| CDs For Parents CDsForParents.com HOME PAGE GOTO DETAILS A list of "must-have" collections for parents (and students) Questions?: s2314@tmail.com Must-Have Ebooks This web site is brought to you by Mr. Mac, Education Specialist (McCrea Marketing) Subject areas of expertise: math, English, ESOL, teacher training, Learning Techniques Must-Have Ebooks for Teadhers and Parents available at www.VisualAndActive.com |
| Hello, Parents, This web site is for you. At least once a week you hear about a fabulous web site that your child simply "must" visit. But Who has time to download these items? CLICK HERE to find out how to download free electromic books List of recommended web sites for you and your child to visit: Mister Math's MathForArtists.com with "Wet Math" by Dr. McAlister Look for Patterns LookForPatterns.com for extra work Resolve To Heal, Pat Harris' web site ResolveToHeal.com FREE AUDIO letters from the heart by Pat Harris at Pat-Harris.com FREE DOWNLOAD: Ten Ways to Extend Your Child's Education by Pat Harris www.oocities.org/talkinternational/patten Fort Lauderdale School gives away ebooks on CD Downtown Academy, 101 SE Third Avenue, Fort Lauderdale Fact Sheet about eBooks 18,000 ebooks available free from Gutenberg.org 300,000 ebooks available free for just 31 days (July 4 to August 4) on Gutenberg.org It takes roughly 2 minutes to find and download an ebook It takes about an hour to get 30 books You can pick up a FREE CD with 30 ebooks at Downtown Academy in Fort Lauderdale ebooks help DIFFERENT STYLES OF LEARNING Linguistic learners (who focus on language) benefit from text-only eBooks. Students who learn by doing and visual learners do well with colorful interactive web sites. Audio learners learn more quickly with audio books. Steve McCrea produces CDs for teachers, parents and students that include: Interactive Colorful web sites Audio books and great speeches (FDR, JFK, MLK, Churchill, etc.) Steve delivers training sessions for teachers and parents and (with Pat Harris) the "Just Enough Technology" series to reduce anxiety. Compiled by Steve McCrea, educator 954 646 8246 S2314@tmail.com mistermath@comcast.net www.CDsForParents.com SKYPE: SteveFortLauderdale |
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| Where did ideas about "The New Three R's come from?" Answer: Dennis Littky, author of this book >>>>> bigpicture.org in Providence, Rhode Island |
| LEARN MORE Visual and Active.com -- How to use technology in the classroom Look For Partterns -- how to extend the learning (no school? The learning continues...) TeachersToTeachers.com -- Links to web pages for additional learning, plus the online (free) course for SAT prep at Broward Community College Resolve To Heal.com offers free audio letters to help you find serenity and stability in an uncertain world. Pat Harris creates audio letters in her practice as a family therapist -- and you can hear the letters FREE at Pat-Harris.com |
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| Mr. Mac has compiled dozens of CDs, ready for you to use on your computer, CD player or other audio device. Steve McCrea, author and educator, has downloaded a multi-use combination of audio books, great speeches and interesting web sites. These CDs and ebooks for teachers, parents and students fill the learning needs of visual, social and audio learners, as well as students who learn best by doing. |
| Frequently Asked Questions 1. Where are the free books online? Go to www.Gutenberg.org. 2. How long does it take to download 600 books? About 14 hours. That's too long for most parents, so I created a CD with a variety of audio books and speeches in addition to the 35 books (and 250 web pages) that I've downloaded. The "Summer Reading CD" is available at 5 locations in Broward and Dade Counties. 3. Where can I get the free CD? Go to one of these locations: You can PICK UP THE CDs HERE PARAGON ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL: 3311 NORTH ANDREWS AVENUE EXTENSION, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA 33064 (IN THE NEW COVENANT CHURCH) PHONE: 954-943-0471 BROWARD COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: 201 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33071 PHONE: 954-341-0082 PARAGON ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY: 2210 PIERCE STREET, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33020 PHONE: 954-925-0155 DOWNTOWN ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS: 101 SE 3RD AVENUE, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301 PHONE: 954-767-0403 (United Methodist Church, Third Floor, pink building) DADE: Academia Pons, 1638 W. 42 Place Hialeah, FL Telephone: 305-556-3314 Go to the school office and ask, "Where can I get the free CD?" |
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| Don't worry -- it's not difficult or expensive to replace this CD. If lost, broken or stolen, a textbook would cost $40 or more to replace. Another CD is less than $1. |
| Mentors who deserve credit (this page is built on lessons learned from these people) Ms. Doody at HACC Mr. Y at WhatDoYaKnow.com Mr. Di at DowntownAcademy.org |
