Are you wondering what the hottest kids toys for 2011 will be this Holiday Season?  Learning Resources  has new products this year that offer an excellent variety of hands-on learning toys and tools for pre-school students  engaged in fun and educational activities.

Pizza Mania Fast and Fun Early Math Game

For more than 25 years, Learning Resources® has been designing award-winning products that enable parents and teachers to go beyond traditional instruction and inspire children to reach new heights.

Developed by top educators who understand learning and children, the Company’s innovative educational toys uniquely tap into the limitless potential of children everywhere, so they reach beyond, reach forward and achieve more. And as the global leader in developing engaging hands-on learning experiences for children, Learning Resources knows how to make learning exciting and fun for children of all ages and abilities.

Teaching Tools

As a Grandmom of a 5 year old kindergarden age granddaughter and 3 year old pre-school grandson, I’d like to tell you about the Pizza Mania, a fast and fun way to develop thinking and listening skills along with teaching and reinforcing Addition, Subtraction and Counting skills from Learning Resources.

Build the Perfect Pizza

Order up! This chef expects his pizza makers to expand their minds and think fast! Chef calls out toppings for children to put on (and take off) their pizzas. A tasty way to practice counting, addition, subtraction and listening skills.

Even the most reluctant learner will love reaching for delicious pepperoni, mushrooms, olives and peppers (48 pieces in all). Two levels of play for additional challenge.

• Includes 4 pizzas and talking chef

• Requires 3 AA batteries, not included.

• For 2–4 players.

• Ages 4+

• SRP: $24.99

Available at:  Learning Resources,  KMart,
Sears, Barnes & Noble, and and other online retailers and specialty stores.

This is one of the best gifts for kids, not only to put on your holiday or Christmas gift list whether you have a pre-school toddler; for your daycare provider or to keep at grandmom’s house as a homeschooling teaching tool!

 © 2011 Moomettes Magnificents

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Are you wondering what the hottest kids toys for 2011 will be this Holiday Season?  Learning Resources  has new products this year that offer an excellent variety of hands-on learning toys and tools for pre-school students  engaged in fun and educational activities.

Super Sorting Pie

For more than 25 years, Learning Resources® has been designing award-winning products that enable parents and teachers to go beyond traditional instruction and inspire children to reach new heights.

Developed by top educators who understand learning and children, the Company’s innovative educational toys uniquely tap into the limitless potential of children everywhere, so they reach beyond, reach forward and achieve more. And as the global leader in developing engaging hands-on learning experiences for children, Learning Resources knows how to make learning exciting and fun for children of all ages and abilities.

Teaching Tools

Grandmom would like to tell you about the Smart Snacks Peek-A-Boo Color Muffins  and Super Sorting Pie Set from Learning Resources.

Smart Snacks Peek-A-Boo Color Muffins

These tempting baked goods provide dozens of opportunities for creative play and active learning! Five realistic muffins help children learn their colors as they match muffin cups with fruit fillings. Muffin tops that pop on and off help strengthen little fingers. Rotating stand keeps things organized and ready for a play tea party at a moment’s notice. Includes 5 durable, plastic 2-piece muffins and 5 fruit fillings that store in rotating stand.

Ages 2+

MSRP: $17.99

Super Sorting Pie Set

Fruity pie teaches early number skills and attributes, including colors and fruit shapes.

• Provides supportive visual clues, thanks to the sorting cards that slip into the bottom of the pan
• Keeps things organized: top crust becomes a bowl to conveniently hold counters
• Reinforces fine motor skills when children use jumbo tweezers, featuring depressions that guide little hands into the proper pincer grip
• Includes 60 counters (5 different colors of apples, bananas, grapes, oranges, grapefruits, apricots and plums), durable plastic pie (8.75″ in diameter), removable divider, 3 double-sided sorting cards, 2 jumbo tweezers and Activity Guide

Available at:  Learning Resources,  KMart,
Sears, and other online retailers and specialty stores.

This is one of the best gifts for kids, not only to put on your holiday or Christmas gift list whether you have a pre-school toddler; for your daycare provider or to keep at grandmom’s house as a homeschooling teaching tool!

 © 2011 Moomettes Magnificents

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The Gruffalo New Kids DVD Release

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood…

Based on the best-selling children’s picture book by Julia Donaldson, The Gruffalo is a magical tale of a mouse who takes a stroll through the woods.  Encountering three predators who all wish to eat him, the adorable and confident mouse has to use his wits to survive.  He tells his predators that he is meeting a monster, which scares each of them, but what will mouse do when comes face to face with the terrible product of his imagination?

