If there’s one thing I’m not, it’s a natural born (effective and compassionate) teacher. Oh, sure, I can “teach” things to people, but if you don’t get it the first 3 times or you start messing with the order of things? My head explodes.
Honestly, that’s a huge reason why I pay to send my kid to preschool, and why the thought of homeschooling sounds about as appealing to me as shoveling horse shit. (Believe me, I’m sure it would be worse for the kids than having them shovel horse shit.)
I hate filling down time here with lots of TV shows, though, and Kendall has such a thirst for learning right now. I’ve tried to find cutesy crafts and lessons on Pinterest and at the nearest educational store, but it’s all so… hard for me to coordinate.
I was THRILLED when a local company reached out to me a few months ago to review their activity packs because I really needed something to do with Kendall on the days he’s not in preschool, and I wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do and how to do it.
Let’s Go Activities makes activity kits, which are boxes built around a central theme, and they include nearly everything (with the exception of some items you probably already have and anything you have to buy fresh from the grocery store), to pull off crafts, lessons, even kid-friendly recipes!
We chose the farm one, and it was immediately tons of fun for Kendall. He colored and made a farm scene from stickers while Leyna napped and I worked.
What? Pinterest is “work” for me sometimes. I swear!
I made sure to stop and guide him along the activities he was working on, but I was also able to let him work independently while we both quietly shared a bag of popcorn.
Since then, we’ve done just about every activity included, and we’re getting ready for another kit. I can’t wait to sit down with him and let him pick out the next one. For us, I would guess the box lasted about 6 weeks. That was just doing a little something 1-2 times a week. It will really depend on how much you want to get done in a day with it as to how long the kit will last you.
Each kit sells for about $23, and you can purchase a booster kit for $7 if you’d like to stretch the supplies to accommodate an extra child.
Let’s Go Activities wants to send a kit of your choice to one of you, so check out the box below to see how you can win!
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We would definitely enjoy the farm pack in this house. Every book we read is centered on farms or farm animals. Plus I am amazing at imitating their little noises so it automatically drags everything out a little longer and becomes a “learning experience”. 😉
Those look like a lot of fun! The ocean or winter pack especially looks great.
My kids would love the Ocean activity pack!!
The Winter Wonderland kit sounds so cute!
hands down we would have to try the “all aboard” kit. what a great idea!
I’d pick ocean, I think!
What a great idea, especially for moms like me (like you) who aren’t teachers but would love to do deeper activities with kids! The Ocean Exploration looks great!
It sounds awesome! My son would love the ocean one
I think I’d start with the farm one too. My daughter is obsessed with cows and horses lately. I’m pretty sure if we could have a cow in our (suburban) backyard she would die of happiness at 2.
I think my daughter would like the bugs and butterflies kit
The Farm pack sounds like fun!
I think Lila would love the Farm pack!
Probably the ocean activity pack, its super cute and with summer coming it would be an awesome thing to have for fridays when my son will be home from his preschool program.
i think we’d do the bug one first
My 3 year old would love the Ocean Exploration pack
Ohh the all aboard!
We’d probably do the bug kit!
I sooooooo need something like this. My (almost) 2 year old watches wayyyy too much TV. I had grand ideas of the stuff I’d do with her when I quit my job, but yeah I stink at this type of stuff! I like the ocean pack or the bugs and butterflies
Ooohhh the Bugs Activity pack. We’ve been working out in the garden the past few weeks and my daughter is all about the bugs!
So cool! We’d go with ocean or bugs, probably!
Oh I think we’d like the Ocean Exploration pack. My son is really into fish right now!
Definitely want the All Aboard Activity Pack! Right up my little guys alley!
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this is so awesome! I think we’d end up with the bugs or all aboard box. this is exactly what I would love to put together on my own for my kid, but like you, I’m kind of …. not good at that. mostly figuring out what to DO.
I posted about this on my blog page and was told I was ‘cramming’ worksheets down my kid’s throat… that kids learn best by play.. who says a worksheet with stickers CAN’T be play, along with the 5 million other things kids play with?
so glad you found this, and I would LOVE to win!
My little girl would like the farm one best, I think! Since we don’t have a car during the day, I’m always looking for fun stuff to do…it’d be great to have this box of activities. 🙂
We’d like the All Aboard Pack!
Sounds like a lot of fun. I bet my twins would love it
My little one would love the farm pack
Id definitely get him the lets go activity pack. So cute!