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| Featured Products Put something useful on that iPod PRINT THE BOOKLET with three CDs chock full of podcasts that have been downloaded for you Adventures with Skype -- The "How to use SKYPE" CD >>>> a key in Building International Bridges ALSO available on DVD ABOUT THE FREE READING CD offered by Downtown Academy Steve is a tutor at a local charter school, Downtown Academy, in Fort Lauderdale. The CD was developed for the school’s students to use over the summer. The CD is offered free to any parent who visits one of five schools in South Florida. The "Get Ahead" List *** is available at no charge -- The "Get Ahead" book will be sold at Young at Art museum To contact Steve McCrea or for more information, call 954 646 8246 |
| Welcome to the Order PAGE (print the first 2 pages) Go To MEDIA FACTS page... click here for details |
| This web site draws inspiration and motivation from Howard Gardner Dr. Lois Hetland Ms. Zimroth (HACC) Dennis Yuzenas msoa.com |
| Learn how to download mp3 files from the radio Put something useful on that iPod or mp3 player! |
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This CD is made for children and adults -- c'mon, kids, let's show those adults how to use a CD to dig into great books. Dr Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde Robert L. Stevenson Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer byMark Twain Jack London's Stories: Call of the Wild and White Fang Aesop's Fables Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Little Women by L. M. Alcott Around the World in 80 Days 20,000 Leagues under the Sea Five Weeks in a Balloon Jules Verne Treasure Island Oliver Twist by Dickens Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare Heidi The Odyssey by Homer Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle) Anderson's Fairy tales Campfire Girls Dickens' A Christmas Carol An audio book reading of the Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson Three Musketeers by Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas Grimm's Fairy Tales Booklists for 6th, 7th and 8th grades (recommendations) FOR ADULTS Here are some books that many parents have not gotten around to looking at. Don Quixote by Cervantes Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley Kafka's Metamorphosis The Education of Henry Adams The Bible The Koran EM Forrester -- you saw the movie A Room with a View. Now read the book. Oliver Goldsmith by Washington Irving Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy |
I started this campaign to bring more ebooks to South Florida by giving ebooks on CD to the students at Downtown Academy. It's about availability and accessability. Students and parents need to know what's out there and then find the downloading service that is right for you. I want to show you the EASIEST way to get these electronic books -- right now, get in the car and drive to one of the schools on this list: Downtown Academy in Fort Lauderdale Paragron Elementary in Pompano Broward Community School in Coral springs Paragon Academy in Hollywood Academia Pons in Hialeah The eBook program with Downtown Academy is going well and I'm looking for schools, teachers and parents who want to bring more ebooks to their children. |
| Let's listen to an audio book (right here!) by Pat-Harris, read by Steve McCrea Ten Ways to Enhance Your Child's Education <<<<<< |
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| DO IT YOURSELF Download some ebooks Visit these links gutenberg.org or worldlibrary.net OR PICK UP A FREE CD with 30 ebooks at ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS <<<<<<<<<<< |
| We call this site CDs For Parents Some parents tell their kids, "Do well in school! Learn! Study!" but students do well when they can copy an adult. When was the last time you read a book, read an ebook on a computer screen or learned a phrase in a new language? Yes, the CDs are for students, but Learning Is For Families. LIFF Learning is a Family Affair! Many teachers give CDs to students and hope the books get seen... If the CDs are received by parents, then adult and child can work together. Some adults have misgivings about computers, so we have developed a workshop to address fear of technology. Libraries and Principals can contact Steve McCrea for workshops and seminars for reducing anxiety in adults and children toward CDs and ebooks. |
| Special Note From July 4 to August 4, 300,000 ebooks will be available online. Contact CDsForParents to provide training to parents, teachers and librarians Learn how to make collections of eBooks. 954 646 8246 |
