The Internet and Your Kids DVD: Healthy Habits for a Safe Online Home - Review
July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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The Internet and Your Kids: Healthy Habits for a Safe Online Home
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Rating: 7
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This DVD gives you the information you need to keep your children safe and happy on the Internet. Divided up in chapters so they can be easily accessed this DVD includes sections on healthy internet habits, expert advice on setting up parental guidelines and even on social networking.
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Do you have a teenager who is constantly on the computer? It can be as scary and nerve wracking as letting them borrow the car on a Friday night. In fact for me it was worse because I wasn’t sure what might be available for them to access and find.
The The Internet and Your Kids: Healthy Habits for a Safe Online Home
I can set up some parental codes now. I of course knew they were on the computer, but how do you know what to block. I mean yes there are sites you are going to automatically know to block, but those aren’t the only ones out there. It helped me to find the right things to block and how to use the block to make sure all these types of things were included.
The 16 healthy habits for Internet safety came in very handy. In just a few minutes I began to feel better about my teenager’s safety. Believe it or not my teenager was even pretty receptive to most of them. This even included some of the ideas about social networking and the MySpace site.
If you are concerned about your child and the Internet invest in this DVD. Even those of us who think we know may come away with some things that will be helpful. Keeping my child safe is of the utmost importance to me. This DVD and the expert advice it gave me has helped me to do just that.
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The Internet and Your Kids: Healthy Habits for a Safe Online Home
Firefly Prepaid Mobile Phone - Review
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Firefly Prepaid Mobile Phone
Rating: 8
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This cell phone is designed for a child. It’s made to fit their small hands, with only 5 keys for them to use that can be programmed by you with the numbers you want your child to be able to call. It also comes with no contract, just prepaid time.
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With the come and go world my family lives in I wanted my children to have a way to get hold of me if necessary. I had heard some of the horror stories from my friends of their children and cell phones. I didn’t think I wanted all that but still I knew I would feel more comfortable if my children could reach me any time from anywhere.
I found this neat little phone. It’s made just for children. The way it’s designed makes it easy for children to handle. It’s bright and colorful and has lots of neat sounds that any child will like.
The best part is that I program in the numbers I want my child to be able to call. They are pin protected so they can’t change them, erase them or add numbers to it. It’s also prepaid. No contracts to tie us down or take all our hard earned money.
It fits right in my child’s backpack making it much easier for them to carry. It also helps with the “I forgot where I put it” syndrome we seem to have at our house.
It’s easy to set up and get going and it’s very easy for my children to understand and use. I feel much better knowing that they are within just a phone call if they need me or if I need them.
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Firefly Prepaid Mobile Phone
How I Spent My Summer Vacation - Review
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Rating: 9
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This is a fairy tale story about a little boy and his wild imagination. Filled with colorful pictures and a rhyming tone this book is perfect for children age 3 to 7 to learn to use their imaginations to the fullest.
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This is a cute little book. It begins with a young boy in his classroom telling the story of how he spent his summer vacation. He winds a tale about cowboys, trains, cattle stampedes and much more that will keep your child interested from beginning to end.
I don’t want to ruin the story for you or your child so I won’t tell you anymore about the story itself, but I will tell you it’s very imaginative and will keep your child wanting more. This book would be a great addition to any classroom or home library. Reading it the first day back to school after summer would open up a new world for any child.
The story rhymes so it keeps the children interested. The pictures are bright and exciting from the classroom to the cowboy trails. My children likes to open it and just look at the pictures, even though it’s been read enough times to them they can recite the whole story. Sometimes they change things just a little in their version but it’s cute and shows me they have learned from this book. They are using their imaginations and having a lot of fun too.
I’m glad I found this book and may just have to pass it on to my child’s teacher to read to the class. I have visions of some wild stories being made up by her class by the time they are finished. It never hurts to encourage ones imagination and this book will help your child to find the one inside them.
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Dragonfly Books)
Naturally Playful Sand and Water Activity Center - Review
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Naturally Playful Sand and Water Activity Center
Rating: 8
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The Naturally Playful Sand and Water Activity Center comes with two sides one for water and one for sand. It also includes a cover, an umbrella and an eight piece toy set.
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Without a doubt this is a great outdoor activity center. It’s easy to put together and not hard for us to move. We can set it up on the patio if we are there or even in the yard if we are working in the garden and playing with the dogs.
It has two sides one for water and one for sand. Just don’t hold your breath that the water and sand will stay in those different areas. My son thinks it’s great to mix the two together and see just how much of a mess he can make.
I like the cover. It actually stays on and is easy to attach. Plus it has a play space so if we are out under the awning my son can still play with it. It does a great job of keeping the rain and those unwanted bugs out. At least the ones my son doesn’t deposit in there as he plays.
He enjoys the toys that come with it too. There are boats, bridges, shovels and sand buckets and he just has a ball with them. I have to laugh when I watch him play because you never know if the boat will be in the sand and the sand bucket full of water or not. He uses his imagination very well with this toy.
The sun umbrella is a great addition. I like to work in my garden and my son likes to be with me. With the umbrella I’m not worried that he might become sun burnt or even overly hot while playing.
This activity center is a great addition to our backyard. My son loves it, we love it and all the neighborhood kids love it. Oh yea I almost forgot, the assembly was pretty easy too. That’s the best part of all.
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Naturally Playful Sand and Water Activity Center
Wild Planet Magnet Dive Gloves - Review
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Wild Planet Magnet Dive Gloves
Rating: 8
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Two magnetic gloves and twelve magnetic fish that can give your children hours of fun in the pool.
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First off I have to say not only do my children have fun with these, but we adults do too. It’s a great game and we play almost every time we get in the pool.
When you play with these you throw the fish in the water. Place the gloves on your hands and dive to grab the fish. The magnet is in the palm of the glove so it’s not too hard for even the smallest of hands to pick them up.
The gloves are adjustable and can be worn on either the right or left hand. They are made of a durable fabric and ours have lasted beyond the time I would have imagined.
Each color of the fish indicates the point value for that fish. So there are tons of games you can play to add the points. My kids like to see who can grab the most on one shoot. Whoever grabs the most fish wins and whoever has the highest points wins. Usually we don’t end up with any losers that way. It keeps us all happy.
I also like the mesh bag on the back of the gloves. We can keep the fish right with the gloves and there’s never any “I want to play but I can’t find the pieces” tantrums happening.
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Wild Planet Magnet Dive Gloves
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