Jeepers Peepers Glasses Game {TOS Crew}

We were given the opportunity to review the most awesome family game for the TOS Crew!  The game is called Jeepers Peepers by Super Duper Publications.

Jeepers Peepers is a game where you will be asking what am I?  Am I a food?  Am I an animal?  Am I useful?  While building questioning skills, problem solving skills, and describing skills your family will have a BLAST!! 

Everyone gets a pair of colored glasses and a photo card.  DON'T PEAK at your card, you are going to be guess what you are!  You are going to have to ask lots of questions like Am I a food?  Am I an animal?  Am I something you use every day?  

Once you figure out what you are, you get to use the spinner to determine how many chips you win. 

This game is designed for children in kindergarten and up.  My whole family loved it, including my 4 year old.  The only problem he had was keeping other peoples cards a secret {smile}.

Jeepers Peepers Glasses Game consists of:

6 pairs of Jeepers Peepers glasses

"My Cue Cards" - These help give the children ideas for questions to ask.

101 photo cards (4" x 5") -  The pictures include 5 different categories, animals,transportation,things, food and people.

Spinner and bingo chips

Instruction booklet

I would definitely recommend the Jeepers Peepers Glasses Game.  It would be great as a learning game and as a family game.  Either way, it would make a great purchase.  You can purchase it through Super Duper Publications for $29.95.  They also offer an Add-On Card Set for $15.95.

From now until August 31, 2012 you can get 30% off of the Jeepers Peepers Glasses Game by using the coupon code BLGJP30.

Check out what other members of the TOS Crew have to say about Jeepers Peepers.

Disclaimer:  We received this prodcut at no charge to us in exchange for an honest review.

Eternal Father, Strong To Save

by William Whiting, 1860

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!


O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy Word,
Who walked upon the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!


Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!


O Trinity of love and power!
Our family shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect us wheresoe’er we go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.



This song is based on Psalm 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

You can listen to the tune of Eternal Father, Strong to Save here.

Chip"N"Golf Backyard Game

Keeping the kids occupied during the months of summer can be challenging.   I am always on the hunt for fun activities and games, especially those that get the kids outside in the fresh air.

Esty.com is one of my very favorite places to look for fun and creative kids toys and games.  I love the homemade feel, the higher quality product as well as supporting home based businesses. 

Right about the time that we first started our little summer break and the natives started getting restless, I headed on over to Etsy to see what I could find in the way of outdoor games.  One of the first games that I found was Chip"N"Golf Backyard Game. 

Sandy over on Etsy.com was sent us one of her Chip"N"Golf Backyard Games to try out. 
Chip"N"Golf is a simple yet fun yard game that includes 3 sturdy flag poles {these poles are 2 feet tall}, 3 plastic circles, 4 plastic golf balls, game instructions and score cards.  The only thing we needed was a golf club {which I picked up for $3 at the Goodwill}.

The kids were pretty excited to try this one out!  First, we spaced out the flag poles and placed the plastic circles around them.   Then we took turns guess how many swings it would take to get the ball into the circle around the flag poles.  We had a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed this game. 

I felt that the flag poles were very sturdy and pretty weather proof.  I liked the fact that there were 4 golf balls included and that they were plastic - this is nice when you have little peeps playing. 

The Chip"N"Golf Backyard Game is a game that your whole family would enjoy, I know ours did!
You can purchase you own Chip"N"Golf Game at Sandy's store front.  The Chip"N"Golf Backyard Game is available for $24.00 plus $7.00 shipping {to anywhere in the US}.


Disclaimer:  We received this product, at no charge to us, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Weekly Wrap Up {Park Day, Animal Show and Book Club}

Today ends our second week of school.  Never would have thought I'd be saying that in the middle of July! 


This week went pretty well, scattered but well.  Some how we didn't finish all of our Trail Guide to Learning -POE lessons last week so we finished them up this week. 


The Lil' Chef was exited to start Teaching Textbooks 7 this week {Thanks Mrs. Luisa for blessing us with this!!}. She continued to not be very thrilled with her writing assignments.  She is getting used to the copywork that goes along with POE but does not like to have to go off and creatively write something.  She is starting an online writing program, Time 4 Writing, next week that I am VERY excited about.  I will tell you all more about this later {it's a review}.


