GeoSafari Jr. SubScope from Education Insights

June 16, 2016 by 1 Comment

Disclosure- I received the below in order to facilitate this review.  All opinions are my own and honest. For more, see “I Disclose”.
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Finding great educational toys for your kids to play with in the summer is always important to me. I was so excited to find this GeoSafari Jr. SubScope from Educational Insights. My girls were so excited to be able to discover the amazing world around them.

About Educational Insights:

Educational Insights aims to create experiences filled with sheer joy and uncontrollable laughter. They are champions of curiosity and those “eureka” moments of discovery. In addition to inspiring creativity, imagination, good sportsmanship, and out-of-the-box learning, their inventive line of kid-powered toys and engaging games are packed full of fun, designed to delight, and are certain to satisfy kids’ natural curiosity.

Educational Insights:

  • Are playful
  • Are Creative
  • Believe in learning through play
  • Are experts in their fields

Educational Insights Playful Promise:

We want to exceed your expectations. We work hard to ensure that our products are of the highest quality, and that kids feel happy, confident and inspired after playing with them. If the product you’ve purchased is not giving your child an exceptional experience, then you can simply return it and you will get your money back. That’s it! No short return windows, no endless rationale needed—just ship the product back within a year of purchase and you’ll get your refund.

Thank you for stopping by—now let’s play!

The Educational Insights Team

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About the GeoSafari Jr. SubScope:

With this amazing product, curious minds can discover wonderful underwater worlds – without even getting their heads wet – with this super submarine-shaped scope. It’s 2x magnification is just strong enough for “whoas” and “cools” but low enough to allow for a wide field of view, which is essential for young children’s understanding of up close exploration. This great product is perfect for STEM learning and pretend play.

Some great perks:

  • Ideal tool for underwater exploration
  • Encourages outdoor exploration and discovery
  • Perfect for STEM Learning
  • Sturdy, focus-free, water-resistant scope with 2x magnification and 3 LED lights
  • Two large eyepieces with comfy goggle and nose cut-out guide for perfect eye placement
  • 2x magnification

This product is great for children ages 3-6.

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My Thoughts:

What a very fun and awesome toy! My girls had loads of fun playing with the SubScope while they were swimming in our pool. They were amazed at how cool different things looked underneath of the water. After our new addition arrives in the next few weeks we plan on going to visit some family that lives on the lake. The girls are absolutely excited about looking into the water at the lake and seeing all the great things that there is for them to be able to see. I love toys that my kids enjoy playing with and toys that serve good educational purposes as well.

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Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing this great toy, head on over to their website and purchase one for that exploring child in your life.

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Learning Resources New Sprouts Grow It!

April 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Disclosure- I received the below in order to facilitate this review.  All opinions are my own and honest. For more, see “I Disclose”.
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Finding great toys that help strengthen the imagination of my children is incredibly important to me. With The New Sprouts line from Learning Resources I have not been disappointed.

About Learning Resources:

Learning Resources is a leading global manufacturer of innovative, hands-on educational products trusted by teachers and parents and loved by children. The company has 1100+ products that are sold in more than 80 countries. Among the company’s brands are Pretend & Play, Smart Snacks, New Sprouts, Gears!Gears!Gears! Primary Science, now!Board, simple technology, Hands-On Standards publications, Rainbow Fractions, and Reading Rods.

About New Sprouts Grow It:

A garden full of imaginative play! Plant and grow flowers and veggies right before your eyes with gardening essentials including a watering can, a shovel, and 3 pots. Colorful mix-and-match flowers and veggies encourage role play and early vocabulary development while nurturing an appreciation for nature. Includes 2 flowers and 2 veggies (carrot and radish). Largest piece (watering can) measures 5 1/2″L x 4 1/2″H.

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  • You can grow imaginations
  • Simple in/out play along with learning new words keep kids active, learning, and having fun
  • Sized perfectly for small hands
  • Part of the New Sprouts line perfect for inviting early imaginative play with pieces that are durable and easy to hold-soft, plastic parts make them especially safe for toddlers
  • Ideal for ages 2+

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My Thoughts:

My girls had a great deal of fun playing with this great new toy. They just turned 4 and 6 recently and still had a great deal of fun. So if fun can start around 2 for your child, they are going to for sure get many years of great fun out of this awesome toy. The girls had fun mixing this and I was impressed at how much their little imaginations grow when they play new things or topics. The toy is perfect for little hands. It is going to last and will in no way break apart.

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Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing this great toy from New Sprouts or any of the other great ones that they have to offer, head on over to their website and get one ordered today.

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Tiggly Shapes are Great Educational Toys

November 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Disclosure: The Tiggly Shapes mentioned below were provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information
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My daugthers are at that age where they love to learn new things and explore the world around them. they were huge fans of the Tiggly Counts that we had used before that I was so excited to let them try out the Shapes as well.  
About Tiggly Shapes: 

These wonderful toys interact with 3 Free iPad apps – to enhance shape recognition and creativity!

Your child can now use the geometric shapes with the apps to help make their imaginations come alive.

