We have truly enjoyed the variety Book Projects to Send Home has given us! I did not get them at first, because my first ds was not very into artistic projects. However, my second ds is, and I then got them for him. Doing them with my oldest ds has actually made him really enjoy artistic projects more. I think he just needed some guidance to get going with them. I did a post showing pics of some of their Book Projects to Send Home. Here is a link to that so you can see the variety I'm talking about...
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Just this past week we finished out the Biography genre. This time my oldest picked to do a Level 6/7/8 Book Project, and my youngest chose a Level 2/3 Book Project idea.
It is kind of fun to see what they choose! Anyway, the Book Projects to Send Home books are not necessary. So if you need to economize, you don't have to have them. However, they are inexpensive, and they are a lot of fun, so if you can swing it, they are nice to have. You could always add them later for variety if you feel you'd rather not now. HTH!
In Christ,
Julie