Speed

I have been trying to teach the Hotrod Princess how to skip count for a couple months now. This seems to be something that she is having a hard time understanding. I have been looking for different ways to help her get the hang of skip counting and I have finally found a fun game that seems to work. Its called "SPEED". its made by highhill educational supplies and you can find it on amazon for about $18.99. You can click HEAR to find it.  "Speed" is  a fun card game that teaches kids to multiply and how to multiply faster. It even helps teach skip counting. Once kids are familiar with the numbers in a game, multiplication gets easier. The game consist of eight decks of cards 2's - 9's in which kids learn skip counting. Its a two player game where players play against each other to see who can get rid of all of their cards first. "Speed" is a great hands on multisensory game that is short and quick. Its perfect for kids that have short attention spans. The repetition of the game helps kids with memorization. Its great for all learning styles.

one of our games 

We have been playing "Speed" for a few weeks now and I can already tell that it is helping the Hotrod princess with her skip counting. We are still working with the 2's right now. I went over the directions a couple times to be sure I understood how to play the game and what the rules were. I explained it to the Hotrod princess and then showed her what we had to do. She picked up how to play the game very quickly.  Over the last few weeks she has gotten faster at playing "speed".  She now makes less mistakes when skip counting by 2's. I can only see things improving from hear as we advance through the game. I think my skip counting is even getting better. I have noticed that I am getting faster at figuring out what cards I can play next.  We have so much fun playing "SPEED" that she often chooses "Speed" over many of our other games. Its a very fast game so we can usually squeeze in a game or two while we are waiting for it to be time to go some place. It has become a great rainy day activity that we really enjoy . I cant wait for Snoopy to start skip counting so they can play together. She is already sitting with us when we play.

I wanted to see how my sisters son who is autistic would like the game. They came up this weekend and we played a few rounds. He did very well with it and seemed to enjoy playing the game with us. It was easy for him to understand how to play and I think it will help him get better with his multiplying skills. He learns best with hands on activities and "SPEED is very hands on. It's a fast game so his hands are constantly moving. This is very good for his need to fidget,  it keeps him moving and doing quickly which also helps with concentrate.

Their is also a "SPEED" app for the I Pad the light version is free and the full version is 99 cents. You can click hear to read some more about it hear on her blog.
You can also check it out on facebook

All in all "SPEED" is a great educational game that I am more than happy to have in my house. Its worth every penny.


Disclosure: I received this product at no cost for review. All opinions are my own or what my kids thought of the product.

Chalk City Where SideWalk Chalk and Riding Toys Meet!

Chalk City® is a family of outdoor toys that combines two activities that boys and girls love—playing with sidewalk chalk and playing with riding toys. Kids of all ages can easily use the Road Maker®, Road Sign Stencils and Obstacle Course Stencils for hours of fun. The Chalk City® Road Maker® has won many awards, including The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, Tillywig's Best Family Fun, Creative Child Magazine's Seal of Excellence and Parent's Choice Recommended. 

You can go to http://www.chalkcity.com to find a retailer near you. You can also find Chalk City Products on Amazon. Where you can get the full activity Kit for $39.99.

Now that the technical stuff is out of the Way the fun stuff. I got a little carried away with pictures on this one there was just so much fun to photograph.

 My Girls LOVE Chalk City. They have played with this for hours. Its super fun and allows there creativity to run free. For weeks now our drive way has been covered in Roads and signs. We even hit the local park where we made a huge road on the walking path complete with stop signs and turn markers.

Chalk City defiantly gives you your bang for your buck. For $39.99 you get the road maker, road sign stencils, and obstacle course stencils, and chalk. the road maker and the stencils all come in there own bright colored carry bag for easy transportation. The road maker makes evenly spaced lines the perfect width for your child's bike scooter sate board etc. it makes great curvy roads circles and turns. It folds up for compact storage. The road sign stencils give you all the basics road signs STOP, Turn Right, Turn Left, and Straight. the Obstacle course stencils include a pair feet for hopping, a Jumping jack stencil, and a spin right or left stencil. I found that the chalk fit well in all the stencil's but the toes on the pair of feet. the toes are just kind of small and the big size chalk doesn't fit in the holes real well after the tip of the chalk has wore down. Not a big deal for me we just added the toes in free hand. be prepared to have a lot of chalk on hand because once they start using chalk city they will always want a road to ride there bike on. The chalk city site even has activity ideas for you and your kids http://www.chalkcity.com/activities1.html


We had a blast with Chalk city It's perfect for summer time fun and it would make a great gift.
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Disclosure: I received these products at no cost for review. All opinions are my own or what my kids thought of the product.