These great educational toys help work on Shape Recognition, Creative Development, and Storytelling.

In addition to all of that, they help to Develop fine motor skills, spur creativity, and enhance spatial reasoning.

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Get Kids Thinking and Exploring with Nancy B

July 31, 2013 by 5 Comments

One of my favorite brands for educational, yet still truly fun toys is Educational Insights. I love how creative and interesting their toys are, and how engaged they keep the kids. As a teacher and mother, those “ah-ha!” moments are wonderful, but just as important are the moments that they are actively enjoying their learning experience- while playing. (Hopefully at least some of the time, with me!)

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Nancy B’s Science Club toys debuted this year at Toy Fair 2013, and they were some of my favorite items of the show. Designed to inspire girls to become interested in and learn more about science, these were developed by former science teacher Nancy Balter. The colors are appealing to girls, but also young children in general. Each product in the Nancy B category comes with a science journal to keep track of your notes and progress, as well as access to an online science club. This club has partnered with female scientists from around the world who provide content to the site and contribute their knowledge. Just a side note- none of these products will break the bank, especially when compared to other similar items, and they are good quality.

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The Nancy B’s Science Club Binoculars and Wildlife Activity Journal encourage outside play and exploration. The accompanying journal also includes a bird watching “find it” activity, and ecosystem challenges so that your child is not only active, but learning. This is a great first step into science, because all kids would love to see the world through binoculars. A little time searching the woods with mom and dad and some encouragement, and who knows what they will learn? The Wildlife Activity Journal lets them look back on all they have seen and accomplished.
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Safari LTD Review and GIVEAWAY– Great Edutaining Toys

June 12, 2013 by 44 Comments

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Safari Limited makes museum quality toys at a retail level price. Their toys vary from actual animals to mythological creatures- even wizards and witches. These toys are high quality plastic and don’t break easily. After a long afternoon of play time, they can still go right back onto the shelf and look as good as they did before.
The detail on these are incredible as well, but we will get more into that in a bit.
They are also fun to take along with you wherever you go, and put into fun spots 🙂

turtle toyThis one is a favorite of my son’s, he loves turtles, and learning about them. We brought this one with us to Florida and to Mexico to check out some of the beaches, and introduce it to some “natural” settings, LOL.

fl april 2013 121Matched with our Tortoise and Tortoise Baby, this Incredible Creatures Tortoise Hatchling makes a wonderful study tool for [Read more…]

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How to Find Toys That Are Safe and Educational for Kids

April 10, 2013 by 4 Comments

02 23 13 630The safety of your children is of paramount importance, which is why you are so careful about the products and services you bring into your household and allow your children to access. And this is especially true when it comes to the toys that your kids play with every day. But in addition to providing them with toys that offer safe and non-toxic entertainment, you are no doubt interested in bringing home options that are educational, as well. Of course, this will require some homework on your part; it’s no easy feat to unearth toys that are not only designed to stimulate your children’s minds and help them hit developmental milestones, but that are also made from sustainable, non-toxic, and all-around safe materials. But there are ways to find what you seek. Here are just a few strategies that will ensure only the best toys for your kids.

A good place to start is by speaking to other parents. While some don’t pay much attention to the toys their kids play with, preferring to give them whatever is popular, there are some parents, like you, that strive to make sure every toy they bring home offers added value through educational elements and that any products their kids come in contact with are safe and suitable for children. With scares over toxic lead paint in kids’ toys [Read more…]

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Jeepers Peepers Game – Super Duper Educational Learning Toy

March 2, 2013 by 1 Comment

What Am I?

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That’s the question that goes around the game Jeepers Peppers, an Ask and Answer Question will get the kids laughing and enjoying themselves. The game, by Super Duper Publications is aimed at kids ages 5 years old and older

The game comes with 101 Photo cards, six glasses, six clue cards, bingo chips and a spinner. How the game works is simple, each player gets a pair of glasses and picked a card (face down!) without looking at them of course and place it in the glasses. Each one has a little card holder, place the glasses on your head and make sure your all in a circle to see each other. Each player gets a clue card which covered categories you use to guess what your card is. Going around the circle you ask the yes or no questions to [Read more…]

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Tick-Tock’s Toy Clock- Learning To Tell Time

September 15, 2012 by 4 Comments

Telling time with an analog clock can be one of the more difficult activities your child could learn this year in school. Not only is this difficult for kids, but as kids become adults, they can still have a hard time with this. This is only second to splitting the bill after dinner in difficulty for adults. 😛

Whats a good way to get your children interested in keeping time? A cute play clock of course, lol. Take a look at Tick-Tock ‘s Talking Toy Clock. It is a bright, colorful clock adorned with the blue penguin. With Tick-Tock ‘s help, your child will be able to tell time before you know it. This is perfect for those kids who are always asking when to do something or what time it is or how long will this take. (So….all of them.) Within a few play/learning sessions with Tick-Tock, time will be a breeze with your little ones. Just be careful when you say, “give me five minutes”, because they will return in five minutes- unless it is five minutes until bed.

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