Going Bonkers for GoGoKabongo!

Guest Co-Posters: Ladybug, Firefly, and Cowboy...GoGo Kabongo experts-extraordinaire

Mom says: GoGo Kabongo is an online learning game meant for ages 4-7 (in our experience, this is a very accurate assessment of appeal based on ability to navigate the environment and skills taught) . Kabongo is an engaging and entertaining environment that appeals to kids' sense of silliness, while teaching them valuable critical thinking skills, attention to detail, focus, memory, and planning skills. Using a series of mini-quests, treasure hunts, and learning games, Kabongo teaches your child without him realizing he is learning!

Both boys and girls will enjoy Kabongo as the colorful critters and crazy machines tickle their funny bone and foster their creativitiy, at the same time as they develop valuable reading skills. Learning games are "auto-leveled," which means they advance at your child's pace. You can click HERE to see the learning skills chart showing what is taught in each of the three habitiats. You can click HERE to see what

games are available in each of the habitiats.

There are three games in each habitat (Laughter Lake, Galaxy Gardens, Twister Top), and each of the games has three levels that may be achieved. Children create their own avatars (fun critter shapes) and earn prizes they can place in their own personalized tree house. They can win stickers for a comic book they create, add ramps and other devices to a skate park they can ride in (all avatars are on skateboards), and add fun collectables to decorate their tree houses. 

The Three Amigos' Treehouse "Command Central"

Parents will love that they recieve weekly reports of their child's progress via email, explaining how their children are doing in each targeted skill area. Currently, this program is abailable to the public, but is still in the beta-testing phase, which means they are trying to work out the glitches (which you will occasionally encounter). It is also not fully developed yet, but what this means on a positive note is that there is much more to come and to look forward to! At the current price of $4.95 for a lifetime subscription (since two of the environments are free), it can't be beat, if you are looking for something like this for you home or homeschool.

Check out this deal TODAY!!

•  "Your child can start playing GOGO KABONGO! today for free--at no charge, with full access to Laughter Lake’s brain-boosting games and activities. You can expand the learning with two additional habitats – Galaxy Gardens and Twister Top which are $4.95 each. SPECIAL OFFER: SIGN UP NOW AND YOU GET THE GALAXY GARDENS HABITAT FREE! Hurry - this offer is only available for a limited time!!
   

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Here is what the family has to say about GoGoKabongo:

Ladybug (age 7) said: We like GoGo Kabongo because it's fun and teaches kids my age and down. There are lots of things that are hard and easy for all kinds of kids. The creatures in GoGoKabongo lose their lucky stuff a lot and ask you to find it for them and give it back to them. I think that is fun. It is really very silly. I like it.

Cowboy (age 5) said: I like the people-making thingy (avatar maker). Our Three Amigos guy has three eyes, wings, a yellow skateboard, and a big smile. I like winning prizes for our treehouse, our sticker comic book, and our skate park. You win prizes by playing games and learning. I LOVE it!!!!!

Firefly (age 3) said: I like to watch Ladybug and Cowboy play games and win prizes. They sometimes let me pick the prize to keep. It is a fun game. I want to play it by myself.

Tex says: I sat down with the kids a few times when they played GoGoKabongo and I think it is a cute game. They like it and it teaches them something, so it is not just wasted time. It's pretty funny.

Mom says: I have to admit that when I first saw GoGoKabongo, I did not find the idea appealing. It looked a bit silly at first glance, and frankly, my kids didn't need another sit-down computer game to play. But now that the kids have played it and I have seen their reaction to it, I see that it is a fun and useful tool that can occasionally help our schoolday run more smoothly.

I can put one of the kids on Kabongo while another completes her work online, and I work with the third personally. I can also use it as a reward on a day when they can't play outside (and they do concentrate on their work better when this is set as the reward on a rainy day!). I have grown to like this program and think it could definitely be useful and fun for many types of families (see list below). I hope you will head to their site and check it out...after all, Laughter Lake is free, and if you sign up now for the low price of $4.95 for Twister Top, Galaxy Gardens is FREE (and you know how much I LOVE FREE!).

