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Imagine

June 12, 2008 by Janice

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I love to watch his mind work. He furrows his brow and paces. Often he talks to himself too.

His favorite imaginary game is fort building. After he constructs his stronghold, he creates detailed plots as he wages war from behind his walls of furniture and blankets.

But I have to admit, sometimes it gets a little inconvenient to have the couch constantly torn apart and blankets strewn about the family room.

So when Education.com offered to send Jackson a Cranium Super Fort (and to sponsor a giveaway of course!) I jumped on it.

It’s a perfect way to keep Jackson dreaming up his own unique designs, but with less damage to my furniture.

To say that it was a hit with Jackson, is an understatement. He loves it. Loves it more than ice cream. (And my kid loves ice cream!)

Don’t believe me? Listen in…

“Jackson it is time to get going to the Ice Cream Party at Ready to Read.”

“This matters more than ice cream! I am not that into ice cream.”

“Umm… Jackson we gotta go…you know? Friends… ice cream… You have been talking about this party for days!”

“Uh uh – nothing is funner than this.”

“Come on Jackson, we gotta go…”

“Uh uh – I am not leaving my new toy.”

“Jackson we have to get to the party.”

“I don’t care about an ice cream party – it is not funner than this toy. Just look at my creation.”

Yes, creative play can even entice a six year old away from an ice cream party!

I finally did drag him away from his fort. Cruel mom forcing her child to go eat ice cream.

But when he came home, he was right back in there having a blast. Julia came over too and they had the best time making up stories in his fort.

I just love it when our kids have so much fun being kids. Play is their work. And I want to do all I can as a mom to encourage my kids to keep building their imaginations and challenging their minds. Do you need convincing? Just read this article from the experts at Education.com, “What’s the Case for Make Believe.”

Cranium Super Fort wasn’t the only great find that came out of this review for me. I am so excited to find Education.com. I am going to be using tons of their activities with my kids!

The next one I am going to do with Jackson is this Crack the Code! A Spelling Challenge. Jackson will have so much fun, he won’t even realize that he is learning!

UPDATE: I was so excited about the Crack the Code! A Spelling Challenge that today for Jackson’s play date I used the secret code game and made a treasure hunt with it. The boys had to crack the codes to find the next clues until they finally got to the “treasure” – a bag of microwave popcorn. (Jackson loves the microwave kind but I usually serve air popped. So for Jackson, microwave popcorn is exciting!)

The boys had a fantastic time, screaming with enthusiasm as they decoded each clue and then reached their treasure. What an easy, fun way to entertain six year old boys – and they were learning while they played. Thanks Education.com!

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128 Comments

  1. kathleen harris says

    June 23, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    bounce that ball. i love math in action and this is great.

    Reply
  2. Cammie says

    June 23, 2008 at 11:54 am

    That would be so much fun! Would love to have this for my son!

    Reply
  3. dieMutti says

    June 23, 2008 at 11:36 am

    This site is great! Out of the activities I’ve looked at so far, I like the Go Label Crazy, Alphabet Photo Shoot, Lace the ABCs, and Making Rice Pictures. So many cool ideas, so little time! 🙂

    Reply
  4. cheri says

    June 23, 2008 at 11:17 am

    The outside the box life skills activities really interest me, like the middle school “filling out forms” and “middle school mumbles”

    Reply
  5. Kelly Ann T. says

    June 22, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    I liked so many of the suggestions here, the fort, cookies and the summer solstice party.

    Reply
  6. Angelica says

    June 22, 2008 at 10:18 am

    What a great prize. I hope I win!

    Reply
  7. Laurie says

    June 21, 2008 at 11:57 am

    What great ideas. Always looking for a way to increase my kindergarten students and grandchildren’s creative play.

    Reply
  8. Angela Young says

    June 20, 2008 at 10:09 am

    My son would love this!

    Reply
  9. Jeannine says

    June 18, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Bake the ABC cookies looks like fun. My little one is not old enough to crack the code yet, but it looks like fun.

