Review ~ Egglo Entertainment

It happens every year. Easter was meant to be a holiday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. A time to remember how He sacrificed His life so that we could live. A chance to share this good news with others who may have heard Jesus' name but don't know the real story. Yet all the talk about bunnies and candy and spring often take precedence in the minds of our children. Egglo Entertainment has put a little twist on the traditional egg hunt to focus that attention back to Jesus and have fun at the same time.


What makes this product so special? Ever had an egg hunt in the dark with eggs that glow?




For this review we received.....

Set of 12 Glow in the Dark Egglo Eggs (11.99)
The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure Paperback Book ($12.99)
The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure Book Audio Download ($2.99)
Egglo Treasures Scripture Scrolls ($4.29)
The Egg-cellent Easter Adventure Program Guide ($14.99)

The glowing eggs represent Jesus being the light of the world that shines in the darkness. Inside each egg is a scripture scroll with a verse from the Bible about light.



There are many different ways to use these eggs in an egg hunt. We used them at home and hid the eggs indoors because the weather here has been so cold and snowy we haven't had a chance to try them outside yet. I'm glad Easter is still a month away, I really hope to do an outdoor hunt with our Keepers of the Faith Club by then.

The Program Guide gives many ideas for using Egglo eggs with a large group like a Sunday school or AWANA club. If you have a lot of kids participating you will want more than just one set of the glowing eggs, and you can also add in regular eggs too. You can also use them with just your own family if you prefer.

The Egg-Cellent Easter Adventure Storybook is a must have to read to the kids before you begin. The story is sort of long but there is an audio book you can download and play while you turn the pages of the book. Some kids have short attention spans, so by having the book read for you it frees you to pay more attention to what is going on in the room.

My girls like listening to stories over and over, so I was glad to have the audiobook! They can read along anytime they like.

I wondered if they would be disappointed to find the scripture scrolls inside instead of candy. (By the way, it was my choice to not use candy, you can do so if you wish.) They loved the little scrolls! Each girl picked out their favorite verse and insisted I take their picture with it to share with you.

They told me they know these verses from AWANA at our church. Each of them want me to ask about using this program with our club instead of the regular candy filled egg hunt we usually have. I'm going to ask! The program was designed for ages 4-13 so would work well for the Cubbies, Sparks, and T and T group.

I like that these eggs open from the sides and not the middle like most plastic eggs. The scrolls are the perfect size to fit inside yet large enough to read the verses easily. The eggs must be charged under a light before the hunt, they glow for about an hour after that.


The Egglo Eggs, scripture scrolls, and the Egg-Cellent Easter Adventure Book were all a big hit here at Stairsteps Academy!



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Review ~ Science4Us.com ~ Online Science Lessons

After much prayer and searching we have decided to take a more relaxed approach in our homeschooling this year. I have let go of my old ways of thinking that included not using much technology like computer based learning in our homeschool. We are now using quite a few online websites. When I was offered the chance to review a science program online for grades K-2 I knew my science loving girl, Skye, would probably love it.

We received a Science4Us.com Online Subscription for 6 months. Because it is for younger grades I told her she could have this program all to herself. That didn't quite happen though. Every time she logged on her baby sister was right there watching too.

Science4Us.com is completely online, there is nothing to download. Setting up our account was easy and there were many videos to help us get stated and get the most use from the program.

This is the screen Skye sees when she logs on. I let her pick a topic that sounded interesting and she took off completely on her own after that. As the teacher I had the ability to assign certain lessons if I wanted to, but I preferred to let her choose what she wanted to learn. The freedom to choose led her to try out many different modules, and she could work at her own pace without any pressure from me.

 Now for those of you who like to have more control over what is being learned, or would like to customize lessons to coincide with another curriculum you can assign lessons, keep track of everything, and be totally connected through the parent/teacher page.

There are 4 main topics to choose from including Physical Science, Inquiry, Life Science, and Earth/ Space Science. There are many subtopics under each of those, over 350 lessons in all. They even managed to sneak in some language arts and math as well. There is enough material here to keep Skye busy for much longer than her subscription is for.

She asks nearly every day if she can do science. It is so refreshing to see her wanting to learn. She tells everyone that science is her favorite subject. There is no dry boring science here! She is interacting and learning hands on. Several times throughout this review she would say something during the day that I know I didn't teach her. Id ask her how she knew that, and Science4Us.com was the answer. I know she is learning because I see and hear the evidence.

During the lessons Skye could make notes using her virtual notebook feature. Her entries are so cute, phonetic spelling and all. She is proud of that notebook, and asked for a real one that she could carry around all the time. Now she is making entries in that as she discovers new things every day.

One feature I like is that I can get automated reports for Skye's annual portfolio I must have evaluated each year in our state. For those who choose to or have to test I can see this site being a big help in the science part. The lessons correlate to national and state standards. This site was created with homeschoolers in mind as well as for classroom use by the makers of VocabularySpellingCity.com.

I hope in the future this program is updated so older children can benefit from it also.

A subscription to Science4Us.com is $7.95 per student per month.Try an online demo and see what you think!

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