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| Order Form NOTE: These items are also available at Young At Art Museum store HOW TO ORDER: Print this page and send a personal check or money order payable to "S. McCrea Marketing" _____ Put Something Useful On That iPod! (Great Speeches, audio books, "radioactive science" from National Public Radio) $25 for the set of a training CD and 3 additional CDs ____ After the Storm: Prepare for storms with a calm attitude using the Pat Harris audio CD (14 minutes) $6 ____ How to use Gutenberg's Ebooks: (EASY "How to" program for parents and teachers) $10 ____ Bullying: How to Protect Yourself with Pat Harris, Family Therapist (audio CD, 30 minutes) $10 (for bullies and victims) ____"An Audio Letter to a Young Student" (a CD for parents and their kids with Pat Harris) $10 ____ "An Audio Letter to a Teenager" (a CD for parents and teens with Pat Harris) $10 ____ *** "The Pat Harris Collection: Volume One" "After the Storm" plus "Audio Letters for a Young Student and a Teen" (save $6) This bundle includes Steve McCrea's "In Praise of Small Schools" Special: $20 ____Do You Manage Anger or Does Anger Manage You? Anger Management with Pat Harris (8 minutes DVD) with 12-question worksheet $25 ____ Make a FREE web site in 60 minutes (by Steve McCrea) Learn to make a web site safely and quickly. Videos on CD -- This CD includes instructions on how to include VIDEOS on your web site. $20 _____ Adventures with SKYPE: Building International Bridges Educational uses of SKYPE.com (software for long distance calls) -- videos on CD, including descriptions how all teachers (not just social studies teachers) can connect with www.BuildingInternationalBridges.com $10 ____ The Get Ahead Book and DVD. -- Booklet of exercises, recommended websites, and instructions on a DVD (90 minutes, more than 200 web sites, enough activities for three years of no-school days) $20 ____ The Three New Rs: Here's How You Can Help Schools Become Better. The documentary follows the impact of philanthropist Bill Gates and his recommendations for school reform (30 minutes). PLUS Mentors on Video (Clarence McKee, Gail Carlson, and others) Total running time: 90 minutes $25 ____ Portfolios, Mentors and Small Schools: The Role for Parents in The New Three Rs. Using interviews with teachers who use portfolios, this documentary shows parents what they should ask from schools -- and how to build a portfolio of achievement for use in applying for college. $25 DVD ____ Put The New Three "R"s in Your Child's School: How to make a Portfolio for your Child: CD with 45 minutes of videos. Find out why , $10 ____ The Five Doors to Opportunity: The Vornle Method. Based on the work of John Vornle (education analyst), Daniel Goleman (Emotional Intelligence) and Howard Gardner's 8 Ways of Learning, Steve McCrea gives you a tour of the "Five Doors to Opportunity, including "How to get into the college of your choice." LaSSIE is the easy way to remember these five doors to success. 45 minutes, videos on CD $20 You can hear the Ten Ways to Extend Your Child's Education by Pat Harris at the bottom of this web page 1 CD for Summer Reading (free with an order) ============================================= Add $5 for postage and handling (USA only) 5.00 Add sales tax _______ TOTAL ............................................................. _______ _____________________________________ Your Name _____________________________________ Your Street Address _____________________________________ City State ZIP Send the check and this page to Steve McCrea Box 30555 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33303-0555 General rule for Pricing: Shorter CDs = $10 Longer CDs = $20 DVDs = $25 DVDs with booklet = $30 |
| "Hey, here's your chance to pick up this free CD. Go ahead! Drive to one of these schools! Call ahead to make sure the CDs are in stock!" |
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| As announced on TV: Free CD for Summer Reading Where can I get the free CD? Go to any of these locations to PICK UP YOUR FREE CD: PARAGON ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL: MAP 3311 NORTH ANDREWS AVENUE EXTENSION, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA (IN THE NEW COVENANT CHURCH) PHONE: 954-943-0471 BROWARD COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: MAP 201 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL PHONE: 954-341-0082 PARAGON ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY: MAP 2210 PIERCE STREET, HOLLYWOOD, FL PHONE: 954-925-0155 DOWNTOWN ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS: MAP 101 SE 3RD AVENUE, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL PHONE: 954-767-0403 (United Methodist Church, Third Floor, pink building) DADE: Academia Pons, MAP 1638 W. 42 Place Hialeah, FL Telephone: 305-556-3314 Go to the school office and ask, "Where can I get the free CD?" |
| Steve is an education specialist and media producer. He works at three schools, teaching adults, high school students and middle school students. He offers tutoring at Downtown Academy, one of the five locations where you can pick up the free Summer Reading CD. If you have materials to donate to a school, here's the place to come! 101 SE Third Avenue, Fort Lauderdale. If you want to hire Steve as a tutor or to train you in the "Eight Ways of Learning" Visual and Active method, this is one of the places where we can meet. |