    Reply
  10. Elizabeth M. says

    June 18, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    We’re definitely going to be making butter and we’ll try out that Bullseye card game too. This is such a wonderful resource. Thank you for letting us know all about it.

    Reply
  11. Shelly says

    June 18, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    Baking a berry pie

    Reply
  12. LivingforGod says

    June 18, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    We might try “Bring Ancient History to Life” because we will be studying Mystery of History this summer.

    Reply
  13. jenna says

    June 18, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    I like all the Preschool activities – Bake a Batch of Krispy Kisses, Hopped Up Hide and Seek…

    Reply
  14. Yan says

    June 18, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    My kids like imagination.

    Reply
  15. Diane says

    June 18, 2008 at 10:14 am

    What a great resource for educational items and items that make it fun to learn.

    Reply
  16. Michelle says

    June 18, 2008 at 2:11 am

    Oh how fun! Please enter me. 😀

    Reply
  17. Jessica T says

    June 18, 2008 at 12:00 am

    I’m gong to make homemade paper with my kids! That totally brought back memories of when I was a kid and my mom did it with me and my sister . . . I love those memories that you have totally forgotten about and then they pop up like it was yesterday!

    Reply
  18. Stacey says

    June 17, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Slime! Who doesn’t love slime?!

    Reply
  19. Heather J. says

    June 17, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    Thanks for the great contest! Here are some of the ones I loved:

    Pop Rocket, Crack the Code, Create A Fish Art Print, Balloon Science Experiments, and the city made of bags

    sharingmystory AT yahoo dot com

    Reply
  20. Tanya Moyer says

    June 16, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    What a great site! I love that they have very age/grade appropriate activities as I have a first and a fifth grader! I love the “Cut this Calendar” activity for my 1st grader – it looks like fun! Thanks for offering this – it’s a great giveaway!
    ~Tanya
    the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com

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  21. Melissa says

    June 15, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    My 2nd grader has been having lots of problems with learning her values of money, I love the counting mixed change activity. I would love to win the fort for my kids too!

    Reply
  22. Jennifer H. says

    June 15, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    Baking words sounds fun! My nephew would really enjoy that! I’m bookmarking this site for future use. It has so many great ideas! Thanks for the chance to win!

    Reply
  23. valmg says

    June 15, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    We could make an alphabet book and play bingo.
    My son would LOVE that fort, and would probably stop tearing apart his bed to make one.

    Reply
  24. Shay says

    June 15, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    I like the idea of A Dinner Table Study Game! My daughter maybe a little young for this, but we could start off easy.

    Reply
  25. Melissa Neece says

    June 15, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    as a previous reading specialist, and gifted and talented teacher, i think a lot of these activities are fantastic. I greatly appreciate all the different types of early literacy activities for parents. Every little bit of reading practice at home really helps us at school. Thanks for the contest, and for letting people know about such a helpful site.
    Melissa Neece
    http://melissaneece.blogspot.com (lots of pregnancy and natural living links)
    http://melissasreviews.blogspot.com (holistic reviews for the practical person)
    http://bookretrospects.blogspot.com (book reviews by a voracious reader)

    Reply
  26. Katie says

    June 15, 2008 at 9:40 am

    We will Experiment with Splashy Science. Perfect for summer!

    Reply
  27. Janet F says

    June 15, 2008 at 4:24 am

    Make Your Own Rainbow sounds like a lot of fun

    Reply
  28. Nadia says

    June 14, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    what a great site! and so much to do just under Kindergarten! Well our 3 soon to be K’s love to eat so I think we would be doing the baked words, or chocolate pretzles..but I think they would love the flapping butterflys too!

    Reply
  29. Trish says

    June 14, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    The BUMP spelling game looks like a lot of fun! Even though my son is only six, he is obsessed with letters and words.

