by admin on February 13, 2009 in Educational Electronics, Educational Toys, Electronic Toys, Language Development, Math, Music Appreciation, Other Electronics, Reading, Science, Spelling, Technology
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It is far easier in this day and age to get a child interested in video games than it is to get them interested in learning or doing their homework and sometimes we have to take advantage of that fact to increase their interest in learning. The Vtech – Nitro Junior Notebook is a wonderful way to encourage further learning for children ages 4 – 6 years. This tiny laptop computer created for younger minds features 50 different activities that teach science, creative logic, language, math and more! By showing lessons through interesting facts and activities the Vtech – Nitro Junior Notebook encourages learning in a more gentle and some might say sneaky way
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as opposed to sitting a child in front of a book with a pen and pencil in hand. The Vtech – Nitro Junior Notebook includes 8 different learning cartridges including Nature and Science, World Discovery, Art Album, Game Time, Social Studies, Language Arts, Math Explorer and Music Studio! The computer itself features a QWERTY keyboard, a volume control slider, a mousepad and an LED screen!
You can find the Vtech – Nitro Junior Notebook over at Amazon.com. You will be able to find this one in most larger retail toy stores as well!
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Educational toys are an extremely important and effective tool at encouraging your child to learn. Since all children learn in various ways and yet may not be old enough to voice to you the fact that "I am a visual learner," "I am a hands on learner" etc, it is important that you expose your child to as many varieties of learning as possible. One thing that has been repeatedly proven is that children learn exceptionally well through hands on or "doing" action which is what makes "Let’s Build Sentences" by Dowling Magnets such a great educational tool. Teaching language art skills such as sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation can be a frustrating experience
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for both you and your child; however, with the hands on experience in "Let’s Build Sentences" by Dowling Magnets this task becomes easier and much more enjoyable. The game comes with a 9" x 12" magnetic playboard, 200 high frequency sight word magnets, punctuation, blank tiles, and a set of sentence building activities to make your learning and teaching process more fun! This game is recommended for children ages 5yrs+
You can find the "Let’s Build Sentences" by Dowling Magnets over at Amazon.com. I have not seen this game locally in any retail stores.
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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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Learning multiple languages as a child isn’t as hard as it is when you’re fully grown as i’ve mentioned before and although auditory learning and visual learning combined is one of the better ways to go about teaching multiple languages I do believe that learning through reading is also a wonderful way to teach your child how to be multi-lingual. The "My First Spanish Word Book" is a great way to get started teaching your child Spanish when they already know English words as well as when they don’t. This book teaches with diagrams and pictures pointing to the appropriate picture and giving the word for that picture in both Spanish and English. The great
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thing about this book in particular is that it can be used to teach children who already know English, children who don’t know English or Spanish or even Spanish speaking children who are trying to learn English! The book is divided in to multiple sections which are labeled in both English and Spanish with headers such as "All About Me" (Todo Sobre Mi) and "At Home" (En Casa). This book is recommended for children ages 4-8yrs; however, with parental supervision it
You can find the "My First Spanish Word Book" over at Amazon, you may be able to find similar products in local bookstores, i’m not particularly sure if you’ll be able to find this book in particular but you will be able to order it for delivery to your local big name bookstore free of charge.
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by admin on May 2, 2008 in Alphabet, Counting, Educational Electronics, Educational Toys, Electronic Toys, Language Development, Other Consoles, Other Educational Toys, Reading, Technology, Vehicles, Video Games / Consoles
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Today I break from the usual of bringing you unusual and new toys to bring something that’s been around for a little while but continues to amaze me. The Fisher-Price Smart Cycle is an amazing video gaming unit for younger children consisting of a "smart cycle" that hooks up to your television and uses unique software and games to teach your children more about the world around them as well as to give your child more exercise. The reason I absolutely love this toy is because it gets kids active instead of sitting them down in front of a gaming unit. The smart cycle system allows you child to customize their own bike as well as explore
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different "themes". Different games for the Smart Cycle incorporate popular characters such as Sponge Bob and Dora the explorer to teach concepts such as letters, numbers, colors and shapes. The cycle comes with Learning Journey software; however, character based games are sold seperately for about $20 each. The Smart Cycle is recommended for children aged 3-6yrs and measures 9" x 16.9" x 35" and weighs 19.9lbs.
Because the Smart Cycle is made by Fisher Price you will be able to find it just about anywhere you go looking for it, Amazon and Walmart carry the Smart Cycle for $86.88, Target tacks on an extra $13.
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