New Sprouts® Grill it! By Learning Resources

New Sprouts® Grill it!

No matter the weather, young grill masters can sear up a storm inside or outside with our new Grill it! The fun and finger-friendly way to pretend grill, this engaging kettle-style grill is soft, durable, easy to handle, and comes with a full assortment of play food, allowing children ages 2 and up to express their inner BBQ king or queen. Using the tongs to move foods on, around, and off the grill allows them to practice fine motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination.

From veggies to steak, chicken and burgers, there’s plenty of mouth-watering play food to cook and serve. Best of all, there’s no mess to clean up and all of the food stores inside the grill for easy put away.

This 22-Piece set includes

• 1 kettle-style, 4½"H x 8" in diameter grill w/removable grate, 2 burgers w/buns, 1 chicken breast, 1 steak, 2 slices of cheese, 2 pieces of lettuce, 2 tomato slices, 2 ears of corn, 2 asparagus bundles, and 1 pair of tongs.

Skills:

• Imaginative play, Role play, Fine motor, Hand-eye coordination, Early vocabulary/language and social skills

There’s no excuse not to fire up young imaginations! Grill it! coordinates with all of our other New Sprouts® play food collections, especially Garden Fresh Salad Set (LER 9745-D) and Serve it! (LER 3294).

•Age Under 2

•Grade Toddler +

My Thoughts

Okay so if anyone has read some of my other reviews, they know that my husband and I are big grillers. My father in law is practically a pit-master smoker and griller. We enjoy it and do it often. We always knew we were going to get out son some sort of grill toy. This one is so adorable. My son really likes it, and was giggling when I was pretending to "eat" one of the burgers after I put together. 

It come with steak, chicken, burgers with the fixins, vegetables like asparagus, and the tools. It is great too, because you can put everything in the bowl of grill when you are not playing with it and cover the grill with the grate. The only thing I wish is that the grill grate had some way to snap on to the bowl when you weren't using. It would make transferring it easier. It is a great summer toy. This way the baby can be right alongside Daddy, grilling with him. 

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Holiday Gift Guide: Laser Pegs - The Ultimate Construction Toys For Kids

Built for the Holidays, Laser Pegs® Is a Delight for the Senses:

New Colors and Sound Activation Bring Brick Toys to Life

Laser Pegs, the Original Lighted Construction Set®, is gearing up early for the holiday season with five all new sets. Each set was developed so the user can build multiple creations; these five new models alone can make up to 60 different sound activated colorful models.

With a kit for everyone on your holiday list from ages 5-99, the variety of these new models will keep children and adults alike entertained for hours while utilizing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills and educational fun.

New features in the holiday introductions include the following advancements to engage the senses. These features were added to some existing sets as well. 

Tinted Brick Colors: New kits containing the new “Tinted Brick Colors” will enjoy a variety of shades to build and play with. The new tinted brick colors are shaded to reflect the same colors that Laser Pegs already creates with LED lights, but now colors are even brighter, with or without the LED lights activated, giving builders even more options to tap the imagination.

Sound Activated Illumination: Kits with Sound Activated Illumination use LEDs that strobe to the beat of music, voices, clapping, etc. Imagine the light show you’ll get while singing carols around the tree! 

Among the new models for the holidays are:

·       6 in 1 Monster Truck - $21.99 Includes 1 Laser Peg, A Zippy Do Power Base, 66 Tinted Construction Bricks, Instruction Manual

·       4 in 1 Helicopter - $ 16.99 Includes 2 Laser Pegs, 45 Construction Bricks, Mobile Power Base, Instruction Manual

·       8 in 1 Helicopter - $ 26.99 Includes 10 Laser Pegs, 78 Construction Bricks, Triangle Power Base, Peg Cord, Instruction Manual

·       16 in 1 Space Fighter - $ 41.99 Includes 20 Laser Pegs, 82 Construction Bricks, Triangle Power Base, Peg Cord, Instruction Manual

·       24 in 1 National Geographic Dinosaurs - $ 59.99 Includes 27 Laser Pegs, 191 Construction Bricks, Triangle Power Base, Instruction Manual

“From our research, we know that kids love tinted color bricks,” explains Jon Capriola, Lead Designer and Founder of Laser Pegs. “So we’ve updated all the 2015 kits to accommodate tinted bricks, just in time for the holidays.”

All Laser Pegs sets are compatible other 32mm grid pattern construction kits. Find Laser Pegs online at Laserpegs.com, Amazon.com, Toysrus.com, Walmart.com, Select Barnes and Noble Stores, Learning Express, Shopko, Independent Toy Specialty Retailers, and other retailers near you.

About Laser Pegs 

Headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, Laser Pegs® is the Original Lighted Construction Set®. Encouraging forward-thinking multi-dimensional play, Laser Pegs products combine two things nearly every kid loves: light and building things.  

Year after year, Laser Pegs has been recognized as an award-winning toy (50 in all!) because of its “Slide, Stack & Spin” play pattern, by esteemed organizations like Dr. Toy, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Parenting magazine, and Good Housekeeping magazine. Its merits in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning have been well documented as well, making it one of the bestselling toys in its network of retailers. 

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My Thoughts

This was a fun set of Laser Pegs. I really liked that we had the ability to build more than one item. My daughter choice to construct the truck. I left her alone to see how well she was able to build the truck on her own while following the instructions. She didn't have any issues. The only thing she complained about was sometimes the pieces didn't connect easily, and I stepped in to help. I found them easy to connect.

After this was built, I liked that you could turn it on to either stay on as a light or you could have it flash on and off. It made night time play fun for her dolls as they got to ride around in the brightened truck.

She has had it put together for quite some time and it's held up. Every now and then a piece on the bottom will fall off from play, but we just pop it back on and she's back at playing with it.

My daughter really liked the Laser Pegs and as a mother, I really liked them as well.

  

Summer fun with the Aerobie Superdisc #giveaway

Summer is here and the Superdisc flying disc is ideal for long days of play in the park or the backyard or at the beach (it floats!). The Superdisc’s special aerodynamic design makes it easy for players of all skill levels to throw and its brightly colored cushioned rim makes for comfortable catches. It retails for $10, is best for ages 8 and up, and is sold at Sports Authority, Do It Best, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and other major sporting goods stores across the country. Plus, it's made in the USA.

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I really liked the feel of this superdisc in my hand. The sides are made of a nice rubber that is flexible and not hard like a typical frisbee. The middle part is a hard plastic, but not quite as hard as a typical frisbee. This superdisc fit comfortably in my hand and when I threw it, it wasn't awkward leaving.

It does glide through the air nice and doesn't seem to curve the way I've had frisbees in the past. My son and I tossed it back and forth to each other, and didn't find ourselves having to run all over after the other tossed it. For the most part, once we got the hand of throwing it, it glided back and forth between the two of us.

The superdisc has the ability to go far. With more and more practice, I was able to get it to sail through the sky farther then I had previously.

Another nice thing about this disc is that with the soft rubber sides, if it does hit something, it doesn't do much damage. Or no damage, it really depends on the force of the throw. I really liked this disc and can see us using it quite a bit in the evenings when we are looking for some family time together.

The Giveaway

One lucky winner will win an Aerobie Superdisc. To enter just fill out the giveaway tools form below. Open to the US only. Giveaway will end 8/3/15. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to reply. Thanks again to Magical Nutrients for offering this fantastic prize.

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