    Reply
  30. LadySnow says

    June 14, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    I think we will make stained glass crayons. 😀

    Reply
  31. Jenn says

    June 14, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    Wow! Amazing ideas and activities!! We’d love a chance at this! I’m already hearing the “I’m Bored’s”!

    Reply
  32. TheAngelForever says

    June 14, 2008 at 11:37 am

    What a great product for kids that they can grow with for years. Other products on Education.com that I really like and think my son going into kindergarten would enjoy this summer are:

    – Bake some words
    – Alphabet hunt
    – ABC Treasure Hunt
    – Toss & Blend

    Thanks for the wonderful resource 🙂

    Reply
  33. Natalie says

    June 14, 2008 at 5:38 am

    I like the Guess My Word: Vocab Game for my second grader. Lots of great ideas.

    Reply
  34. kerri says

    June 14, 2008 at 2:05 am

    iI have bookmarked their site i have a girl going into pre school and one in kindigarden and one going in 6 th gr There is so much useful things for us and i am grateful for you posting the site thanks

    Reply
  35. Tara R. says

    June 14, 2008 at 1:05 am

    I love the treasure hunt!

    Reply
  36. Sandra says

    June 14, 2008 at 12:24 am

    I would love to check out 16 Ways to Bring Books Alive…That is the gift I would really love to give my son.

    owatz (AT) telus (DOT) net

    Reply
  37. JenniferS. says

    June 14, 2008 at 12:11 am

    wow, what a great site. I love it! My daughter would LOVE that fort and we’ll be playing the newspaper alphabet hunting game and I’ll keep searching for more. Thanks!

    Reply
  38. Terri says

    June 13, 2008 at 10:50 pm

    I love the bumpy letter activity. I have been trying to teach my daughter to recognize her letters, and she knows some of them, but not all. I can’t wait to try this.

    Reply
  39. Patty says

    June 13, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    I think we are going to work on the teen studying this summer with Kelsey my oldest. But I also think I will check out the main ideas games for my class for the fall.

    Reply
  40. Lora says

    June 13, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    Love that education.com site!! Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing that little treasure.
    I love all of their fun ways to practice the alphabet for preschoolers.

    Reply
  41. Toni says

    June 13, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    With 2 boys and a little rambocous girl we could definetly put that too good use and the site is awesome!

    Reply
  42. Amber says

    June 13, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    I will definitely use that site as a future resource! I saw many things I could use w/ my guy – the counting game, teaching the alphabet w/ dried glue, etc. Thanks for the resource! Boys and forts just go together! 🙂

    Reply
  43. Amanda says

    June 13, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    With 2 boys, we’d need the fort! There’s lots of other cool stuff too. So many I need my own personal Santa LOL.

    Reply
  44. Amber (Bringing Good Home) says

    June 13, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    My children would love the Super Fort.
    I haven’t seen Education.com but I love it! Thanks for sharing this link. There are a ton of activities I can do with my second grader to help her improve her math. I’m sure we’ll do several of them.
    I already plan on doing the Father’s Day time line for this weekend.

    Reply
  45. misty w says

    June 13, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    Count and Catch, Bump, Makins Slime, Pop Rocket, and reading and the puppets. Wow. Lots of those are great. Thanks for the tip. And thanks for the opportunity to win.

    Reply
  46. Kristinia Clos says

    June 13, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    My son loves exploring and crawling around in something like the Cranium fort so this would be very adventurous for him.

    We checked out the game and activities and this summer we’d Make a Nonsense Book, my sons love me reading to them and Go pattern hopping, be able to use some chalk out on the sidewalk since we live in Apartments!

    Reply
  47. Ally says

    June 13, 2008 at 11:45 am

    What a neat site, I plan on making the silly putty listed in 1st grade activities. I am deffinetly going back to explore a little more and will probably try several other things.
    I also like the ‘Is my child on track?’ option.

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  48. clenna in NH says

    June 13, 2008 at 11:15 am

    Wow – a great site
    One grand son is very much into crafts – making books, etc. So I would love any of those activities. He also is practicing his cursive – so the fun way to practice cursive activity is a must here. The second grandson is learning integers, fractions and story telling – so many activities to choose from. This is great.