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Here are some of the silly things Duffy (one of the characters in the game) says randomly before you choose a playing environment:

• I'm sure glad you came along. Now I don't have to be my own best friend anymore.
• Hey! Wanna share some ice cream? Do you like Snackleberry fudge hairball with just a hint of tire rubber? 'Cause that's all I've got...
• Never hurts to help...well, except that one time...but my hair grew back, so no big deal.
• Kablammo! Ooops. Didn't mean to startle you. Just practicing. Kablammo!
• Old Duffy's got your back. I've also got your shoes. Sorry about that. I thought they were mine.
• There's an adventure out there just waiting for you. Now ClicketyClickClick!
• Isn't it terrible when you go to the trouble of naming all of your fleas, and they go and change hats so you can't tell them apart anymore?
• Anyone have an eyebrow comb I can borrow?
• I've been working out lately. I can lift a million pounds. Now I just need to figure out how to lift them all at the same time.

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Who would like GoGoKabongo?

• Families with a mix of ages (including 4-7) who need a fun and educational way to occupy the younger ones while mom teaches the older kids.
• A mom who has a little one who wants to be "a big kid" like big brother and do work, too.
• A mom who wants something to occupy the kids on a cold and rainy day.
• A parent of a young child who is struggling withe illness that makes regular work too difficult, but maybe this would help out. Or a parent who is ill and needs something for their young child to do while they rest.
• Perhaps a parent of a child with difficulites paying attention. Many of the activities develop this skill.
• A mom who needs some time to work from home, or do housework, who would like something educational for a little one to do while she does her work.
• A grandparent who wants to have something special available for the grandkids when they visit.
• An after-school caregiver who wants an extra activity to offer the kids.
• Anyone who just wants to buy something fun and educational, AND economical for the kids to do.

This is the learning skills chart for GoGoKabongo.

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Blessings,

Heather

Disclaimer: I received a membership to GoGoKabongo for the purposes of reviewing and evaluating GoGoKabongo here on my blog. The opinions you read here are the honest impressions of me and my family based on our own experiences. If you have questions we did not answer here, please feel free to contact me.

My Kitchen Island Treasure Find

If you had stopped by to visit me on Friday afternoon, you would have not found me here.

Oh, Tex was here. He is such a good son. He offered to watch the littles for a few hours, so I could go do something I have been wanting to do all week...visit the Antique Mall. Why have I been wanting to go there so badly? Well, Hubby gave me a $50 Visa Vanilla gift card for a belated Valentine's Day gift (he was gone over the holiday), and it was burning a hole in my wallet. Especially since my mom had spotted something on SALE that I have been wanting for quite a while...something interesting, old, and of a good size to act as a "center island" for my small country kitchen...an old Singer sewing machine base with a cutting board on top.

Well, Mom was good to me, too, and when I told her I was able to make it to her neck of the woods (forty-five minutes away), she headed on over to the Antique Mall with my dad to make sure the item I wanted was still available (to save me a trip if it was gone), and sure enough, it was. So I got Ladybug dressed in her cutest "going to the Antique Mall" clothes, and we headed out for some girly time.

I was doubly-blessed because my friend, Lady L. just happened to be in the area that day, and she was able to meet me there for some fun walking around and chatting. She actually had a mission of finding a red and white sugar bowl WITH a lid for her hubby's morning coffee sugar (she's slowly redecorating to a 50s kitsch-y kitchen), so we were able to while away some time looking for one (sadly, with no success). It's always more fun when you have a mission, though.

In any case, I purchased my new "center island" with my gift card (the kind folks there held it for me, since they know me so well *grin*), and we even managed to fit it in the car and got it home and in the house with no problem.

Here is my treasure find. I absolutely love it. It is an old iron Singer sewing machine base, and the treadle system still works! The top is wood (painted black), with a hinged wood cutting board on top. It is not as long as the hall table I was using as a "center island" before, so it is easier to work around. It is just the right width that I can set four plates on it as I prepare lunch for the kids, or tea for the ladies.

