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May15

Science Naturally: A Schoolhouse Crew Review

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Science Naturally: A Schoolhouse Crew Review

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Sacha’s<25: A unique one minute mystery book recommended for ages 8-12 which has the reader use their science knowledge and critical thinking skills to solve the 65 mysteries.

Home in the Trenches Product Rating (out of 10 stars)

Is it worth our time? 9 stars
Did it help us learn? 9 stars
Is it worth the money? 9 stars
Is it useful to me? 9 stars
Practicality-10  stars
Quality- 9 stars
Kid Rating- 10 stars

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We received One Minute Mysteries: 65 More Short Mysteries You Solve With Science! from Science Naturally to review.  I was super excited to get to review this since I loved listening to short mystery stories as a kid and trying to figure them out!  I was expecting that these would be the “who dunnit” type stories that I had heard as a kid.  I don’t know if you are familiar with those kind but these were not that.  However, they are really great too!

Here is an explanation from their website:

These mysteries have a clever twist—you have to be a super sleuth, tapping into your science wisdom and critical thinking skills to solve them. Each story takes just one minute to read and challenges your knowledge in a variety of science disciplines.

I handed this book over to my kids to take a look at.  I had to laugh because when I went searching for the book about a week later my 13 year old son had taken it to read.  He was choosing to read these minute mysteries at night before going to bed instead of some of the other stuff he had been reading.  When I asked my kids if they liked it the response I got was, “Matthew wouldn’t let us have a turn with the book!”  

Click here to read 3 sample stories and see why my kids didn’t want to share the book.

When Joy (11) finally got a chance to read the book she really enjoyed it.  She felt she wasn’t very good at solving the mysteries but she loved reading them.

These one page mysteries with the answer solution following on the backside of each page are written by the father daughter team of Eric and Natalie Yoder.  This book is the second Science Mystery book they have written and they have also written some One Minute Math Mysteries.

What I liked:

  • Educational aspect…they are learning scientific principles while having fun reading and solving mysteries.
  • The stories are short and don’t take a lot of time to read.
  • These would be great to read out loud and discuss with your kids…one story each day…good luck at keeping it to just one story : )
  • These are real life type mysteries which are solved by applying science…how would bugs end up inside a closed bag of apples, how to tell raw from boiled eggs, why some mornings are so much cooler than others, etc.

What I didn’t like:

  • Nothing to say here…we were really happy with this product!

To sum it up: This book and the others that this father daughter team have written would be just perfect for incorporating learning into your summer, without your kids even realizing it!  This is a really fun book to read with your kids or to have them read by themselves.  Highly recommended and check out below for a special offer on purchasing some of their other books as well!

 

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One Minute Mysteries: 65 More Short Mysteries You Solve With Science!

Eric Yoder and Natalie Yoder, January 2013
Ages 8-12, 8.5” x 5.5”, 180 pages,
Paperback ISBN 10: 1-9384920-0-5
E-Book ISBN 10: 1-9384920-1-3

Order from: Science Naturally

Price: $9.95

Please note this special coupon code—enter 3SPEC to purchase any 3 books on the website for $19.95 plus $2.95 shipping. (a $12.90 savings)

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Nov3

Modesty Matters:You Can Sew!: A Molly Crew Review

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Sacha’s<25: A complete sewing curriculum for ages 13 to adult (younger with a parent’s help) teaching you all you need to know about sewing and how to actually sew!

Home in the Trenches Product Rating (out of 10 stars)

Is it worth our time? 6  stars
Did it help us learn? 7 stars
Is it worth the money? 5 stars
Is it useful to me? 7 stars
Practicality- 5 stars
Quality- 5 stars
Kid Rating- 6 stars

What is Modesty Matters?

Modesty Matters, LLC is a home-based business with multiple resources focused on creating modest clothing styles for today’s young ladies and girls, as well as enabling others to do the same through simple, step-by-step “how-to” video lessons, patterns & instruction kits, available on CD-ROM and/or DVD, or by simple download (aka digital download). We make sewing SIMPLE!

You Can Sew! consists of 65 video classes where we walk you step-by-step through each portion, integrating four major projects along the way. It comes with five DVD’s, a written text, and a CD-ROM containing exclusive simplified patterns in PDF format that are used to expand and develop your skill set.

Click here to see a quick video describing the course!

