Quincy’s new PLAY-DOH books #giveaway

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Much to Quincy's delight, we received some fun PLAY-DOH books on behalf of Mom Spark Media to review. She's had a lot of fun 'reading' them this week, and I don't blame her, they're pretty great! From learning new words to identifying what's in the picture, the PLAY-DOH books offer lots of opportunities to learn. An added bonus is we LOVE to play with PLAY-DOH so it's so easy to tie in the … [Read more...]

Beam N Read LED 6 Deluxe Hands Free Light

Beam n Read

Sometimes you'll find that the overhead light or table lamp isn't quite enough to see your knitting. Or that maybe you want to read your kindle next to your spouse in bed without disturbing him or her. Or maybe you want some extra light while you're doing some woodworking. Whatever it is, the Beam N Read will help. The BNR LED 6-3 Beam N Read ® LED 6 Deluxe Hands Free Light is a simple to use … [Read more...]

Quincy and her Tag Junior Pal, Violet

Tag Junior

Poor Sebby, Quincy has been going after his Tag reader for some time now, so our friends at Leap Frog were sweet enough to send Quincy her own Tag Junior. Now Quincy has sweet little Violet to help her learn to read. It's so cute to watch her turn the pages of her special Tag Junior books and set Violet down on them so Violet can "read" the story to her. The Tag Junior is perfect for little … [Read more...]

Quincy and her My Own Story Time Pad

my own story time pad, my first kindle

Holiday Gift Guide Picks - For the Toddler When I showed Quincy the My Own Story Time Pad from LeapFrog she was pretty excited and she wanted me to open it. At least she kept saying "Da da da"  When I gave it to her, she scrutinized it and pressed a few buttons. She quickly realized it wasn't her brother's LeapPad and tried to put it back in it's box. Then I showed her how cool it was, and with … [Read more...]

It’s time to @SoarWithReading!

Soar with Reading

I had the opportunity to chat with Ron Fairchild, President/CEO at Smarter Learning Group, last week about how to make reading fun for children. He suggested reading books together with your child and to focus on their natural interests. Summers are a great time for freedom and to explore. Summer is over, and many of us are sending our kids back to school this week, me included. My son, … [Read more...]

Encourage good dental health & win from @superblakebooks! (Giveaway ends 7.17.11)

Sebby loves books and he loves to read - so when I received a copy of Super Blake and The Cavity Monster by Tracy Bickhaus I knew he would like it! Meet Super Blake! He's a cool 5 year old boy who thinks (is) he is a Super Hero!! Super Blake knows it's important to keep his teeth healthy and strong, so he battles forces with villains like Cavity Monster, Ginger Vitis and Sir … [Read more...]

Reading FUN with the V.Reader from VTech Toys!

V.Reader

Well this is embarrassing. The week before Quincy was born we received a box from Vtech Toys (remember our awesome MobiGo giveaway?) I was home long enough to open the box and check it out their new V.Reader – which my son and I were instantly enamored with. Fast forward a 3am admittance to the hospital the next day and an emergency c-section about 36 hours later and I completely spaced on the … [Read more...]