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  49. Elaine says

    June 13, 2008 at 10:59 am

    I love the idea of baking Alphabet Cookies for my daughter too. She knows some letters, but this would engage her even more.

    Reply
  50. jodi says

    June 13, 2008 at 10:12 am

    oops…I didn’t leave which one in post #77 – sorry! I am interested in trying the “bake alphabet cookies” activity – fun & yummy!

    Reply
  51. jodi says

    June 13, 2008 at 10:10 am

    how nifty! can’t wait to check out the education link too…we’re always on the lookout for neat activities! Thanks

    Reply
  52. Alexia says

    June 13, 2008 at 9:23 am

    I love the Alphabet Photo Shoot! I had actually planned on doing that with both of my boys when they are a little older and then create an alphabet book for them! And I bookmarked the finger paint recipe because that is something I will for sure do with my boys this summer – they will love it!

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  53. Heather says

    June 13, 2008 at 8:28 am

    We are working with teaching our 3yo to read, so lots of great resources there!

    Reply
  54. Suzanne B. (Crunchy Green Mom) says

    June 13, 2008 at 12:31 am

    I know this sounds silly but, with three teenagers, and then three more kids below the age of 7, I have a range that spans all over of kids.

    However, the middle school project of “Filling out Applications” was something I realized I never taught my kids, until my oldest, now 16, started looking for a summer job.
    Luckily, Old Navy took pity on her and gave her the job on her first interview, she starts this Saturday (YAY)
    However, she was so scared and had no idea how to fill out forms or interview.

    How could I have NOT taught her that?

    It’s a mistake I won’t make again.
    This site also has alot of great articles about college and entrance information, My daughter and I are going to start some scholarship letter now, so when she graduates, she has some grants. (If she doesn’t enlist, she’s leaning towards it right now)

    As for the giveaway, I have the little ones who would lOVE to play in it. And a 13 year old son who would love to create it for his little sisters. He’s the only boy, and they look at him like he’s the greatest creator in the world!

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  55. Diana S says

    June 13, 2008 at 12:10 am

    Thanks for a great site to bookmark! My 2 yo would love the Bumpy Alphabet activity, but I know my 5 yo would be even more excited if I were to win the Cranium Super Fort– he and his sister love forts and dressing up lately!

    Reply
  56. Johanna says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    16 Ways to Bring Books Alive
    That is a GREAT site!!!!

    Reply
  57. jean says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    The bulls eye math game looks like something we could definitely try and there’s a few more that look pretty interesting as well. I will be back to t visit the site.

    Reply
  58. Sheila at Dodging Raindrops says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    The Kindergarten wind chime activity sounds like a winner for my son.

    Reply
  59. Channah says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:30 pm

    Homemade fingerpaint sounds like a blast.

    Reply
  60. Marilyn says

    June 12, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    Keep encouraging Jackson! He sound so much like my now 19 yr old who is a pre-engineering major. I believe allowing his creativity helped him so much. We homeschooled him and those afternoons were spent building around the farm or drawing plans. Creativity is important…yeah, I remember the messy living room, too. One day it’ll be clean and you’ll back on those days fondly. 😀

    Now, I think that I’ll enter the contests for some goodies for my 16 yr old special needs guy. He needs it from a therapy angle.

    Thanks for the giveaways!

    Reply
  61. SJ says

    June 12, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    My son would love the treasure hunt activity! I bet he’d enjoy building a city out of bags too – what a very cool site. Thank you so much for sharing, and thanks for the opportunity to win!

    Reply
  62. Jenn says

    June 12, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    I’m going to be busy on that website for a while now! My favorite would be the homemade sidewalk chalk. What a fun project with my kids!

    Reply
  63. mama4jc says

    June 12, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    I love that baking alphabet cookies activity! Thanks for sharing this website! 🙂

    Reply
  64. Tessa says

    June 12, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    I would love this for my sons! Thanks!