Here it is facing the dining room...........and here it is facing the sliding door.

If you look closely, you can see how I added two narrow shelves for spices and such over the stove. Eventually, I plan to invest in white baskets for the items around the microwave area. Eventually, I will clean up the mish-mosh of baskets I have above the cabinets and make it only the white glass I collect.

You can see it still works for the hand-mill on loan from Lady L. Isn't it pretty?

I used the mill to grind wheat to make multi-grain muffins yesterday. You can also see how I ripped out a funky old nick-nack shelf system (with curlicues and railing), and added a second narrow shelf over the sink for my spices. All it needs is a coat of paint to look great! But, oooops, if you look right by the dishwasher you can see the one cabinet door that got lost, so it never got painted. By the time I found it, the paint was put away, and well...yeah, I REALLY need to get that paint back out.

Just a few shots of the rest of my kitchen.

The fridge and counter need decluttering, I think.

If you look on the wall at the left top in the left picture above, you will see the shelf I bought for just $10 a few weeks ago that now holds some of my bigger pans. The narrow shelves to the right (that need some white paint) were bought by my mom at a yard sale last year for just a few dollars each. We added hooks and they have made great pot and pot lid holders.

Time for Tea! See, it's just the right size...

Check out my post on Saturday Tea Time to get the recipe for those delicious muffins.

There are a lot of little projects left to do in my old country kitchen, but we've come a long way. When I started, we had an avacado green cast-iron sink and marbled avacado green (very old) laminate counter tops. The walls had old, cheap paneling on them. The sink cabinet was so rotted, it had to be torn out, so we used the cabinet from the opposite wall in its place (couldn't afford a new one). The doors and hardware on the upper and lower cabinets were very dated (70's), so we either took off the doors for the "open look" or we took off the trim and hardware, and then repainted the doors and cabinets. We are taking "baby steps" to get the look I want with the budget we have.

Storage has been an issue, so I have cut down a lot of the dishes I used to have. I still have more than I need and plan to declutter once more this summer. We've been here long enough now that I know what I actually use and can feel secure getting rid of the rest. I find I like having all of my dishes be white or clear, so I got rid of anything that did not fit that theme. It sure makes it easier when it comes time to set the table for a nice dinner. Everything goes together, even if it doesn't exactly match! 

We've been creative in finding solutions for the pots and pans since they won't fit in the cabinets (due to the sink needing space and the need for somewhere to story baby bottles, kids' cups and plates, Tupperware, etc.). Hanging them on the wall is an interesting solution to the problem. Once I get all of the pot shelves painted, it will look like I "meant to do that!"

Hubby put up the shelves on the wall near the fridge as a solution for cookbooks and glass food storage containers. It saved us money (cheaper than buying cabinets) and when it is tidy (which it is not right now), I really like the look. I am slowly buying "real" glass storage jars (one each time I go to Walmart) for everything from tea bags and snack bars to flour and sprouting seeds, though saving the larger glass jars from items like applesauce and using them has been a good short-term solution. Another one of my projects this summer is going to be to whittle down my cookbooks to those I REALLY use. Maybe I can give away some of the others here...hmmm.

I definitely need to get out a can of white paint for painting all of the trim and new shelving, and touch ups to the walls and cabinets would be a good idea, too. Anyone have a Saturday free and want to come over? I will make us some scones and a pot of Earl Grey for when we are done...? ;-)

I just love re-purposing old things to give them new life. Not only are they less expensive than new, but they are more original and more interesting, too. At least, in my opinion they are, and I enjoy the fun of the "treasure hunt" as well. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will leave a comment and post a link to your own kitchen (or other room) makeovers using "found" items like this sewing machine base for interesting purposes.

Blessings for a wonderful week,

Heather

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Saturday Tea Time

The sugar spoon was a gift from my Grandma Pooh...it has a tiny teapot on top.

 Isn't it adorable?

