Friday, November 19, 2010

KBTeachers


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Product:
KBTeachers
Vendor Contact Information:
www.kbteachers.com
Age Appeal: preschool-12th grade
Format: online worksheets to print as needed
Price: $29 for 1 year, $49 for 2 years, free 10 day trial with PayPal, 30 day money-back guarantee with credit card

KBTeachers is a website filled with thousands of worksheets and workbooks for all grade levels.

Worksheets available
Worksheets according to the season and holiday
English Language: printing, cursive, grammar
Math: money, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time, algebra
Science: astronomy, geology, weather and climate
Biology: human anatomy, nutrition, marine biology, plants and microbiology
Social Studies: workbooks and maps
More Activities: dinosaur workbooks, four seasons, arts and crafts, clipart, basic skills

Please go here to find free worksheets and more.

What I Liked
  • 1,000 of worksheets at my fingertips!
  • I can generate different math pages with answer keys multiple times.
  • The coins in the money worksheets were very realistic.
  • The kids enjoyed having worksheets to do outside of our school time
  • Print button directly on the page, for easy printing.

What I Disliked
  • There is no search option that would have made it easier to find the specific worksheet I was looking for.

What B (boy, age six almost seven) Liked and Disliked: I liked the addition up to 20 worksheets. I liked that I could check my own answers when I was done. I liked the counting money worksheets, because you got to match the name of the coin to what it looks like. I think KB Teachers would be good for kids my age.

What C (girl, just turned five) Liked and Disliked: I like the math worksheets, because I know that 4+0=4. I liked the fall add across. I agree with my brother about the counting money worksheets. These worksheets are good for me! I think kids my age would like the worksheets.
Other Products Available: None at this time.

I would recommend KB Teachers to teachers and parents who want to give kids a chance to learn even more. For more reviews on KB Teachers go to The Homeschool Crew review page.

Disclaimer: I received this product for free for review purposes through The Homeschool Crew. All links were current when posted.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Book Collector Pro by Book Collectorz

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Product: Book Collector Pro
Vendor Contact Information:
www.collectorz.com
Collectorz.com BV
W.G. Plein 384
1054 SG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-20 772 44 11 (during Dutch business hours)
Age Appeal: For those who are interested in having a complete list of their books on a computer for easy access
Format: Downloadable software for PC or Mac, CD available
Price: $49.95

Do you have so many books that you don't know what you have? Book Collectorz Pro is just what you need.

Book Collector Features:
Browse collection
Automatically data and covers
Sort and search
Export to CLZ (iPhone, iPad or Android)
Print book data
Use Loan Manager
See statistics of database

Add books in three easy steps!
1. Type or scan the ISBN- will automatically search Collectorz.com book database online (you can also add all the information yourself)
2. Chose your book from the results
3. Add the book to your database, then add your details


Book Collector Pro is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and several different languages. It is also compatible with the Mac OS X of 10.4 or higher and only English.

Here is where you can read more about all of the features available.
For a free trial go to Book Collector.

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What I Liked:
  • Ease of typing in book information, whether by ISBN number or title and author and then selecting my specific edition
  • Loan manager (just like a real library!)
  • All the available fields, such as genre, Dewey, Collection Status, personal information, etc.

What I Disliked:
  • Not all book covers available
  • LC Classification did not work for me
  • Owners manual only accessible online

B (boy, age six almost seven) and C (girl, age four almost five) thought it was exciting that we were going to be able to put a list of all our books on the computer. They were very surprised when they saw the number of books I inputted and what a small pile it was.

Other Products Available: (very useful if you have many books with bar-codes) CueCat Scanner, C37 Scanner, OPN-2001 Scanner, Music Collector, Movie Collector, Comic Collector, Game Collector, MP3 Collector, Photo Collector

I would highly recommend this product. For more reviews for Book Collector Pro go to The Homeschool Crew review page.

Disclaimer: I received this product for free for review purposes through The Homeschool Crew. All links were current when posted.