Celebrate National Math Day with Leapfrog Educational Toys & a NEW DVD!
Thursday, March 11, 2010 Posted by Jolly Mom
I am so happy to announce that just last week, LeapFrog released a brand new dvd called MATH ADVENTURE TO THE MOON. This new dvd is all about learning important math skills like counting, sorting, and even addition. Of course, kids learn while being entertained by the always adorable Tad, Lily, and Edison. Math Adventure to the Moon--as all Leapfrog dvds--has become a favorite around my house. Lucas pretty much loves everything Leapfrog and I love that he is learning!
SYNOPSIS: Join Tad and Lily as they blast off on an exciting educational adventure! Tad and Lily need the perfect collection of things to take to school for their math assignment. When they finally decide on moon rocks, there’s just one problem—how will they get them? With some magical help from their firefly friend Edison, they board a rocket ship to start their quest. Soon the twins learn that math is everywhere, even in outer space! Watch as they use their skills in counting, sorting, skip counting and recognizing patterns to overcome obstacles, find new friends and make the trip back to Earth!
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
The Sorting Game -help Tad & Lily sort crystals into their correct groups
Four Sing-Along songs
Alphabet Song from Let’s Go to School
With National Math Day quickly approaching on March 14th, Math Adventure to the Moon is the perfect way to celebrate and introduce youngsters to math. There are also some great Leapfrog toys that can aid children in understanding and learning math a bit easier.
The Learn & Groove Counting Maracas incorporate music and math into one! Music Play mode encourages baby to explore and create music—inspires creative interaction and open-ended play. In Counting mode, each shake encourages your child to count to 10 in both English and Spanish. $16.49; 3-36 months
Every child loves cell phones! The Chat & Count Cell Phone is a smart little phone that allows kids to sing along to songs about counting and phone routines, explore more than 15 phone activities and call on Scout for learning fun as they trade calls and voicemails with their puppy pal. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning. $14.99; 18 months – 3 years
Math really can be fun and it is easy to incorporate into your child's daily routine.
Here are some wonderful math tips on getting kids more involved with math:
TIP #1: Math is everywhere!
Next time you're in a waiting room with your child, scan the room (or the magazines on the tables) for evidence of "math." Advise your child to find as much math as possible, and you can give clues if you need to. Numbers, patterns, shapes, categories, and measuring devices (e.g., ruler, scales), are just a few examples of some of the math you might see all around you!
TIP #2: Patterns and Codes are All Around Us!
Make patterns using standard household objects. For example line up repeated objects--sock, stuffed animal, sock, stuffed animal, and so on. Next, ask your child to continue the pattern to figure out the "secret code." You can vary the difficulty of the pattern to suit your child's ability--banana, banana, pear, banana, banana, pear. You can also make deliberate errors that your child needs to find--pear, apple, bananna, pear, apple, banana, pear, pear, banana.
TIP #3: Play the Sorting Game!
Take a deck of cards, and discuss with your child all the ways you can sort the cards. They can be sorted by color (red versus black), suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs), numbers (2's, 3's, etc.), royalty versus numbers (jacks, queens, and kings versus the numbers), odd versus even numbers, etc. Sky is the limit! You can play the sorting game with many collections of things around the house, such as socks and building blocks.
TIP #4: Since It’s the Weekend -- Make it a game night!
Playing number-related, age-appropriate board games, such as Chutes and Ladders, can help support many math-related skills. For an important twist, help your child practice saying each number he or she lands on and passes by with each roll of the dice. For example, if your child is on 23 and rolls a four, help him or her say "24, 25, 26, 27" instead of "1, 2, 3, 4." This way, your child can learn about order and magnitude (i.e., how large or small a number is in relation to other numbers).
Want It: Math Adventure to the Moon can be purchased at LeapfrogDVDs.com for $11.98. Toy can be found at retailers across the country and online.
The featured product{s} in this post were provided to me free of charge by the manufacturer or pr company representing the company. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and not influenced in any way by anyone. Please refer to this site's Terms of Use for more information.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
The Sorting Game -help Tad & Lily sort crystals into their correct groups
Four Sing-Along songs
Alphabet Song from Let’s Go to School
With National Math Day quickly approaching on March 14th, Math Adventure to the Moon is the perfect way to celebrate and introduce youngsters to math. There are also some great Leapfrog toys that can aid children in understanding and learning math a bit easier.
The Learn & Groove Counting Maracas incorporate music and math into one! Music Play mode encourages baby to explore and create music—inspires creative interaction and open-ended play. In Counting mode, each shake encourages your child to count to 10 in both English and Spanish. $16.49; 3-36 months
See Them In Action:
Here are some wonderful math tips on getting kids more involved with math:
TIP #1: Math is everywhere!
Next time you're in a waiting room with your child, scan the room (or the magazines on the tables) for evidence of "math." Advise your child to find as much math as possible, and you can give clues if you need to. Numbers, patterns, shapes, categories, and measuring devices (e.g., ruler, scales), are just a few examples of some of the math you might see all around you!
TIP #2: Patterns and Codes are All Around Us!
Make patterns using standard household objects. For example line up repeated objects--sock, stuffed animal, sock, stuffed animal, and so on. Next, ask your child to continue the pattern to figure out the "secret code." You can vary the difficulty of the pattern to suit your child's ability--banana, banana, pear, banana, banana, pear. You can also make deliberate errors that your child needs to find--pear, apple, bananna, pear, apple, banana, pear, pear, banana.
TIP #3: Play the Sorting Game!
Take a deck of cards, and discuss with your child all the ways you can sort the cards. They can be sorted by color (red versus black), suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs), numbers (2's, 3's, etc.), royalty versus numbers (jacks, queens, and kings versus the numbers), odd versus even numbers, etc. Sky is the limit! You can play the sorting game with many collections of things around the house, such as socks and building blocks.
TIP #4: Since It’s the Weekend -- Make it a game night!
Playing number-related, age-appropriate board games, such as Chutes and Ladders, can help support many math-related skills. For an important twist, help your child practice saying each number he or she lands on and passes by with each roll of the dice. For example, if your child is on 23 and rolls a four, help him or her say "24, 25, 26, 27" instead of "1, 2, 3, 4." This way, your child can learn about order and magnitude (i.e., how large or small a number is in relation to other numbers).
Want It: Math Adventure to the Moon can be purchased at LeapfrogDVDs.com for $11.98. Toy can be found at retailers across the country and online.
The featured product{s} in this post were provided to me free of charge by the manufacturer or pr company representing the company. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and not influenced in any way by anyone. Please refer to this site's Terms of Use for more information.
January 12, 2012 10:29 PM
Leap Frog has a fan in me. Tad and Lily are so cute. I like Leap Frog, Disney, Barney, Nickelodeon, etc. I have an older sister, Elizabeth Haskell. Math is one of my favorite subjects.