This Saturday the ladies had tea time at Blessing Farm. While Hubby took the boys off the a local historic plantation for a Civil War re-enactment, meeting some friends there, and having a literal "blast" (I hear there was quite a bit of cannon fire), the ladies gathered at home for the genteel practice of having tea.

I got up early and ground some white wheat to make my family's favorite Bran Muffins (recipe below), and they turned out moist and scrumptious (it's a good recipe, you should try it). Ladybug had talked me into buying some lemon cake at the grocery store after our Antique Mall trip the night before (it was the same price to buy the pre-made lemon cake made as it was to buy a lemon cake mix and icing to top it with), so we had that to grace our table as well.

We brewed up a pot of my favorite Earl Grey tea (decaffeinated, since the children were drinking it with us), and the girls helped Nanny set the table with their little tea sets and our "grown up" one (another delightful Antique Mall find using my Christmas gift certificate from Bubba...two beautfiul tea pots, four scalloped edged serving plates, and a matching creamer and sugar dish). We each had a cup and saucer (they are from Ladybug's set, a gift from Miss S. on her birthday), a small cake plate (some of my milk glass plates), a tiny spoon for stirring (from...the Antique Mall...I LOVE that place), and a crocheted-edged napkin (a set of four...a gift to Ladybug from Lady L...thank you, Lady L.).

Thankfully, baby Boo decided he wanted a nap (really, he did), so we laid him down in his bed, turned on some sweet classical music, lit a vanilla candle, and sat down to pleasant repast. We started with a prayer to bless the food, then taught the girls how to serve tea using their tiny tea pots. It took some practice, but by the third tiny tea cup, both Ladybug and Firefly were scarcely spilling a drop.

Isn't it adorable that they wanted to use the tiny tea sets instead of regular-sized cups?

I just love Ladybug's pinky finger...soooo refined! ;-)

Nanny and I enjoyed talking with the little girls about delightful little girl things during our time with them. In between our amiable chatting:

• We showed them how to take only half of what your eyes tell you they want, then to ask for more when you are done with that
• We demonstrated how to put their napkins on their laps and use them to dab at their lips when needed.
• Firefly swallowed her tea the wrong way a few times and got to practice the etiquette of coughing into her napkin, face away from the table.
• We practiced NOT talking with our mouth full.
• We explained why it is rude to reach across someone to get something you want, and helped them learn to ask, "Please pass the sugar," and "May I please have another slice of cake" with a sweet voice.
• We taught them what topics are approriate for the table, and which ones are not (though I don't think it is really the girls who need help in this area...at least not at our house. Maybe we will have to include the boys next time!).
• Lastly, we explained how a pleasant expression and an agreeable disposition says more about you than a hundred words can...and how kind words make your company feel welcome.

Here we all are in our dining room, just about ready to start the fun!

Our tea time was a time of learning manners, but also a time of pleasantries and fun. I will cherish the precious memories forever. I am so glad we had our tea time. I can't wait until it is time for the next one. We will have to invite friends next time, so the girls can practice their manners in company.

I hope you have a blessed day...and don't forget to take time for tea in your busy week. You will be glad you did!

Blessings,

Heather

I think Firefly learned the lesson about having a pleasant expression!

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Bran Muffins (modified from the classic All-Bran recipe)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Sift together:

• 1 1/4 cup flour (I used 3/4 cup freshly milled white wheat flour, 1/2 cup white flour)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tbs. Baking Powder

• 1/4 tsp. salt (I used sea salt)
• 1/8 tsp. cinnamon

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Put 1 1/4 cup milk in a different bowl
Add 2 cups bran cereal...you may use All-Bran, but bran flakes of any brand work (I do soak them a bit longer)

Soak for 10 minutes

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Add the following to the soaked cereal mixture:

• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup chunky applesauce (you may use another type, but this one works very well to make a nicely textured muffin)
• 2 TBS oil
• if available, sometimes I add one diced apple (peeled and cored, of course)

Stir gently, then add flour mixture and mix until combined.

