![]() World of Goo $19.99 this game is very fun. we really enjoyed the game and recommend it to others even though it is a lot of fun it can still teach you something ![]() The Kids Multicultural Craft Book: 35 Crafts from Around the World (Williamson Multicultural Kids Can! Book) $12.95 I am an elementary art teacher and I picked up this book at the library in the hopes to find some good projects for my classes. While the ideas are sound and creative the explanations on how to carry them out are not. The instructions are somewhat vague and the lists of supplies are seriously out of the budget for most classes. What teacher can afford to provide rawhide for 25 students so they can make drums? As for sewing projects...my administrator has fits at the very thought of putting needles in the hands of our students. My main problem is with those projects I can find work arounds for supplies but when it comes down to instructions I have found them to be vague and poorly written. There are parts where you read and say but if I do that won't this pouch be sealed up? How am I supposed to open it back up and still maintain the weave? The diagrams are also vague and do not show enough to use them effectively. It's all well and good to say use a whipstitch here but then not to explain a whipstitch in that lesson makes it ineffective. Instead I have to flip back to the glossary four or five times a lesson. This book may be useful for a parent wanting to work with their child but I do not recommend it to teachers. ![]() Elmo's World - Dancing, Music, and Books $9.93 My kids love Elmo in their regular Sesame Street videos, so when I purchased this Elmo's World video, they were mesmerized. Music, cartoons, puppets - and Mr. Noodle!! I love hearing their laughter, and hearing my little girl trying to sing the songs. Terrific video! ![]() Sports Illustrated Kids (1-year) $47.88 Unfortunately there aren't a lot of articles. It seems that this magazine surpasses the adult version in ads and in the photo spreads of cool new products and such. I understand they need to pay the bills, but how many bills can there be when there is so little content. I'm fairly disappointed. |
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