As Mommies we are all trying to find safe and fun toys for our children. Most of us have turned to using wooden toys or simple toys to play with. We have found one product that as little girls ALL of us Mommies played with. That toy is Felts. We are sure that everyone remembers playing with felts growing up, well kids STILL love them!
Each of us Mommies got to try out a different play felt. One that we really want to share with your Mommies who have preschoolers (they have felts for EVERY age) but they have a kit called the Preschool Curriculum Kit. This special collection teaches preschoolers math, science, reading/writing skills, art, music, and P.E. in a group or individual setting. There are 3 main written units (36 pages each!) with a total of 9 mini-unit lessons that include fully outlined lesson plans for the attention-getting activity, group fun, 3 felt center activities, coloring pages, activity sheets, P.E. activity, and a snack idea.
There are many other felt sets to choose from, from math, science, social studies, to toys.
Please pass along this site to all the teachers as well!
Read Our Mommies Thoughts:
Kristin's Kai loves her fun felts.
Amanda's girls loves playing with the Fashion Dolls.
Shanda and her kids play all the time with their fun felt farm!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Fun Felts
Thursday Roundup
Thursday is our day to share all the great giveaways our Mommies are holding on each of our sites and also the giveaways held here on Mommies United! Each Thursday we will bring you a list of current giveaways!
If you are a blogger and are holding a giveaway on your site please let us know and we will add your link to THIS post. Please let us know when your giveaway ends as well.
AMANDA at mommymandy.com :
Bruno Jamais Restaurant & Belli Baby Giveaway
WIN: a $50 Gift Certificate to Bruno Jamais Restaurant. AND a gift set of Belli Baby Products at a retail value of $32.00
ENDS: July 11th
Jishaku Game Giveaway
WIN: A Jishaku Game
ENDS: july 13th
T. Heyman Tees Giveaway
WIN:Lotus Blossom Tee (winner gets to choose their size s,m,l)
ENDS: July 14th
Nana Star Giveaway
WIN: The winner will receive either the Nana Star book and doll OR the Nana Star and the Moonman doll and book.
ENDS: July 19th
Win Gifts Courtesy of T-Mobile
WIN: Over the next two weeks you can win daily prizes as well as weekly door prizes
ENDS: July 22nd
Be Like The Stars.. Win a Bag From The SAK's
WIN: the Silverlake Convertible Satchel in White patent. The exact same bag Miley is carrying but in white! (retail $199.00)
ENDS: July 30th
Other giveaways will be starting daily as well so check back often
CHRISTINE at From Dates To Diapers and Beyond :
Stuck On U Romper
WIN: a stuck on U romper
ENDS: July 10th at 9pm pst
Join Christine July 14th to the 20th for an Ice Cream Social! You can win some amazing prizes!
KRISTIN at An Ordinary Life :
Let the Force Be With You
WIN: a Jishaku Game
ENDS: July 13th
Dinsey's College Road Trip
WIN: one of THREE Disney's College Road Trip DVD
ENDS: July 22nd
Live Like The Celebs
WIN: A Silverlake Convertible Satchel in White patent
ENDS: July 30th
SHANDA at Parents With Style :
Shanda does not have any giveaways open at this time, but check back as she updates daily!
Mommies United:
Enter to win this week's Cupcake Courier WEEK TEN - Ends July 13th
Win a Wupzey Food Catcher (four winners) Ends July 14th
Pig Tails Ink Giveaway Ends July 20th
Our Blogger Friend's Giveaways:
leave us a comment and we will add you here
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Natural Hair Care
This month's Whole Foods' Whole Body videos are all about natural ways to care for hair, in John Masters natural Salon! John Masters has been a leader and innovator in the beauty care industry for more than 15 years. He is founder of John Masters Organics personal care products and salon in New York City.
