Educational Products

Little Pim - Available in French, Spanish or Mandarin Chinese, this is a fun, new DVD that exposes babies and young children to a foreign language when they can learn it most effortlessly. Buy it on Amazon!

Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 - * A full set of study aids that help get homework done right the first time * Students can find trusted and up-to-date information quickly and easily using Encarta Premium 2008 * Mathematical tools help students tackle math and science problems quickly and easily * Tools for completing foreign language assignments and a full-featured dictionary to help translate and conjugate * Includes more than 1,000 book summaries that help students understand some of the most commonly studied literary works Buy it on Amazon!

Thomas and Friends DVD Bingo Game - * Just match the numbers on the board - The first one to fill in the pattern and shout BINGO wins! * Great for play dates and parties, Thomas & Friends * Bingo is small enough to take anywhere and even comes in its own carrying case * DVD includes on-screen demonstration of game play Keep the fun on track with real TV show clips featuring Thomas & Friends! Buy it on Amazon!

Cuentamelo - Baffle Gab Spanish Edition - Baffle Gab en Español - Do you want to Learn Spanish?, Do you think that you can put a Sentence in Spanish Together. Whether you're just learning Spanish, or are already fluent ¡CUENTAMELO! offers the same family fun for everyone. It is also a fun way for those learning Spanish as a foreign language to practice putting sentences together. Experts Agree: You can learn languages faster if you find ways to make it fun.

¡CUENTAMELO! reinforces word and sentence usage through silly stories. No importa si ya hablas español o si lo estás aprendiendo, ¡CUENTAMELO! es divertido para toda la familia. También es una manera divertida de aprender español practicando como construir frases e historias divertidas. Los expertos están de acuerdo, Puedes aprender idiomas más rápido si encuentras maneras de hacerlo divertido. El objetivo del juego es formar oraciones con Palabras escogidas al azar. Contiene 300 Tarjetas con Verbos, Sustantivos y Adjetivos. Las cuales tienen distintos puntajes. Completa una oracion con las 5 palabras y Tienes Puntos Dobles. ¡CUENTAMELO! refuerza el uso de palabras y frases usando historias chistosas. Buy it on Amazon!

KidsLoveSpanish - This fun DVD teaches your children basic Spanish words that they can use today. They'll love watching Brock and his friends say the words and learn proper pronunciation from Krisse and Julie. This DVD teaches your child essential building blocks for future language acquisition. Parents and teachers rave about how fun, easy, and useful this DVD is for children of all ages! Recommended for ages 1-8+ Buy it on Amazon!

Rain Bird - Explorations Into Water - Teaching Curriculum - Rain Bird’s Explorations Into Water Teaching Curriculum is an educational tool providing teachers and parents with specific lesson plans and related course work geared to students in grades 3-6. Designed to motivate students to think about the part each person plays – and the actions they can take in using and conserving water. The curriculum gives students the opportunity to explore the critical role water plays on Earth by investigating issues and challenges in water management and conservation in the same manner that scientists and engineers do in the field through research and experimentation.
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Enchanting Christmas Stories - BookBox makes learning fun. Conceived by child literacy expert Dr. Brij Kothari and his team, at Stanford University, BookBox Stories entertain children and improve their reading skills at the same time. Using scientifically tested SLS (same language subtitling), children will improve their listening comprehension, reading skills and foreign language skills by watching these enchanting stories about Christmas and the holiday spirit. Buy it on Amazon!

Stories From Around The World - Conceived by child literacy expert Dr. Brij Kothari and his team, at Stanford University, BookBox Stories is a new DVD series that will entertain children and improve their reading skills at the same time. Using scientifically tested SLS (same language subtitling), children will improve their listening comprehension, reading skills and foreign language skills by watching these fascinating 'Stories from Around the World' that bring cultural and educational values to children. Buy it on Amazon!

Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten!
A brightly illustrated, interactive Kindergarten book that features the core curriculum. Written by and for parents, kids and teachers, features 32 pages of wonderfully illustrated core Kindergarten curriculum. Intended for use by small children, the book is easy to hold and very durable. www.cedarvalleypublishing.com

Let’s Get Ready For First Grade! Follow along with Ms. Best and six new Cedar Valley Kids and Yodie the Coyote who makes learning vowels and constants, vowel sounds, compound words, contractions, the solar system, counting money and measuring exciting for everyone! Come along and see how our Let’s Get Ready Series is working inside homes and schools across the nation. www.cedarvalleypublishing.com

Scholastic Kids Gift of the Month Club - a gift they'll enjoy all year long! Choose from five bestselling programs featuring the characters, brands and activities kids love.

Scholastic Kids Gift of the Month Club - a gift they'll enjoy all year long! Choose from five bestselling programs featuring the characters, brands and activities kids love.

Scholastic Kids Gift of the Month Club - a gift they'll enjoy all year long! Choose from five bestselling programs featuring the characters, brands and activities kids love.

Scholastic Kids Gift of the Month Club - a gift they'll enjoy all year long! Choose from five bestselling programs featuring the characters, brands and activities kids love.

