I’ve been reading about this sub for a few months on different mommy blogs. The first two were sent out to a lot of reviewers and looked like tons of fun with enough activities for a whole month. Google Jump Frog Jump and Mouse Paint to see the reviews. The October theme is centered around the book Caps for Sale which is a book my son loves. You can check out what is in October’s box on their website. My son’s Oct box arrives tomorrow. In other words, this subscription is more than color, shapes, and blocks. September is about that because of the book Color Zoo.
I ordered this subscription with a 20% off code for the first month and purchased a 3 month subscription with some of his birthday money. My son turned 6 earlier this month.
The first thing my son saw was a placemat that has his name on him which excited him because the spelling of his name is unusual. I think that the personalization is the welcome gift for being a new subscriber. She also include scissors as a gift. Everything is packaged separately which is helpful in not losing pieces etc. Incredibly useful if you have little ones around because you can take one activity out of the box knowing everything is there. Invaluable in my opinion when dealing with younger children.
Here are a few examples of the activities included. There are more activities than this listed. Also there are more tips than I listed which I paraphrased. Each activity comes with a sheet that has the name of the activity, materials provided, how to play, Little Ivy Tip, Junior Ivy Tip, Questions to scaffold learning, and learning goals and developing skills.
1. Letter Zoo – Each letter board has an animal that starts with that letter along with the letter. Blocks are used to create letters and animals. Little Ivy Tip – Select a card, match the pattern blocks. The parent is encouraged to help identify the letter and animal. Junior Ivy Tip- Challenge them to create the letter his or his own way and create a different animal/object using the blocks. My 6 year old LOVES this. He has quite an imagination and this was one of his favorite activities.
2. Another activity is making foam animal puppets on a stick. Glue is included 🙂 Little Ivy tip – Help identify shapes while making puppets. Junior Ivy tip – Create animal puppets and write/act out a story. This came with questions which I asked my 6 year old and wrote down his answers. Remember he just turned 6! He acted out the story. Another hit!
3. I’ll write about one more activity. I can write about more activities if there is interest. This activity is a game called Race Home which involves a spinner and game board. You spin and move to the correct shape and can also finish sooner by sliding up an arrow. Little Tip: Help him identify the shapes. Junior Ivy Tip – challenge by identify the direction when moving left, right, up, and down. Now that might not sound like much, but have you ever been with someone who tells you to turn right and then says I mean my other right? It made him think because the directions he heads in the game do change.
The questions on the bookmark I did not take to mean that all children could answer them regardless of age. My son would had found it fun at 3 to find all the circles. At 6 he found it more fun to count how many circles.
The name doesn’t bother me. I thought it might be related to the quality of books selected. Also you can add on additional materials for a sibling for $5.00 which I thought was a great price. I’ll post in a few days what is in the October box so those interested can get a feel.
Also I have received or am receiving Kiwi Crate, KidStir, Green Kid Crafts, and Kelly Kits if anyone has questions about them. I do think that a picture of the sheet along with an activity completed or laid out will be helpful in assisting people in their thought process on this box.
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