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Spray muffin sheet or line with papers, then fill each 2/3rds full. This works well with either 12 regular or 6 jumbo muffins.

Bake for 15-18 minutes. Test with a toothpick. Muffins will be firm, but the toothpick will not be entirely clean. These muffins are very moist and are delectable for breakfast topped with fresh butter. Enjoy!

Happy Blogoversary to Me and Presents for YOU---A Blogoversary Giveaway!

*imagine the tune to Happy Birthday to You playing*    

Happy Blogoversary to Me, Happy Blogoversary to Me, Happy Blogoversary to Meeeeeeeeeeeeee, Happy Blogoaversary to ME...and many more!

I can't believe it has only been a year since I started this blog. It feels like a lot longer! LOL. If you are a blogger, do you ever get that feeling with your blog? Like it's a part of your history and you can't remember when it wasn't there?

Anyway, in celebration of my Blogoversary, I am going to give away presents to you! I have a copy of Rebecca St. James' new album, "I Will Praise You" on cd to send to one of my winners. Awesome!

I remember going to a Rebecca St. James concert when I was pregnant with Ladybug and she jumped around the whole time I was standing up and praising Jesus. To this day, we LOVE Rebecca's Worship cd, and have even learned some of the signs to go along with the songs on it. I just received my copy of the new cd in the mail today, and have already listened to it twice! It's another keeper.

I also have a copy of one of my favorite homeschooling books (see my right sidebar to see all of them), Diana Waring's Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant Life Homeschooling, to give away to a second winner. Somehow, I wound up with two copies, and I want to bless some lucky person with one of them. You will love it. You can read an excerpt of it HERE.

I will randomly pick a two winners on April 15th. I will give the first winner first pick of which prize they would like. The second pick winner recieves whichever item is left.

All you have to do to enter is to leave me a comment to tell me which gift you would like. It's that easy. This is a required entry. If you fail to leave this initial comment, you are not entered. Okay? With this first required entry you MUST specify whether you prefer to receive the book or the cd. And please, make sure I have a clear way to contact you if you win (somewhere you must leave info that will link me to you).

IF you want to give me a present for my blogoversary, you can refer your friends and/or family members who are not already followers of mine to follow my blog, and if they mention your full name in their comment (and you have already entered with the required entry), then I will give you THREE extra entries...but they have to be a new follower for me, or it doesn't count. You can do this as many times as you have friends who don't already follow me and are willing to.

I'd love to go over 100 GFC followers for my Blogoversary, so tell everyone! Oh, and please remind them not to forget to tell me which gift they prefer, in addition to your name in their comment. Thanks.

There are a few more fun ways to gain entries. Do one of each and you will have TWELVE entries...one for each month I have been typing away at this blog! That would make your chances for winning pretty good, eh?

Thank you to all of you for reading and for commenting. Your involvement over this past year has kept me on my toes and raised my spirits often.

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So, to recap...ways to enter my giveaway...one entry method per comment, please:
(and please, make sure I have a CLEAR way to contact you to notify you, or I will have to chose someone else to win)

1. REQUIRED ENTRY: Leave me a comment to tell me which gift you prefer to receive, the Rebecca St. James CD or the Diana Waring book. Don't forget to specify, please!
2. Check out Diana Waring's website HERE and sign up for her Highly Irregular Newsletter (you can view a sample of her December Issue by clicking on her right sidebar.) Leave me a message telling me you signed up (be honest!) and I will (honestly!) give you TWO entries.
3. Leave me a separate comment to tell me you are a Google Friend Connect Follower (if you are!) and I will give you an entry.
4. Leave me another separate comment and tell me you are a Networked Blogs follower, if you are.
5. Once you have left a comment at least once, refer a friend (who has never followed me or commented on this giveaway already) to my giveaway, get them to follow me, then have them leave a comment containing YOUR name. I will not only give them their entry for following me (by whichever method they choose), but I will also give you THREE entries for telling them about my blog!
6. Go to Facebook and click LIKE for Rebecca St. James HERE. Then leave me a separate comment saying you did this for another entry.
7. Go to Rebecca's Listening Party HERE and listen to the first three songs of the album. Leave a comment telling me which one was your favorite and I will give you another entry.
8. Last, but not least, mention my giveaway on your blog (with a link, of course), then leave a comment telling me you did it (and please leave me a link to the post) and I will give you TWO more entries. All those entries together makes TWELVE total...wow! You can get even more if you have more friends willing to mention your name. The entries are endless...It's like a fun party game, uh, sort of. ;-)