    Reply
  65. Mel says

    June 12, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    The Cranium SuperFort wins out as being the coolest toy! My kids are constantly building forts with the couches, dining room table, bunk beds, etc and they would love to have one to build together. Thanks for such a fun giveaway!!

    Reply
  66. christel says

    June 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    Shape Twister looks like fun. I think my daughter would love to play this with her daddy.

    Reply
  67. Stephanie V says

    June 12, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    How big is your bedroom? (I still struggle with measurements as an adult!), start a words I know book.

    Reply
  68. Deb - Mom of 3 Girls says

    June 12, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    There are so many great activities, but I like the Twenty Questions: The Fact or Fiction Edition, and the Make an Independence Day Word Puzzle! 🙂

    Reply
  69. kelleythejewelrylady says

    June 12, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    We are going to do the Family Mailbox. I thought it was just a cute prediliciton my little jewel had for stalking the mailman…here I find an activity that will just thrill him and maybe pick up a skill or 2 long the way!

    Reply
  70. Melanie says

    June 12, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    I was on this site the other day. I thin we’ll try the marble activity to help with counting by 5’s. Great giveaway! Thanks!

    Reply
  71. Dayna says

    June 12, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    I think my girls and I are going to make the city of bags. Fun and a great way to teach about maps.

    Reply
  72. Amy R. says

    June 12, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    Great site! I can’t wait to read the parent’s guide to 2nd grade.

    Reply
  73. Wendy says

    June 12, 2008 at 1:08 pm

    I totally enjoyed surfing through education.com. There are so many ideas to choose from! I think my 13 year old would enjoy the Homemade Soap and the Family Newspaper activities. This site is a keeper.

    Reply
  74. Beth says

    June 12, 2008 at 1:08 pm

    Oooh, I wanna make some slime!!! How fun!!!

    Reply
  75. Julie says

    June 12, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    The pop rocket and the treasure hunt are right up my boys’ alley! Thanks for the link to such a neat and useful site.

    Reply
  76. Alyssa says

    June 12, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    This looks like such a fun toy! What a great way to allow my toddler to use her imagination!

    Reply
  77. Doll Clothes Gal says

    June 12, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    This looks like a great website – thanks. Imagination is everything, don’t let it get stifled.

    Reply
  78. Shannon B. says

    June 12, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    I think I am going to try several of the activities including making our own weather calendar and the egg-cellent counting. I’m also going to work on labels for things around the house. What a great idea to help word recognition.

    Reply
  79. Zana says

    June 12, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    great website, thanks for sharing. i think we’ll do several activities from there this summer, starting with making our own weather calander!

    Reply
  80. stacey moore says

    June 12, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    my little loves would like the 16 Ways to Bring Books Alive actvity!
    thanks!
    moore.g at insideconnect.net

    Reply
  81. Jane says

    June 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    Homemade fingerpaint! I haven’t been able to find kiddy paints near where we live, so this recipe is perfect!

    Reply
  82. Michelle says

    June 12, 2008 at 11:54 am

    This is such a great site! I could have really used some of their high school activity ideas this year while homeschooling. One activity that caught my eye was “Lit’s In the Cards!” This would be a great way to review some of the summer reading my kids are doing, without making things too mundane. Thanks so much for sharing this link. I will definitely be checking it out for our next school year.

    Reply
  83. melissa says

    June 12, 2008 at 11:53 am

    We would love to make slime in this house!! Thanks for the chance to win.

    Reply
  84. Charlsie Swadley says

    June 12, 2008 at 11:47 am

    Wow great site! The ABC Treasure Hunt looks like lots of fun for my little ones!

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  85. Saly says

    June 12, 2008 at 11:13 am

    WOW, my kids sure would love that fort!!

    What a great site that is!

    Reply
  86. tnchick says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:56 am

    Make Stained Glass Crayons for one. Wow, so many neat things!!