Scholastic Kids Gift of the Month Club - a gift they'll enjoy all year long! Choose from five bestselling programs featuring the characters, brands and activities kids love.

NoodleNet is a computer program that creates a safe desktop and online environment for children to learn, play and explore. The secure, gated community has simple controls for parents and age-appropriate content for children. NoodleNet is available on an annual subscription basis: $79.99 yearly or $7.99 monthly.

Online Safety

*Access only to NoodleSearch approved websites and links

*Pop-up ads are stopped

*Banner ads can not be clicked through

*Unapproved links on an approved website can not be clicked through

Simple Controls

*Quickly add additional websites and links

*Easily add access to favorite programs and games

*Select child-safe search engines for homework and research projects

*Simple controls to grant or deny access to any part of the Internet

Age-Appropriate Content

*Websites and links dynamically delivered to your children that are age-appropriate

*An interface that changes and grows with children as they get older

*“Available on an annual subscription basis: $79.99 yearly or $7.99 monthly.”

The Curse of The Ruby Rhino
Description: A Dastardly Dice Game. 2-5 adventurers ages 6 and up. Roll the dice and try your best to corner the elusive ruby rhino. Watch out for the fake gold that will get in your way. Hang onto the ruby rhino all by itself and you've not only broken the curse - you've won the game!

About this game:

The curse of the Ruby Rhino dates back to the 16th century when King Maximus Gluttonus IV stole the jewel from the tomb of the great Pharaoh Andaway in a desperate attempt to find a belated anniversary gift for his wife, Queen Beatrice. Little did the king know that the Pharaoh placed a curse on the rhino so that anyone who took it would have all of their riches turned into worthless counterfeits. Disgraced by the curse (and abandoned by the queen), the penniless king eventually buried the Ruby Rhino along with his fake fortune in a secret cavern that was recently unearthed by brave adventurers. Little did they know that there is a simple way to break the curse...

Enhances following skills:

• Visual Discrimination
• Counting

Ka-Ching!
Description: The Buy the Numbers Card Game. 2 players, ages 10 to adult, playing time about 15 minutes. Making money is the name of the game in this high stakes duel for dollars. Compete against your opponent to turn the biggest profit.

About this game:

Ka-ching! ranks in our book as one of the best two-player card games we have ever seen. It is super easy to learn, plays quickly and yet offers endless opportunities for strategic challenge. It’s also the first card game we’ve published that emphasizes multiplication as a skill. There are many subtle strategies that you will learn as you play, but here’s a quick hint: try to force your opponent into buying a card in order to uncover one that you need.

Enhances following skills:

• Multiplication
• Strategic Thinking

Step To It
Description: The Get Up and Go Game. 2 to 8 players ages 5 and up. Here's a game that will have you walking, hopping, and jumping all around the house! Ask a player to give you a card with a specific number on it and choose an object you think you can reach in that amount of steps, or hops.

About this game:

Here's a game that will have you walking, hopping, and jumping all around the house. Ask a player to give you a card with a specific number of steps to take. Then choose an object that you think you can reach in exactly that number. Can you walk to the fridge in 9 steps? How about hop to something red in 15? Reach your goal and you walk away with a win!

Enhances following skills:

• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Math (Counting)
• Coordination (Hopping)
• Visual (Searching for objects.)
• Colors (Finding objects that are the right color.)

Duck Duck Bruce
Description: A Down and Doggy Card Game. 2 to 5 players, ages 6 and up. Gather the most high-scoring ducks by turning over cards one at a time, but if Bruce shows up your ducks better take cover before the wily hound ruffles some feathers!

About this game:

A flock of ducks waddling through bizarre locations and a rambunctious dog named Bruce. If this sounds like a strange combination for a card game, wait until you give it a try! After just one round, we guarantee you’ll be barking (or quacking) for more. Remember to say “Duck!” every time you reveal a duck card and do your best to resist the temptation of turning over more cards. Oh, and Bruce loves to be scratched behind his ears, and on his belly, and well – just about everywhere else!

Enhances following skills:

• Visual Discrimination
• Counting

Aunt Millie's Millions
Description: The Frenzied Game of Family Fortune. 3-6 players, ages 10 to adult. In this hilarious party game, play the role of one of the colorful characters out to get Aunt Millie's fortune. Will you get her vintage jukebox or get stuck with a rusty toilet? Whoever ends up with the most riches wins the game. Heir-splitting fun!

About this game:

Who was Aunt Millie and how did she get her millions? Ah, if only we had the time and space to tell her illustrious story… Suffice it to say that she had a penchant for playing games. Speaking of telling stories and playing games, this game is the perfect venue for the creative story-teller in you. We encourage you to thoroughly get into character and create the most imaginative stories possible. The more detail you can give, the more you increase your chances of winning. Make Aunt Millie proud!

