read more reviews on this product by other Homeschool Crew members.

Trusting In Him,
April