family friendly reviews, giveaways & bargains
Have you seen the new Perplexus maze game from PlaSmart? I have a feeling that this going to be BIG this holiday season. This fun toy requires critical thinking, fine motor skills and NO batteries! Great for kids ages 6 and up. I was SO excited with the folks at Plasmart agreed to send Continue Reading …
We are in the age of electronics and technology. Love it or hate it, it’s part of our lives. We can embrace it, moderate it, or try to keep it at bay, but the chances are, living in this era, our kids will be “hooked up” to something, at some point. My feeling is, as Continue Reading …
Check out the new Disney Fairies page at Walmart with a never-before-seen preview from Pixie Hollow! Every week there will be a NEW Walmart-exclusive Pixie Preview to enjoy! This week’s preview is ”Rosetta’s Garden Lesson 1″ and I can’t wait to see what comes next. We’ve waited so long to have some new fun with our Continue Reading …
Educational Insights is our favorite store for educational games and learning tools. Their products make learning so much fun for our little ones!! They offer everything from early skill development and imaginative play to flip charts for grade school children. Not only does Educational Insights offer fabulous toys and games for kids, but they offer resources for parents Continue Reading …
I have another “guest” review from my son’s preschool teacher. Mrs. O is a certified special education teacher who is the head teacher in the Peer Model Preschool Program at our local elementary school. She’s been doing some reviews of Learning Resources‘ learning games and sensory products for me and has just sent me some feedback Continue Reading …
I LOVE word games. L-O-V-E them. I’m so excited that my oldest is wanting to play them with me. She’s tried Words with Friends a few times- she does pretty well, in my (completely biased) opinion!! My mom had given us Bananagrams®a few years ago, and we’ve played variations on that game ever since. Since Continue Reading …
TABOO has always been a favorite game of mine. I love it! It’s good, clean fun, and you can get seriously silly. TABOO is recommended for adults, but I think many kids from 8+ can play- you may have to skip a few words, but overall I think they can do it. You have to Continue Reading …
If you aren’t going out on Valentine’s Day, why not make it a game night? With or without the kids here are some great coupons to save big!! Or, instead of candy and chocolate, get the kids a new toy or game for their Valentine!
Yay for freebies!! I’m downloading these free LeapPad apps while I type this post up quickly so I can’t share what we think, but I’m confident they’ll be fun, I haven’t met any LeapFrog stuff that wasn’t in all my years of parenting!! Getting these freebies is simple- connect your unit to the computer, go Continue Reading …
Jungle Speed is the lightning-fast game of quick thinking and quicker reflexes. It can be played with 2 to 10 players and is labeled for 8 years and up but my 7 year old was quick to understand the rules and loves playing. We have played several rounds of this game. It is really Continue Reading …
