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Discover the Dinosaurs review: great times for kids for 2+ hours

Discover the Dinosaurs is a traveling exhibit that features dinosaur attractions of a wide variety. The entire exhibition is broken up into two distinct areas. The exhibit area features the moving, roaring dinosaurs that will captivate your child’s imagination. The other areas like the Dino Dig, Dino Theater, Dino Den, Dinosaur Rides, inflatables, gem & fossil panning, mini golf and gift shop make up the other half. Our review of Discover the Dinosaurs says that it’s a great time for kids, but parents need to be aware of a couple things in order to really appreciate the event.

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Closing schools due to cold weather is wrong in Atlanta-here’s why

I live in Atlanta. Atlanta doesn’t get too cold, it’s one of those cities where the schools close when we get an inch of snow under the shade tree in the middle of a field and TV news is covering it. During the recent Polar Vortex, like many other cities in the country school was cancelled. What Atlanta shared with some cities is that school was cancelled simply due to the cold. What about the children who don’t have winter coats was the rallying cry on social media supporting the decision.

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Sticks N Stones N Dinosaur Bones: rhyming fun for dino kids

Kids love dinosaurs. The funny thing about being a parent is that you start to love them again too. You remember how to pronounce the names, the silent “P” in Pteranodon for example and how much they really stretch the imagination. Sticks N Stones N Dinosaur Bones is a slightly historical take on the Bone Wars in the 1870’s. It’s a fact based children’s book, with just enough whimsy and tall tails to make kids dream of dinosaurs and the men who chased their bones.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids Edition review: great tablet for safety and learning

Our four-year old boy loves the family tablet. It was a handy potty training device and quite useful when on road trips. However recently it has become an issue because of one word: YouTube. One day he discovered an ‘R’ rated, unauthorized version of a cartoon that he loves. We were in the same room and turned it off immediately; but it was apparent that the learning aspect of tablets comes with a side that we don’t want him to be exposed to. Enter the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. It was created by someone who needed a kid’s tablet while not worrying about the wrong kind of barnyard video spoiling the fun.

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He’s All Boy alphabet cards, just not the way I want it to be done

Alpha Cards, He’s All Boy, are ABC flash cards for boys, but could also be enjoyed by girls. They’re a deck of alphabet cards with non-traditional pictures that go with each letter. There are so many things that I love about the product, but ultimately it’s not something that we could embrace. If your child is not learning the alphabet and is attracted to mild gross humor then this is for you. Think the Garbage Pail Kids teach the alphabet and you’re going in the right direction.

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Children will love the Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy from Hallmark

As a gift the other year we gave one of the Hallmark interactive story characters to a friend’s child who had just turned 6. The child loved the gift but I didn’t really get it. Now that we have a child who is on the cusp of reading, I get it. The Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy is another avenue for kids to enjoy reading and it really works.

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Alphablock is the best book to teach the alphabet we’ve seen

Uh oh, that title has a lot to live up to. We have about 8 books upstairs that are solely dedicated to teaching small children the alphabet. Is Alphablock really the best book to teach the alphabet that we have seen? Yes, its size, simplicity, vivid graphics and more make it great for kids and enjoyable for the adults.

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2 books on foreign language and culture: 1 curious 1 conversational

We’re teaching our kids a 2^nd language. I’ll speak as much Spanish as I know, mix in bits of the other languages I speak, put in some Curious George en Espanol and they’re super happy to listen and learn. We received two books that help children understand things outside of their own culture. Bosley Sees the World is an English/Spanish book about a bear that travels the world. If You Were Me and Lived in…..Norway is an introductory book about what life is like for Norwegian children. Both books are good at teaching about different cultures; one just does it from a tourist perspective while the other is more education based.

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