I hope to get TONS of entries for this giveaway...please, join in on the fun and let me make you happy with a gift for my Blogoversary. I love giving people presents, don't you? You give me presents with your presence each time you comment, and that makes me very happy.
Thank you.

Blessings,

Heather

BTW: If you are visiting from the Ultimate Blog Party, feel free to look around and to follow me...I do try to follow my followers back. Thanks for leaving me a comment letting me know you were here. :)

Going to the Movies? Try a ZGuide from Zeezok Publishing!

ZGuide to the movies by Zeezok

Sergeant York

Grades 9-12

Topics:

World War I

Meuse-Argonne Campaign

Personal Beliefs about Warfare

Maturity and Family Responsibilities

Joining me for this review are guest posters: Poppy and Tex

The WWI classic, Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper, and the supplementary ZGuide

Heather says: I chose to review ZGuide for the movie Sergeant York because of Tex's recent interest in WWI (thanks to the history lessons on Time4Learning and extensive conversations with his father), and the fact that I knew this movie was a favorite of my dad's. Because my dad likes the movie (he and my mom watch old war movies checked out from their library regularly), and has expressed an interest in helping with the kids' homeschooling in any way he can, I asked him to be the one to view the movie with Tex, and then talk with him about it afterwards. Then I planned to follow up with Tex by completing some of the additional activities available in the ZGuide with him on a later date.

Now, I will let you hear from my dad, otherwise known as "Poppy." It's all yours, guys!

Poppy says: "Sergeant York is a classic World War I movie based on the true story of Alvin York. It is one of my favorites, especially since it is a movie about faith. Heather asked me if I would watch it with Tex for this review and I was glad to do that with him. Tex and the family came over one afternoon, and while the ladies enjoyed an afternoon at the Antique Mall, the guys got comfortable and settled in to watch this film.

Heather printed up the Zeezok ZGuide for us, and Tex and I flipped through it before the movie began. I had Tex read the movie synopsis and comprehension questions first, so he'd know what to expect. He made a guess that the questions (there are 25 of them) were in order of the movie sequence, and he was right. That made it easy for him to follow along and answer them as the movie progressed. The folks who made this guide obviously put a lot of work into it and were smart to organize them in sequential order so the student could concentrate on getting the message of the movie instead of having to scramble to find the answers and getting distracted.

In my opinion, they asked the correct questions to point the student in the right direction for comprehending and understanding the movie's plot, theme, and worldview. They discussed devices such as foreshadowing, as well as pointing out the minor discrepancies between the real life story and the movie's plot. I appreciated that several of the questions focused on details that show his spiritual journey from being a trouble-maker, to becoming a Christian and a conscientious objector, through the process of his soul-searching about how to reconcile his peaceful beliefs with the harsh realities of war and "rendering unto Ceasar..." This decision ultimately led to a tremendous battlefield victory and the saving of many lives for the US.

I believe the questions definitely helped Tex understand the movie better, and it facilitated and deepened our discussion of it afterwards. I think the preview information, such as the synopsis of the movie and the brief overview of World War I were also beneficial. The follow up activities look interesting, and I look forward to seeing what Tex thinks about them.

