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I’m announcing a great give-away of games from The Wonder Forge beginning with their PAL Award Winner, “Konexi,” the gravity defying word game. Fun for ages 10 and up, Konexi challenges players to construct a tower of letters every which … Continue reading →

Two new PAL Award Winners are great fun with the preschool crowd. “The Splendid Spotted Snake” has kids mesmerized as the magic ribboned snake lengthens on each page and adds a row of new colored spots. It’s fun to sit … Continue reading →

Rosemary Wells has given us another gem–a book that entertains kids, teaches  lessons and can be used with individual kids or a a classroom of kindergators! I have used this book many times already for speech therapy lessons teaching about … Continue reading →

It’s always fun to test out my PAL Award winners with the grand kids so I brought along three of my recent favorites to test out with Caroline. Mom and Dad took a much deserved vacation alone, while Pop Pop … Continue reading →

I just found out about an incredible opportunity for bloggers who promote education-related charities through social media. For the month of July, Bloganthropy.org is “partnering with P&G’s GIVE Education to honor another incredible Bloganthropy Blogger of the Month with an … Continue reading →

I wanted to thank everyone for participating in our first give-away. What great comments I got from all of you about games, Cars 2 and kind comments on how helpful my blog has been to you. Stay tuned for great … Continue reading →

Heading off on a family vacation is a perfect opportunity to switch gears, leaving schedules, work and school behind to re-connect with our kids. Sometimes we need a little ice breaker to get the chat going. So don’t forget to tuck … Continue reading →

It’s fun to play a game and see all the elements for learning and getting ready to read–matching the order of shapes, colors and numbers, using the language for order, and naming things as you go. Here’s is my video … Continue reading →

“Who Am I?” by HABA Toys is a wonderful game of deductive reasoning, that teaches kids to ask questions in categories. Here’s my video review:

I’d much rather play with toys, teach parents, or write a blog than read the directions on how to use some new bit of technology. So you can imagine my pride in  purchasing a Flip camera (only to recently learn … Continue reading →