Holiday Gift Guide: Carson-Dellosa Pirates Gold and Homework Helpers Review & Giveaway

Isn't it great to have fun when you're learning? Every week at our house we have family game night, and I love anything that will help reinforce the lessons my children are learning in school. Carson-Dellosa, a wonderful educational publishing company, provides books and games and manipulatives to engage children from grades pre-K all the way up to eighth grade.

Carson-Dellosa generously sent us these products to try out: the Pirates Gold board game (retail $14.99), and three Homework Helpers Activity Books (Number Dot to Dot, Alphabet Hidden Pictures and School Skills), which retail for $2.99 each. What a perfect fit for our family! Benjamin, who is in pre-K, was very eager to try out his new workbooks. And everyone, including my husband and me, couldn't wait to jump in and try Pirates Gold for game night.

Pirates Gold is the perfect game to play with younger children in grades 2 to 5. It took us just minutes to set up and learn and our children immediately understood the strategy: gather 6 gold coins to win the game, and watch out for the pirate ship at all costs! The board and pieces are very appealing and brightly colored, and the children especially loved stashing loot in their treasure chests. We usually finish a game within 20 to 30 minutes. That's just the right amount of time for this age group.

The only issue we encountered with Pirates Gold is that the little tavern made out of paper, which is meant to be assembled and used as a "3D" decoration on the board, doesn't fit back in the box unless you take it apart. We had to tape it to keep it together, and I didn't want to remove the tape, so we just keep it in a separate place. We have enjoyed Pirates Gold so much that I am very eager to check out more of Carson-Dellosa's games!

The pre-K activity books were a home run, too. At about 8x9 inches in size, they are a little smaller than your standard workbook; just right for little hands to hold. And that means they fit better in tiny backpacks. The artwork is simple but cute, and the activities are perfectly suited to the target ages. Benjamin has enjoyed the workbooks so much, he wants to do the activities for fun, even outside of home school time.

The selection you'll find at the Carson-Dellosa website is just incredible! There are easily thousands of items for teachers and parents to use for education and inspiration: colorful charts, games, stickers, activity books, posters, maps and more! You can shop by grade/age, by theme or by school subject to find just what you need to engage your child. They offer $5.95 flat rate shipping and a great Sales and Clearance section with items 50% off or more.

If you get stuck and need help, take advantage of their helpful Live Chat.

Connect with Carson-Dellosa online: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarsonDellosa

and Twitter https://twitter.com/CDpub

So, are you ready for a giveaway?

One Lucky Reader Will Receive The Pirates Gold Game from Carson-Dellosa!

Back 2 School Bash Giveaway Hop Event #Bck2SchlBash

 

Welcome to the Back2School Bash!! This event is hosted by Andersons Angels,  MomVantage, Mommy of One and Counting & Joy of Momma Joyner. This Event features everything under the sun you’ll need to send your kiddos Back to School. Be sure to visit each blog from the linky below and enter for your chance to win some really amazing prizes! This event will end on August 10th at 11:59pm EST.

Children Teaching Mama was so excited about this event that we have several prizes for our wonderful followers!

So, are you ready to see what we are giving away?

Prize Package #1

Back To School Learning Package

Sponsor: Carson-Dellosa

Prize: Educational Prize Package from Carson-Dellosa valued at $25.42!

Description: This amazing prize package includes a fun and informative Guinness World Records Animals Puzzle Book, Extreme Earth Learning Cards and Bookmarks. Also included are frog pencil toppers and frog incentive charts to help start the school year off with a bang!

Prize Package #2

Arts & Crafts Time

Sponsor: BeginAgain Toys

Prize: On The Go Artist Kit Valued At $25.00

Description: This kit contains everything your little artist would need when on the go. Inside the natural cotton carry case you will find crayons, stencils, a ruler, wood pencils and a drawing pad!

Prize Package #3

Eco-Friendly Student

Sponsor: Green Apple Supply

Prize: $25 Gift Credit For GreenAppleSupply.com

Description: Green Apple Supply is dedicated to providing families with eco-friendly, non-toxic products, including a variety of school supplies!

How To Enter

Just go below to enter via the Rafflecopter form. Once you are finished, scroll down a bit more to the Linky list. This is the master list of all the participating bloggers, so you can be sure to hit them all and enter the giveaways. It's really that simple!

Carson-Dellosa Summer Bridge Activities Educational Gift Package

My son is so excited about school getting out on his birthday, June 8th! He has worked so hard this year and learned so much from his amazing teachers. I remember when I was a child, I never looked at a book or learned anything worthwhile the entire summer, but I definitely don't want this for my children. I want them to have a fun summer that is also educational!

It is very important to keep up with the learning process during the summer, especially for young children who are still learning the basics. Josiah has been learning his alphabet, sounds and numbers. If he went a few months without practice, he wouldn't retain much by the next school year. Research shows that children can lose up to 2.5 months of learning during the summer, which causes teachers to re-teach those skills the following year for 2-4 weeks! It's important as parents and caregivers to make sure this doesn't happen. Here are some fun facts about education and why it is important to practice during the summer break.

This summer we can do our part as parents to refresh our children's skills and that's where Carson-Dellosa comes into play. Their products, such as the Summer Bridge Activities items, help kids prepare for the upcoming school year and keep their skills sharp throughout the summer months!

Thanks to Carson-Dellosa, One Lucky Children Teaching Mama Reader Will Receive An Awesome Summer Learning Gift Pack. 

The pack includes:

• 1 Summer Bridge Activities Workbook (grade of winner's choice)
• 1 Summer Bridge Activities Card Set (grade of winner's choice)
• 2 Sun Notepads
• 2 Packs of Sea Life Name Tags
• 1 Pack of Sea Life Mini Incentive Charts

To enter just use the Rafflecopter form below! This giveaway is for US Residents only. All entries must be received before Sunday, June 10th at 12:01am. Good Luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway