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Homework Helpster and Vocabulary Power

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From Dawn:

Now that the kids will soon be getting back into the swing of school life, a whole new year is ahead of them, full of fresh experiences and increased educational expectations. As parents, we want to support our children’s learning and provide materials that will interest our young Einsteins while simultaneously reinforcing their school lessons. That’s where Play Bac Publishing comes in, offering a variety of educational books, including two series specific to elementary school curriculum.

With their Homework Helpster series, children in grades 3, 4 and 5 can supplement their classroom curriculum in the areas of Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. With a stand-up, flip-book format, the book is easy to prop up on the kitchen table while your elementary school student attacks his homework pile. My own son referred to the third grade edition a few times last year when he needed reminders about certain concepts, and I found the content to be quite consistent with our own school’s third grade curriculum. With an inviting layout chock full of colorful graphics and vivid photographs, children are attracted to this valuable resource without even realizing the educational support they’re receiving!

From Jennifer:

I also loved the 5th-grade flipbook Homework Helpster once I figured out how it was supposed to work. At first, I thought it was meant to be a supplemental sort of thing, but as a reference (either for curious kids or clueless parents), it lives up to its name of helping.

The Grade 1 Vocabulary Power that I previewed is even more exciting to me. It was designed to help boost kids’ vocabulary by compiling a list of 200 words as found in popular children’s literature.

My son Kyle decided to learn to read by osmosis (Seriously. Okay, some might call it via the whole language approach. All I know is that this kid is reading without any real formal instruction, other than from Super Why which I’m actually more and more convinced was integral in this development. But I digress). Since he enjoys reading and learning new words, and seems to learn by seeing a word in context, this little flip book has been fun for us. As you can see by looking at the picture, each side of the flipbook features a word. The word is illustrated, the word is used in a sentence, and the word is defined. In addition to that, there’s a context question at the bottom to insure that the child understands his new vocabulary word. Kyle enjoys looking at a few of these at a time.

I think that it would work equally well on a reluctant reader, perhaps keeping it in the kitchen and looking at one word for each mealtime.

One reader (U.S. only) will receive one Homework Helpster and one Vocabulary Power of their choice. To enter to win, leave a comment letting us know which levels of each you’d like to receive if you win.

This is part of the 2009 Back-to-School Giveaway. We’d love it if you helped spread the word!

  1. Leave a comment on this post as your entry, per the instructions above.
  2. This contest is open to U.S. residents only. One entry per person.
  3. New giveaways will be posted through August 26. Winners will be announced August 31.
  4. Check out the list of the other giveaways in the 2009 Back-to-School Giveaway at the main post.

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Comments

  1. I’d love to win this for our church One-on-One tutoring. They reach out to the neighboring kids and then present the Gospel. Many have gotten saved. These books would be a great help. Either 1st or 2nd grade level is most needed. Thanks.

  3. These look like interesting resources! We’d love to get the 3rd grade level. Thank you!

  4. I love this idea – we could use the grade 5 homework helper and the grade 3 vocabulary helper. Thank you!

  5. I could really use the Vocabulary Helper for Grade 2 and Homework Helpster Grade 3 . Thank you!

  6. I would really like the Grade 3 in both the Vocabulary Helper and the Homework Helper. Thank you so much!

  20. This would be great for my first grader, she went to kindergarden last year and now is ready for big school. School starts her on Monday, Aug. 17th, one more day and then it all begins,

    mamat2730(at)charter(dot)net

  27. The grade 5 homework helpster and grade 2 vocabulary power would be great!

  31. I would love to get the Homework Helpster for my 9 yr old boy who is going back to public school from home school this September. I know he could really use this! We’d need grade level 3. My 5 yr old son is excellent in reading and could truly benefit from Vocabulary Power grade level 1 as well.

  32. I have grandchildren in just about every grade of elementary school (6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd) and one more in pre-K. The Homework Helpster would be invaluable for several years to come!

  34. What a cool product! Homework Helper Grade 3, and Vocab Helper Grade 1. I think I’m getting these even if I don’t win! They’re pretty affordable!

  36. Homework Helpster-3rd grade level
    Vocabulary Power-1st grade level
    Thanks 4 the chance 2 win

  39. I’d choose the grade 3 homework helpster and the grade 1 vocabulary power. thanks for the chance.

  40. Conveniently I have a 3rd grader and a 1st grader next door so I would choose Homework Helpster for 3rd grade and Vocabulary Power for 1st grade.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  41. These look like wonderful products! I’d love the Homework Helper for grade 5 for my daughter, and the Vocabulary power for grade 2 for my son!

  48. We can all use an increased vocabulary. Please send the issue which will be used first!

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