Category: Education

Apps, Education, Infant Toddler Products, Parenting, STEM Learning

Animal Island Learning Adventure (AILA) Sit & Play for Babies and Toddlers

Erin Sluka
Photo Source: AILA Sit & Play Lifestyle

I think I found the most genius learning screen ever made for babies and toddlers and the only problem is my oldest is 11 now and missed the boat on this one! I would have surely had him using Animal Island Learning Adventure (AILA) Sit & Play as a toddler for many reasons! Instead we had DVD’s and bulky tablets we always feared he’d drop, spill on them or navigate into unsafe content.

AILA box

Animal Island Learning Adventure (AILA) Sit & Play is safe! It comes pre-loaded with early preschool curriculum that supports your infant, toddler or preschooler’s cognitive growth, without interruptions from ads, apps, or inappropriate content.

AILA Sit Play

About Animal Island Learning Adventure (AILA) Sit and Play:

  • Original exclusive series: a fun and robust curriculum filled with animations, songs and stories designed to prepare toddlers for preschool over the course of 18 months
  • Along the way, young learners will reach key milestones in literacy, numeracy, communication, creativity and socialization
  • Activities are delivered in 10-15-minute learning sessions, in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines for screen time for young children
  • No ads or inappropriate content, free lifetime updates with no subscription required
  • The AI adapts to each child’s engagement, allows for a tailored learning experience and offers the right content at the right time
  •  The AILA Parent App lets parents set learning sessions, check in on their child, send photos and videos, and control the screen time

The characters are engaging and there is a good mix of talk, song and even dance to get them moving. Even in screen-free homes, you can’t ignore the benefits of technology to assist in child development so this is the perfect solution. It is hands-free and worry-free. Once you press power it starts teaching-no touchscreen/play required. If you have to walk away and power it off, AILA remembers where your child left off and starts right back up again at their last learning session. It is designed to walk your child through a progressive learning plan.

The free parent app allows you to make some customized adjustments. You can monitor screen time and progress. You get alerts and updates on content your child is currently mastering. The fun part is you can monitor your child as in, you can see their face as your phone app becomes the screens point of view. Make sure they are still engaged. Available for Android and iOS.

If you need to move from learning to nap time, simply put AILA in lullaby mode and slow animation with sleepy-time music will play. Traveling? AILA is portable as learning and sleep help.

Get learning now because the earlier the better as we now know. AILA is best for ages 12-36 months. This learning program is simply the best value and best curriculum I have seen yet in all baby and toddler products I have seen involving a screen. I highly recommend for families looking technology but not game play. Remember, they don’t press the screen or buttons. They sit and learn (only instead of a Teacher they get fun and engaging animal friends). Buy AILA today – It’s at Amazon!

Education, Kids

3 New Kids Headphone Designs from BuddyPhones for All Ages

Erin Sluka

We have had BuddyPhones cycle through our home for years. They were always my favorite kids headphone when my son was as young as toddler age. BuddyPhones are safe-hearing, volume controlled headphones. They also last and hold up well to destructive toddlers.

There are THREE new designs great for sound, gaming and even wireless for travel.

BuddyPhones Cosmos

BuddyPhones Cosmos come in Unicorn Pink and Dragon Blue. These headphones combine active noise-cancelling technology, volume-limiting circuitry, and 3 listening settings in one premium safe audio product for kids (the only in the world to have this combination). It includes a wire or with charge it will work up to 18 hours wirelessly. Also includes a sharing cable to plug in multiple listeners.

BuddyPhones Galaxy

BuddyPhones Galaxy come in Fuchsia and Cool Grey. These headphones are great for gaming because it includes a detachable, corded mic. With safe-audio their ears will be protected as they play. It includes fun stickers so customize the headpiece.

BuddyPhones Guardian

BuddyPhones Guardian come in Guardian Pink and Guardian Grey. These noise-reduction headphones are protective earmuff with passive noise-cancellation that protects kids from harmful loud noises. Whether protecting ears form loud noises or promoting focus for toddlers and kids, these headphones are safe and designed for the little ears.

All of the BuddyPhones designs, including these three are available for purchase at BuddyPhones.com and many available on Amazon.

Coronovirus 2020, Education, Kids, Parenting

Family Fun at Home with Great Wolf Lodge – How About Easy Paper Crafts?

Erin Sluka

If you are adding to your list of family at-home activities I wanted to feature the blog for Great Wolf Lodge. This blog brings family activities, topics and tips for at home, on the read and at the lodge.

New content is added regularly and currently there are several fun activities you can take advantage of being home with your children. You can do paper crafts, build a wolf costume, make Grilled Cheese Soup Sliders and more.

All the activities, including the science experiments are geared to all ages. We love Great Wolf Lodge for weekend getaways, but now we can also visit online and connect with them until the park reopens and you can too.

Visit Great Wolf Lodge Blog for all the fun at home!

Coronovirus 2020, Education, Giveaways

At Home Learning 20 Minutes a Day with Teach My – Giveaway (2 Winners)

Erin Sluka
Teach My giveaway

Teach My recommends 20 minutes a day at home with their learning kits to give your children a learning advantage. Now that you are home with them this is the perfect time to start Teach My at home learning kits if you have not experienced these kits yet.

Teach My has 4 kits: Baby, Toddler, Preschool and Kindergarten. They also have some supplemental at-home learning tools as well on their site. It is more than a learning kit, it is play and reading all bundled together with easy-to-follow guides. Teach My is award winning kits that provide everything necessary for learning the basics, all in a portable and storable case.

TeachMy Preschool

I used Teach My with my son when he was younger and was my favorite learning tool by far! He still remembers using our Teach My kits today at age 11. He took his case everywhere we went.

Connect with Teach My by visiting their website and follow on Facebook and Twitter.

Buy Teach My Kits

The Giveaway!

Teach My giveaway

For this giveaway feature Teach My will give (1) Preschool learning kit and (1) Kindergarten learning kit away so there will be 2 winners total. What is in these 2 kits?

Teach My Preschool contains unique and coordinated tools to teach reading, printing, numbers to 100 and early math. This is done with a magic drawing board to flashcards, posters and counters, the kit is full of learning toys to give your mini scholar a head start. Teach My Preschooler promotes kindergarten readiness, fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, parent-child interaction and self-esteem

Teach My Kindergarten will teach spelling, money, telling time and the year. Your kindergartener can master 100 spelling words, counting money, analog and digital time as well as days of the week, months of the year, dates, years, weather and seasons.

This giveaway is sponsored by Teach My and proze fulfillment is of the sponsor. Open to US and ages 18+. Enter below! Giveaway ends on April 3, 2020. Good luck!