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Homeschooling Tips from FB fans

Recently we received a question on our Facebook page about homeschool curriculums. Others jumped on the conversation looking for the same thing for their kids of different ages. Our wonderful fans offered several suggestions, including:

Use the German Scoyo site. “This is for kids who speak good German at home. This is less expensive than the [...]

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June 16th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | One comment

Let's get excited about School

Our first day of school is just around the corner. To help the kids get ready, we pull out the books that have a school theme. Here are a few suggestions for your library:

Conni kommt in den Kindergarten - Conni turns 3 years old and can finally go to preschool (German “Kindergarten” actually covers what’s called preschool in [...]

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August 19th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Book reviews, DVD reviews, Inventory, Music | Leave a comment

Review: tiptoi® Interactive Learning System from Ravensburger

The tiptoi® digital-audio learning system from Ravensburger is one interesting find from our recent visit abroad. We’ve had a number of requests for interactive books, so we took a closer look. After several days of play we’re still very happy with the tiptoi® system, so we’re bringing it to Alphabet Garten. We will be stocking [...]

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August 10th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Announcements, Book reviews, learning to read | 2 comments

Make your own German ABC Book

Our latest interviewee, Chrissy Leiberan-Titus, has posted a tutorial on how she created a one-of-a-kind German ABC book with her daughter. Here’s the tutorial.

German ABC Book

Wouldn’t this be fun to do with your kids? My two younger boys are going to love it.

Chrissy blogs at Muse of the Morning and has a ton of [...]

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December 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Projects | 2 comments