    Reply
  87. Mama Zen says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:55 am

    I think we’ll bake some Alphabet Cookies!

    Reply
  88. Betsy says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:52 am

    The Dinner Table Study game sounds like a fun one!

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  89. TCC says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:51 am

    Wow! This causes me to imagine how many hours of fun my boys would have together. It would also be nice to let the blankets and furniture have a rest from creating their current forts. 🙂

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  90. tammy b says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:45 am

    oh my goodness, i’m so thrilled with the education.com website (thank you thank you thank you for exposing me to it!) that i don’t even care if we win anthing – although my 3 girls would love any of the giveaways.

    so, i can say with certainty that we will be building a treasure candle, skip counting, fishing for vowels, making our own rainbows, and counting mixed change.

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  91. Angela says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Building a family mailbox sounds like a great activity that my five year old would love! Thanks for the great giveaways!

    Reply
  92. Heather S says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:39 am

    Thank you so much for sharing this site!! I have a 2 1/2 year old and the lace the ABC’s will be great for him and this will be a fantastic resource for when my 6 month old twins get older! Thanks for sharing! (And doing these great giveaways!!!)

    Reply
  93. Rachel says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:39 am

    Founds some great stuff as my girl gets older, but for now (2 1/2) the things I think she would love love love are

    – making krispy kisses (she loves to cook!)
    – Bubble science (I think that one sounds super fun)
    – growing a sock garden (wow dirty socks on purpose)

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  94. LisaW says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:32 am

    Wow, this is a wonderful site! Right now my kids are really into words and letters, so I’ll probably try the “Words I Know” Book and “Glue a Bumpy Alphabet” with them first.

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  95. brandy w says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:31 am

    this is so awesome. my kids would enjoy this and i think my hubby would try and find a way to get in it too. he’s a science guy. i hope i win

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  96. Belinda A. says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:26 am

    My nephews are visting in August and I’ve been wondering how to entertain to busy little guys . . . This site has some neat, neat ideas! Just for starters, I know that building a time capsule and making chocolate covered pretzels will go down well. I know they’d really like to make slime, but it’s what they’d do with that slime that worries me!

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  97. Andrea says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:19 am

    The ABC Treasure Hunt sounds like a really fun idea!

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  98. Kara says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Cool! Not only would me boys LOVE that fort, but there are some great preschool activities like the glue bumpy alphabet activity, that they would enjoy and are educational.

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  99. lace says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:09 am

    The Alphabet hunt game looks so fun. This is right up the 4 year olds alley. She loves to tell me what the names of letters are and she finds them all over the place and really loves it.

    She would also love to build a fort and is really into games.

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  100. Ashley says

    June 12, 2008 at 10:07 am

    I like the slime that would be fun when the boys get older or even for a gift!

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  101. Kari says

    June 12, 2008 at 9:22 am

    Wow this looks great! I love their flash card junction idea for 2nd grade and their counting ideas with marbles and coins (patterns)…this looks like a awesome site for the extra help I need to keep my soon to be 7 yr old’s mind sharp over the summer!! THANKS so much, count me in!!!

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  102. Megret says

    June 12, 2008 at 9:19 am

    I love the idea on labeling objects around the house to help my kids learn to read/spell.

    And the handmade lacing cards? Brilliant.

    I also love the weather calendar! I am a weather hound; I hope to instill that interest in the kids, too.

    Thanks for the FABULOUS resource!

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  103. merideth says

    June 12, 2008 at 9:14 am

    oh my goodness! what a great site! i was planning to do a little map adventure to our local splash pad (a mini waterpark) for our 3yo and our 4yo nephew, like the treasure hunt. i’ll add several of these other activities over the summer: homemade finger paints, the air-dry clay, the sensory table. we’ll stay busy all summer!

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  104. Piseco says

    June 12, 2008 at 9:11 am

    I’ve had making a Fish Print on my list of cool things to try… if only JediBoy and his uncle can *catch* a fish, that is!

