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Cool Kids DVD Round Up!

Yazan: CanCan | 02 June 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Children's DVD, Reviews

Looking for a DVD to teach geography, good manners, and dental hygeine?
What a combo!
Scrambled States of America is the story of restless states. The states decide to swap spots in hopes that each can get to see a different part of the country.
Other stories on Scrambled States of America are DO UNTO OTTERS (A BOOK [...]

My First Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVDs for Preschoolers

Yazan: CanCan | 01 June 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Children's DVD, Educational products, Reviews

You might know that I am possibly the #1 SuperFan of Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVDs.
I use them both at home and in my classroom. Well. Brace yourselves.
Scholastic Storybook Treasures has a brand new My First Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD Collection series, an exciting new line of DVDs created specifically to support early literacy skills [...]

Neutrogena Wet Skin Sunblock

Yazan: CanCan | 27 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Health, Mom stuff, Reviews, Safety, Travel with children, Videos

You know how you are supposed to reapply sunscreen every two hours when you are out swimming?
The Skin Cancer Foundation states “reapplication of sunscreen is just as important as putting it on in the first place” and advises to “reapply the same amount every two hours.”
I have very infrequently abided by this recommendation. One of my [...]

Lets Get Cooking: New Cookery Books

Yazan: CanCan | 26 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Eating, Reviews

Like many people in the US these days, I packed up and moved into the Gluten Free camp shortly after Christmas.
I am not a celiac, but avoiding gluten has meant a positive change in my skin, hair, health, digestion, mental clarity, and energy level. Yee-haw!
I do wonder if this has to do with gluten or [...]

The Absolutely Most Fabulous Charlie and Lola Giveaway In The Whole World

Yazan: CanCan | 24 May 2011 | 229 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Children's DVD, Favorite Things, Giveaways, Reviews, Toys

I LOVE Charlie and Lola!
Yes, I love them. And my 3K students love the Charlie and Lola books. I kind of love them, even though the abundance of superlatives make them a bit of a challenge to read to a group of 17 squirmy 3-year-olds.
I love the way that Charlie is so everlastingly patient with [...]

Zippies Collectable ID Tags

Yazan: CanCan | 18 May 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Children's fashion, Reviews, Travel with children

Kids are always collecting and trading something, it seems.
The newest fad that I have heard of is Zippies, “the pals that hang around.”
Zippies are round, flexible, characters that have a practical purpose as well you can clip them on to water bottles, lunch boxes, luggage, backpacks, jackets, and other things and they serve as [...]

Star Wars Lego Storage: ZipBin #Giveaway

Yazan: CanCan | 17 May 2011 | 149 Comments
Categories: Giveaways, Reviews, Toys

My kids are full-fledged into the “millions of small toys” phase.
Deeds has a large collection of vroom-vrooms, which he actually contains in a Hot Wheels Zip Bin.
That thing gets used every day. It even survived when our babysitter zipped it inside out.
Haha. Oh, babysitter.
Jojo has a major Lego obsession. He gets a Lego set of [...]

Kid-Made Gifts For Mom: Red Toolbox Carpentry Tools

Yazan: CanCan | 07 May 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Educational products, Favorite Things, Jojo, Reviews

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and this year, kids can give mom a gift that lasts longer than macaroni and glue.
Red Toolbox makes a line of carpentry of tools ergonomically designed to fit a child’s grip as well as original carpentry kits that kids and parents can create together.
You know how we always [...]

unPlanned on DVD

Yazan: CanCan | 03 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Reviews

In October 2009, Abby Johnson quit her job as director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas after participating in her first actual abortion procedure.
interestingly, she had even had an abortion procedure herself before working at Planned Parenthood, but seeing a fetus being aborted via ultrasound really changed her views and turned her “pro-life”.
Unplanned is [...]

National Train Day Giveaway

Yazan: CanCan | 02 May 2011 | 33 Comments
Categories: Children's DVD, Giveaways, Reviews, Toys

National Train Day is May 7th, and on May 6th, a new episode of Dinosaur Train will debut!

The new episode includes two 11-minute animated segments with live-action sequences featuring a paleontologist.
In “Junior Conductor Jamboree,” Buddy and his family ride the Dinosaur Train from one end of the line to the other and visit all three [...]

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