Starfall summer camp song3/20/2024 ![]() This is also when Wulf first meets the Barron's daughter, Agnes, and befriends his son, Guy. When Wulf and Beorn escape, their 3-day journey ends when they find favor with Barron DeBurg. Harold and his crew travel on a journey and we experience terror when their boat capsizes and they are captured in Normandy. When Wulf comes back to England the King pardons him and he becomes a trusted member of Harold's inner circle. Wulf befriends a fellow student, Osgod, and they become friends to the end. Harold sends him home to grow up a little. He has overstepped his boundaries and gotten himself into some trouble. Wulf is only 16 years old when the story begins. Wulf has found favor with Harold the Earl who helps Wulf to grow up into a noble man. The Thanes are above commoners, but still not considered nobility. We learn that Wulf is a Thane and that British nobility ranks are (from top to bottom) King, Duke, and then Earl. The story is generally about William the Conqueror's Conquest of England (Norman Conquest) and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. George begins to tell them the story of Wulf the Saxon. George meeting two brothers, Etienne and Leon, who are playing aboard a ship. We listen to them in our living room on our DVD player, but they will of course work in a car, computer, laptop, or CD player. There are a total of 21 tracks averaging about 5 to 8 minutes each. We liked that this time we just sat down and listened to a few tracks at a time over the course of several weeks. In the past, we have had access to their study guides online that really helped us to dig deeper into the story and really think about what the author was trying to convey in the story (you need to be a member of Live The Adventure Club to access the study guides). Henty never disappoint and I love that they are all about historical fiction. We love to sit down as a family and listen to these audio adventures. ![]() He used actual events in history and characters to wow his audiences and draw them into his stories. Henty was a great storyteller who eventually wrote his stories down. ![]() The CDs consist of about 2 1/2 hours of audio drama. I received a physical copy of the 2 CD set for this review. Heirloom Audio Productions has done it yet again! Their most recent audio drama, Wulf the Saxon, was full of intrigue and excitement that I have come to expect from their G.A. One of the many activities available, love this! Historical American Folk Songs (a little bit of history :)).Nursery Rhymes (My daughter's absolute favorite!).Reading (including learning to read skills)-LOTS of reading skills. ![]() I know they are working on upgrades so I would think that the upper grades might be available on the app in the future. The multiplication and division activities available on the desktop are not available in the app. The icons for the 2nd-grade math skills are diff but it is available on both the app and the desktop versions. It seems that currently a couple of the short vowel activities and direct access to the 1st grade activities are not accessible on the app. Please also note that not all of the activities that are available on the desktop version are available on the tablet apps. I also downloaded it on my newer Kindle Fire HD 10 and it works perfectly on that. It has memory problems once in a while and locks up but not too bad. We downloaded the app on a Kindle Fire HD (I think 3rd generation, it is pretty old). It is an online program that is accessible from a computer, laptop or tablet.
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