One of my absolute favorite things for kids are books. I love giving books as a gift. Being an avid reader myself, I think it is so important to share my love for reading with my kids. When I was approached to check out the new iSeek series of books by Insight Editions, I knew I had to say yes. Not only is this series absolutely adorable, but these books for toddlers and preschoolers are a fun way for them to learn too! And the best part is, they don’t even realize they are learning!
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Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers
One of my absolute favorite trends is giving a book instead of a card at a baby shower! Being an avid reader myself, the one thing I made sure when I had my kids, was to make sure we had lots of books in the house. I always wanted to make sure my kids had something to look at and “read” or have read to them. Since I went to school for early childhood education, I took several college classes that revolved around childhood development. In one particular class, the professor drove home how important early reading was to the cognitive development of children. That always stuck with me.
Let’s Learn: First 100 Words (Write and Wipe)
Fingerprint Farm (iSeek)Let’s Learn: First Math Skills: (Early Math Skills, Number Writing Workbook, Addition and Subtraction, Kids’ Counting Books, Pen Control, Write and Wipe)
Learning While Playing
I think, when you are a young child, pretty much everything you do, you are learning while you are playing. The people at Isight Editions that created the iSeek series knew this too! One of the things I really like about two of the books I received, Let’s Learn the First 100 Words and Let’s Learn First Math, is that the kids can use a dry erase marker to trace in the book and practice it over and over again. When my kids were young, I did not give them markers to use, so something like this would have been a HUGE hit!
I know my kids would have enjoyed something like this when they were younger. Not only are they learning their first words or beginner math, but they are also learning how to properly hold a pencil. Which, if you spend any amount of time in a preschool or Kindergarten classroom, you know that holding a pencil is sometimes difficult for children!
Fingerprint Fun
One of my kids favorite things to do was finger painting. In fact, I am currently sitting in my husbands office at work and he STILL has framed finger paintings our kids did, hanging on his wall. FYI…my kids are 16 and 14! The Fingerprint Farm book is a fun book that kids can do by themselves or with an adult and I guarantee they would have loads of fun with this book. Check it out!
Doesn’t that look like fun?!? My 2.5 year old nephew will have a lot of fun putting little mud fingerprints all over the piggies!
Where Can I Buy These?
You can pick up these books and so many more in the iSeek series on Amazon! They are a perfect edition to your child’s Easter Basket or a “just because” gift!
Fingerprint Fairies: (Kid’s Activity Books, Art Books for Kids, Fairy Craft Books) (iSeek)Design and Draw 50 Princess Outfits (iSeek)Design and Draw 50 Cat Outfits (iSeek)Trace & Learn Handwriting Practice: Dinosaur (iSeek)Magical Water Painting: Under the Sea: (Art Activity Book, Books for Family Travel, Kids’ Coloring Books, Magic Color and Fade) (iSeek)Trace & Learn Handwriting Practice: Unicorn (iSeek)Color & Cut Masks: Unicorns: (Origami For Kids, Art books for kids 4 – 8, Boys and Girls Coloring, Creativity and Fine Motor Skills) (iSeek)Color & Cut Masks: Dinosaurs: (Origami For Kids, Art books for kids 4 – 8, Boys and Girls Coloring, Creativity and Fine Motor Skills)Color, Cut, and Fold: Ocean Animals: (Art books for kids 4 – 8, Boys and Girls Coloring, Creativity and Fine Motor Skills, Kids Origami, Sharks) (iSeek)Color, Cut, and Fold: Wild Animals: (Lions, Tigers, Elephants, Art books for kids 4 – 8, Boys and Girls Coloring, Creativity and Fine Motor Skills, Kids Origami) (iSeek)
Which one of these books for toddlers and preschoolers will you be picking up?
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, was about four years old and something I used daily. It went everywhere with me. Since I spend most of my time (it seems) in car lines or at sports practices, having something to do, that I enjoyed, was important. My old Paperwhite was still in very good condition. The battery would stay charged for about three weeks (instead of five or six weeks), but it did lag a bit when I was trying to turn pages. I mentioned it to my husband in passing and he got it stuck in his head that he wanted to get me a new e-reader for my birthday.
. Mainly because it had buttons that you press to turn the pages. However, I never could justify spending all that money extra just for buttons to turn the pages. My husband, on the other hand, is a firm believer that gifts are just that…gifts and you don’t need to justify a gift. As you can guess, he and the kids got me the Kindle Oasis. The buttons aren’t the only great thing about the Oasis. A few other notable features are:
, I remember being totally taken by the book. The way Judy Blume captures what it was like to be a tween girl (though, I don’t know that they were called tweens then), was amazing. As soon as I finished that book, I read many more that she had written. It was at that time that I decided that one day I wanted to be a writer. When I found out that there was going to be a Judy Blume MasterClass, I knew I had to sign up. I had to learn from someone that I considered the best.
