Just bumping this thread to remind you all that the sale ends tonight!!  Hurry over - you won't be disappointed.

Seriously, this is a great sale.  I am glad you noticed it.  It ends Wednesday, so take advantage now.  You won't see it again for a long time.  I think we have done this one other time.

Sorry, not on this sale.

Check out the back to school sale in the MonkiSee store.  All dvds and flash cards are just $10.  Stock up and save.  Sale ends August 7th.  This is our best sale EVER!!

http://stores.monkisee.com/StoreFront.bok

Read, read and then read some more.  Try to point to the text as you read and have her help you by reading words or sentences as she is able.  Congratulations.  That is very exciting.

In case you have not seen my girls before, they are 17, 16, almost 14 and 12.  They were all raised in an early learning environment, although I didn't know about infant reading until I already had my fourth.  They were all taught to read when they turned 3 and we did lots of other stuff, too.  So here they are, all these years later.  They have taken a liking to music and are for the most part, self-taught.  They learned through some guidance from my dad, but mostly through YouTube.   They are unique because they write their music and arrange their music and began writing their own songs almost as soon as they learned a few chords.  Every one of them writes on their own and sometimes together.  They write songs for me for our MonkiSee DVDs, so you may have seen them there.  I sang with them A LOT when they were little and we listened to lots of kid's praise and worship music when they were little.  So, this is where they are right now.  I thought it might be neat to see children that were raised as EL as they grow up.  I hope you enjoy it.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dorq-ddiY9w&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Dorq-ddiY9w&rel=1</a>

It had something to do with signing up before they actually launched the site.  You can search around online and see if you can find anything.  They emailed it to me because I signed up, I think.  Now that they are established, it might be more difficult to find anything like this. 

I did place my order yesterday, but I have not received anything yet.  Just an email saying the company will contact me.  Did that happen with you, Mela?

Wolfwind, thanks for the detailed look into what you are doing.  It sounds very cool.  I have no need for this product at this stage in my parenting, but it sounds wonderful for schools and church groups.  I love how you use stories to point out errors and flaws in behavior.  It reminds me of the prophet Nathan coming to see King David after he sinned with Bathseba.  He did not come scolding him and belittling him, he told him a story of injustice and David reacted angrily about it, and then he realized he was the character being portrayed.  So cool.

My oldest 2 just finished home school high school.  I still get amazed at the way children from public school settings socialize.  It baffles me.  The other day my neighbor had a 12 year old niece over and an exchange student from China, and my kids were playing soccer in the yard,  They invited the girls to play with them, but my neighbor's niece wouldn't.  She refused to socialize.  She wouldn't swim with my kids around and so forth.  She kept insisting that she wanted to leave and do things alone. Afterward we were discussing the situation and trying to figure out why someone would be so antisocial.  Sadly, I meet more children from school that act so weird than those that don't.  It is rare to meet friendly and outgoing children, and this includes nieces and nephews in  my own family.  The point is, just because kids go to school does not mean they know anything about being social in the real world.  It sounds like the lessons in the Kimochis would be very helpful for this.

Hey Mela B.  Glad to know you like the site.  Thanks for posting about this.  I just placed my order and I saved $10, too!  They offered a $10 gift card before they officially launched, so this seemed like a good purchase to use it on.  I am excited to see what is included.  It sounds fabulous!! 

It sounds really nice.  I think it is interesting that many things like this are never taught.  Even as adults we can benefit from understanding our emotions and how to process them.  I heard a sermon recently about emotions and dealing with anger.  It was very interesting and with all that we teach our children, this should not be overlooked.  While I don't have a curriculum to use, I teach my children about what is and is not acceptable from a Biblical perspective, and these lessons happen all day long.  Too bad we are not all neighbors and can't look at each other's curriculum before we decide to buy.

Thank you!  That was a very helpful and extensive review.  I requested a few from my library, but they don't have the whole collection.

Thanks for sharing this, Keri!!  I am familiar with the Scholastic books on DVD, but I didn't know that some offered other language options.  That is great.  I hope my library has these.  I am checking on it now.

We are glad you are here.  You are here at the perfect time.  I was not so blessed to know all of this with my first 4 kids.  I wish I had.

I can't see how lending books, and products you purchase is stealing.  If you copy the book and then lend that out or give away music you have purchased that is in digital format, then the line has been crossed. Digital products are easy to share with other people and I believe that is where the problem lies.

I liked your blog post and left a comment there.  I think sharing materials is so easy that we often don't give it much thought.  I have a niece in the music business and she will no longer share music with others because she can now see how it will directly affect her in the future.