Heather says: Before I wrote up this review, I asked Tex for his opinions about the ZGuide and the movie. Well, instead of opinions, what I got was a ten to fifteen minute lesson about WWI, a lengthy and detailed synopsis of the plot of the movie, a lesson on much of the weaponry used in the battles, and an overview of his plan to work to earn the money to buy a Wii for the family (developing a budget was one of the activities in the ZGuide). I think that the fact that he chose to share all his newfound knowledge with me rather than spout off a few carefully chosen polite phrases is very telling...obviously (to me anyway) the ZGuide was a great success. It accomplished its purpose and helped use the movie to teach Tex MANY (not just one) valuable lessons about WWI, practicality, and morality. That's a BIG two-thumbs-up from me!!

Tex says: I thought the movie guide was a great way to help me get more out of the movie. I liked the information I read about the movie ahead of time. It helped me know what to expect, so I didn't feel like I had no idea what was going on. Talking about it with Poppy, and later my dad, also helped me to understand the situations on the movie more completely. I also enjoyed doing research on my own later. The only thing I had trouble with was that since the movie was older, some of the references were harder to find. But I did find all the answers eventually, and my mom had the answer key, just in case. One last comment I have is that I thought it was interesting that if you look at a picture of the real Alvin York, he looks nothing like Gary Cooper! I just thought that was kind of funny.

Tex working on some of the follow-up questions in his brother's room.

Some of Tex's internet research.

The movie synopsis and general overview of WWI included in the packet.

A mapping activity included in the packet.

Page One of the Comprehension Questions and a Worldview Activity.

The budgeting activity and a word search for fun.

There is much more to the 34 page Sergeant York ZGuide than what I have shown you here. Each ZGuide is available on CD for the reasonable price of $12.99. They will soon be available for instant download as ebooks.

Here is a listing of the Table of Contents:

1. How to use this Guide
2. Topic Overview
3. Activity 1: Movie Review Questions
4. Activity 2: President Wilson's War Message to Congress
5. Avtivity 3: Word Search Puzzle
6. Activity 4: Geography Map
7. Activity 5: Economics Project: Saving
8. Activity 6: Exchange Activity
9. Activity 7: World War I Poster Art Project
10. Activity 8: Weapons of WWI
11. Activity 9: Worldview Activity
12. Activity 10: The Filmmaker's Art
13. For Family Discussion
14. Additional Resources for Further Study
15. Answer Key

I chose to not have Tex do every activity. I allowed him to choose one activity other than the Comprehension Questions, Worldview Activity, Mapping Activity, and Economics Activity which I required. Do you think he chose to read President Wilson's speech? No. Do you think he chose to design a WWI poster? No. What did he choose...guess...yes, he's all boy. He chose to do the Weapons of WWI activity.

Here it is:

  He chose this particular gun as the most important weapon because it was used throughout the war, and apparently had many forms for many uses. Don't ask me...my eyes kind of glazed over when he got into the details of the weaponry, but suffice to say, he researched and developed his own opinion, and could defend it in detail...and that, I believe, is the goal of higher-level learning. Good job, Zeezok!

• If you are interested in checking out the Zeezok site, click HERE.
• If you'd like to see a list of the available ZGuides, click HERE.
• If you'd like to check out the ZGuide for Sergeant York, click HERE.
• Zeezok also sells the movie, which you can get HERE.
• A ZGuide to another WWI movie, Flyboys, is available HERE.
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Heather

I received an ebook copy of the ZGuide for the movie Sergeant York in exchange for my honest review here on my blog. The opinions you read here are a reflection of our experiences with this product. I do not guarantee that yours will be the same as mine, but I did feel this product was a good one, or I would not recommend it to you. If you have questions I did not answer here, please feel free to contact me.

Alvin York Trivia: Alvin York named four of his seven children after famous people. Who were they?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, and Betsy Ross.

**If you'd like to learn more about Alvin York, here is an interesting site we came across...Alvin York, In the Lion's Den

I received an ebook copy of the ZGuide for the movie Sergeant York in exchange for my honest review here on my blog. The opinions you read here are a reflection of our experiences with this product. I do not guarantee that yours will be the same as mine, but I did feel this product was a good one, or I would not recommend it to you. If you have questions I did not answer here, please feel free to contact me.