Our Experience:

My daughter Joy and I are quilters.  She has been sewing on and off since she was 5 and we bought her a sewing machine when she was 6.  However, both of us really don’t know a lot about actually sewing clothing!  I was so excited when this curriculum came up for review because I have people ask me all the time if I can teach them or their daughters how to sew.  I can teach quilting and in fact taught 7 girls how to sew and make quilts this year.  However, I did not feel comfortable trying to teach anyone how to sew clothing.  I don’t know all about reading patterns etc.

Here is where You Can Sew! enters the picture.  I was thrilled to hear I would get to review this with Joy who is 11.  She is actually on the young side for this curriculum as it is recommended for ages 13 and up.

We started by pulling out the DVD’s and started watching the lessons.  We realized that the DVD’s do not work in one of our DVD players.  There is no way to see on the menu which lesson you are choosing.  This became very frustrating to us but thankfully we tried them in a different DVD player and the menu screen worked.

The lessons vary in length from 1 minute to much longer. (The longest we watched was less than 15 minutes and it completely covered making the skirt)  After we watched the video Dee, the instructor on the video,  would tell us what our homework was.  It might be something that only took a couple minutes to do or it could be taking a trip to a sewing store to look at fabrics or purchase what we needed for our next project.

Since we both knew how to use our machines and the basics about them we whizzed through the first videos.  I felt they were very informative.  If you had no idea how to use a sewing machine you would learn a lot.  All machines are different but she does a great job of giving you the basics and with your machine manual you would be able to figure it all out with ease!

If you follow this course from beginning to end you will learn how to sew and make the following projects:

  • pin cushion
  • apron
  • A line skirt
  • A line dress or nightgown

Here is a quick run down of what is covered in the first 10 lessons to give you a feel of the flow and speed in what is covered.  I also have included a few notes I had made while we watched the DVD lessons:

Class 1:Short class video goes through items needed for sewing…then tells us homework of learning names of items and being able to label them in the homework sheet. Worksheets went very well together with class instruction. Also tells us to read assigned reading before starting next video portion.  After each portion there is text to remind us of what we need to do!

Class 2: Reviews sewing items quickly…field trip or by Internet to see some items and prices. Show and tell binder. Sewing machine diagram for homework.  Videos are edited…spliced together. (This became very noticeable early on as you can see.  The editing at times is a bit distracting from the lesson)
Class 3: Parts of the sewing machine. Show them on paper diagram then on a couple machines. I liked that she showed these on a couple machines because everyone’s machines are a bit different.
Class 4: Threading the machine.  Great to be able to see on video on different machines.
Class 5: Bobbins …We learned about bobbin types, how to wind them etc. I don’t think that she explained part of this quite correctly! There are 2 different types of bobbin housings.  She left out an important part of this lesson!
Class 6: Presser feet types and installing a needle. She says for homework to practice with different stitches. Hmm…we haven’t learned how to operate the machine at all yet!  Didn’t talk about putting Presser foot up and down yet or tension. This is where I felt the lessons came out of order.  We shouldn’t have been practicing sewing yet.
Class 7: Posture/position–only 1:30 long, Same info as in text.
Class 8: Speed v accuracy–practice going too fast and at good pace. Now she reviews how to stitch 2x in same video. 4 min video
Class 9: Safety. Really after she has already had us sewing? Once again I felt this was out of place in the lessons.  Should have been earlier on. Locking the stitch. Confused on placement of this video? 3:15 in length.
Class 10: Straight and zig zag stitches…practice on wide ruled notebook paper. Mentions proper hand positioning. Says to zig zag with line in middle but she doesn’t do this on the sample. Bit confusing?
It is recommended that this course take a semester to complete.  However, we only had about 6 weeks to review this so Joy and I watched the videos and then jumped ahead to the project that her sewing skills were ready for which was the skirt.  I ran into multiple problems at this point. Nothing which couldn’t be worked out.  But, if I were a new sewer I would have been totally confused!  Anyways, they are listed below, but I wanted to show you a few pictures from this part of the process.

This is the pattern for the skirt.  You have to print out the pattern and then tape it to a window to line it all up.  A little bit time consuming, but here it is!

Here Joy is sewing the hem on her skirt.  The project probably only took her 2 hours total and that included taping the pattern together.