    Thanks for the contest.

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  105. Amy Nabors says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:57 am

    my son would love the “adding colors: an optical experiment”. he loves doing science experiments and i know we’ll be doing this one.

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  106. Tracey says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:46 am

    I love COUNT AND CATCH AND BUMP!!! I LOVE THIS SITE!

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  107. Tami says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:42 am

    The Bulls-eye Math Card Game would definitely benefit my kiddos. Also, thanks for sharing the site. I’ve never been to it before, and have joined.

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  108. Blessed says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:37 am

    what an awesome give-a-way! I’d love to receive this and I’ll be checking out that website!

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  109. We are THAT family says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:36 am

    We are in the fort building stages of life too, my kids would love the fort!

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  110. Nodins Nest says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:33 am

    The treasure hunt for sure!and making puppets

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  111. Christieo says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:30 am

    ooh! I’m excited about the “sight reading” activity!! we’re going to label EVERYTHING!

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  112. Becca says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:30 am

    I appreciated reading about developmental milestones, it seems other kids say more words than my two year old son, so it’s nice to know he’s actually age appropriate. I like the homemade puppets idea and think I would combine the use of the puppets with reading aloud to him.

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  113. Kristin says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:23 am

    My five-year-old would love this!

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  114. Summer says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:20 am

    Wow, that is a fantastic resource! I definitely want to build a pop rocket with my boys. They would go nuts!

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  115. devildogwife says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:19 am

    I liked the idea of planting a historical herb garden. There are lots of fun activities that I’ll need to check out later as needed. 😉 My daughter would love, love, love the fort! Thanks!

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  116. Heidi says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:13 am

    So many fun ideas on that site that I’d hate to pick just one. I’ll definitely have to point my creative 8 year old to that site~ I’m sure she’ll find tons to do. I saw a cute windchime craft that would be fun for summer.

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  117. Kristen M. says

    June 12, 2008 at 8:00 am

    My son loves math so I like the idea of “Goldfish Math” but I may have to change it to “M&M Math” if I really want his attention.

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  118. chyk says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:56 am

    love the game bump! we play all the time

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  119. Shannon says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:51 am

    Making slime would be lots of fun!

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  120. mannequin says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:41 am

    Wow. I’ve bookmarked that site! A plethora of activities, games and ideas. Thanks!!
    I know for a fact what my son would like because it is a constant request. He would like an iPod nano. Now you may think that’s not an activity…that’s just jammin. But this is a child that is gifted in musical arts. He has played piano and guitar for 7 years and he creates videos of himself playing instruments, uploads them to my iPod and watches them to see how he can improve. It would be nice for him to have his own. His interests are musical and the iPod is that!

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  121. chupieandjsmama says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:40 am

    What a great site!! I’ll definitely be bookmarking this one. My boys would love the ABC treasure hunt. Maybe well do that one later today. Thanks for the contest and the great site 🙂

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  122. Jodi says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:39 am

    What a great site!!! I can see my 13 yr old browsing this site for things to do!

    An Air Science Experiment is right up his alley!!

    Thanks for mentioning this site!!

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  123. Paper Bridges says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:32 am

    the book activities look like fun. actually, that whole website looks really good. thanks for the tip.

    monica

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  124. mo says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Is this where I am supposd to comment ? For the education.com givaway?
    Anywho…………….wow ! Incrredible stuff over ere there are so many things I think I might try but here are the top 3
    1-Experiment with ballon science
    2-Build a pop rocket
    3-Crack the code spelling challenge

    and many more as I also have a prekindergartener eager to “learn” as well

    Thanks for the info , love it all…………

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  125. canadacole says

    June 12, 2008 at 7:29 am

    What an awesome resource! I can see this becoming a favourite over the summer. I can’t wait to do the Dictionary Treasure Hunt with my first grader. She’s in French Immersion and needs some help figuring out how to use the French/English Dictionary. This will be perfect! I also liked the Syllable I Spy and so many more!

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