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Even during the holidays educational toys can make absolutely wonderful gifts. The See ‘N’ Write is an electronic handwriting tutor that teaches your child how to write their letters by example. The See ‘N’ Write has two modes including write mode and game mode. The See ‘N’ Write has a high resolution LCD screen and a plug for an optional AC adapter so you don’t have to keep purchasing batteries. If you do choose to use batteries with the See ‘N’ Write you can do so making it completely portable for long car rides or short trips to grandma’s! If you choose to use batteries with the See ‘N’ Write it requires 2 ‘AA’ batteries which are not included on
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purchase! The See ‘N’ Write will take your child from basic letter creation to cursive handwriting, growing as they do! Using the See ‘N’ Write is simple for children to use as well, copying the letters stroke by stroke they will magically appear on the LCD screen! The See ‘N’ Write is recommended for children ages 5yrs+.
You can find the See ‘N’ Write over at Amazon.com or you can check your local Target or educational toy stores to see if they have the Educational Insights toys in stock!
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Today’s toy review is another big name toy, only this time it’s a Fisher-Price learning toy that was too good to pass by especially with Christmas just around the corner! Finding quality educational toys for younger children isn’t an easy task but Fisher-Price has managed to do an amazing job with the Fisher-Price World of Little People Learn About Town! Not only is this playset extremely affordable it provides your child with a multitude of play and learning activities to keep them engaged for hours! The town themed playset encourages children to learn their ABC’s, numbers, colors, shapes and more with a variety of interactive play activities
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such as "find the orange bird" with the flip cubes! The town includes a doctor and dentist office with interactive scales and dentist chair or grab a snack at the shape sorting pizza shop with spinning tiles for color and animal matching as well as an interactive cash register! The town is recommended for children ages 2-5yrs and doed require 3 AA batteries that are not included.
You can find the Fisher-Price World of Little People Learn About Town over at Amazon.com for just under $40! Since this is a Fisher-Price toy you should be able to find it at any of your big name stores as well!
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by admin on October 20, 2008 in Alphabet, Counting, Educational Toys, Electronic Toys, Language Development, Math, Music Appreciation, Other Electronics, Reading, Science, Technology
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As most of you know I try to stay away from big brand names when I scout out cool toys for kids; however, there are occasions when the value of a toy far outweighs the fact that it’s a big brand name toy and such is the case with the Fisher Price Fun 2 Learn Computer Cool School. This amazing set caught my eye initially when I saw it on Amazon for almost half price! This set comes with a kid friendly keyboard, writing tablet, stylus pen, and software which will help your preschoolers as well as your learning disabled children learn skills they need for school! Each software that comes with and can be purchased for this system has five different learning centers and
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one field trip activity. Learning centers include reading, writing, math, art / music and science. Each software allows children to print out reward certificates and supplemental worksheet activities. This system is fast and easy to hook up to your home PC, using a USB cable and the games are easy to use with simple walk through instructions by friendly cartoon characters. The Fisher Price Fun 2 Learn Computer Cool School is recommended for children ages 3yrs+.
You can find the Fisher Price Fun 2 Learn Computer Cool School over at Amazon.com for almost half of it’s original price or you can check your local Target store; however, keep in mind that this system costs you almost $20 extra at Target!
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Today’s featured toy is a blast from the past for all of us and our parents as well. The ABC Block Cart has been a toy that has been featured in many households over goodness knows how long. The ABC Block Cart has been such a popular toy for such a long time because of the learning aspect as well as the appeal of a building toy to children combined with a pull cart! The ABC Block Cart by Melissa and Doug revisits this age old toy with a sturdy cart filled with 30 brightly colored wooden blocks painted with letters, pictures and numbers! The wooden blocks are solid wood, no hollow blocks as you often find in remakes of this classic toy! The blocks in
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this set are chunky enough to allow little hands to get a good grip on them for spelling games or for building games! The ABC Block Cart is recommended for children ages 2yrs+. This set should be used with supervision; however, due to the pull cord on the wagon. While the pull cord is short enough that children have to bend down to pull it, it is still best used by younger aged children with supervision or you could simply cut the cord and allow children to use the cart as a push cart!
You can find the Melissa and Doug ABC Block Cart over at Amazon.com or keep your eye out for Melissa and Doug products at your local retail stores!
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The Letterland ABC brand is a brand exclusive to the UK as far as I am aware; however, their books and activities can be purchased in the US via stores like Amazon and auction sites such as Ebay. The reason I posted the Letterland books today even though they aren’t as readily accessible to the US market is because I truly believe in their power to teach young children to grasp letters and the sounds those letters make. In my home we used the Letterland books to teach my younger brothers to read and I have witnessed firsthand the amazing ability of these books to really connect with children and get them to focus on their letters by |
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attaching letters to fun characters with individual personalities. The Letterland books are focussed around the letters of the alphabet, each one being a character such as "Annie the Apple" "Robber Red" "Clever Cat" etc. Each character makes use of alliteration in their name making them easy to remember as well as making use of the individual letter sounds. Each character is perfectly drawn to create a sweet faced individual that your child is sure to remember. The Letterland ABC book is just the beginning of the Letterland series and if you take a look around you will find many other helpful Letterland products such as workbooks, a nursery frieze and many other books that make use of the individual letters!
I found today’s Letterland book via Amazon.com; however, you may find other books by searching around online at sites such as Ebay or simply other websites that focus on products in the UK, it doesn’t take long nor much extra postage to ship a book overseas.
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