Look at that huge smile. I am so proud of her for completing the project.  She wore the skirt the whole rest of the day.  She said it was very comfortable.  I like the length of it. She felt that it got in the way at times and would like to make another one that falls just below her knee.

What I liked:

  • This concept of teaching with DVD and instructional manual is great!
  • The lessons are very short manageable segments.  We combined a few of them at a time when we felt we could.
  • Love that Joy was able to sew a skirt.  Gave her great confidence!
  • It is very informative for the very beginner sewer to the intermediate one!
  • Good customer service.  When I had problems  (see below) they were very helpful to get them resolved.
  • I learned some great tips.  Wash your fabric in salt water in order to seal the colors in the fabric.  Helps with fading!!!
  • If you can’t find someone to teach you how to sew or find a sewing store with beginner classes this is a great way to learn at your own pace.

What I didn’t like:

  • Unfortunately, it seems to me that they needed someone to go through and make sure things were in the correct order for the lessons and to make sure she didn’t give contradictory instructions between the text  and video lessons.  I found this numerous times in the instructions for making the skirt. The written text instructions would say to make a rolled hem with 1/4″ seam and then she would tell you 1/2″ in the video, another time it was a 1″ difference.  That can be huge when you are sewing a clothing pattern.
  • DVD menu didn’t work on one of our DVDs.
  • All 65 video lessons begin and end with the same music.  Oh my, I really don’t ever want to hear that music again.  And the editing of the videos is too much.  Within a 2 minute lesson it is faded in and out or over the speaking multiple times.
  • The original CD rom, which comes with the curriculum with all the patterns, was missing the child size skirt pattern.  They have since fixed it for all future buyers.
  • The original pattern for the child size skirt was not correct I had to call them and let them know that the pattern actually didn’t fit the width of fabric that is standard in stores today.  This would be a huge problem for a new sewer.  They had to redo the patterns and email them to me again.  OOPS.

To sum it up: This could have been the best curriculum ever for learning how to sew.  With some production work and someone making sure lessons flow in the correct order and things aren’t contradictory at times I would love to highly recommend it.  Right now though, I think it would be frustrating to use straight through as a new sewer–there are just too many quirky things in it as I mentioned above. I have enjoyed the few times I have spoken with Dee and love her heart. I hope that they will fix these problems and that I will be able to give this curriculum all 10′s in the near future!

The important information:

 

 

 

 

Home Economics: You CAN Sew Curriculum

Order from: Modesty Matters- http://www.modestymatters.net

Price: $159 for the complete package

To read other Molly Crew reviews of this product click here.

 

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Disclosure/Disclaimer:  I received the above product free of charge for review purposes.  I am only expected to give an honest review.

Oct19

Crossbow Reading Rulers: A Schoolhouse Crew Review

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Crossbow Reading Rulers: A Schoolhouse Crew Review

Sacha’s<25: These simple, yet amazing, Eye Level Reading Rulers help those with visual stress while also providing tracking support while reading. 

Home in the Trenches Product Rating (out of 10 stars)

Is it worth our time?  10 stars
Did it help us learn? 10 stars
Is it worth the money? 10 stars
Is it useful to me? 10 stars
Practicality- 10  stars
Quality- 10 stars
Kid Rating- 10 stars

We were given the opportunity to review the Eye Level Reading Rulers: Pack of ten from Crossbow Education. The set of rulers comes with 10 six inch rulers of a variety of colors.  I didn’t realize this but some colors are better for individuals eyes than other colors.  This way you are able to test the colors to see which is easiest on your eyes while reading. These rulers are made of a combination of opaque and transparent plastic that both underlines the text and highlights it in a colored tint. These rulers also have 2 finishes to them–one side is glossy, while the other is matte.

According to Crossbow Education:

Designed specifically to benefit those with Visual Stress and dyslexia. Not only does the Eye Level Reading Ruler work to reduce the symptoms ofVisual Stress, it also highlights and underlines text, making it easier for the dyslexic reader to keep their place on the page they are reading.

ESSENTIAL FEATURES:

1) A sufficiently wide range of colors to meet the needs of all children who will benefit from using a colored overlay product (Smith, Wilkins, British Journal of Psychology 2007)

2) Tinted strips on the edge of the ruler and not as a central “letterbox”, ensuring that context is not lost.

3) A choice of single line or paragraph depth tracking, differentiating individual needs and ensuring that fluency can be achieved while using the reading ruler.

