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Hot Dots Junior Set by Educational Insights

Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Educational Insights based out of 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 

New Sprouts Serve It! Play Dishes Set from Learning Resources

Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Learning Resources who makes a wide variety of educational toys and games for children. When you visit the Learning Resources web site…you can shop as a Parent or as a Teacher. Furthermore, you can 

GeoSafari Plankton Net by Educational Insights

GeoSafari Plankton Net by Educational Insights

Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Educational Insights based out of 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 children love to learn when you make that learning experience fun!

When you visit the Educational Insights online web site you will find that it’s really easy to navigate. The web site has three tabbed categories which are the sections for Parents, Teachers and Classroom Jeopardy. Since I am a mother and grandmother…I could spend hours just browsing around their parent’s section of the web site. In addition, purchasing educational toys and games for my 3 yr. old Little G is important to me as I want her to be learning while having fun playing.

Our Review: We received the GeoSafari Plankton Net from Educational Insights to review for you. This product is for children ages 8 and up, but younger children could use it with close adult supervision.

Product Description: Get up close & personal with microscopic aquatic specimens! Millions of plankton live in ponds, lakes and in ocean water. Take a closer look with the GeoSafari Plankton Net! Toss the net into any body of water and sweep back and forth to collect the plankton. Life the next to examine them in the transparent bottle underneath or remove the bottle and attach the lid to share with friends!

The set includes: The removable transparent bottle with attachment cap & magnfication spots, the mesh plankton net which has sturdy handles and a tow rope attachment ring and the set comes with a laminated waterproof plankton identification chart for fresh and salt water species.

I will admit upfront that we have not used this product. I have taken it out of the box, inspected it and looked it over really well. We live in the city so I am not near a lake, pond, stream, river or ocean. With that said, we do own a condo down at the Jersey Shore and go down to the beach several times a year.

We will be taking this product with us down to the beach the beginning of August and teaching Little G how to catch Plankton. I have reviewed numerous products for Educational Insights over the past 1 1/2 years and I have never been disappointed with any of them, ever! We are huge fans of their products and when I am not reviewing them, I am buying them!

You can purchase the Educational Insights GeoSafari Plankton Net at Amazon for a really great price! If you have kids who love to spend time near a creek, river, lake, pond or at the beach, this would make a great item for them! It’s fun to use and educational too!

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Disclaimer: Shelly has personally reviewed the product listed above. Shelly has not received any monetary compensation for her review. Shelly did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.  Please read our Terms of Service & Disclaimer Policy before entering our giveaways. Thanks! This giveaway is not affiliated in any way with Facebook or Google+.

GeoSafari Jr. Talking Bug Net by Educational Insights

GeoSafari Jr. Talking Bug Net by Educational Insights

Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Educational Insights based out of 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 

New Sprouts Munch It! Play Food Set from Learning Resources

Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Learning Resources who makes a wide variety of educational toys and games for children. When you visit the Learning Resources web site…you can shop as a Parent or as a Teacher. Furthermore, you can 

Multi-Media Kid’s Photo Clock by Zazoo Kids

Multi-Media Kid’s Photo Clock by Zazoo Kids

Kid's Photo Clock by Zazoo Kids

Today I have a really cool kid’s product to introduce you to called a Photo Clock by Zazoo Kids. This is no ordinary kid’s clock, this is a multi-media kid’s photo clock that features a photo alarm, naptime setting, rotating photo frame, alarm clock, plays music, video, has a regular clock and a calendar. Wow!

Seriously, I have never seen a kid’s clock like this one and it does so much! This product is so fantastic that it recently received the 2011 Winner Awards from both The National Parenting Center and the Parent Tested Parent Approved organizations. With winning pretigous awards like that, you know this is something special!

