Rock ’N Learn is a company that produces educational videos and music to encourage fun learning.  The company have been around for 24 years and has won over 100 awards!  The educational videos and music can help kids learn math, social studies, science and languages.  These programs are highly recommended by teachers.  Some of the popular titles include:  Multiplication Rock, Multiplication Rap, Letter Sounds, Phonics Video, Getting Ready for Kindergarten, and Telling Time.

I received a copy of Letter Sounds to review.  This DVD uses fun characters and music to help kids learn to read.  Common letter sounds are introduced and the on-screen mouth shows kids how to form each sound.  This is a great video for kids from ages 4 to 7 that want to start combining letters to read words and sentences.  Here is a little preview of Letter Sounds:

After looking through the catalog, I am really interested in trying out Addition & Subtraction Rap for my 8 year old sun.  Hip Hop Hamster and friends teach kids an easy way to master sums and differences.  This is a great way for kids to learn their math facts!

Rock N Learn also offer packages that combine a number of DVDs together.  For example, the Math Rap DVD collection includes Additional & Subtraction Rap, Multiplication Rap and Division Rap.  Packaged together you save over $5.00.

To purchase these great products, visit Rock N Learn’s website for more information and to order.

This year, New Jersey got hit with major budget cuts. Education was one of the areas that received cuts. Parents, teachers, administrators and students are trying to come up with creative ways to stretch budget dollars while still advocating quality education.

Bing is hosting a contest to help your school. They want to hear from teachers and students about what their school needs the most. To enter, you need to snap a few pictures and submit a 500-800 word essay. If you want to shoot a video, that would be great too! Any student or teacher in a K-12 school can submit an entry (those under 18 need to get a parent, teacher, or legal guardian to submit the entry for them).

What can your school win? There will be four winners. Three runner up winners will win $50,000 for their schools and a grand prize winner will win $100,000! October 22nd is the last day to submit entries. Entries can also be rated and the top rated entries will automatically advance to the next round.

Watch this video to find out how to submit your entry:

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Bing and received a DonorsChoose.org giving code and gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.

Another good education resource is Northwestern College. This college provides quality education with career-focused degrees. Northwestern College is accredited and offers online criminal justice degreeand health information technology.

Northwestern college also offers many services to help students. The financial aid staff will help prospective and current students find ways to finance their college courses. Plus, each student is assigned a Personal Student Services Coordinator to assist them. Once you graduate, you will also receive lifetime career assistance.

Courses at Northwestern College are taught by working professional who have a history of success in their field. Each student should be able to gain knowledge that is directly relevant to their chosen career path.

Another great option for helping survive the economic downturn.

I have many friends right now that are out of work. Some of them have decided that in order to improve their employment opportunities they want to look into taking courses. A good way to get into a new field is to take courses and get your degree. While this is difficult for most individuals, an online university is a good alternative.

Western Governors University (WGU) is an university that offers online courses. The university currently serves over 17,000 in 50 states. WGU was founded by 19 governors of U.S. States and if fully accredidated. Because WGU is a non-profit university it is an affordable university. Tuition is charged every six months at a flat rate – the faster you are able to progress, the more money you can save.

WGU offers online RN to BSN as well as degrees in teaching, business, information technology and other health professions. MSNBC recently reviewed WGU:

A good way to get better employment opportunities is to look into universities such as WGU.