Check out the great coverage of natural approaches for all hair types. You don't want to miss these informative videos:
Natural Salon Part I: Ingredients to Look For
Learn why caring for hair naturally is beneficial and what plant-based ingredients to look for depending on hair type: curly, straight or color-treated.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Pigtails Ink.Giveaway
Looking for cute and unique wall art for your children's rooms? What something personalized? Head over to Pigtails Ink where they have a large selection of adorable wall art.
Whether you are looking for a special something for the little one in your life or a unique gift for someone else, you have come to the right place!
The Pigtails Ink. collection features personalized wall art for both kids and grown ups, charming greeting cards and custom stationery. Have fun browsing through the assortment and we guarantee it will make you smile!
The Spa Day Wall Art would look great in any bathroom. Each of us Mommies agree that we would all love it in our own bathrooms!
Read Our Mommies Thoughts:
Shanda and her kids love their customized picture!
Amanda loves the two girls in the bath tub wall art
Mommies United:
Code: MUD
Enter at checkout
Enjoy a 10% discount on any purchase of $25.00 or more. Offer expires August 1st & does not apply to custom art or custom stationery orders.
Leave us a comment on what your favorite picture or what you really like about the site and you could win an 8x10 of your choice.
Contest ends on July 20th at 12pm eastern standard time. You must leave your email address in the comment so that we can notify you. Good Luck!
Terrific Post Tuesday
First of all, here are our favorite posts from the last week...
Shanda, Kristin, Christine and Amanda
And second, CONGRATS!! To our winner Monica of the Kaboost! Here are her fabulous tips!
Anonymous said...
1. I keep a bag in the car that I throw cool dollar store items and washable markers in. We call it the restaurant bag and my girls love seeing the little surprises so much that they are very well behaved wherever we take them.2. I mix fruit babyfood and plain yogurt and freeze them in popsicle molds to make a yummy treat for a hot summer afternoon.I will cc you in on my email. Thanks for the giveaway- the Kaboost looks like the perfect thing for my petite 4 year old. The poor think can hardly see her plate but is too embarrassed to sit in a "baby booster".
Monday, July 7, 2008
Much Love Monday
Monday's here on Mommies United is our day to feature one commenter from the past week and show thanks to our readers!
This past week, us Mommies took the weekend off for the Holiday, and so I would like to feature a comment from our ITS FRIDAY!!!!! Finally! Post where Shanda asked our readers to share their best parenting advice.
Tara from Tara's view of the world who said...
My best parenting advice is to go with your gut! There are hundreds of books and media on parenting, on what to do and how to do it, and if you try to follow it all you will go crazy- plus it is impossible since one half of the experts completely disagrees with the other half of experts. Just remember that the best possible thing you can give your kids is your love. A child who grows up loved and supported will grow up happy.
Thank you Tara, we completely agree. "A child who grows up loved and supported will grow up happy."
(Kristin is on vacation and will be back on Wednesday!)
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy Independence Day!
Have a great weekend!!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Some Great Giveaways You'll Want to Check Out!
There is a great giveaway over at Sally's Clippies... Head over to enter to win any two felt flower clippies, and a thick headband to match. Enter before Sunday, July 6th.
Mark your calendars:
Wupzey Highchair Food Catcher GIVEAWAY
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED
Wupzey Highchair Food Catchers Designed for ages 5-18 months learning to eat finger foods on their own. Food catchers helps save time and effort at mealtime! Made of 100% rip stop nylon.
We all know that feeding our babies can mean having a HUGE mess on the floor. No matter how hard we try there is always a mess. Luckily there is the Wupzey food Catcher to help us parents out at meal time.
Wupzey Food Catcher is created and designed to be what it is- to catch food. It is a piece of nylon material that can be attached to any high chair with a foot rest. It's made of "rip stop nylon" material that's lightweight, durable, and can be easily cleaned either in the sink or in the washing machine.
Read Our Mommies Thoughts:
Kristin's thoughts are here
Shanda's thoughts are here
Amanda loves the Wupzey
WIN:
One of Four Wupzey Food Catcher
ENTER:
To enter, tell us a story of a messy feeding time and how this would help you and your baby/toddler.