•  2010 Academy Award nominee
• Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter
• Voices of an all-star cast
• Studio: NCircle Entertainment
• Run Time: 40 minutes plus bonus content

Put on your holiday shopping list if you’re a daycare provider, homeschooling mom, or looking for a fun birthday present for all those upcoming invitations this school year!

The Gruffalo DVD  will be available at your local retailer or at NCircleEntertainment

Follow On Twitter:  @NCircle

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Learning Activities for Kids

“Everything You Need for the Best School Year Ever”

The Carson-Dellosa Publishing recognizes the importance of summer learning loss and provides fun and educational Summer Bridge Activities Workbooks and Activity Cards for children grades Pre-K through 8 which offer daily activities in reading, writing, mathematics, language arts, science, social studies and geography.

It’s hard for me to believe, but my granddaughter ‘Lil Moomette will be starting Kindergarten this fall!  She’s been attending pre-school for several years now, and is excited to actually be taking the big yellow school bus to elementary school in her new town.

Both ‘Lil Moomette and her brother Slugger, age 3 had the opportunity to review the Summer Bridge Activities Workbooks and Activity Cards recently when I accompanied them on a camping trip.

Summer Bridge Activities Workbook

Bridging Grades Prekindergarten to Kindergarten

Featuring two extra weeks of cross-curricular activities, all new social studies material, integrated fitness and character development exercises, updated reading lists, and extension activities to encourage outdoor learning.

Stickers, flash cards, and a colorful award certificate are also included.

Grades PK-K / Ages 4-5
Grades K-1 / Ages 5-6
160 pages
ISBN:  9781604188189
ISBN: 9781604188172

Summer Bridge Activities Activity Cards

While we were at the campground, the grandchildren also enjoyed quiet time while camping by working with the Summer Bridge Activities Activity Cards. The Fact Cards are a great companion to workbook series and provided great fun for everyone The set includes 158 cards featuring hundreds of preschool to kindergarten activities such as jokes, math, fun facts, language arts, word play, picture puzzles and mind-bogglers.

All of the activities are self-checking, the answers provided on the back of each card. There were boxed sets that included two decks of 79 full-color cards which are held together with a corner grommet to keep the cards from getting lost, making it easy for children of all ages to hold and flip through the cards no matter where they are.

Grades K-1 / Ages 5-6
158 learning cards
$8.95
ISBN 9781609962081
ISBN 9781609962074

Carson-Dellosa Publishing, LLC. is a leading supplemental educational provider for both educators and parents. Founded by two teachers, the company boasts a 30-year history of enhancing teaching and learning through quality curriculum, supplemental learning materials, and classroom resources.

The educational products are searchable by grade, age, subject, theme, season (Bees, Birthdays, Butterflies, Classical Art, Music, Earth Conservation) or product type (Books, Borders, Accents, Bulletin Board Sets, Calendars, Accessories, Charts, Clocks).

You can also use the search function for US & Canadian Stores carrying Carson-Dellosa products, shop online, or request a print catalog.

If you’re a parent, grandparent, daycare provider or teacher you’ll be sure to find an education learning tool for any child!

Fore More Information:  Summer Learning Activities

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The Great American Campout is schedule to take place in June! If you’re family enjoys camping like we do, the kids and grandkids can pass the time away in the back seat of the car on the way to your travel vacation destination while watching new release DVDs.

ABCs DVD and Animal 123s DVD

These new release kids’ DVDs will introduce preschoolers to letters and numbers using the amazing animal kingdom!  Animal ABC’s and Animal 123’s strengthens letter, number and animal name recognition by teaching children about animals from around the globe.

Sing along as everyone explores Earth’s animals, from the cute and cuddly to the wild and wonderful.  These DVDs include fun facts, unique songs and a bonus sections with flashcards.  Practicing your ABCs and 123s has never been so fun!

Studio: NCircle Entertainment

DVD Release Date: July 12, 2011

Run Time: 60 minutes

The grandkids enjoyed watching these DVDs and it would be a great addition to your family collection, daycare, pre-school or homeschool curriculum!

Available at Amazon or your favorite online retailer including NCircleEntertainment

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Wooden Toy Set

For the grandkids’ birthdays this past summer my husband and I bought a Little Tikes outside playhouse which included a kitchen and attached picnic table.  My son-in-law set it up in their backyard, and both kids, ages 1 and 3 enjoyed it well into the fall.

