I have a confession to make, I am not good with paperwork and clutter. This is one area I know I need help with, how to get organized. When I had just the one girl, I was already getting a lot of notes from her different classes, and that was before she . . . → Continue Reading: Aboutone.com #Review & #Giveaway (US Only)
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Based in Southern California, Educational Insights, is the manufacturer of playful products with serious educational value, including subject-specific classroom products, teacher resources, educational toys, and games. Their products are designed by seasoned educators and parents who know that, first and foremost, learning must be fun.
The first product we got to test is the Hot Dots® Jr. Getting Ready for School Set. This is, for now, my daughter’s favorite educational toy. With her possibly starting preschool in the Fall, it helps reinforce what she learns through play. The set features Ace – the Talking, Teaching Dog™ – an interactive stylus that uses fun sound effects, encouraging phrases, and blinking lights to guide children through 160 different activities, and 80 double sided activity sheets. What I like about Ace is that it gives immediate feedback when used properly. Correct answers would make his eyes flash green, and he’d say phrases like “Terrific!”, “Woof! Way to go!”. Incorrect answers would make his eyes flash red, and he’d say phrases like “That’s not right”, “Sorry!” It did take awhile to teach my daughter how to use him. She was initially holding Ace like a pen (on an angle), instead of pressing down like a stylus. I also had to teach her that she needs to press on the black dots on the activity sheets or she will always have the incorrect answer.
The Hot Dots® Jr. Getting Ready for School Set has helped her learn her alphabet, colors, shapes, patterns and numbers. The activity sheets are packed in groups, so that depending on your child’s ability, you can keep the one’s that are beyond their knowledge packed safely away. It has made learning fun for her. Continue reading Hot Dots® Jr. Getting Ready for School Set #Review & #Giveaway (Canada/US) 
I know some people hate the thought that in just a little over a month, school will be starting again. For me, there’s some anticipation added. My 3 year old is starting pre-school, or we’re planning to. So for now, we just practice her writing skills, which means a steady supply of pens and paper handy. We do have toys to help visualize letters and shapes, but by writing she learns and retains the information better. ** On April 15, 2011, Canadian Omnibus conducted an online survey among 1,011 randomly selected Canadians. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region Census data to ensure samples are representative of the Canadian adult population.  Dr. Steve Graham A recent national study of adults by BIC, conducted by Canadian Omnibus, confirms that when Canadians write down notes in a meeting, class or somewhere else, they tend to remember the information better with handwritten notes (83%). The survey also revealed that 62% of Canadians actually prefer to handwrite with pen and paper when studying for school, preparing notes for a presentation at work or just jotting down thoughts or making lists. According to Dr. Steve Graham, a published author and the Currey Ingram Professor of education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
I received a package of the Velocity Bold ballpoint pen in blue to try out, and it is smooth. The moulded rubber grip makes it more comfortable and easier to control. The 1.6 mm bold point, although bigger than what I’m used to, makes your writing stand out and pop on the paper. I also didn’t need to put a lot of pressure on the paper to write. One reason I switched a long time ago from ballpoint to rollerball pens was that as soon as I accidentally drop a ballpoint pen there would be blurry lines when writing, making it unpresentable. And when you get graded on penmanship (from what I remember it was preschool to highschool or maybe just 6th grade that our teachers graded our notebooks depending on how neat we write), everything had to be perfect. So I decided to test the Velocity Bold ball pen. I threw it on the floor a few times, and checked the writing after. It still wrote perfectly, I realize there may have been changes to technology in the years that have gone by. Continue reading School’s Almost Here (#Giveaway #Canada Only)
THE HELP hits theatres on August 10. Let’s get talking! THE HELP stars Emma Stone (Easy A) as Skeeter, Academy Award nominated Viola Davis (Doubt) as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny- three very different, extraordinary women in the Mississippi during the 1960?s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed – even if it means bringing every one in town face-to-face with changing times. Deeply moving, filled with poignancy, humor and hope, “The Help” is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change. Now on to the giveaway! One lucky reader will win THE HELP prize pack that consists of:
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post and was provided the prize pack to giveaway. The opinions in this post are entirely my own. This post has not been reviewed or edited by anyone. I was not compensated for this post in any other way. The sponsor of this giveaway is responsible for prize fulfillment and shipping the winner(s) their prize. Continue reading THE HELP #Giveaway (Canada Only)
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