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Congratulations to Hallie Doyle! Random.org picked you as the winner. The Wiz Kidz card game is really fun!  You pick two cards — a letter card and a category card.  So, if you get the letter O plus the category, Something a Grown Up Does . . . you could answer “office work”. The game [...]

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Congratulations to Lori!  Random.org picked you as the winner! Discovery Toy’s Busy Bugs ROCK!  Both my 4 year old and 7 year old LOVE them . . . and our 3 year old friend and his little 2 year old brother LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them, too. The 36 colorful bugs just make you want to [...]

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Guest post by Whitney Trujillo, www.themotherlist.com My son was recently given a fabulous toy from a family friend.  I was amazed at how much learning was packed into one smallish toy train.  Ours happens to be the Fisher-Price Little People Stack ‘n Sort Train, and it really does have it all – building, sorting and [...]

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Hands down, Usborne Stencil Cards rule the stencil universe. I use them in writing classes and my kids use them weekly for their creative stories. Why? They’re indestructible! And, frankly, if you can write and easily illustrate a story, it makes the writing process much easier. Use the animal stencils to make a sequential story. [...]

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guest post by Susan Stephenson, of The Book Chook As a single mother, with a full-time teaching job, I was often exhausted after a day at school. However, my four-year-old son knew that storytime came before bedtime, and he demanded his books if ever I suggested skipping them. I’d like to think I was devoted [...]

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by Sue Scheff Have you thought about how dangerous a “click of a mouse” is?  Dangerous? As you start a new year, take the time to educate yourself on Internet safety.  Learn how you can become proactive in your kids lives both online and off.  Learn how that one click can either open doors that you [...]

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You know that your kids learn better with repetition and engaging activities.  So, weave in math learning opportunities throughout the day. Breakfast Time How many 1/4 cups to fill up your cereal bowl? (estimation) What do those fractions add up to make? (addition of fractions) How many minutes until we leave? How many hours until [...]

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Play is really, really good for children.  By age four or five, kids have the ability to engage in complex, mature play.  This kind of play if vitally important to a child’s development. This eBook will give you ideas beyond “go play in your room.” In fact, you’ll get fifteen fun and easy play themes [...]

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Great news — play is good for you.  Even more so for your kids.  Guess what happens when you facilitate play with some background  information, a few props and specific roles? Well, positive development happens.  Research says that facilitating  “mature play“  increases social, physical and thinking skills!  In other words, kids are developing things like  [...]