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| Learning Is A Family Affair Lifelong learning is for Parents, too! Use the Reading CD with your children. There are ebooks for everyone to read on the FREE Summer Reading CD |
| "Parents, you are the original teacher." Pat Harris, Family Therapist Get Over Your Fear of Computers Don't say: "I'll give this CD to my child." REFRAME: "I'll ask my child to show me how to use this CD." Pat's CDs are available from CDBaby.com Ask for "For Teenagers" and "Bullying" |
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| GET more "Put Something" topics. Often we hear about teenagers and college graduates who don't remember when the Civil War took place ("Uh, 1914?") or who Napoleon was ("Did he invent the Caesar salad?") or who wrote the Declaration of Independence ("uh, George Washington?") Put Something Cultural on That iPod Put Something Historical on That iPod Put Something Educational on That iPod Put Something Mathematical on That iPod Put Something Biological on That iPod Put Something Scientific on That iPod |
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| Ten Ways to Extend Your Child's Education Part One |
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| Ten Ways to Extend Your Child's Education Part Two |
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| The Ebooks CD (Summer Reading) was featured on NBC6 June 26, 2006 |
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| Get a free copy of the CD by calling 954 646 8246 and we'll give directions to the nearest school. See below for a list of the schools. |
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| The following video was featured on NBC6 in Miami Visit the YOUTube.com video youtube.com/watch?v=xgNl39qKoJU |
| Workshops by Steve McCrea and Pat Harris For Registration, call 954 646 8246 or email jk33301@comcast.net WORKSHOPS THE "GET AHEAD" WORKSHOPS How to use SKYPE.com HOW TO Download eBooks Fear of Technology FOR TEENS AND ADULTS FOR TEENS FOR TEACHERS How to score better on SAT Put Something Educational on your Child's iPod Become a Greeter FOR TEENS FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS FOR TWEENS AND TEENS BUILDING INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES for TEENS Workshops may be postponed if fewer than five people are registered. Call to confirm your participation. |
| FindASmallSchool.com VIDEOS FOR SMALL SCHOOLS -- Find out how to use DVDs and CDs to explain the benefits of a small school: CDsForParents.com ebooks -- every student in the school could have 600 books on one CD -- cost of the CD: under 50 cents. Digital Letter to Parents on DVD (send a DVD to Parents, filled with interviews with your school's teachers and mentors on video) -- useful for communicating with parents who don't read the school's letter diligently. What to do during the next hurricane or when school is out of session? Give every student a "Get Ahead" booklet -- cost: $1.20 each. Add $5 for the DVD. 954 646 8246 Steve McCrea |
| VIDEOS FOR SMALL SCHOOLS -- Find out how to use DVDs and CDs to explain the benefits of a small school: CDsForParents.com ebooks -- every student could have 600 books on one CD -- cost of the CD: 50 cents. Digital Letter to Parents on DVD (send a DVD to Parents, filled with interviews with your school's teachers and mentors on video) -- useful for communicating with parents who don't read the school's letter diligently. What to do during the next hurricane or when school is out of session? Give every student a "Get Ahead" booklet -- cost: $1.20 each. Add $5 for the DVD. |
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| FREE LIST of Educational Web Sites Get Ahead List (click here) |
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| FREE LIST of Educational Web Sites Get Ahead List (click here) |
| <<<<< Click here to get the list of educational websites. (Or scroll to the bottom of this page) No school? Finished with homework? It's time to GET AHEAD! TeachersToTeachers.com PUT SOMETHING EDUCATIONAL ON Your Child's iPOD |
| Tutor offers free list of web sites
Get ahead this weekend on the Internet How about ten more minutes to “get ahead”? With Steve McCrea’s “Get Ahead List,” students are guided to web sites that stimulate imagination and encourage independent thinking. McCrea, a tutor for SAT test preparation, developed the list for middle school and high school students. “It’s a competitive world. Kids in Asia know a lot more about North America than our kids know about Asia. We can get ahead, but it means less entertainment and more edutainment.” “Plan ahead for no-school days,” McCrea added. “Download the web sites onto your home computer’s hard drive and the sites will be ready for your child to use.” “The list is great for keeping the learning going,” says Pat Harris, a family therapist. “I hand it out to my clients because kids need guidance on the Internet.” To get the free Get Ahead list of web sites, go to TeachersToTeachers.com (scroll down).. The list can also be picked up at the following schools: Downtown Academy of Technology and Arts, 101 SE 3rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL PARAGON ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL, POMPANO BEACH, FL BROWARD COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, Coral Springs, FL PARAGON ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY, HOLLYWOOD, FL Steve McCrea, education specialist 954 646 8246 Pat Harris, Family Therapist 954 735 8721 |
