collecting bugs in the garden

collecting bugs in the gardenGetting your little ones outdoors is easy! Kids love being outdoors and running around whilst getting fresh air is a good thing.

However, have you ever considered using this outdoor time to explore the environment with your children?…

Educational Kids Toys

Educational Kids ToysLights, bells, whistles – educational toys come in so many guises!

These days so many of the top brands offer a fantastic selection of educational toys  – brands such as Lego, vTech, Brio, LeapFrog and Fisher Price.

There are electronic books that help your child to enunciate letters and words, books that help them to read and write, furry toys that read stories, interactive Globes to help your child explore other continents and to discover about animals.…

click here to buy the iXL Learning System

click here to buy the iXL Learning SystemIf you are looking for a learning-based educational  toy for your child, you might want to take a look  at the iXL 6-in-1 learning system from  Fisher-Price.…

click here to buy the MobiGo Touch Learning System

click here to buy the Mobigo Touch Learning systemIf you’re looking for an educational based handheld  gaming system to keep your children entertained,  then the MobiGo Touch Learning System by Vtech is something  you might be interested in looking at.

It’s a portable gaming system, which means your kids  can use this in the car whilst on journeys, which  invariably means a more peaceful ride for the entire  family too….…

Fisher Price Laughtop

Fisher Price Laughtop

If you want to prepare and help your preschoolers develop key learning skills and become proficient at phonics, recognising letters and letter order, this Fisher Price Fun 2 Learn Laughtop  will help your children learn through laughing and having a lot of fun. In fact, they won’t even realise they are “learning”.

You can expect the usual high-level quality products from Fisher Price and know that this is a fun toy, with its music tunes and games but it is also an excellent educational toy too.…

Leap Frog is a market leader when it comes to education  innovation. They are experts at creating award winning  toys that educate children and help with their  development.

Leap Frog educational toys, books and games are extremely  popular with parents mainly because the products are  exceptional and really do help children to learn through  fun and play.
After all, nobody wants to force feed the alphabet to their preschooler or make their  child learn numbers by rote.…

image for Intelligent Toys for Age 4-5Parents love buying intelligent toys for age 4-5 year old  kids.

This is a good way of helping your child with his or her  preschool learning.
The last thing you want to do as parents is sit down with  your child and recite the whole of the alphabet or number  from 1 to 100.…

Everyday learning opportunities

Everyday learning opportunitiesYou can enrich your child’s language and vocabulary  for free and without buying extra books or electronic toys either.

All you need to do is talk to your child about the world around her. It sounds rather simplistic doesn’t it? But, it’s true.

In this day and age when we have become a little too dependant on the latest and newest handheld gaming device or educational learning system, we don’t really need them.…

image for Benefits of Music EducationDespite serious reductions in funding for arts programs in public schools, there is a great need for studying music. Band, orchestra, and choir all offer students a chance to work together in a social and intellectual group setting and excel at complex tasks.…