This giveaway will end on July 14th
Thursday Roundup
Thursday is our day to share all the great giveaways our Mommies are holding on each of our sites and also the giveaways held here on Mommies United! Each Thursday we will bring you a list of current giveaways!
If you are a blogger and are holding a giveaway on your site please let us know and we will add your link to THIS post. Please let us know when your giveaway ends as well.
AMANDA at mommymandy.com :
Josh Groban & William Joseph CD Giveaway
WIN: Prizes:(3): Josh Groban Awake Live CD/DVD.(3): William Joseph CD.
ENDS: July 3rd
MOO Giveaway
WIN:Prizes (5): (1) 100 MOO MiniCards.(1) 90 MOO stickers.(1) 20 MOO postcards.(1) 10 MOO greeting cards.(1) 16 MOO notecards.
ENDS: July 5th
A Simple Impression Giveaway
WIN: A custom family name plaque
ENDS: July 7th
Pants in a Pinch
WIN: a pair of Pants in a Pinch
ENDS: July 9th
Recycline Preserve thoothbrush Giveaway
WIN: TWO toothbrushes
ENDS: July 10th
Jishaku Game Giveaway
WIN: A Jishaku Game
ENDS: july 13th
T. Heyman Tees Giveaway
WIN:Lotus Blossom Tee (winner gets to choose their size s,m,l)
ENDS: July 14th
CHRISTINE at From Dates To Diapers and Beyond :
Stuck On U
WIN: a stuck on U romper
ENDS: July 10th
KRISTIN at An Ordinary Life :
Signing Time DVD Set Giveaway
WIN: Signing Time Series 1, Volumes 1-3 along with board books 1,2 and 3. (retail value is 91.98)
ENDS: July 10th
Let the Force Be With You
WIN: a Jishaku Game
ENDS: July 13th
SHANDA at Parents With Style :
Sassy Pink Giveaway!
WIN: win a box of washcloth candy from
Sassy Pink Boutique
ENDS: July 4th
Contest Stuk on U
WIN: a FREE STUK ON U ROMPER
ENDS: July 4th
Mommies United:
Win a Kaboost on Mommies United!
WIN: a Kaboost Highchair seat
ENDS: July 4th
Cupcake Courier Week Ten
WIN: a cupcake courier
ENDS: July 13th
Wupzey Food Catcher
WIN: One of Four Wupzeys (4 winners)
ENDS: July 14th
Our Blogger Friend's Giveaways:
leave us a comment and we will add you here
The Great Tutu Giveaway! Win a Custom Sara Rose Tutu!
WIN:For every 100 comments she will giveaway another tutu.
ENDS: July 20th
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Wordless Wednesday
Go see what the Mommies posted for Wordless Wednesday today!
Remember, if you posted a WW, leave your blog address and we'll come check it out!
Sweet Extravaganza WEEK TEN and winner
Our winner for WEEK NINE is: .Cuddle Cottage Congratulations!!
Cuddle Cottage said...
The winner of Week 8 tells a sweet story! I'm glad she's getting a courier to help prevent another 'cupcakes strewn in the snow fiasco':) No chance of my cupcakes being strewn in the snow here, they're more likely to just melt the minute I step out of my front door. Now if I had a courier, I could load up my signature vanilla cupcakes, then place said courier into our giant ice-packed cooler and voila! - perfect cupcakes for all:)
Thank you to everyone who entered!
This week to enter, just leave us a comment with why you'd like to win!
This week's giveaway will end on Friday July 13th
Please if you have already won do not enter, please let someone else have a chance at winning! Thanks!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Terrific Post Tuesday!
CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR TOP POSTS FROM THE LAST WEEK!
AORDINARYLIFE.COM
MOMMYMANDY.COM
FROMDATESTODIAPERS.COM
PARENTSWITHSTYLE.BLOGSPOT.COM
