Word Smart, the third edition, is 386 pages dedicated to purely academic purposes. I bought this book two years ago, intending to improve my vocabulary and prepare for the SAT early, and it REALLY helped. In this book are eight hundred twenty-three words that you need to know to be able to "communicated effectively, be ore persuasive, get more from your reading, and score higher on the SAT...

This hardcover book, "My Big Book of Words and Pictures," is made to teach young children different words for things found in the world.  It includes words and photographic pictures for one thousand things.  This book also includes a picture dictionary at the back.Each two page spread in this children's book is focussed on one theme.  For example, on the "Cloth...

Word Solitaire is a collection of 30 challenging single-player word games.  I am very much fond of playing word games. Are you interested too? If yes, then I think you must go ahead purchasing this pack of word games for just $20. You can play word-based games which are nothing but only variations of FreeCell, Klondike, Pyramid and other solitaire card games. You can also test yo...

    As any normal teenager I went searching for new rock albums, spent three hours in the CD store and finally picked out Hedley's new album Famous Last Words, the first CD I considered when walking into the store. After listening to its 12 tracks, I fell head over heels in love with Hedley. I was somewhat of a fan of their first self-titled album, but for some reason their s...

Strolling through ToysRUs to find an educational Toy this christmas, I found The LEAP FROG Word Whammer Fridge Phonics Set. Clicking through it myself and trying to spell out various different words, I found that the unit does not spell out certain words. The unit is set up to spell three-letter words. But it would not spell out the Word God! The product seems to be computer...

When I am in the mood to play games, I prefer word games.  Of all the word games I have played, Bookworm Deluxe ranks at the top of the list.  This is such a fun game, but watch out because it is very addicting.This game offers a fun gaming experience while it improves your vocabulary and word knowledge.  It is a challenging game with plenty of play time and different modes of pl...

School Zone's Beginning Sight Words Flash Cards are a great tool to get your youngster started reading beyond picture/word Flash Cards.  These cards are all about Sight words you see in early readers.  This set contains 55 cards, with Sight words on front and back, plus a parent information card.You will be able to teach your child words like a, into, the, to, who, and many more.&...

 This book was a gift. It's intent is that the readers will find, peace, hope, and love. It is the books of the bible. This book includes greetings and dedications. This is a beautiful, large paperback book. It also offers contact information for anyone with special prayer requests or questions. The book was a completly free gift. It is the King James Version of the bible. It has a bea...

 Today in the word is a very deep look into christianity and the Lord. It  It is a book about bible verses and how they should be applied in our lives. It is to help us to have a closer walk with God. It is encouraging and inspiring. It helps you to learn bible verses and it explains certainty in uncertain times. It also helps you to know where in the bible to find chaprters and verse...

I just love these Dora the Explorer Big Books. I bought Dora's Words to Know A Talking Dictionary at Sam's Club. The price was right at 9.00 . This is an interactive book. Each page has a subject in English and Spanish plus the defintion. An example, the word baby and a picture of a baby. The child pushes the buttons with letters to spell out baby. You can then push the Spanish button t...

Here is another excellent DVD for early child development. I will be sending my children to preschool soon. I learned from the teacher about the use of phonics in the classroom. I really like the way this is presented in this DVD. Mallory Lewis is the star or should I say co-star. The puppets are the stars. Mallory presents this video with the puppets and it is quite entertaining. The colors ar...

   This is made by leapfrog which to me means educational toys usually for preschoolers and this word whammer fits right in that description. My son is almost 5 and enjoys playing with this. He is able to either just put in a letter and hear what it is along with the sound, which is good review for him. Also, you can spell out words and it will sound it out for him or he can play a ga...

I purchased this toy for my 4 year old daughter to help her with letter sounds.  She currently sees a speech therapist and I thought this would be useful in pronunciation of letters.  It is very convenient that she can play with on her lap and it sticks to a refrigerator or a black board surface.  It includes 32 letters and you can purchase additional letters at retail stores.&nb...

We purchased the Leapfrog Word Launch for our smart toddler.  Basically the game is very easy- it just plugs into your TV.  It consists of an easy touch pad with letter openings and a keyboard with removable letters.  It has 4 games on it which are all spelling/word search games.  Probably most suitable for ages 3-6.The features I like most about this product was the low pri...

Ne-Yo has always been a great song writer, hes written some of the greatest singles out there including "Irreplaceable" and "Let Me Love You". I think one of the smartest moves he ever made was coming out with his own CD. In My Own Words is an amazing album. Its one of those CD's you can listen straight throw more than once.  The first two tracks "Stay" (w...

For the last couple years or so I've been getting word seek puzzle magazines at Walmart. I've tried a couple different kinds of magazines and I seem to always end up going back to Penny Press's magazines. There is just something about the look of these magazines that I like.Each magazine is only $1.79 a piece and there is one every month. The puzzles inside usually have a theme for ...

I am an avid reader, and when I admire someone and find out that they have written a book, I must read it.  I've liked Yanni's music for quite some time.  You either like it or you hate it.  Well, when Yanni wrote a book called Yanni In Words, I was very interested in reading it and went to my local Barnes and Noble to purchase it.Yanni in Words was an interesting book fo...

My daughter can't stop watching the Leap Frog (DVD) Talking Words Factory 2; Code Word Caper.  She loves it.  And, it's helped improve her reading skills so much.  The intention of this Leap Frog DVD is to help young children (ages 3 to 6) learn basic words; word parts; word recognition; phonics and pronunciation.   And it lives up to the promise! ...

When my daughter had their book fair at school three (3) years ago (she was only in the Preparatory Level then, now she's in Grade 3) I decided to come with her to check on the books available on the fair. I have a second thought that if I will just give the money she might buy books that are not of importance on her learning progress. The book fair was great. I saw different story books, w...

Kate Collins has written the Flower Shop mystery series, and this was the first book of that series.  Abby Knight has dropped out of law school and is now the owner of a flower shop called Bloomers.  When a new competitor moves into town and undercuts her prices, things begin to heat up.  As if this isn't bad enough, her vintage yellow Corvette convertible is rammed by an SUV...