Keep Learning During Breaks From School With LeapStart

March is National Reading Month, Spring Break and soon the Easter holidays. Although you will have planned family activities, why not keep learning in this off-time from school? Whether your child is in preschool, kindergarten or the primary grades, LeapStart Interactive Learning Systems will keep the "learning" during your holiday breaks.  

Jam-packed with school and life skills for curious 2-7 year olds, the LeapStart activity books are designed to help build key skills and challenge kids to get ready for their next step in learning. The system works with a library of 16 re-playable activity books that get kids excited about a multitude of concepts from the ABCs, numbers, shapes and colors to reading, writing, social skills, science, technology, engineering, math and many more. Both LeapStart platforms work with all four levels of activity books for complete interchangeability and ability to find just the right level for each set of skills.

The LeapStart interactive learning systems include a portable kid-tough device with a downloadable Parent Guide that fosters the development of kids ages 2-7 with tips, tricks, and activities that parents and kids can do together. Each system comes with a sampler book: Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten designed for the younger platform and Kindergarten and 1st Grade designed for the older platform. Availability LeapStart Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten system (MSRP $39.99, ages 2-4) and LeapStart Kindergarten & 1^st Grade system (MSRP $39.99, ages 5-7) as well as the 16 LeapStart Activity books (MSRP $12.99 each, ages 2-7) are available at major retail locations and online in the U.S.

I love this toy as you can upgrade with a variety of additional booklets (each sold separately) engaging your child in learning and stepping up to new skills. LeapStart is coming into my home for the spring holidays and continued use during the long summer months. Learning can be fun with the right tools -- from simple problems to critical thinking and even STEM learning. I thank LeapFrog for making such an innovative learning toy.

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Until later -- Happy Parenting,

Tania  :)

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Take Time to Read on a Winter Day

Whether you are by the fireside or poolside, nothing beats a good book on a winter’s day. For children in the north, it’s fun reading about experiences in the snow and cold, however, for children in the south, they can read about what they are missing and have fun too through the magic of books.

Here are a few books to try:

• A Really Good Snowman by Daniel J. Mahoney (Clarion)
• Winter’s Gift written and illustrated by Jane Monroe Donovan (Sleeping Bear Press)
• Snowball Fight by Jimmy Fallon (Dutton Children’s Books)
• Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester (Houghton Mifflin)
• Robert’s Snow by Grace Lin (Viking)
• The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming (Henry Holt & Co.)
• It’s Winter (Celebrate the Seasons) by Linda Glaser (Millbrook Press)
• Winter Friends by Carl R. Sams & Jean Stoick (Carl R. Sams II Photography)
• Dream Snow by Eric Carle (Philomel)
• The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett (Putnam Juvenile)

Find these books and more about winter on Amazon.com.

Do you feel like making some snowmen crafts? Check out these fun ideas!

I hope you and your children enjoy these winter books and craft suggestions. Please feel free to comment below and add some of your wintry favorites.

(Books first posted on Caring for Kids/ EverydayTLC by Tania Cowling)