4) One side matte coated, one side gloss; again allowing for individual preference (Wilkins, “Reading Through Colour”, Wiley 2003)

These rulers are an amazing tool for anyone really.  All 3 of my readers are using them on a daily basis now!  I asked to review these for my oldest, Matthew.  He has had tracking problems since he was beginning to read and has always done better reading if he has used a note card or piece of paper under where he is reading, otherwise he is likely to skip lines. He really prefers to use these rulers rather than a notecard or his finger.  He has been mainly using the smaller colored side which highlights about 2 lines at a time in the books he has been reading.  (If you flip the ruler over the highlighted area is about a little over an inch.)  Matthew is not skipping lines as long as he is using this ruler. Below is a photo of Matthew using his Reading Ruler:

My newest to reading, Faith, seems to get stressed trying to read when there are too many words on the page.  Faith is much happier reading if she can just concentrate on the line I am wanting her to read!

This is the perfect thing for both of those reading problems.

One of the great things about them is that they also can be used as a bookmark in your book while you are not reading.  These rulers can be cut down to a smaller size if you are wanting them to fit the page that you are reading.  This is a great idea for  novels if you don’t want it hanging off of your page.

We have noticed that you have to be careful with them because they easily scratch.  The scratch pulls off the color of the overlay.

 

What I liked:

  • These really helped my kids with reading.  Solved our tracking problems and stress of too many words on the page at one time!
  • Having color options was great for my kids.
  • My kids are still using them.  They all have them in books they are reading and ask if they need to use another one for a different book.

What I didn’t like:

  • They can scratch easily….please be careful with them as to not scratch off the color overlay.

To sum it up: These rulers are perfect for helping with tracking problems and visual stress.  We highly recommend them for these problems.  I would also suggest using them (as their website suggests) for those struggling with dyslexia. Even my kids who don’t have reading difficulties have found that these are great for them too!

The important information:

 

 

 

Eye Level Reading Rulers: Pack of ten

Order from: Crossbow Education

Price: $16.95 for the 10 pack of Reading Rulers.  There are also other rulers and a 5 pack is also available.  Check their website to see the other options!

To read other Schoolhouse Crew reviews of this product click here.

 

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Disclosure/Disclaimer:  I received the above product free of charge for review purposes.  I am only expected to give an honest review.

Oct17

CEB Deep Blue Kids Bible: A Schoolhouse Crew Review

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Sacha’s<25: The Deep Blue Kids Bible is a new Bible, for kids ages 7-12, using the Common English Bible (CEB) translation which includes many in-text notes, devotions, interesting facts, and memory verses.

Home in the Trenches Product Rating (out of 10 stars)

Is it worth our time? 9 stars
Did it help us learn? 9 stars
Is it worth the money? 9 stars
Is it useful to me? 9 stars
Practicality- 9 stars
Quality- 10 stars
Kid Rating- 10 stars

 The Deep Blue Kids Bible is aimed for children 7-12 years old.  This is exactly who is begging me at my house to let this Bible be “theirs”.  My 11 year old daughter and 8 year old son beg me on a daily basis for this Bible to become theirs after I am done reviewing it.   We received the “Image Flex” cover as our review Bible, but the Bible does come with 5 cover choices.  

After the presentation page the Bible immediately introduces your child to Asia, Edgar, and Kat…three characters who will be leading them through their journey in the Bible.  They look like realistic cartoon characters, perfect for 7-12 year olds! We loved all of the color on the pages. It really made it interesting to look at and made it fun to read! I could hardly flip through the pages without seeing additional text or pictures on most pages!

This Bible has many features that aren’t found is the average Bible!  Here’s what the website says it has to offer:

Kids will dive deep into God’s word with the CEB Deep Blue Kids Bible. This engaging, interactive Bible offers four-color icons and illustrations throughout with a wealth of notes, devotionals, Bible trivia, and other interactive elements to capture inquisitive young minds. Plus the CEB Deep Blue Kids Bible will encourage a thirst for God’s timeless message as young readers join three life-like kids in discovering the Bible and what it means to their lives.

There are plenty of in-text notes:

These are one of the things we loved about this Bible.  We have lots of Bibles in our house, but this one is just perfect for explaining things on their level and hitting things that are issues in their lives!  When we took turns reading our Scripture reading for the day the kids all wanted to read out of this Bible and always asked if they could also read us all the “extras” on the pages!  We learned a lot from these!

