*** Product was received for free in exchange for an honest review. ***
Introducing ABC flash cards
guaranteed to make him (and
her) laugh & learn.
He's All Boy Alpha Cards, created by a mom with an
entrepreneurial spirit, uses the humor and subject matter most appealing to young boys to
capture their attention, channel it into early core skills and
willingly establish a pattern of what will hopefully become a thriving lifelong
joy for learning.
Bright,
engaging, and funny, these flash cards are ideal for 3-5 year olds;
entertaining to age 99.
Make recognizing, learning and
remembering ABC’s fun!
$11.95 Makes
a great stocking stuffer for the holidays.
Alphabet flash cards created especially for boys turn humor and imagination into reading skills and excitement for learning.
Boys will be boys. Alpha Cards, flash cards created by Susan Levy, President of He's All Boy Inc., use the humor and subject matter most appealing to young boys to capture their attention, channel it into early core skills and willingly establish a pattern of what will hopefully become a thriving, lifelong joy for learning.
Levy,
a Denver mom and former elementary school teacher, literacy coach and education
consultant, made the decision to embrace the enemy rather than fight it - the
enemy being her son's lack of interest in 'A' is for 'Apples' and all the other
words most commonly used to illustrate letters. "If you are having
difficulty helping a particular child learn, you need to figure out what works
for them, what grabs their attention and will help them remember," Levy
explains. "My cards do that for a lot of kids. When I was in the classroom
teaching children to read, I had to figure out what made each individual child
tick. I had to figure out what they were interested in and then find reading
materials that fit."
The
result? Bright, engaging flash cards depicting scenarios such as a 'Fox'
delighting in a well aimed 'Fart' or a mischievous 'Dinosaur' cliff-dropping
'Doo-Doo' above a very startled-looking caveman. The cards are ideal for 3-5
year old boys (make no mistake, girls love them too!) and entertaining to folks
of all walks and ages.
Susan's
professional background and familiarity with student centered coaching
certainly made the challenge of engaging her son a natural one to address, but
she credits the perfect storm of those around her for the momentum that turned
this experience into products that could be shared with others. Her husband's
graphic design and entrepreneurial background, her older daughter's enthusiasm
for brainstorming words that made her younger brother laugh, her son's sealing
stamp of approval on the hilarity factor of each card and their sense of fun as
a family as they problem-solved were the driving forces that resulted in the
creation of these learning tools.
A
February a trip to the International Toy Fair in New York established there
were no other products like hers on the market, and after receiving lots of
positive feedback (and chuckles) from friends and teachers who tried samples in
their classrooms, Levy used Kickstarter to raise the initial funds toward
production costs. He's All Boy received more than six and a half times the
target goal, alleviating any question about her products having a hungry
audience.
In
addition to He's All Boy flash cards, Levy's website currently offers a
matching game, placemat, and inevitably, more games and tools to come. He's All
Boy Inc. products are currently available at select specialty toy and gift
stores across the country and can be purchased directly online at www.he-is-all-boy.com. You can also visit them on Facebook and Twitter.
Our Thoughts
My son loves flashcards. We currently have several sets - pictures, letters, words, numbers, and so many of them - even from different companies - are repeats, only with different pictures paired with the same words, over and over again. I can tell he's getting bored with them and wants something new.
He's All Boy Alpha Cards promised to be different, and they definitely are! Instead of just one, there are two words on each letter card. While some of the words (nouns) are repeats of our other sets, the second word offers no repeats! And the pictures bright, colorful, engaging, and hilarious!
My son likes it best when we do flashcards during mealtimes. Flashcards help distract him from being overwhelmed by the sensory issue of food texture/temperatures. The other cards we have are only coated on one side for more durability. Mealtimes + paper flashcards . . . well, you can guess how stained up they are. He's All Boy Alpha Cards are coated on both sides, so I can wipe them right off! They are bigger in size, too.
He's All Boy also offers a vinyl placemat and a memory game. I'd definitely like to get them for future use.
I want to say THANK YOU to Levy for creating flashcards that are different from all the other flashcards out there! Education + entertainment = priceless!
***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. The opinions expressed in the review are my own and were not influenced in any way.***
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