Seal of Approval Winner Holiday 2003 Cash register play is a fun part of pretend play, but when you watch your kids picking up money values, coin identification, numbers, counting, and quantities after just a few minutes, you’ll be singing a different tune. Whether identifying coins as they are dropped into the register, sliding products […]

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2003 There is something magical about peering into a telescope when the last rays of light slip away and the moon and stars fill the sky. Whether it’s the mystery and intrigue about what is “out there” or just to better understand the universe we live in, a telescope brings

Seal of Approval Winner Holiday 2003 Learning Resources has hit the ball out of the park with its brilliantly designed Teaching Cash register. Featuring a fabulous talking interface that teaches numbers, values, money and more, kids and parents went nuts over this. Everyone loved the scanner, as well as the ability to pay with credit

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2003 One of the most challenging parts of the reading/writing process is how to build sentences. Verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, lets face it, we don’t have the easiest language on earth. This Reading Rods kit is a great classroom or home school device that teaches how sentences are constructed, how

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2003 When children learn to read they often struggle with the odd rules that our wonderful language employs. Phonics has had its ups and downs when it comes to being the method of choice for educators, but this hands-on kit takes phonics and literally puts it in the hands of

Seal of Approval Winner Fall 2003 When you want to teach a lesson to a child, what better way than to use one of their favorite foods? That had to be the thinking behind these colored ice cream cones that teach children colors. By allowing them to build their own multi-scoop cone children are learning

Seal of Approval Winner Spring 2003 Many of us have wondered about the possibility of reducing the electric bill. Often out loud in language we’re not too proud of! If you are one of the above, then you will enjoy this science kit as much as your child. Loaded with eye-opening experiments into alternative means

Seal of Approval Winner Spring 2003 As if they had an advanced copy of the president’s State of the Union address, here is a remarkable science project kit that explores the possibilities that alternative energy sources can have on the future of automobile travel. Brilliantly conceived and wonderfully presented, this higher end science project will

Seal of Approval Winner Spring 2003 In our continuing search for products that can make educational necessities less mundane, we occasionally come across a real winner. Turbo Twist Spelling from the geniuses at Leapfrog is yet another feather in their cap. Managing to make spelling a fun, hands-on experience, we watched as kids actually enjoyed