Several members of our Blog Team recently had the opportunity to review a couple of our new toddler games. See why they think these games would make great Christmas gifts! Match the Baby The Art Kit Dana says, "If you’re looking for a simple puzzle for young children, with no wrong way to place the pieces (which completely eliminates any possible frustration!), you may want to add this puzzle to your home collection.” Read more... She's Just a Mom Jessica says, "My son is almost three and although this puzzle is very easy for him, he very much enjoys it. He loves animals and learning...

The results are in, and here are the gifts you most want this year! Some are no surprise (Mad Mattr and Smart Games) while we suspect others are more often found on parents' lists - e.g. Math-U-See and All About Reading. What's topping your list? 12th Place "Really neat sensory toy. I love that it doesn't dry out! The brick maker mold is super cool, and my toddler couldn't stop talking about all the rectangular prisms he made :D. This is fun for the kids and the grown ups. It also encourages lots of squeezing for developing those hand muscles!" ...

For the next couple of weeks members of our Blog Team will be sharing some of their ideas for giving during the Christmas season. You'll find everything from gift guides... to DIY gift ideas... to ways to give back to your community or to those less fortunate. If you're stumped for an idea on what to give that hard-to-buy-for person on your list, you may just find the very thing here. Check it out! Attention, Bloggers: If you aren't a member of our Blog Team but you'd like to share your on-topic blog post in this blog hop, we'd love to have...

This past year several members of our Blog Team had the opportunity to play Cat Crimes with their families. Find out what they thought in their posts below! The Art Kit Dana says, "Cat Crimes promotes critical reasoning, logical deduction skills, and teamwork (you can play the game alone or work together to solve the mystery). Miss 5 was a bit too young for the game but that didn’t stop her from joining in with Miss 8 and me and trying to help us solve the mysteries. Miss 8 played several games on her own after we worked together on a...

Our reading challenge for December invites you to take the time to create special holiday memories with good books. See how many of the following challenges you can complete during the month of December. A few suggested titles are on the printable PDF, but we’re sure you’ll be able to come up with many of your own as well. You might want to choose a longer chapter book and/or an advent devotional book to read with the whole family every day throughout the month, then fill in with shorter picture books for other categories. Also, keep in mind that many...