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Sarah Lyn Gay

STEM Life with a nine-year-old college student

Big Fat Notebooks Score High!

by Sarah

Remember in my FinFun post when I said that was the best thing to ever happen to me? Read the first line of the post if you forgot. Well, now forget that. No offense FinFun, but the Big Fat Notebook series by Workman Publishing beats you by a mile, partially that you can use them anywhere, where as FinFun you can only use in water. But don’t worry FinFun, I still love you.

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The Big Fat Notebooks are Middle School textbooks that cover five major subjects: English, Math, American and World history, and (Cue the angelic music!) Science!
(Thank you for the music, angels, but you can stop now.)

Big Fat Notebooks cover the main topics and help the info sink in. They have mnemonics, phrases, doodles, and more to help you learn. I love them so much, I care for them like babies (That was a hyperbole, by the way.)

The owners should get millions of dollars for these things, trust me, if you had one, you’d understand. They helped me with at-home projects, too. Nanometer conversions, periodic table, you name it! They are amazing, and the math one has a hidden practical joke. You’ll find it eventually 😉

Big Fat Notebooks were created by the same people as the handy dandy BrainQuest learning tools so you KNOW they are certainly worth it. They are designed to help you master middle school!

My suggestion?

Get the set for your soon to be middle schooler –it will help them ace their educational experience and they will have a hoot with them!

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