We really loved almost everything about this Bible.  The CEB version is written on a 7th grade reading level…so it’s not really the Bible that is written for kids 7-12, it is really more of the in-text notes etc that are geared for kids 7-12!  I’m not sure if you have even heard of the CEB version of the Bible….I hadn’t!  Here’s what I found out about this version of the Bible:

The CEB was built by the collaborative effort of 120 Bible translators from 24 denominations and 500 Bible readers from diverse backgrounds and hundreds of different churches.  Using words and phrases that sound natural and conversational, it is a balanced, accurate, and sensitive translation that mirrors how people talk, read and write. Find out more atCommonEnglishBible.com.

This version was a little hard for me to use…I’m sure with time it may grow on me, but when I am so used to hearing certain verses read a certain way it was just a bit strange for me to hear them from this version.  While it is good to get a fresh perspective on verses by looking at different versions, I am not sure that I could use this version as my “go to” Bible.  Here’s an example of what I am talking about…I’m sure you probably know the 23rd Psalm!  Let’s look at a comparison of the that Psalm with the NIV and CEB!

  

What I liked:

  • All of the color on the pages makes it visually fun for kids!
  • The in-text notes to help kids understand the Bible are just perfect for kids ages 7-12.  Helps them to sort through living for God and what it means to their lives, along with many other fun things like Bible trivia etc.
  • My 2 kids are begging for this Bible to be “theirs”…this makes a parent happy!
  • This is probably the best “study Bible” I have seen for kids in this age bracket!

What I didn’t like:

  • The CEB version is just a bit different for me to read.  I am so used to NIV that it is weird to read the Bible in a different version. (However, I would still highly recommend this Bible!!!!!)

To sum it up: Wow, we really enjoyed reading and using this Bible  the last month in our house.  Not only did my kids all want it as “theirs” but I really enjoyed reading all of the in-text information and devotionals along with them!  I know that we all benefitted from the information we gleaned and the thoughts that were provoked because of this Bible.  This would be an awesome birthday or Christmas present for any 7-12 year olds you know and would have an eternal impact in their lives!

 

The important information:

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Deep Blue Kids Bible

Check it out here:  http://www.deepbluekidsbible.com/

Price: Image Flex cover retails for $26.99….however, this can be purchased from Amazon for $17.81!!

To read other Schoolhouse Crew reviews of this product click here.

 

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Disclosure/Disclaimer:  I received the above product free of charge for review purposes.  I am only expected to give an honest review.

Oct8

Kinderbach App: A Schoolhouse Crew Review

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Sacha’s<25: The Kinderbach App contains video lessons, games, and activities for beginning learners ages 3-7 to get a music education and learn some beginning piano.

Home in the Trenches Product Rating (out of 10 stars)

Is it worth our time? 5 stars
Did it help us learn? 6 stars
Is it worth the money? 6 stars
Is it useful to me? 5 stars
Practicality- 5 stars
Quality- 7 stars
Kid Rating- 5 stars

Last January I had the opportunity of reviewing the online version of Kinderbach.  You can see my review here.  Since that time they have now come out with an iPad/iPhone/iPod touch version of this popular music program.  I was very eager to get to review this product since we love our iPads and I would love to have more educational type apps for my kids to use.  I planned on using this app for my 3 and 5 year olds. We were given Classroom Kinderbach:School Version to review.  This meant that we received all the content of the entire app at one time for one price.  Then there were no in app purchases that needed to be made.  You also have the option of download the app for free (gives you just the first 2 lessons and 1 game) and then you are able to do in-app purchases to buy more lessons or levels at a time.

My 5 year old has been begging to learn piano because her 3 older siblings play and take private lessons.  I am not ready to pay for lessons for her quite yet.  I figured this would be a great way for her to get some music education to get her ready for lessons.  This program includes so much!  From the Kinderbach website:

KinderBach’s App for iPad or iPhone brings the teachings of Karri Gregor to your device. The KB App features Levels 1, 2 & 3 and offers a year’s worth of entertaining music education for 3 to 7 year old children through video, interactive coloring pages and games. Miss Karri introduces preschoolers to the keyboard characters with stories and fun tunes. Kids will enjoy playing simple songs, identifying music direction and pitch, learning rhythm notes and their beat value. Levels 1 to 3 cover proper hand and finger position, as well as note reading by pattern for voice, and keyboard. 

