Product Reviews, Giveaways, and Parenting
Early childhood education has always been extremely important to me. During and after college I taught 4 year olds at an academic preschool. I was also a teacher and therapist for children with autism. I knew even before I had children that I didn’t want to leave the teaching of my children entirely up to [...]
With chilly weather coming up I was so excited to review Educational Insights new Magic Moves wand! The perfect toy for cold or rainy days, the Magic moves wand not only gets your kids moving, but it also gets them laughing! Shake it up! Work it out! Magic Moves is all about…MOVIN’! Stomp like an [...]
As I’ve stated before, I LOVE homeschooling my children! There really isn’t anything I like better than the unlimited time I get to spend with my children while teaching them and watching them teach themselves. Though I know it is important for them to be able to do things just because it needs to get [...]
As most of you know, I’ve been blogging for Educational Insights for quite some time. I love their educational products. I’m very opinionated about how I think kids should be educated, and I’m very picky about the educational products I buy for my kids. Educationl Insights is one company that has impressed me time and [...]
Last Spring I received an iPad and my kids have been glued to it ever since. I downloaded a bunch of educational apps and books. I love that I can just hand the kids the iPad and know that they are having fun learning. What I don’t love? I don’t love that when my kids sit [...]
Today’s little ones are becoming more technologically capable than ever before. Therefore, it is no surprise that today’s leading toy manufactures are trying to keep up with the times in creating exciting, modern and innovative products. However, as tech-savvy as kids are these days, parents are still concerned about the educational content of the games [...]
School is now in full swing, but school clothes shopping isn’t over…no, it’s never over. Kids have this habit of growing–always growing. So yay for the OshKosh B’Gosh “Textbook Style Sweepstakes”! Four weekly winners will win a customized $250 Back to School OshKosh B’gosh wardrobe! To enter visit the OshKosh B’gosh facebook page before 9/17! [...]
My in-laws have a cabin up the mountains here in Utah that we like to get away to occasionally through out the year. The last time we were up there one of my sister-in-laws was playing a cute game with her toddler. It was called Scat the Cat and it was a very simply homemade game that [...]
IT’S SCHOOL TIME! I’m sure that as a parent this time of year brings you a mixture of emotions. A touch of sadness to see your little ones growing up so quickly. Pride that your little ones are growing up so quickly. Anxiety about how your children will do at school all day without. Joy [...]
Wouldn’t it be great this year for your child’s school to earn $10,000 in donated school supplies from Avery Dennison as well as 25,000 Box Tops for Education? That’s the motivation behind the Avery the Give Back to Schools promotion, now in its third year! Schools recruit votes and the 5 schools with the highest numbers will take home [...]
We recently returned from an extended vacation in San Diego, and much to my delight there was a large package waiting for me. I knew what it was as soon as I saw it. My GeoSafari Talking Globe from Education Insights!! It seems that I frequently get questions from my kids, or things come up [...]
Since I graduated college six years ago I’ve been educating young children in some capacity or other. I started out as a therapist for children with autism. I then combined that with a job teaching at an academic preschool. When I had my first son I left the preschool job and did private tutoring with [...]
On Saturday morning I took the boys to a very special storytime. Cheerios®, alongside local children’s book author Liz Garton Scanlon, hosted a “Breakfast & A Book” reading event to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its Spoonfuls of Stories® program. Spoonfuls of Stories will provide more than six million bilingual children’s books free inside [...]
Do any of you remember the review that I did on KidCrates a couple months ago? Well if don’t you can check it out here. We just finished a 3 month trial of KidCrates and it was a fun experience! KidCrates is a subscription service for kids and families that delivers packages each month that [...]
