ALEX Blogger Bulletin – Complicatedmama.com
May 8, 2012 at 13:54 | Posted in ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys | Leave a commentTags: ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, Complicated Mama
Our next guest blogger is Corine from Complicated Mama!
Featured in the Digital Mom’s Handbook and nominated as a 2010 Nickelodeon Parents Pick Nominee, Corine has been a member of the blogging community since 2003. Corine’s Lifestyle site, Complicatedmama.com which highlights fun finds and topics for the fun, chaotic, and sometimes complicated life of mom.
Read her post Education & Imaginative Play with the ALEX Mix N Blast Volcano Set!
Education & Imaginative Play with Mix N Blast Volcano
May 8, 2012 at 13:53 | Posted in ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, Educational, Indoor Play, Kid Concoctions | Leave a commentTags: ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, Complicated Mama, Family, Indoor fun, kid concoctions
Over spring break, my family and I visited the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. The trip had been one that we had been planning for a long time and we were all very excited. For my son who is 7 years old and extremely curious about science nature, the buzz about our upcoming trip, naturally stemmed to conversations about volcanos. He had lots of questions about how volcanos worked and if he would see one while we were on vacation.
Maui’s volcano has not been active in many years and is surrounded by a rainforest, so I knew getting a great view of it while we were away would be unlikely. So before we left, to further embrace his curiosity, and continue the dialogue, we broke out the ALEX/Kid Concoctions Mix N Blast Volcano Set.
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Sensory
April 18, 2012 at 11:22 | Posted in ALEX Toys, Mamma Mia Rea | 1 CommentTags: parenting, sensory, special education
About eight months ago, my 3-year-old was diagnosed with sensory integration disorder. As a former special education teacher, it was not a term I was unfamiliar with; I’d worked with plenty of kids with similar diagnoses, as well as other issues that included sensory integration challenges. Ironically, I never suspected, until my son’s teacher sat us down and suggested we have him evaluated, that there was anything going on. I guess that’s one of the blessings and detriments of parenthood: we love our children so much we see them as absolutely perfect the way they are, which is true, but sometimes, we are unable to see where they need extra help until someone else tells us so.
Let’s Celebrate Math in April
April 16, 2012 at 13:56 | Posted in ALEX Toys, Little Hands | Leave a commentTags: ALEX Little Hands, math games, Mathematics Education Month
By Margaret R. Sáraco
Good news! April is Mathematics Education Month and there is no better time to begin engaging your child’s or children’s imaginations with math concepts and games. I often have to help children battle their math anxiety away. Even in my middle school classroom we create math art and play math games to support their confidence in math. Research has found that reading to your children insures success in school. My belief is that playing math games with your children will also help them be successful in mathematics and, above all, enjoy it—and learn not to fear it. Children are natural scientists and will explore if given the opportunity. Give them the chance.
ALEX Blogger Bulletin – BenSpark.com
April 11, 2012 at 11:57 | Posted in ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys | Leave a commentTags: ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, BenSpark
Our next guest blogger is Drew Bennett, blogger at 
Drew is a husband and lucky father of two adorable kids. He is also a photographer who recently completed seven straight years of taking a photo each day. At BenSpark.com, Drew blogs about life with his wife Allison and their children.
Read his review here: Inspiring Creativity.
Inspiring Creativity
April 11, 2012 at 11:57 | Posted in ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, Crafting, Little Hands | Leave a commentI have been taking and posting a photo every day for seven straight years. This project has been a way for me to not only document the events of my family but to express my creativity. Creativity is what I want to help cultivate and stimulate in my children. A big part of how I do this is through artistic expression.
With my daughter, she is four, we color, paint, sing and play instruments. I play like a four year old and color outside the lines take pictures at odd angles and make up silly songs. Through crafting I can see my daughter beginning to develop her sense of self, her ability to create and achieve. She is proud of her work and we celebrate it.
On The Road
April 2, 2012 at 12:54 | Posted in ALEX Toys, Mamma Mia Rea | Leave a commentTags: Road trip, travel, vacation
Spring is here (Finally!) and it’s time to hit the road with the family. From personal experience, traveling with kids can be an absolute joy or a total nightmare. I’ve had kids sleep through an entire 13-hour flight to Israel and happily tag along on trips to archaeological sites, and I’ve had a baby fuss from New York to Ft. Lauderdale and hide the keys to the room at our B & B (it took us HOURS to find them).
ALEX Blogger Bulletin – Creative Kidstuff
March 28, 2012 at 15:22 | Posted in ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys | Leave a commentTags: ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, Creative Kidstuff
Our next guest blogger is Happi Olson!
Happi is a wife and mother of four kids ages 5 to 15. She loves all things creative, crafty and cooking related. In her spare time she is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Creative Kidstuff, a Minnesota based specialty toy retailer.
Read her review here: On the Farm Fun for Easter.
On the Farm Fun for Easter
March 28, 2012 at 15:20 | Posted in ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, Holidays | Leave a commentTags: ALEX Blogger Bulletin, ALEX Toys, Creative Kidstuff
Hosting an egg hunt is a family tradition at the Olson house. Every year friends and family gather the Saturday before Easter to hunt and collect eggs filled with candy and small treasures. The fast and furious search is followed by a delicious potluck brunch and a lively round of candy and treasure swapping. This event is always a hit, but as it has grown and in many cases grown up, hiding spots for the eggs have become harder and harder to come by. This year I decided to change things up to make the hunt harder for the older kids and even more fun for the little ones.
The “Spoonful of Sugar” Approach to Clean-Up Time
March 19, 2012 at 11:45 | Posted in ALEX Toys, Mamma Mia Rea | 1 CommentTags: ALEX Toys, clean-up
In the classic film “Mary Poppins”, Julie Andrews and her animatronic bird cajole two spoiled kids into cleaning their room with a smile, a song and a little bit of magic.
She made it look so easy.
Although I’m a pretty decent singer, I have neither a magic purse or a jolly sidekick like Dick Van Dyke to psyche my kids up about clean-up time, which is why I have to remind my kids about 47,000 times each evening to clean up the living room before the toys start getting put away…maybe. I have, however, a few tricks up my sleeve which are, in fact, inspired by our favorite magical nanny.
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