Holiday Gift Giving Guide – Discovery Toys – Teach. Play. Inspire – Great Educational, Learning Toys for Children Ages 0-5+ (Review and Giveaway)

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Product Description:
MEASURE UP!® Cups
Item #1971
Retails for $13.50
Watch learning in action as your toddler uses this set of cups to scoop, dump, fill, nest, stack and stamp. These volumetrically correct, sequentially numbered cups introduce important preschool concepts related to volume, size, time, color and measurement. Activity Guide included. Colors may vary. From [1 7/8" x 2 1/16"] to [3 5/8" x 2 7/16"] (from [5 cm x 5 cm] to [9 cm x 9 cm]). For ages 12m - primary school (K, V)
Key Benefits of Product:

EXPLORATION, MOTOR SKILLS, THINKING SKILLS, MATH, READING & LANGUAGE EXPRESSION

• Stack, sort, count, and nest cups of different sizes and colors;
  
• Identify numerals and trilingual number words;
  
• Explore counting and number operations;
  
• Early math and science concepts;
  
• Become aware of clock face positions;
  
• Explore volumetrically correct feature (e.g. 1 cup + 2 cups = 3 cups);
  
• Use to scoop, pour, and stamp;
  
• Recognize animal shapes;
  
• Practice sequencing skills;
  
• Raised bases stabilize the cups for successful stacking!

My Thoughts:
Many of you know that I am always on the lookout for toys that are not only fun for my daughter, Savannah, to play with, but also those that are educational and aid in her learning and development skills. So, when I was approached by Heather Weiss, a consultant for Discovery Toys, to review and offer a giveaway for the Measure Up! Cups, I couldn’t say, “No.” Not only is Heather is a mom, but one of the main reasons she decided to become a Discovery Toys consultant was that she, too, liked educational toys that offered skill building benefits for her children. So, I knew she offered and stood behind top quality educational products for children 0-5+ years of age.
Now, don’t get me wrong, there are tons of educational learning products on the market, but after receiving the Measure UP! Cups and having my daughter play with them, I have to say I was impressed with the overall quality of the product. Ever since receiving this product for review, I can’t get my daughter to stop playing with the cups. She enjoys stacking the cups and then knocking them down. And, with the bright colors, they really catch her eye. I especially love how each cup is numbered, so young children can practice their counting skills through stacking and nesting these measuring cups. Even though Savannah is too young right now to recite her numbers, I make sure to count out each number and color as we nest and stack the cups together. These measuring cups will surely be a favorite toy for Savannah for the next couple of years, and will be a great teaching tool that I can use when practicing counting and simple mathematics with her, as well as color recognition.

These measuring cups are just one of many wonderful educational products available through Heather’s online catalog, and can be purchased right now, just in time for the holidays. Click here to visit Heather’s personal website and view her product catalog. In addition, if you want to learn more about becoming a Discovery Toy Consultant like her, she can answer any questions you may have about the brand and consultant benefits.

---GIVEAWAY---

One lucky Inspired by Savannah reader will win a set of Measure Up! Cups. To enter, please complete the MANDATORY ENTRY first, and then as many EXTRA ENTRIES as you like. Make sure to include your email address with your first comment, so that I can contact you if you win.
MANDATORY ENTRY: View Heather’s online product catalog and let me know which educational toy you would like to get for your little one and why?
EXTRA ENTRIES:
(Please leave separate entries for each, along with your email address) 1) Subscribe to my blog via email and/or become a GFC follower (2 entries each) 2) Follow me on Facebook (1 entry) 3) Enter any of my other giveaways, leaving a comment with the name of the giveaway (1entry per giveaway entered) 4) Blog about this giveaway. It must include a link to this specific post, as well as a link to my blog, http://ctmomreviews.blogspot.com/. (In your comment, please leave a link directly to your post – 3 Entries) 5) Follow me on Twitter (1entry) 6) Tweet about this giveaway (1 entry per tweet, per day; please include link to tweet in comment below) Enter to #win a set of Measure Up! Stacking Cups from Discovery Toys, Educational Learning Toys for Kids @rmccoy1234 http://ctmomreviews.blogspot.com/ #giveaway (Ends 11/26) 7) Vote for me on picket fence blogs (See button on right side of blog -- One entry per vote, per day; Note:  You can only your one vote per day on ONE giveaway; duplicate comments on other giveaways on the same day with be void)
8) Add to a Giveaway Linky site  (5 entries)
Open to US residents only. Giveaway ends on Nov. 26, 2011 at 11:59PM EST. I will then use Random.org to choose a winner. Winner will have 48 hrs. to respond to my email to claim prize. If I don't hear back from selected winner, I will draw another winner.
About Discovery Toys:
Discovery Toys has been helping parents to "Teach. Play. Inspire." with our high-quality educational toys, books, games and music for over three decades.
The company was founded by an early childhood educator in 1978 and continues to grow from our passion for helping children through play. Today, we are the leader in learning toys for early childhood education as the foremost direct marketing company of its kind. The company’s product categories are sold according to age-appropriate category segments:

• infant: 0 - 12 months
  
• toddler: 1 - 3 years
  
• preschool: 3 - 5 years
  
• school years: 5 - 8 years

When we develop our products, we design multiple layers of learning into every toy.  We also maintain the highest safety and quality standards beyond the nationally published governmental standards.
DT Educational Consultants, parents and children interact to deliver our promise of helping children learn through play.  It's no surprise that many of the thousands of Educational Consultants in our field are both parents and teachers who love to teach and play with their kids.
Today, interest in the intersection of education and play continues to grow. Discovery Toys is prepared for unprecedented growth for both the network and the children it serves.
Our Mission:
Teach.
Discovery Toys creates highly engaging learning toys, books, games and music that help parents and others teach learning skills through play.
Play.
Discovery Toys ignites the imagination and interest of children as they learn and grow through play each day.
Inspire.
Discovery Toys inspires learning! Our products not only inspire children to learn, they inspire parents and educators to teach and learn along with them.
Disclosure: I was sent a sample from a Discovery Toys consultant in order to write up an honest review. The views above are mine and mine alone.