The Zazoo Photo Clock:

* Core idea: To show children visually when it is time to stay in bed or get up to start their day.
* Convenient naptime setting – use for naps, homework or reading in bed!
* Personalizing the photo alarm images is very easy to do + there are personalized images available for immediate download on Zazookids.com.
* Years of use: The multimedia features including alarm clock, digital photo grame, music, audio-book and video playback ensure that this clock will grow with your child. It comes with 11 built-in tunes from amazing artists such as King Pajama, Milkshake and Little Miss Ann.

You can check out all of the Features of the Zazoo Photo Clock for yourself, I guarantee you will be super impressed!

This is truly the solution for young children who wake up too early! When it’s time to get up, there is a day-time “awake” photo that displays to indicate to your child that it is time to start the day and that it’s okay to get up. There is a night-time “sleep” photo that displays to assure the child that it is now time to rest. I love that!

Zazoo Kids Clock

As you all know, we have a 3 year old grand daughter who spends a lot of time with us. Our schedule varies a lot due to her being at her parent’s house, our house and then of course spending 8 hours a day, 4 days a week at Preschool. All of us have and keep different schedules. When she is with us, she had a hard time distinguishing when it was time to get up, time to take a nap, time to go to bed, etc. With that said, we have now solved that problem with this wonderful kid’s clock!

Once it arrived we immediately took it out of the box and read all of the directions. My hubby decided to personalize it by extracting some photos from our digital camera and putting the memory card into this kid’s photo clock. We had photos of Little G during the daytime and photos of her actually laying down and napping so we decided to put them into the clock to help her distinguish the time of day. In addition, I think it helped her to grasp the concept a lot quicker since the majority of photos hubby put on the memory card were actually of her. (a few others are of us, her dog and her parents).

The clock has a nice sized screen so your child can definitely see the photos and the time of day. (she is only 3 so she doesn’t read time yet) but since we used photos of her being awake and photos of her sleeping, she does grasp that really well! It’s very slim and compact in it’s design so it fits nicely on the bedside table or on a shelf/bookcase. There is a little easel stand on the back which I really like that as there is nothing to hang onto your walls or to damage your furniture.

We have been using this product for a week now to help Little G to distinguish the time of day and when she should be up and roaring to go and for when she should be lying down and resting. It has help us tremendously with both of those aspects! It is an extremely well-made clock (she knocked it over with her Nerf ball and it did no damage to it at all!).

I am really looking forward to continuing using it with her and changing up the settings, features and personalization as she ages so that she will grasp the concept of this very cool clock even more! If you are a parent, daycare provider or grandparent like myself, I think you would absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this kid’s clock!

I am going to rate this kid’s clock a 10 stars out of 10 stars on my rating scale. It is extremely well-made, very functional & educational, decorative to look at, easy to program and use and it is priced right at only $89.99. Now some of you might be saying that is too expensive for a kid’s clock but let me tell you, this product is a lot more than just a clock or alarm clock! It is also a digital photo frame and it plays music! Did I tell you that I love it yet? Well, I do and I highly recommend it to all of you!

Thank you Zazoo Kids for sending us the photo clock to review for all of our readers! This is a wonderful product!!!

Disclaimer: Shelly has personally reviewed the product listed above. Shelly has not received any monetary compensation for her review. Shelly did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ. Two Classy Chics is not responsible for delivery of any giveaway items won from this blog. We are not responsible for injury or mis-use of any products won from the Two Classy Chics Blog. Please read our Terms of Service & Disclaimer Policy before entering our giveaways. This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook or Google+ in any way. Thanks!

GeoSafari Laptop Jr. Child’s Laptop by Educational Insights

GeoSafari Laptop Jr. Child’s Laptop by Educational Insights

Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Educational Insights based out of 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 

AeroSpin Yo-Yo from Aerobie

Remember not long ago we had a giveaway for the Megatop spinning top? Well this time we have a new product called the AeroSpin yo-yo, another advanced Aerobie product that will be great fun for your family. I received the AeroSpin yo-yo from Aerobie and