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I’m excited today to share my thoughts on another great 2012 product from my favorite school supply company Learning Resources. The particular product is called the Letter Construction Activity Set which is recommended for children ages 3-7 years old. I’ve been using this set with both my 4 year old and my 1 1/2 year old and am liking it for many reasons in which I’ll specify below.

The Letter Construction Activity Set is like no other that I’ve seen on the market. This set comes with 88 large child friendly plastic pieces that can be easily snapped together to make every letter of the alphabet both upper and lowercase! The colorful pieces store easily snapping into each other and makes for keeping things tidy in the classroom without any worry of lost parts. The number of pieces makes this set large enough to use with four children at one time and that’s a great bonus in any classroom.

The set also comes with 13 double sided activity cards which instruct children in which way they can create the letters showing what pieces and how the finished letter should look. There is also a great many suggest activities in which you can do in your classroom with your students such as Letter Matching ( matching the uppercase letter with the lower case), Beyond Letters ( an activity that encourages children construct something other than letters with the pieces), and so on.

My daughter sat for one day discovering and learning how she could make letters but she wasn’t just limited and went on to even making a few numbers and then hearts and flowers! At first she had a little trouble taking the pieces apart but within 10-15 minutes of using these she has had no issues at all.

The possibilities are endless with the Letter Construction Activity Set! It is great for brain stimulation, developing fine motor skills, problem solving, letter recognition, and pre-writing skills. Even my 1 1/2 year old son was getting on in the action. He’s learning his alphabet now so he was pretty excited to see us building letters and he called out what they were! Pretty soon he’ll be able to build them on his own too with this set!

There’s nothing we don’t love about the Letter Construction Activity Set from Learning Resources, in fact, we highly recommend it! It’s durable, long lasting, and sure to be loved by any child and by any teacher looking out for the best interest of their students.

You can purchase the Letter Construction Activity Set for $39.99 on the Learning Resource Website.

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Learning Resources Shape Sorting Presents set is a great tool to add to any classroom for children ages three years old and up! This particular set comes with 96-pieces which includes 6 shape shorting presents each representing its own shape, 90 shape sorting cards, and a very helpful suggested activities guide.

My daughter whom is almost four years old is really enjoying this set. We’ve made up several games of our own and I used the suggested activities guide to easily plan out our weekly homeschooling day. This set is very eye catching! Each shape sorting present box features boldly represents its particular shape with colorful patterns that are perfect to keep the attention of young children. The lids of each box are also removable and make for storing and and keeping things organized away in our classroom a cinch!

The 90 shape sorting cards included feature real-life images to help children recognize shapes around them. For instance on one of the circle cards, there is a picture of a bright yellow button and on one of the square cards, there’s a picture of a slice of white bread. On one of the oval cards is a picture of a very colorful Easter egg and so on.

The set itself is very durable and I imagine will last for a very long time. The quality of this product is  highly appealing as I plan on using this for my son when he’s the right age for it. Overall, the Shape Sorting Presents set helps children to recognize several different shapes, learn about grouping , practice sorting skills, and  much more! I would highly recommend it!

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If you are a fan of Dr. Seuss, there’s no doubt that you haven’t heard of “The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That” which is currently airing on PBS and a few episodes can be seen on Netflix. And just in case you didn’t know and the plain fact your kids may not be getting enough of the cat, it’s good to know there are DVD’s featuring multiple episodes available for purchase on DVD through nCircle Entertainment.

My children have been enjoying the latest collection of “The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That” DVD called “Surprise, Little Guys”. This DVD’s runtime is 75 minutes and features the five following episodes: Super Secret Digger, Night Lights, Along Came a Spider, Teeny Weeny Adventure, and Hold on Tight.

I love the educational aspect of The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, teaching science in a fun friendly child format! All the episodes are packed with great facts and fun songs. My children love the songs and I have even been caught singing some of the songs featured in the shows myself!

This is a fun collection that will teach your children how earthworms help the flowers to grow, how babies birds take flight, and so much more!

What are you waiting for? You children will be swept away into the world of shrinkamadoodles, thing 1, thing 2, a silly cat, the adventures of two fun loving kids, and be inspired to look at the world around them in a whole new light!

Buy it: You can purchase Cat in the Hat: Surprise Little Guys on Amazon.com for $9.49 right now and it’s eligible for free shipping!

Get Connected: Be sure to check out the other Cat in the Hat DVD’s as well as other great show and movie titles available at nCircle Entertainment.

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