EasyRead Past & To Rainbow Watch Review

Telling the time, it's a skill that we all need to learn but it isn't the easiest thing to teach. I remember when I was little my mum buying me my first watch, it had a red strap and the numbers on the dial were blue, I was so proud to be more 'grown up' because my older brother already had a watch and I wanted to be just like him. The trouble was that even though it was a child's watch, it still wasn't the clearest when trying to decipher what past the hour and to the hour was.

Fast forward twenty seven years and EasyRead have come up with a range of clocks, watches and alarm cocks that can help children learn to tell the time in a way that takes the stress out of the process for both the kids and the parents who are trying to teach them.

Mathematics Flash Cards Review

It's funny, I always excelled at maths over English yet my kids seem to be the total opposite, maybe that's where they take after their dad? However one this made one of my latest review offerings extremely apprpriate. I was offered the chance to review a set of mathematics flash cards.

This set is priced at £5.99 for 57 cards. These cards aim to make learning about numbers fun rather than a daunting task.

Keeping Active With The LeapBand

You may remember a couple of months back that I wrote a post introducing one of the latest products from LeapFrog, the LeapBand and I promised you guys a review

Well I'm happy to tell you that we have been putting the LeapBand through it's paces and I'm finally ready to share with you all what the girls and I made of it.

For those of you that haven't heard of the LeapBand yet, let me give you a little more info :

It is the first wearable activity tracker for children, designed to not only get them learning but to keep them active whilst having fun too. It combines virtual pet play with physical activities and even doubles up as a watch!!

We received the LeapBand in pink but it is also available in green, blue and orange as well, making it suitable for boys and girls.

Poo! What Is That Smell? Book Review

When I was asked to review this book, I had to admit the child in me had a bit of a chuckle at the title.

Poo! What Is That Smell? is written by Glenn Murphy who also wrote the best selling book, Why Is Snot Green, this book is an entertaining way of looking at and understanding everything you need to know about the five senses.

Glenn Murphy has a masters in Science Communication from London's Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine so he really does know what he is talking about.

I would say this book is aimed at children maybe 6 and upwards, It answers many questions such as : why some smells make us feel sick, how sharks smell blood underwater and why bats use their ears for radar. All done in a funny and fascinating way whilst remaining educational.

The book is bought to life by the clever and sometimes amusing illustrations drawn by Lorna Murphy, Glenn's sister.

The picture below explains just what is inside your ear :

Broken down into five chapters : sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. The whole book flows nicely and remains fun throughout whilst your child is given the chance to learn things and get answers to questions they may not have though to ask.

I gave this book to my seven year old daughter to read and she was very impressed by it. It was lovely to hear her laughing away at certain parts and she was very keen to tell me what she had learnt once she had finished the book.

If your kids are dying to know which animals have the biggest eyes, why spiders make webs and the most important question why do sweaty socks smell so stinky? Then this is definitely the book for them. It is nice to see a book that can be educational without seeming boring.

Priced at a very reasonable £5.99, I would highly recommend going out and buying this book. We are now looking to buy other books from Glenn Murphy, the one my daughter picked out was, Does Farting Make You Faster. She has a mind like her fathers!!!

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Disclaimer : This book was sent to me free of charge for reviewing purposes however all thoughts and opinions are my own.