Enhances following skills:

• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Creativity
• Imagination

C is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street: Books, Sesame Workshop by Susan McQuillan, MS, RD - Beautiful hardback that contains awesome, fun and healthy recipes. Kids and moms alike love this cookbook. Educational too and perfect gift idea! Buy it from Amazon!

“Knowledge Adventure Books By You” - Knowledge Adventure Books by You helps your child become an author! Award-winning actor and author John Lithgow guides the way as you choose a story line, then twist and transform it with your own ideas. Publish a real book that you'll love to read and keep forever because it's a Book by You!

Key Features

• Four exciting story lines - endless possibilities
• Answer John Lithgow’s simple questions to transform the stories
• Change and edit each chapter of your book
• Challenging words are introduced to expand vocabulary
• Import digital photos or drawings to personalize the book
• Include personal information in the About the Author section
• Dedicate the book to someone special
• Design a unique cover for the book
• Print and share
• Print from your home computer
• Save it as a PDF for easy emailing
• Order a real soft or hard cover chapter book*

• Children become enthusiastic readers and improved creative writers
• Kids build confidence and gain a sense of pride when they share their book
• Children improve their vocabulary as new words are introduced
• The books kids create will be great keepsakes for years to come
• For ages 8 and up.

JUMP START KINDERGARTEN - The Smart, Fun Way to Achieve Kindergarten Success

Your child's adventures start at Camp JumpStart! Get ready to become the Ultimate JumpScout by earning the first two JumpScout badges. Kids learn about friendship and teamwork as they meet the characters, discover the learning arcades, the art studio and My Cabin, and play and learn together.

Stay Connected - As part of your JumpStart World experience, we've designed a Parents Corner where you can get additional tips and ideas to help your child enjoy learning even more.

• Get educational tips and creative ideas from our monthly gurus and experts.
• Search hundreds of Parent Tips to help turn everyday moments into learning opportunities.
• Get instant access to tips and activities that reinforce your child's learning.

• Delight your child with rewards that only you can create.
• Create Rewards that your child can redeem: A Trip to the Park, Going Out for Ice Cream, Going Ice Skating, and many more.
• Use our simple tool to create your own rewards to honor your child's learning achievements.

Get your First 2 Adventure Packs Today:

• Over 60 learning games and missions that teach more than 30 skills

Each Adventure Pack Includes:

For Kids:

• Over 30 learning games and missions
• Over 15 skills
• New areas of the world to discover
• One new badge to earn
• For Ages 5 to 8.

For Parents:

• Progress report e-mails and Parent Tips
• Access to the Member's Website and online access to educational experts
• Access to the Super Gems Reward Center

See www.knowledgeadventure.com for more details. Buy it from Amazon.

 

 

Moonjar Standard Moneybox - Each Moonjar consists of three moneyboxes (Spending, Saving, and Sharing), a family guide to get you started, a passbook to record deposits and withdrawals, and a Moonjar elastic band to hold the assembled boxes together. See http://www.moonjar.com for additional information.

 

 

Bonsai Village Grow your own little piece of paradise! Plants in the Bonsai Village will start sprouting in less than a week and last for years! Complete your landscape with meditation stones, a Buddha statue, bonsai decals and plant stakes, and natural gravel. For ordering information, please see www.dunecraft.com for more details.

 

 

Fairy Triad Create your own fantastic, fairy wonderland! This easy to grow kit includes four plant varieties that are beloved by fairies: Lobelia, Clover, Evening Star, and Thyme. Customize the fairy garden with the included fairy figurine, multi-colored gravel, stakes and decals, and more! For ordering information, please see www.dunecraft.com for more details.

 

 

Little Adventurers DVD with CD Soundtrack - With this second addition to the Little Playdates series, your child will join over 130 new friends on adventure-filled playdates as they experience kindness, sharing and friendship during visits to museums, floral gardens, a fire truck and more. All set to an upbeat soundtrack that will really get your child moving! See http://www.littleplaydates.com for ordering and additional information.

 

 

Bendominos
Bendominos play just like regular dominoes but their unique curved design gives you much more control over the game. Full of challenges and a great way to introduce dominos into your family with a lot more pizzazz and excitement.


See www.blueorangegames.com for more details. Buy it from Amazon.

 

Froggy Boogie
The Fun Memory Race Around the Pond! Baby froggies try to be the first to hop (boogie) around the pond without being seen by the adult frogs. Players guess or remember which adult frogs' popping eyes will freeze the baby froggies in their race. Builds memory and color skills, as well as, eye-hand coordination. Tons of fun for everyone!



See www.blueorangegames.com for more details. Buy it from Amazon.

 

ÜberPult
One of several Science Project Series, this kit will teach you the fundamentals of a real catapult and perform a series of suggested experiments on the lab sheet. See http://www.uberstix.com/flash.html for ordering and additional information.

 

The No-Nonsense Guide To Kids' Bullying Solutions
A comprehensive, interactive, fun and educational CD for kids aged 6-12, parents, educators, and all health professionals. Approved by the Ministry of Education and is also available in an Ebook format. See www.championsagainstbullying.com for additional information.

 

 

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