My granddaughter, ‘Lil Moomette, really enjoys following in her mom & dad’s footsteps by pretending to play “kitchen.”

I’m delighted to have the opportunity to let you know about a new wooden play food set manufactured by Melissa & Doug, fromGummy Lump.

The Slice and Bake Cookies set is both educational and inspirational as it inspires pretend play and introduces children to the world of baking and might encourage them to be the next Pillsbury Dough Boy or Betty Crocker!

Inside the wooden set are:

• 12 cookies and 18 colorful toppings
• spatula
• knife
• cookie sheet
• kitchen mitt

Even when choosing make-believe toys for my own girls, I always looked for items that would stimulate their own imaginations.   “Baking Instructions” are included, but they’re not intended to be used with real food.

What I like about Melissa & Doug toys is that they use non-toxic coatings and meet or exceed all U.S. toy testing standards.

If you’re looking for a gift for the kids, grandkids, homeschool or run a daycare, put this activity toy on your list!

Gummy Lump also offers a large selection of educational special needs childrens toys, where you’ll be able to choose other Melissa and Doug products appropriate for specific needs.

Product Number: 4074
Manufacturer: Melissa & Doug
Size Box: 11.5″ x 9″ x 3″
Recommended Ages: 3 years and up

Follow on Twitter: @GummyLump

For More Information Visit:
Gummy Lump

Moomette’s Magnificents is hosting a Giveaway Contest!* For a chance to win, there will be one (1) winner of a wooden play food Melissa & Doug Slice and Bake Cookie Set.

Please include a way of contacting you. Should you be the contest winner, this information may be shared with the contest sponsor in order to send your prize.

*USA only

Main Rule: (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
a) Sign up for my free Newsletter Updates to my blog through my e-mail Feedblitz link (on the top of my right column or let me know if you already are, in a separate comment) AND

b) Visit Gummy Lump and leave a comment about what you like best about their site and another product you’d like to try.

This contest will run until February 25, 2010 at 11:00 pm.

For Additional Entries, check out my Contest Entry Rules.

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Back To School Bash

Make sure you check out the Back-To-School Bash that’s going on at 3 Boys and a Dog!

Lots of great giveaways, prizes, and chances to save some money by winning some free stuff for the kids for back-to-school, and it’s all going to be happening here:

Who: All blog readers, NEW and OLD!

What: Back 2 School Blog Bash 2009

When: September 1st 12:01 am through September 30th 11:59 pm!

Where: 3 Boys & a Dog Blog!

Check in here at Moomette’s Magnificents as I’ll be adding some of my own Giveaways during that time to celebrate.

If you’re a Yankees baseball fan – I’ll be offering some great goodies for little Yankee Fans!

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My grandson Slugger is turning 7 months old.  It’s amazing that at such a very young age he’s so aware of the people in his life and of his surroundings. He visits here mostly every day.  My daughter had been on maternity since he was born and has spent the entire 7 months at home with him.  She’ll be starting back to work full-time in another week.  Slugger and his 2 year old sister, ‘Lil Moomette will be returning to a home-based daycare provider, and I’ll be picking them up on my way home from the office, until their parents come to collect them at my house.  Again, my house will be like the Little Old Lady Who Lives in a Shoe ~ I’ll continue to stock it full of interesting goodies to keep the grandkiddos occupied~

Thanks to digital technology, we can instantly connect with countries around the world, as our own communities grow more diverse every day. Even grandparents are recognizing the need to feel a great importance in teaching our grandchildren about different cultures, as we want them to grow up with the understanding, respect, and appreciation of every person and culture they meet. And as the language of music transcends cultures and borders, it serves as an excellent way to engage our children to encourage their children to expose them to global diversity.

I’ve been asked my Mom Central to review the Baby Einstein World Music DVD.  As a new Grandmom, I became familiar with Baby Einstein when ‘Lil Moomette was first born.  Grandma and Grandpa gave her a 21-set of their DVD’s as a Christmas present. I quickly discovered that the new moms of today place a great emphasis on such important lessons, and was excited to find out that Baby Einstein created World Music, an interactive product line of DVDs, music CDs, books, and toys. World of Music encourages parents and little ones to foster a lifelong love of music as well as an appreciation for diverse cultures from around the world.

The Baby Einstein World Music DVD will launch on March 31, 2009.  You can get a sneek peek Baby Einstein at their website.

