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~~New Product Announcements~~
September 9, 2011
New!
Carcassonne
Ages 8 & up, 2-5 players
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A clever tile-laying game. The southern French city of Carcassonne is famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications. The players develop the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the cities, in the cloisters, and in the fields. The skill of the players to develop the area will determine who is victorious.
Timmy & I just started playing this game and we give it a HUGE "thumbs up!" This is a great introduction to strategy games that develops think-ahead reasoning, basic math skills, memory and paying attention to visual detail. The game and box are well made.
July 15th, 2010
10 Days in the Americas
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Travel through North, South and Central Americas, as well as the Caribbean Islands in the unpredictable game of making connections. This game is the 5th in a series of games taking you all around the world as you chart your course from start to finish using destination and transportation tiles. With a little luck and a lot of clever planning, you just might outmaneuver your fellow travelers. The first traveler to make the logical connections for a ten day journey WINS the GAME! Ages 10-adult, 2-4 players.
Other titles in the series include:
10 Days in Africa - 10 Days in Asia - 10 Days in Europe - 10 Days in the U.S.A.
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Teacher's Edition, Student Workbook, & complete Trilogy available
I have never been more excited than to be able to announce the addition of Amelia Harper's fabulous literature analysis of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous Lord of the Rings trilogy to our BRAIN-athon Emporium product line!
Literary Lessons from The Lord of the Rings offers highschoolers a full credit course that offers fill-in-the-blank summary sheets (with page references for the compatible paperback or hardback versions of the trilogy), vocabulary exercises, literary devices, tests, quizzes, comprehension questions, writing assignments, and Unit Studies covering Tolkien, CS Lewis, Arthurian Legends, Beowulf, Shakespeare, Hobbit & Elven poetry, and more! She intricately weaves in additional notes from Tolkien's letters, notes, and other books to give fullness to the story of the Fellowship that has been loved by many.
Your highschoolers will walk away with a better understanding of Tolkien the professor, writer, linguist, and lover of Middle Earth. They will also see how Hollywood license lends itself to shortcuts, character substitutions, and other liberties that will strengthen your students' appreciation for the written word directly from the author's pen over the theatrical freedom that is moviedom.
So get ready to enter Middle Earth, join the Fellowship, and fall in love with reading Tolkien's LOTR Trilogy.
NOTE: My 10 year old joined us with his own workbook. While I did not assign him some of the more intensive writing assignments, he completed all of the workbook activities, did a few of the writing assignments that he insisted on doing, and read the entire trilogy. Thanks, Amelia!
Minds In Motion Events
Sponsored by the Connecticut Association of the Gifted/Talented (CAG)
CAG Minds in Motion events feature hands-on, fast-paced, high-interest workshops for gifted and high ability children in grades K-8. Keynote Addresses and Workshops for adults are offered free of charge to parents and educators.
CAG Minds on Location events take place at a variety of interesting locations around the state and are focused on educational explorations and experiences for gifted and high ability children.
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10/3,5 & 7 - Spooooky Celebration 
