There are some toys that look like they came from a garage sale. A garage sale filled with wonderful finds where you excitedly discover memories from your youth. That pretty much sums up the reaction that our parent testers had when they saw the Scoot About. It’s not that this ride-on toy predates anyone, it […]
Everyone loves to come to the rescue, even little children who are usually the rescued at this stage of their lives. We watched as they busily set about being heroic rescuers. Of course real life rescuers don’t often drool or teethe on their charges but that’s another story. Nice chunky pieces in colorful shapes and
If your collection of straight magnetic rods is limiting or hampering your magnetic building endeavors then you will need to check out the newest in curved parts that’ll make your straight rods green with envy. This doesn’t make them obsolete mind you, they are just additional parts that you can use to customize and trick
If you can’t laugh at yourself all is lost. Or at least that’s the lesson our testers took away after laughing together with their children while reading this book. Filled with great illustrations and a storyline that is spot on this book was a big hit. Primarily fueled by word of mouth, this quickly became
Inside this bright red box is just about everything a parent would need to fix up minor boo boo’s, scratches, and other assorted bruises. As one parents put it: “Everything but the kisses.” Jammed inside here are essential items like: Eyewash to remove debris, Insect sting relief pads, Kids QR, which stops excessive bleeding almost
This thoroughly unique approach to teaching reading really impressed our testers. The One Minute Reader program focuses on your child’s reading fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. What that means is that reading becomes as simple and natural as speaking. When that happens reading becomes more enjoyable because it is not filled with hesitation and pauses to
The makers of some of the best wooden games we have ever played have done it again with Rinngz an ingenious game that is very easy to learn, appearing at first glance to be very much like a large Tic Tac Toe game. Do not be deceived, there are many levels here and you will
Coocoo, the Rocking Clown, just loves to juggle, but his big curved green shoes make him wobble and keep throwing him off balance. That’s how the game is presented to the uninitiated, which is pretty accurate. What is doesn’t explain is how much fun your whole family will have trying to keep CooCoo from making
Purple Puppy is a wonderful “read together” book for very young readers. It is sweet and engaging and features absolutely adorable illustrations that our testers melted over. The book has an agenda, which is to promote the concept of respect for animals, no one had any problems with that. Purple Puppy is the story Helen,
We all know Clorox as the big bottle we turn to when laundry stains get to be too tough to handle. Clorox Bleach is the last resort, the big guns. Why then would parents want to use it for everyday sanitizing of items that their children come in contact with? That was the question we