While we found that there is great content included in this app we found it was not quite as simple/quick to use as we thought.  Videos have to load individually the first time they are clicked on.  I had downloaded the app before leaving for the night with the girls, thinking they would use it while we had to wait places.  This wasn’t the case and a bit disheartening for them.  If you don’t have internet or 3G connected to your iPad the videos won’t play until they have been loaded the first time.

The program has 3 levels to complete and each level has 10 lessons in it.  Each Lesson is supposed to take a week for your child to work on.  Within the lesson there is a game, print out, and then an intro video and 4 more videos.  The videos are perfect for short attention spans.  Each video seemed to span between 2-4 minutes.  The videos are filled with fun cartoon characters, catchy music and a very nice teacher!

There are 6 games include in the app.  2 games are introduced in each level.  However, your child can also click on the game button at the opening of the program and see all of the games.  The Train game has a glitch that they are currently working on.  Unfortunately, right now it shuts down the entire app. No problem, it isn’t one you need right away when you start the program and customer service has been so great in dealing with the issue. We found that some of the games really couldn’t be played until you had reached certain levels in the program simply because you wouldn’t have enough information to know how to play them.  We found it was best just to click on the game button within the individual lessons to make sure you were playing the right game for where you were in the program.  The first game is adorable and helps your child learn the numbers of their fingers…a must in beginning piano lessons!  They put their hands on the screen and tap the correct fingers on special characters when the game tells them to do so!

The print button is to airprint any printables that you needed for that individual lesson.  We weren’t able to use this feature because we don’t have a printer that is compatible.  Very cool idea though!  We would have needed to purchase the pdf’s to go with each level.  They are available on the Kinderbach website for $1.99 each.

 

What I liked:

  • Same content that we were getting in the online program, but at a fraction of the cost.
  • The music is super kid friendly, along with the videos.  My 3 year old sees a picture Dodi (the dog from the program) and immediately says, “Dodi” with a huge smile on her face.
  • There is a keyboard that they can use with on the bottom of the screen! Perfect size for their fingers!
  • You can download the app for free and try out the first 2 lessons and first game for free.  Once you decide you like it you can either purchase the entire program at one time ($26.99) or purchase individual lessons for $.99 or individual levels for $8.99.
  • Great customer service.  Karri (the founder of Kinderbach) has always been quick to respond to me when I have had a question.

What I didn’t like:

  • The videos seemed to take a long time to load.  This was really frustrating to my girls.  They did not have the patience to wait for them. (I found it best to click on each of them and let the load while they weren’t with me, then they would be loaded for the next time they were going to work on this program….a bit time consuming for me)
  • I figured the games would be stand alone games….there was really no way to play the Musical Memory game without doing the lessons first as you were to match a character to special letter they each represented. The games are very integrated into the progression of the lessons.  No biggie, but important to know!
  • My Ipad doesn’t airprint.  There are activity pages to go with the lessons.  Unfortunately the only way to get these pages if you can’t get them to airprint is to purchase the pdf books.  Not a huge deal, priced at $1.99 per level, but a bit of an inconvenience.
  • Unfortunately, I don’t have 3G on my iPad.  This means that in order for my kids to use this app I either have to preload the individual videos or have to be on wireless for them to load.  Just takes a little more forethought in planning!
  • I couldn’t find a way to “mark” or keep track of the lessons that we were on.  Every time you open the app you have to remember where you were and click on it.

To sum it up: 

My overall feeling is that this app would be really a great thing to have if you are wanting to introduce your child to basic music education.  Also, you can’t look at the price of this as an expensive app.  This is just like their online program content but at the fraction of the cost!  If you are looking for something to learn piano, this is not the app you would use.  It doesn’t go over technique and the onscreen keyboard is nothing like a real keyboard. Better go find a living breathing piano teacher for that!

The important information:

Kinderbach App

Order from: the iTunes store! or Kinderbach site will take you there!

Price: The Classroom:School Version-$26.99, You can also download the app for free with the first 2 lessons.  Then purchase individual lessons for $.99 or individual levels for $8.99.

To read other Schoolhouse Crew reviews of this product click here.

 

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Disclosure/Disclaimer:  I received the above product free of charge for review purposes.  I am only expected to give an honest review.