Put the Baby Einstein World Music DVD on your own baby shower registry, or let someone else to know to put it on theirs!  As a Baby Boomer Grandmom, I also think it’s the perfect gift to give or keep one on-hand for when the little ones vist! WAHM home daycare providers or homeschooling moms take note too!

For More Information: Baby Einstein

Review courtesy of Mom Central.

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My faithful readers know I keep singing the praises of Twitter and all the wonderful, resourceful Mompreneurs and Mommy Bloggers that I’ve met through that new Social Media phenomena. I’ve also made some terrific contacts through the other social networking sites I belong to.

Dara Blaker, President of Helpful Hallie’s has contacted me to review a new product called Mighty Miracle Mist.

When my youngest daughter was a toddler, her bedroom was over the garage. We live in an old New England town, and our house has quite a bit of … character. Each night in order to get Pumpkin to get to sleep, we had to spray the half closets with “closet monster spray.” I guess we were ahead of the curve ~ even then!

Mighty Miracle Mist takes that thought one step further, and improves on it by offering a product that:

…[P]uts the principal of redirection into action. Redirection means, “to send in a new direction or course.” When working with children, instead of always saying “No” or “Don’t Do That or offering a threat of punishment, children are given an instruction in order to change their behavior pattern.

Children can be positively redirected to behave appropriately using Mighty Miracle Mist.

I received four 2-oz. Spray bottles entitled “Good Thinking & Pay Attention; Good Night; Cooperation & Sharing and; Kind Voice & Good Manners.”

Each bottle has a different color identifier, adorned with a cute Teddy Bear.

Ingredients are identified as: Purified Water, Safe and Non-Toxic Plastic Confetti. One can see the plastic confetti in the bottle which makes it look attractive.  Instructions caution to “spray the air, not the child” to reinforce the expected behavior.  However, once sprayed in the air, we weren’t able to see the confetti, but mentioned it was like “fairy dust, and magical.”

The product is recommended for children ages 3-6.

Made in the U.S.A.

The product is useful for for parents, teachers, homeschooling and caregivers ~ as a Grandmom, that means me too!

Visit Mighty Miracle Mist for more information.

Moomettesgram’s Musings is hosting a Giveaway Contest!  For a chance to win Mighty Miracle Mist:

Leave a Comment on this post after visiting Mighty Miracle Mist and let me know why you’d like to win Mighty Miracle Mist.

Now for extra entries (each task will get you 1 extra entry):
~Subscribe to my blog through my feedburner link (on the top of my left column)
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~Blog about the contest on your blog, linking back to my blog and the post.
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Make sure you comment separately for each task after the required entry task so you will get credit for each one ~ and leave your e-mail where you can be contacted.

This contest will run until November 26 at approximately 11:00 pm.  Winners to be chosen at random. US & Canada Residents only.

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I’m delighted to announce that Kim, from What’s That Smell, has won my first Moomette’s Best WAHM Site Award!

Kim is one terrific gal, and I happened on her blog one day through Entrecard dropping. This mommy really has it together, and has only recently begun to blog.

Kim is actually part of a duo – as the URL is “Accidental Mommies,” but further goes on to describe the blog as:

We call ourselves “accidental” mommies because neither of us are typical mommy material. In fact, many years ago we used to joke that there were 2 kinds of women – “real girls” and “not real girls”. We fit into the “not real girls” category and were quite proud of it. As fairly successful women in a male dominated career field, we wore slacks instead of skirts, we shunned make-up and chick-flicks and were in many ways grown up tom-boys.

I belong to The Mom Pack, a terrific networking resource for WAHMs. Many of the Mom Packers have been inquiring about finding out information on working from home and doing Paid Surveys. (Kim said she’s applied to become a Mom Packer.)

What drew me to Kim’s blog intitially, was the fact that it had the most well-researched, credible series on Paid Surveys that I have seen. Here was a valuable list, and How-To, and surveys that an actual Mom had put together. She wasn’t attempting to get you hooked into anything, but rather, was laying out the groundwork for you to make your own decisions on the Survey for Profit process.

Additionally, Kim covers such topics as giveaways; funny stuff; mom resources; parenting; homeschooling; cooking and recipies – and just about anything else that you could want to know!

Please visit What’s That Smell ~ and I’m sure you’ll agree that this wonderful blog is well deserving of the Best WAHM Site Award as well as any awards that will be given to it!

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