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What Is Pajaggle? Video Demo – Timberdoodle Vodcast #0089

December 8th, 2011

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From Timberdoodle.com:
Because of its distinctive multi-sensory emphasis, Pajaggle provides exceptional educational benefits untouched by other puzzles. In addition to increasing your child’s reasoning ability, the multi-sensory process actually means activity is happening on both sides of the brain. That increase of activity has been linked to improved concentration, attentiveness, and mental sharpness in both children and adults.

Many game variations, some quite complex, are outlined in the Pajaggle playbook. To get the most out of group games, we encourage you to purchase more than one Pajaggle Game, in different color combinations. Each Pajaggle comes with 61 super-sturdy polycarbonate pieces, Pajaggle playbook, timer, and storage box.

For more information, visit timberdoodle.com/pajaggle.

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How to Play SmartCar #0087

December 8th, 2011

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There are many more ways of building a car than most preschoolers realize! In SmartCar, you have four identically shaped blocks, with only the color and placement of the eyes on the blocks being different. The object of this 3-D puzzle is to make a car that matches the image as shown in the challenge.

Most three year olds will find it challenging enough to build the cars by looking at the solutions. But after completing all the solutions, they will be ready to tackle the actual puzzles. SmartCar includes forty-eight challenges (ranging from easy to difficult), solutions, wooden car chassis, and four colorful wooden blocks. For ages three to eight.

For more information, visit timberdoodle.com/smartcar.

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What is Mastery Versus Spiral Math? #0051

December 8th, 2011

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Mastery learning of Math is where you continue to work on one subject until it is fully understood. Spiral learning of Math works a little at a time on different subjects and will revisit each subject multiple times until learning is achieved. Not sure which is best for your child? Maybe this video will help.

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Timberdoodle Vodcast #0054 – Inchimals

December 7th, 2011

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Introduce your child to math in a fun way!

This set of twelve whimsical wooden blocks is taking the home education market by storm. From the one-inch ladybug cube to the twelve-inch giraffe rod, Inchimals are all you’ll need to introduce your young child to math. Because of its precise inch segments, Inchimals can also be used to guess and measure common item around the house. How tall is the glass? It is as tall as a tiger, or six inches tall. How long is a carrot? It is as long as a rabbit, or four inches long. Or build a corral for those Lego horses and chat about perimeter.

From Timberdoodle.com:
Thoughtfully designed with matching numerals and dot equivalent on opposite ends of each block, Inchimals is the best hands-on program we have seen for teaching math to young children. For children from three to eight years of age.

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Cuisenaire Rods Vs. Inchimals – Timberdoodle’s Homeschool Vodcast #0057

December 7th, 2011

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If you are not sure whether Inchimals or Cuisenaire Rods would be a better choice to help your child learn math, this video helps explain the differences.

From Timberdoodle.com:
About Inchimals: Teach your preschooler the language of math with Inchimals by Fat Brain Toys! This set of twelve whimsical wooden blocks is taking the home education market by storm. From the one-inch ladybug cube to the twelve-inch giraffe rod, Inchimals are all you’ll need to introduce your young child to math. Thoughtfully designed with matching numerals and dot equivalent on opposite ends of each block, Inchimals is the best hands-on program we have seen for teaching math to young children. For children from three to eight years of age.

About Cuisenaire Rods Introductory Set: In the 1980s, when widespread homeschooling in the USA was still in its infancy, I read of a homeschooling mom in Ireland who used multi-colored, multi-length rods to teach her children a variety of mathematical concepts. Using rods in an assortment of ten bright colors to depict numerical values, her children could easily see a multitude of mathematical concepts as they manipulated the rods. Used in classrooms around the world, this essential learning tool is suitable for preschoolers and on through eighth grade. Set of plastic rods contains seventy-four rods (the smallest rod is a one cm cube, the largest is ten cm long), tray with lid, and an activity guide.

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