Computer Girl has been plugging along with her studies.  She is progressing very well with her multiplication facts while using Math Made Easy {another review}.

Alpha Boy is working on his Abeka Letters and Sounds.  He is at that point where he knows his letter sounds but they all haven't quite clicked yet.  One of the beauties of homeschooling is that we can work at our own pace.  He is also working through his Arithmetic 1 book, some of which we do orally as he is doing jumping jacks.  {smile}


Little Bits made an alligator out of a letter A and made an a book.  He also talked his oldest sister into reading countless Eric Carle and Berenstain Bears books this week.  Aren't big sisters GREAT!!

This guy was about 2 feet away from me, a little too close for comfort thank you very much.  I was able to get a good picture of him though.

On Wednesday, we went to a park play date/ farewell party.  The only probelm was that we went on the wrong day, we were a day early!  We even brought playgroup granola bars, which became our lunch.  Since we had the day wrong we went to Goodwill to look for some clothes for one of my kiddos.  God is so good!  We found several really cute outfits that work for everyday as well as church clothes.  We got 3 skirts, 5 tops , 1 pair of shorts and 2 dresses for about $65!  I have mentioned my love of Goodwill, right??

We also went to the library.  This week they were having a show about animals.  The Maryland State Zoo came and brought several animals for us to check out.  We got to see a screech owl {I really want one BTW}, a sugar glider, tarantula, and a baby alligator!!  We had a full and fun day! 

Thursday we went back to the park for the actual play date/ farewell party - this time we brought brownies.  It was nice to hang out with our friends whom we are going to miss very much! 

Tea Party!

Today we had our second American Girl Summer Book Club meet.  9 girls, 4 moms and my boys!  The girls had read Meet Felicity last week, so we talked about the book and the characters.  We made 2 batches of short bread cookies, the girls got dressed up and we had a tea party.  My boys helped serve the girls, which was really sweet.   The boys looked really cute with their dad's hats on and eyeliner mustaches! 


Looking back, I 'd say we had a pretty good week.  We accomplished school and had some great fellowship with friends.  Hope you all had a great week too!

By His Grace,
Brandi

Who Is My Neighbor? by Apologia

If you have been reading my blog for any bit of time you have probably heard me mention the What We Believe apologetics series from Apologia.  As well as how great I think it is!

We were recently given Who Is My Neighbor?, the third book in the four book series, to review.  Like the other two that we have, Who Is God? and Who Am I? - this book is amazing! 

We received the hardcover Who Is My Neighbor? book, a notebooking journal and a coloring book.  The illustrations through all three books are beautiful - the color and quality that we have come to love and expect from Apologia is also present in these books. 

The notebooking journal for the older kids.

This is from the coloring book, which is great for the littles!

I like how this series is designed to be used sequentially, each book building upon another. I am sure that you could just buy or the other but trust me, you will want them all! 

The purpose of the Who Is My Neighbor? book is to help children to understand what it means to be the the salt and light in this fallen world.  Children learn what it means to have a servant's heart and to be more like Christ. 

It focuses on biblical truths such as:

• God created me to be a blessing to the world
• God chooses to work through me
• I can make a difference at home, in my community, and at church
• The church is God's family
• The church is one body with many gifts
• I am an important member of Jesus' body

The Lessons included in Who Is My Neighbor? are:

• Lesson 1: Does Anyone Really Need Me?
• Lesson 2: How Can I Make A Difference?
• Lesson 3: Who Is My Neighbor?
• Lesson 4: Why Did God Make Families?
• Lesson 5: What Can I Do For My Country?
• Lesson 6: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
• Lesson 7: Who Is God’s Family?
• Lesson 8: Why Does the Church Need Me?

You can see a detailed table of contents here.

The Who Is My Neighbor? set is available directly through Apologia, the prices are as follows:

• Who Is My Neighbor? - $39.00
• Who Is My Neighbor? Notebooking Journal - $24.00
• Who Is My Neighbor? Coloring Book - $8.00

Please check out what others on the TOS Crew are saying about Who Is My Neighbor?  

Disclaimer: We received this product at no charge to us in exchange for an honest review.