Holiday Toy Tip: Chris Rock and Kaleidograph- Holiday Meltdown Prevention

 

Chris Rock talks about the commercialization of Christmas (a.k.a Jesus' birthday)

An endless supply of Holiday Cheer for just $12.95

WHAT: Antidote to Holiday Frenzy = Chris Rock Monologue + Kaleidograph Snowflake
INVENTORS: Scott Bultman and Norman Brosterman
DOES: The Cure for Holiday Craziness
INVEST: $12.95
AGES: 5+
TOOLS: Express Yourself

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.

Review + Giveaway: Quadrilla Xcellerator: Slow-Cooked Learning Makes Better Problem-Solvers

WHAT: Xcellerator by Quadrilla by Hape

DOES:  I don't know if this is more beauty than brains or more brains than beauty.  If Quadrilla was a person, she would be a supermodel that graduated from Harvard.
INVEST: $149.99

AGES: 4+ 

TOOLS: Flexibility is My Superpower, Holiday/Birthday Build-Uponner, My Body Needs to Move, spatial reasoning, Social Scene Helper, Think Like a Scientist/Engineer
GIVEAWAY:  One Xcellerator Quadrilla set shipped to your home.  (U.S. Continental addresses only please)