Showing posts with label Alpha Catch Review Giveaway Educational Insights. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Creative Steps {Review} #KarmaMedia


I am someone who loves magazines and can never stops buying them for myself. So now my son has started to pick up my habit and when we go to the stores he always wants to look at the magazines.

He loved car books but I have been showing him, there is all types of magazines he would like if he would take the time to look. So when the two books I got from Creative Steps came in I was so excited to sit down and share them with him.

We spent hours looking through them and deciding on things we can do. I can tell you these are a new favorite in our house. The covers of the books are so appealing and Charlie loves all the pictures that fill the inside of the books. I have even found him sitting down and reading them to his self which is nice.

Another feature of the book I like is that it shows items we can do for crafts in his school as I am going to start working with him on a daily basis as he can not attend school right now as he is too young.
One of my favorite projects that I saw was the Cling Film Painting as Charlie has been asking to paint everyday and so this will be something new we can do as a family.

Another feature I like, is that they offer a list of books I can get for Charlie and a lot of these are new and not ones I had heard of and so this will turn into a trip to the library for us, which is one of our favorite things to do.

Another site of the magazine I like is that the ads that are included are for things I can actually use with my son such as Tidy Books http://www.tidy-books.com as it would be neat to have a shelf in his room that he knows are his for his books and they would not be stacked in the closet which makes it hard to get to them.

Another thing I can say is if I was a teacher in a school or a day care is that I would want the staff to have these books in the supply room so we could all use them, as there is so many items in here that we would never have to wonder about what we would do with the children. I also like the fact that you can subscribe to them.

WIN AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OF 
Creative Steps
A fantastic magazine packed with easy, fun projects and
activities … an excellent source of inspiration for primary school teachers,
classroom assistants, childminders & nannies, nursery teachers, playgroup
and pre-school organisers, home educators, Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Scouting
leaders and, of course, parents and grandparents!

Visit their website
0 - 5 years 
Concentrating on texture and sensory
stimulation, projects in this group include:
mobile

treasureUSE YOUR LOAF! - Take some slices of white bread and transform them
into a colourful mobile.




 JEWELLED TREASURE - Make your own treasure trove using paper plates, sweet
wrappers and tin foil!

5 - 7 years

Fun crafting projects to make with children
in Key Stage 1, include:
hat

HATS OFF FOR
ROLE-PLAY! - Six great hat ideas to give your role-play sessions       a headstart!


cupcake
VANILLA CUPCAKES -
The prettiest cupcakes you’ve ever seen - perfect for a Mother’s Day tea. 

7 - 11 years

Great ideas for older kids to make and do:
ballerina
FIREBIRD BALLERINA - A beautiful, step-by-step art project
using a number of different techniques including drawing, painting and
collage.
mirror
MIRROR IMAGE -
Decorate a little mirror and turn it into a colourful gift for Mother’s
Day.


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As a member of Karma Media I received this product from Creative Steps in hopes of obtaining a review. All opinions are 100% my own.

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For annual subscription of online version -
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Using Coinstar to Withdraw Funds from My Paypal Account, So Easy!

I have used Coinstar many times to cash in our spare change as I am
sure you have. But did you know you can use Coinstar to access your Paypal
account? You can add funds with coins and cash directly to your Paypal
account. You can also withdraw funds from Paypal right there at your local
Coinstar machine!

It is so easy to use this Paypal service at Coinstar. To try it out we
headed to Brookshire's. Brookshire's is a local grocery store. Yes, I know
I cut off the B...oops!


To use the machine to withdraw funds you simply choose the Paypal option and
then choose which function you want to use. I'm going to be withdrawing
funds from Paypal. That's Jeremy's hand...not mine!


After that you simply enter the email address you use with your Paypal
account and then your password when prompted. Once you have done that it
will tell you the fees and restrictions.

One thing that I wish was different is that service fee. I think it is a
bit much and would definitely keep my use of this feature to a minimum.
Also the maximum withdraw limit is a little low in my opinion. I hope that
Paypal will lower that fee to be more comparable to using my banks ATM.
That only runs me $1.50.

When you enter your withdraw amount it tells you the total with fees included.


Once you have done this it will print out two receipts. One is for your own
records and the other is your voucher. You take the voucher to customer
service and they give you your money.


It's all super simple and is a convenient option.

You can view all the steps that I took like entering my account info, fine
print reading, etc over on my Google+ album.

You can learn more by following
Coinstar and Paypal on Facebook and
Twitter:

I have been paid (at Coinstar’s request) to try and blog about

Coinstar’s products/services as part of a Collective Bias shopper insights study.
All opinions are my own. #PayPalCoinstar #CBias



Posted courtesy of  Not So Average Mama 

Saturday, February 11, 2012

February Frenzy 2/29

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Monday, October 10, 2011

Alpha Catch - Educational Insights Review

<br><i>Fast-action phonics fun!</i><br><br>

Alpha Catch is the fast-paced, physical way to practice letter names and sounds. Kids take turns tossing self-stick balls, catching them with the sticky catcher's mitts, and playing fun phonics games about the letters on each ball. It's a phonemic awareness home run!
Games include:
  • Letter Line Up - "What letter is that?"
  • Ace the Sound - "What sound does that letter make?"
  • Beginning Sounds Catch - "Say a word that begins with that sound!"
  • Ending Sounds Catch - "Say a word that ends with that sound!"
  • Middle Sounds Catch - "Say a word that has that sound in the middle!"
  • Word Catch - "Can you make a word with the letters you caught?"
  • Round Robin Play - "All questions above are asked as a group of kids tosses and catches the balls
           Charlie is in Pre School this year and so I wanted to try this out with him as he is learning his ABC's and
            this has been a big help. We even took it to school to share with the teacher and she fell in Love with
           it. If you have a child who Loves sports and is having trouble learning then I would suggest you try it.      

Ages: 4+/ Grades: Pre-K+
Like the Alpha Catch ? Stay tuned for a giveaway from Educational Insights and Mommies Point of View .