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Beyond Expectations CD (Adventures in Odyssey #8)
These digitally remastered collections—available for the first time on CD—include bonus tracks, fun facts, and behind-the-scenes details! A fun-filled, full-color insert includes the following: original notes of the writers, never-before-heard stories from the recording studio, and a coupon for other Adventures in Odyssey products.
Cunning capers and exciting escapades are a way of life for the Odyssey kids! They're always up to something—and every adventure leads to an important lesson about living for God.
Volume 8 contains the following episodes (and themes):
- By Any Other Name (deception)
- Bad Luck (superstition)
- 'A' Is for Attitude (positive thinking)
- First Love (choices in dating)
- Curious, Isn't It? (nosiness)
- Suspicious Minds (trust)
- Pranks for the Memories (consequences of practical jokes)
- Missing Person (loving the "unloveable")
- Castles and Cauldrons 1 & 2 (dangers of role-playing fantasy games)
- The Winning Edge (competition)
- All's Well with Boswell (responsibility)
This well known series from Focus on the Family consists of CDs from the popular radio program. Animated videos are available as well. For those of you who aren't familiar with the series, it is centered in a small "main-street" type of town called Odyssey. An older, wiser gentleman (and inventor) by the name of John Avery Whitaker, "Whit" for short, owns an establishment that is part ice cream parlor and part science & history museum of sorts. Whit has several employees, friends and frequent customers who make up the main characters of the stories.
Many episodes consist of one or more characters facing a challenge or dilemma whereby they come to Whit for advice. Whit typically points them to a Bible passage or story to help them learn how to handle the situation. Whit is usually not preachy, but helps guide the situation along so that the character needing help really "gets" the lesson.
Other episodes have one or more children going through the Imagination Station, a kind of time machine, which transports them into a period from the Bible or American History.
There is a lot of humor in this series for kids and adults. While I have fast-forwarded a little through a few episodes that have some brother-sister squabbles which present less than ideal family examples, my family has greatly enjoyed listening to Odysseys together. They definitely make "car time" go by faster. Each episode is about ½ hour long. - Jerry
Product Format: | Other |
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Grades: | PK-AD |
Brand: | Focus on the Family |
ISBN: | 9781589970755 |
Length in Inches: | 4.9375 |
Width in Inches: | 5.625 |
Height in Inches: | 0.9375 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.4 |
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Good expansion/instruction ideas to go along with the material.
We have found the Explode the Code Books to be effective ways to help our girls learn to read.