Roarrrrrrrrrrrrr......

or was that a chuff?  Well, my girls can certainly answer that.  We've spent the last couple weeks with Download N Go's Terrific Tigers!  The Download N Go format is so easy to use.  If you're not a planner and so assume you could never do Unit Studies, DNG has taken all the work out of it for you!  In fact, you can buy and download at 3AM if you must (I have)! 

It's broken up into a five day format with notebook style and lapbook pages included.  You can choose to print all the pages or just print the lapbook pages.  DNG's are interactive .pdf documents.  As you go thru the pages, you can click the internet links to watch videos, read facts or find answers to specific questions.  My girls LOVE this format.  Quite frankly, I do too.  DNG's have allowed me to cover information that was otherwise getting lost in crazy, busy days.  Knowing it's all organized for me takes the pressure off me and allows me to enjoy (and learn) with my girls! 

We don't follow the DNG format exactly as it's laid out.  We tend to take 2 weeks to complete a study rather than the one it's designed for.  This just seems to work better for us and allows more time to craft and read as well.  Each DNG has a book list at the beginning.  All I have to do is jump on the library's website and order up my books.  For this study, we used allot of books...here are just a few:

My girls adored Mother to Tigers and I think Lucca has memorized The Tiger Who Came to Tea by now (I know I have)!  We even used Tiger Math to work on some graphing for Willow and counting for Lucca!
When Lucca found paper, paints and instructions on how many tiger stripes to paint in her workbox, you'd have thought she hit the lotto!

There is a Tiger Puzzle cut out page on Day One that I would flee from if ever faced with again.  Unless your children have Edward Scissorhand's skills...flee quickly!  Trust me, you'll understand! 

My very favourite part of Terrific Tigers was how well the concepts of extinction and endangered animals were addressed.  My children audibly gasped when they learned there are only 20-30 Amoy Tigers in the wild today and listened intently as they learned ways in which these amazing creatures are being bred and re-introduced into the wild.  They really grasped that these creatures are important and worth saving.  A lesson I think (and pray) they will always remember when confronted with any animal being endangered. 

Finally, our lapbooks:

Whether you are looking for in depth unit studies that can be shared around the table with children of varied ages or simple curriculum enrichment that is safe for a child to do on their own (even on the Internet), you can't go wrong with the Download N Go unit studies.  Priced at only $7.95 each, they are easily affordable whether you buy them one at a time or in a bundle!  Make sure you are a fan on Facebook and you will get the most current specials! 

I am so excited that I get to give a copy of Terrific Tigers away!  I know you will love this study as much as we did.  All you have to do is become a follower of my blog to enter.  Once you Follow Me, then leave me a comment with your email address.  You may also share this on Facebook for another entry to win.  Again, make sure you leave a comment telling me you shared!

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Disclaimer: As a member of the DNG Review Team, I received this product, at no cost to me, in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are those of myself and/or my family.




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