Edutainment

I told a few of my colleagues that my son's kindergarten report card had a grading area for "Algebra." My colleagues happen to all be math wizards and pointed me in the direction of the Math Rabbit: Multivariable Calculus for Ages 4-7. Thanks for the tip guys!

The topic then turned to Edutainment. It seems they had all had great edutainment experiences in the early 80s with their Mac IIe computers. Products I heard named were: "Math Blast", "Number Munchers", "Robot Odyssey" and "LEGO logo." And they all agreed that the "Oregon Trail" used to not suck. In the spirit of trying to find the best kid products I searched for all of these products to see how they stand today. I won't be recommending them.

However, I now am on the path for searching for the best Edutainment products. So far I only have one on my list: Leap Frog's Letter Factory. When my son was 5 he watched this and went from knowing only a few letter sounds to every letter and their sound within a few days. I can't recommend this enough.

Anyone who has a great (current) Edutainment product to recommend please let me know!

Life Changing Product

This marks my first post for my High 5 Kids blog. The compatible site is still in stealth mode development but as I hunt for the right products to highlight I thought I would blog about the journey.

This week I found the perfect product. It is not often that I find products that will change my life but this one has already. Oscar Blandi Pronto Dry Shampoo is a miracle product. I poofed some on my hair and voila, I could go yet another day without washing it. Do you know what this means? I was able to sleep in another 45 minutes instead of washing my hair. Deodorant, dry shampoo and little perfume to cover up any error of use and I'm good to go. I almost tempted to see how many days in a row I could actually stretch without washing my hair.... nah, probably not a good idea.

Before I had kids saving a few minutes so I wouldn't have to wash my hair wouldn't have been such a big deal. But now as a mom, every minute I can free for myself for sleep counts. This would be the perfect gift for a new mom.