Welcome to the Learning Can Be Fun With Toys Giveaway!
Hosted by Mommies Point of View, Daddy & Sons View Point
Children love to play. I believe that they learn best when they learn through play. I choose toys for my kids based on both their educational and entertainment values. There are so many educational toys on the market. Finding the best ones through trial and error would be a daunting task, and financially infeasible for most of us. Honest reviews from other parents could really help us out. Better yet, you could win a bunch of mom and dad tested/approved toys for free! Read on--
One very lucky winner will receive ALL these cool prizes!
#1: 50 cars from Dallas Vintage Toys (ARV $49.95)
#2: Teaching Tiles™ Early Learning Tiles Beginning Reading Center (ARV $49.99)
#3: Phonics Firefly (ARV $49.99)
We'd like to thank "Early Learning Center" and "Dallas Vintage Toys" for providing these toys and learning tools!
About the prizes:
The Dallas Vintage Toys are not just for play. Their cars can be used to teach preschoolers numbers, colors, sorting and counting.
The Teaching Tiles ready-made center reinforces 8 beginning reading skills for children ages 4-7.
- Targets initial and final consonants, short vowels, beginning word building and sentence building, rhyming, vocabulary and comprehension
- Provides a child-friendly center space with easy-grip chunky tiles and work tray that holds components firmly in place so children can focus on their tasks
- Encourages independent learning with self-checking activities
- Includes 100 plastic tiles, 50 Activity Cards with real-life photography, Teacher’s Guide with scope and sequence of skills, and sturdy plastic work tray with built-in storage for tiles
The Phonics Firefly is a very cute toy that not only teaches little ones how to read but also how to spell.
Youngsters will love learning phonics with lights, sounds and digital speech! The friendly firefly introduces letter recognition with the alphabet song. Mode 2 teaches the names of letters, then mode 3 quizzes letter recognition. Mode 4 teaches the soundalphabet: 'The sound of +b' is /b/ as in bear.' Then mode 5 quizzes letter sounds. Mode 6 introduces simple three-letter words. In mode 7, students make their own words. Phonics Firefly's word bank speaks nearly every three-letter word in the English language! Includes built-in speaker with volume control and automatic shut-off. Includes four AA batteries.
Giveaway ends on 9/19 and is open to US residents 18+ only. Please enter via the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
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Disclosure: I received no compensation for this publication. icefairy's Treasure Chest is not responsible for prize fulfillment.
I had never thought of it but, any way to teach kids works for me.
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I love using toys to teach. You can help develop verbal skills, hand eye coordination, teach so many concepts.
ReplyDeletemarypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
I always thought that learning is the purpose of toys.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you toys can be a learning tool for kids in a lot of respects.
ReplyDeleteLearning is so much easier when it is fun - so any games, educational tools etc is great.
ReplyDeleteyes i believe you can
ReplyDeleteI always use toys to gain my nephews interest in learning.
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I don't like to buy a toy unless it has some kind of learning or activty purpose~
ReplyDeleteI learned to use toys as learning tools after taking Special Education in college and working with children in a therapeutic riding program. Toys can be an excellent resource of teachers. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I agree! Toys are, not only fun, but good practice. From building motor skills and recognition in babies, to building up cognitive thinking in older kids :) They can be great in a lot of ways and being fun just makes kids want to do them more :)
ReplyDeleteI am of "the old school" type. I firmly believe that "play" is learning and shaping young pliable minds!
ReplyDeleteSo, when kids play- they are always learning something! The make-believe toys are super! When kids use their imagination, they learn to entertain themselves, and not "be" entertained.
And to think to solve problems. So, yes, toys can be used to learn things!
Even blocks at a young young age, they are teaching themselves patterns, motor skills, etc.
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would definitely make learning more fun
ReplyDeleteSome toys and TV shows can make learning fun and easier.
ReplyDeletei believe this is a great concept i have an autistic son this will captivate his attention just love this
ReplyDeleteToys are a great idea for learning tools. Anything that piques a child's interest should be used as a gateway for learning!
ReplyDeleteI think it's brilliant to make educational toys that kids actually want to play with... It makes them learn with out feeling the stress of learning
ReplyDeleteI teach my kids with toys everyday. One of my favorites is the Melissa and Doug shape sorting clock
ReplyDeletei think it's a great idea
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree! We have found many toys to make learning fun for our 3yr old son. He's a very active boy, so when we use things he already enjoys using, like blocks, cars & bead counters... we have half the battle licked!
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I completely agree! I have always used toys and little things around the house to help my daughter. Will do the same with my son when he is a bit older.
ReplyDeleteI think toys are a super toy to get kids to learn and they don't even realize they are!
ReplyDeleteardy22 at earthlink dot net
I'm all for it. I think any toy can be used to learn. You could set up a shop w/ Barbie acessories to tech kids about money management. YOu could set up a ramp jump w/ toy cars to teach about angles. You could pretend to fix "injured" stuffed animals. The list goes on and on!
ReplyDeleteI use all kinds of toys and little candies to help teach.Three of my four children have learning obstacles and hands on works better with them.I learned a trick years ago of making letters out of play doh to help teach them and it works great.I home school all of them so we come up with some creative ways to learn.
ReplyDeleteI have used toys to teach my down syndrome daughter and its helped her to talk and eye coordination..
ReplyDeleteChildren learn through play, and I always try to find educational toys for my kids, as well as using toys to teach them.
ReplyDeletecincyangel5 at yahoo dot com
We use Montessori philosophy for learning, simply Play!
ReplyDeleteI do use toys a lot in math with my kids and they really enjoy it and don't always realize that they are learning too. wilcarvic
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I love the idea of learning toys as a learning tool. For me, anything that gets a child excited to learn, is a good thing! (well, aside from the dangerous or inappropriate)
ReplyDeleteI think it's a great way to teach
ReplyDeleteeducational toys are the best! I definitely think children can learn easier.
ReplyDeleteI have used some toys as learning devices for children but guess i have ignored some of the best ones
ReplyDeleteI think its great also when a child has fun learning it makes them want to learn all the more
ReplyDeleteI always thought about the learning aspect of the toys for my kids. As they got older, in their teens, it was more for fun.
ReplyDeleteToys are a great way to get kids interested in learning something
ReplyDeleteI think every kid learns differently so if it helps and makes things fun for them than it might be better!
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my oldest has a autism and we used anything we could, including toys, to teach her to read and write
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