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My favorite part about the game iTrax from Learning Resources would be the phrase on the front of the box…”make-you-think game"!”

This is a FUN game, and I love it because the rules are simple and the pieces can be used in different creative ways outside of the game. I love alternate uses!  You can see Krash thinking in this shot below…

The object is to look at the card {3 levels of play, this is the easiest “Ace”} and find the track that connects 2 squares.  You can see this one shows the completed track. 

The game is for 2-4 players and the first player to make the track correctly wins!  But then the others check to be sure the track was made precisely!

Remember those alternative uses I mentioned above?  Here’s proof!  They have spent just as much time creating with the pieces as we have actually playing the game itself!

“Look Mommy!  I made an A!”

I definitely recommend this game, it doesn’t take up a lot of game shelf space {a big plus for me}, has multi-use pieces, is simple once you read the rules, can be played quickly, and provokes deep thought!

You can purchase these on Amazon here, and also directly on the Learning Resources website.

Learning Resources has a fun contest going on, read more here: http://www.learningresources.com/familycounters!

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The new All About Me Family Counters from Learning Resources are adorable!

I was so excited to get these to review, and my excitement spread to my kids too, especially Ladybug and PacMan!

This set of 72 colorful counters features a variety of family members, including a kitty!  My kids wished there was a dog to complete our family too, but pretended one of the cats was a dog when they made us!

The bigger counters will hold the babies, look how cute…

We have played with these numerous times, both to practice skills {patterning below-Pac was teaching Ladybug} and just for fun.  Ladybug played for about an hour straight with the counters one day, she loves them!

These are a perfect companion to reinforce and expose early math skills like colors, counting, patterning, and sorting.  I love that they are different colors and sizes, as the counting bears we have always used are all the same size.  Being able to add the size attribute is awesome!  If you are an early childhood teacher or have little ones at home, this would be a wonderful educational toy to add to your collection!

You can purchase these on Amazon here, and also directly on the Learning Resources website.

Learning Resources has a fun contest going on, read more here: http://www.learningresources.com/familycounters!

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We have a fun review and giveaway for you today, for the awesome Handy Scoopers from Learning Resources!

I was really excited to receive these new Handy Scoopers, honestly wondering if they would be sturdy enough to survive Ladybug and Krash!  Thankfully they are and my kids LOVE them! We have played games with them, used them in sensory bins, and even as instruments!

Here we used our Froggy Feeding Fun game pieces to scoop and play a game. You can see the game we played here!

Using the scoops in the rice bin was a BIG favorite! This is Krash burying the toy cow!

Ladybug rescued the cat from the rice!

The Handy Scoopers are an excellent fine motor tool and wonderful for sensory bins. I wish I would have had these a year ago, when we did even more fine motor work!  I highly recommend these!  You can purchase Handy Scoopers on Amazon here, and also directly on the Learning Resources website.

We will be reviewing the Family Counters next month and Learning Resources has a fun contest going on, read more here: http://www.learningresources.com/familycounters!

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We have a fun giveaway for you today, for Real World Folding Geometric Shapes  from Learning Resources!

There are 8 shapes included ~ cube, cylinder, hexagonal prism, rectangular prism,  triangular prism, square pyramid,  triangular pyramid and cone. Each shapes comes with foldable inserts to represent real world objects.  There are a total of 24 inserts, some shapes have more options than others.

Ladybug’s thoughts… she really enjoyed these even though they weren’t really meant for her!  She thought they were really neat and has played with them a lot!

As for the boys, honestly, they weren’t too impressed since they weren’t as good for building, and more for learning.  They thought they were neat, but haven’t explored them much.

My thoughts…the teacher in me really likes these. Having a hands on version of geometric shapes that represent real world objects makes for fun math learning! The plastic part used to close the shape and keep the insert inside isn’t as sturdy as I would like, I had to add a little bit of clear tape to a few of them to keep them from falling apart as we explored them, but it’s not a really big deal.  I know I will love having these when we get to geometric shape lessons in math!

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