This wonderfully unique and delightful game enchanted testers, especially the younger ones who couldn’t wait to get their hands on the multicolored glasses. The game is completely fun but that doesn’t keep it from being quite educational at the same time. Children will be learning skills that help them question and enhance their problem solving […]
The review of this book needs to begin and end with an emphasis on the fact that this is NOT your ordinary math workbook. A wonderful assortment of problems and scenarios demonstrate how math is all around us and is in fact an integral part of everyday activities. Comprehension is key here, children cannot simply
If you are looking for a tool to enhance your child’s reading comprehension take a long hard look at this terrific offering from The Critical Thinking Company. Using a higher-order thinking technique it develops and advances comprehension in ways that just astounded our parent testers. What makes it all work is the quality of the
We have all marveled at the iPad, it truly qualifies as a technological game changer. Discovery Bay has designed a first of its kind mechanical device that sits on top of your iPad and using light signals activates the mechanism. The Duo unit works with apps that are being developed and will be released. The
A great, new game that helps children learn about the natural consequences of their actions, Let’s Choose impressed our testers with its unique concept. The directions took just a few minutes to read and process. It is a game that kids enjoyed but parents especially loved that they could use it as a method to
The Gummi Mat is a superb idea for the parent of any toddler or baby. The mat which comes in a variety of colors has a no-slide knobby side that makes it so much easier for babies to grab food like those elusive Cheerios that love to slide away. The sticky material keeps the mat
This is one of the most unique and amazing inventions you will ever see. While the idea may appear to be a simple one, put a deck of cards on dice, the calculations involved in doing it in such a way that you can play classic card games like rummy, poker and blackjack with them
Some of the most interesting things come in the smallest packages. That certainly was the case with Just Look, a palm sized, portable microscope that just invited up-close exploration of everything. Ever wonder what your skin or nails look like magnified ten times? How about a leaf, hair, wood? The unit comes with a light
A nice twist on traditional introductory tool sets for children. This set lets kids actually put together cars and trucks, its not just about learning how to turn a screw or pound with a hammer. It was great seeing kids as young as four and five being able to grasp the concept and with little
A game with a premise of this kind might strike some as being a strictly educational experience. They would be mistaken. This is a game of strategy and luck where fortunes can shift quickly. Yes, players are gaining an incredible amount of knowledge about volcanos and what causes them, but the game play raises the
