WeAreTeachers Blog Hop

WeAreTeachers Blog Hop

WeAreTeachers is sponsoring a Blog Hop showcasing educational toys for Christmas. I choose a favorite! Just hop from blog to blog to see the top toy choices from educators around the nation. Collect the clues at the end of each blog for a chance to win a prize!

The Blog Hop begins Friday, November 16!

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WeAreTeachers Blog Hop STOP #11:  Becky Danielson

Welcome to the WeAreTeachers Blog Hop Stop #11. If you’re just joining us, head back to the BLOG HOP LAUNCH POST  to find out how the Blog Hop works so you can collect all of the necessary clues for a chance to win an iPad, a $50 gift card, and much more!

As a participant in this blog hop, I’ve been asked to write a review of my favorite educational gift. I’ve chosen: Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway

Product:         Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway
Age Range:    PreK-Elementary
Subject Areas:
Academic– color recognition, descriptive terminology of track shapes, landmasses (tunnels, waterfront, mountains, etc.), problem solving, logical thinking, and imagination
Social/Emotional– facial expression recognition, cooperative play
Physical– fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination

HOT DEAL: Trains Galore 
Retail Store and Party Room, Wooden Track, What’s New, Hard to Find, AND a Clearance Room with a wide assortment of wooden engines and accessories for Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway

Kids and trains naturally go together. How can a child not be intrigued with a box of track and an assortment of engines and rail cars with personalities that connect with magnets to one another? My boys’ Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway is well loved. They played with the trains for years! Thomas, Percy, Henry, and James with all their friends were always on the top of the list of toys for small guests to pull out and play with when visiting too. The toys are durable, timeless, and just plain fun.

Kids can learn a lot from Thomas and his friends. Designing and building the track requires the use of fine motor skills, logical thinking, and creativity. Connecting engines to rail cars and guiding them along the track aids in eye-hand coordination. The facial features of Thomas and the other engines can assist in teaching children facial expressions and emotions. Most importantly, spending an afternoon setting up a train track and playing with the wooden engines and cars, spurs on a child’s imagination and encourages cooperative play with siblings and friends. Great lessons for every child, starting with a little blue engine, Thomas.

WeAreTeachers Blog Hop Clue #11:  EVERY

The next stop on the blog hop is: Kristy Dixon

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