Review + Giveaway: Multiplication Slam: Extract Attention From Tension

Is this the cure for Table-itis or even Table-phobia?  Educational Insights decided to throw out the table and make slammable bubbles instead.  Works for us! For sure!

WHAT: Multiplication Slam by Educational Insights
INVENTOR: Fred Lusignan

DOES: delivers math learning through different roads which may be better suited for your child's knowledge factory 

INVEST:  $39.99 
AGES: they say 8+ but if your child is starting to skip count then you might want to consider this sooner than that.

TOOLS: My Body Needs to Move, I Can Take of Myself, 

GIVEAWAY: Yahoo! One Winner will get ONE Multiplication Slam! Canada and U.S. addresses only.

World Maker Faire 2013

KIDS made this.  I KID you not.

WHAT: World MAKER FAIRE 2013

DOES: Inspires the maker in all of us while you eat the best food in the world

INVEST:  door price $35 adult -single day; $20 Youth (2-17)- single day (but if you buy in advance it is soooo much cheaper
AGES: I saw little babies there but I am assuming they didn't make anything.

TOOLS: Think Like a Scientist/Engineer, Express Yourself, I Can Take Care of Myself

Review + Super Social Giveaway- Best Outdoor Toys- Keep The Play Alive This Fall

WHAT: Super Social Fall Outdoor Toys - a mini-salute to the U.S. Open

DOES: Outdoor Toys that are still fun even after summer is done. It's really not about being outdoors, it's about enjoying the outdoors with people.... 

INVEST:  $3- $100+
AGES: Some are 4+ and some are 8+

TOOLS: Social Scene Helper, My Body Needs to Move
GIVEAWAY: Totally Awesome: Win the OgoSport Raq set and ONE YoBaby Kick Flipper

Review and Giveaway: Chalktrail (Scooter and Bike): Creativity Fuels Fitness

Social Aesthetics- that could be a new thing, right?

WHAT: Chalktrail Scooter (new 2013)  Chalktrail for bikes still rocks! (by Fat Brain Toys)
INVENTOR: Scott Baumann

DOES: regardless of skill levels, Chalktrail is an outdoor toy that has universal appeal; gets kids together and gets kids moving

INVEST:  $12.95 for scooter attachment; $19.95 for bike attachment
AGES: 3+  (I think it will be most popular with the 3-8 year group)

TOOLS:  Express Yourself, My Body Needs to Move

GIVEAWAY:  Win your choice between Chalktrail Bike or Chalktrail Scooter attachments
educational toy

Review: Woodmobiel: Ultimate Toy Shopping Secret Revealed

The Woodmobiel Standard Kit can make at least two different sizes of See-Saws- the playground toy that has all but been banished in many playgrounds. Why?

WHAT: Woodmobiel distributed by OOTS!
INVENTOR: Ben Fritz

DOES: allows you and your child to build the toys and furniture that she/he can use everyday!

INVEST:  $300 for Standard Kit; $165 Starter Kit
AGES: 3+

TOOLS: Express Yourself, I Can Take of Myself, More Make-Believe Please, Think Like a Scientist/Engineer

EXPERT OPINION: David Wells, Manager, Creative Making and Learning, New York Hall of Science

Review + Giveaway: Power Popper: Rough and Tumble Play is Good

I am going to lose weight with this toy.  Oh, and he'll have fun too.

Mobility and Stability aka "helper hand and worker hand"- a key component in handwriting, using a baseball bat, etc.... do you practice that with this? YOU BETCHA!

  
WHAT:  Power Popper by Hog Wild

DOES: great opportunity to do rough-and-tumble play but safely, great for bilateral coordination (writing skills)

INVEST:  MSRP $14.99 comes with balls too but extra set of popper balls is $4.99 

AGES: 4+

TOOLS: My Body Needs to Move, Holiday Build-Uponner
EXPERT OPINION: Pediatric Occupational Therapist Susan L. Roberts, MDiv, OTR/L 

GIVEAWAY:  Win your own Power Popper

Review + Giveaway: Kiwido and Mikido: Science As Sport

This toy says, "I have the coolest mom/dad in the world" unless you are holding it and then it says, "I am the coolest mom/dad in the world."  Pictured is the Kiwido (that comes with a CD-ROM)

 
WHAT:  Kiwido (with CD-ROM) and Mikido by Active People

DOES: practice your balance, bilateral coordination, and strengthen your upper body! This thing makes you move! Motivation supplied by scientific curiosity... Also, it's an icebreaker in the park!

INVEST:  $26.99 Kiwido with CD-Rom (blue package), $24.99 Kiwido Classic with carrying case, and $11.99 MSRP for Mikido

AGES: 5+ for Kiwido; 3-8 for Mikido

TOOLS: Think Like a Scientist/Engineer, My Body Needs to Move, Social Scene Helper, Express Yourself

GIVEAWAY:  Win your own set of Kiwido (with CD-ROM) mailed to your home!