| Here is part of the Educational "GET AHEAD" List of Web Sites A no-school day? Did bad weather close your school? Use this checklist and get smarter. Impress your friends! Show your work to an adult. Visit some web sites! LookForPatterns.com (it’s time for more exploring) infoplease.com/homework (lots of categories to explore) thebeehive.org click on “SCHOOL” in the left hand margin school.discovery.com/students Lots of activities factmonster.com Big green screen BuildingInternationalBridges.com (to learn about interesting cultures) To participate, get an email account with a service like yahoo or gmail. lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/s Poetry of our era is on Broadway. SCIENCES sciencenewsforkids.org homeworkspot.com/middle/science help with homework howstuffworks.com (recommended by Mr. Rice at DATA Downtown Academy) nhc.noaa.gov for the science of storms quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm Quizhub.com fun quizzes refdesk.com/homework.html a useful gateway ars.usda.gov/is/kids news about plants and animals hhmi.org/coolscience Cool Science For Curious Kids kids.earth.nasa.gov Learn about earth science sciencemadesimple.com Science projects SOCIAL STUDIES History.com (of course!) nationalgeographic.com social studies WhatDoYaKnow.com by Mr. Y Who is this guy? ? bpl.org/kids/socialstudies.htm Boston Library socialstudies.org from a National Council eduref.org/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Subjects/Social_Studies Geographyolympics.com They created a world puzzle. Spanish.about.com a general web site for learning Spanish READING Practice reading on these sites. ncte.org/middle/topics/content/117565.htm National Council for Teachers of English has a book list snopes.com Read about urban legends and find the truth. gutenberg.org Over 10,000 books online (FREE) refdesk.com/homework.html More Homework Help Middleschoolhub.org a collection of interesting quizzes MATH algebra.com (for general help with math) Mr. Mac's SAT Prep Page math.com Good pages for review number2.com Olemiss.edu/mathed/contest Math contests Math is Interesting MathForArtists.com (an artistic and visual way of learning about math) -- Click on “challenging problems” for interesting math exercises. Get more sites at TeachersToTeachers.com |
| Click here to learn how to download free ebooks from Gutenberg.org http://youtube.com/watch?v=DBRHh-pX2IY |
| Radio show ON THE MEDIA is hereby recognized for supporting the Campaign for Visual and Active Classrooms |
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| Learn more about the Campaign for Visual and Active Classrooms |
| Mentors On Video uses podcasts from interesting radio shows |
| Radio show ON THE MEDIA is hereby recognized for supporting the Campaign for Visual and Active Classrooms |
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| Learn more about the Campaign for Visual and Active Classrooms |
| Mentors On Video uses podcasts from interesting radio shows |
| Radio show ON THE MEDIA is hereby recognized for supporting the Campaign for Visual and Active Classrooms |
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| Learn more about the Campaign for Visual and Active Classrooms |
| Mentors On Video uses podcasts from interesting radio shows |
| SCROLL DOWN to find the WEB LIST for the "GET AHEAD" book |
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| Invite Steve to speak to your PARENTS group |
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| Video about Enhancing Education part 1 ttp://www.youtube.com/v/XAYpAvelYLc |
| Video about Enhancing Education part 2 "http://www.youtube.com/v/bmJqrH_3kvc |
| Mentors On Video uses podcasts from interesting radio shows |
| Get the list of educational websites. No school? Finished with homework? It's time to GET AHEAD! TeachersToTeachers.com PUT SOMETHING EDUCATIONAL ON Your Child's iPOD PRINT the free booklet at the bottom of the page |
| Get the list of educational websites. No school? Finished with homework? It's time to GET AHEAD! TeachersToTeachers.com PUT SOMETHING EDUCATIONAL ON Your Child's iPOD PRINT the free booklet at the bottom of the page |
| Go to the Catalog of CDs and DVDs: CDs for $5 each -- special price! ScreenSaverWords (CD) ($5) Get Ahead CD ($5) Mr. Mac's SAT CD ($5) Put ST on That iPod ($12) For Teenagers (CD) ($12) DVD SAT Techniques ($12) Math Success ($12) Building International Bridges ($5) Every CD comes with two trees planted to support the Global Cooling Campaign |
| CDs For Parents.com A list of "must-have" collections for parents (and students) |