Shimmer and Shine is an adorable new show on Nick Jr. We received a special sampler of episodes from Nick Jr. to check out with the kids. I brought it to them to watch and they already knew about the show from On Demand and they were totally on board. I watched a couple of episodes with them and I like what the show is trying to accomplish. Basically there are two genies in training, they make mistakes when wishes are made and so things don’t go smoothly. They have to use their wits and adapt. That is certainly something that kids need to have in their skill set. Life is unpredictable and so being able to be flexible and a creative problem solver will help so much as they grow.
Here is the show trailer and below there is a press release all about the show.
We received a Nancy B. Microscope from Educational Insights for use and review. Opinions are 100% our own.
This Summer has been all about Science for Eva. She spent three weeks at the Children’s School of Science in Woods Hole and she has spent time with her Aunt Tara, a scientist in her own right. Eva loves spending time withe her Aunt and one of the things that she loves most is doing experiments with Tara. For most of the time that Eva was down on the Cape she used Tara’s room as her own and the first thing she did was set up her new microscope and prepare her own slides to examine. She used the journal that came with the microscope to explore.
The microscope is both inexpensive and solidly built. It is a great first microscope for Science minded children. It is part of Nancy B’s Science Club™ which includes many scientific tools geared towards young girls. Right now the microscope is on sale at Amazon.com for a very good price. There are amazing things that kids can see in the everyday world using this microscope. Eva was exploring all sorts of things with her microscope and even my sister was impressed with the microscope. Continue reading Nancy B. Microscope from Educational Insights→