I meant to add we’d get the all aboard one 🙂
Oh, this is awesome! I feel the same same way. My daughter is in preschool four days a week while I’m at work and we’re both home on Fridays. I have a bad tendency to let her watch too much tv because it’s my one day to catch up on laundry, house projects and blogging. She LOVES coloring right now and any sort of project but I’m definitely missing the craft gene. I subscribe to all these magazines but then every craft seems too hard to pull together without my constant supervision. I would choose either the Ocean kit or the Bugs and Butterflies one. I wish there was a space one because that’s her current obsession. These are great!
Hmm, all of them? But first the bugs and butterflies pack.
The ocean packs looks like so much fun. Something to fill the days without preschool would be so helpful!
The bugs and butterflys kit looks so cute. My daughter would love it.
Wow!! I love this idea. I think the farm kit would go over well here.
I want to get the ocean pack, this is such a great idea
Bugs and Butterflies looks pretty cool
My 3.5 year old daughter is obsessed with butterflies right now, so I would most likely choose the bugs and butterflies pack. What a cool idea! Thanks for sharing it with us!
My son loves animals so definitely farm for us! Thanks for the great idea!
My 3.5yo would love the bug pack, what a great idea!
We would definitely enjoy the bug pack!!
My son would like my first airplane. I totally understand what you mean about your son and teaching. I am the same way with my son. People that homeschool are very brave!
All Aboard packs seems awesome. My son loves cars.
My sons would love the All Aboard pack.
ALL ABOARD for sure!
We would go with the Ocean Exploration Pack!
We like all of them!
Love the farm pack or the bugs. The little guy is obsessed with anything outdoors, and living in ND, the farm and bugs are a lot more relatable than the ocean!
My daughter would love Sybil Sheep. Like WHOA.
I’d love the All Aboard pack, it’s perfect for the rainy days when my nephew is here.
We would love to try the Bugs Activity pack!
Ocean all the way!
My son would LOVE the all aboard pack, he’s totally into anything with wheels right now!
This looks awesome! I’m a working mom, but I often have times I wish I had something more constructive for my son to do on weekends.
Oh, and definitely the All Aboard pack for my train and transportation loving kid!
“Bugs & Butterflies” DD is really into them right now.
totally the all aboard pack!
My daughter is very interested in animals right now so we would go with the Farm pack. What a cool product!!!!
I’d like the Ocean Exploration activity pack.
Cute product. My son would love the ocean one or the all aboard pack.
All Aboard or Ocean Exploration for sure. All the others look amazing too. Okay, we’ve changed our minds. Bugs & Critters. No. Fun on the farm! Gah! They all look like fun in a box. We’re excited. Can you tell? 😀
oh my goodness I have to reach out to this company! If I lived in the states I would be all over this, I’ll tweet it out for you!
We would probably start out with the farm activity pack… maybe follow it up with a visit to the local farm!
We would start with the Ocean Exploration pack.
I would pick bugs and butterflies
I grew up in the north, but live in the south now, and we don’t see a lot of snow. I think I’d pick the winter pack first to get more time to explore and play with winter activities I loved.
My daughter would LOVE the farm pack! What a great giveaway!
Kari
This would be great for my daughter!
I am thinking my curious little 4 yr old would love the bugs and butterflies pack. She would have a whole bug farm in our house if I’d let her. Excited about this giveaway!
Kate would love the farm pack!
My son would LOVE the ocean pack! What a cool giveaway.
The All Aboard pack. Hands down. We are VERY big on trains and transportation around here. What a great giveaway!
I’d go with the farm pack or the all aboard pack.
Fun on the Farm would be perfect for us!
The Ocean Exploration pack, for sure!
We would love the PLAY or LEARN pack.
The farm set would be a hit with either of my little ones!
I don’t know which we would choose…my little guy would love them all…Thanks for the chance to win one.
My daughter would probably like the Ocean Exploration or All Aboard pack…not sure…they all seem great!
I like the farm pack!
My daughter would love fancy fish 🙂
I think the bug pack would be awesome 🙂 I have a little girl who would be pretty excited!
My daughter would like the ladybug Ladybug pack!
The fancy fish pack
Would love to try the ocean one!
I would choose the Deep Sea Dessert for Jack. He’s really into cooking so I think this would be fun for him.
I love the all aboard kit!
My son would flip for the All Aboard pack since he loves Thomas at the moment. Second choice would be the Farm one.
I would get the All Aboard pack.
This looks like so much fun! I’m always looking for quiet activities my daughter can do while I’m working.
Bugs and Butterflies! …my little girl LOVES butterflies 🙂
They’re all great! I think the All Aboard activities are the best!
i’d have to go with bugs and butterflies. what a great concept
they all look great but I think I’d pick bugs and butterflies 🙂
The ocean exploration would be so fun when we go to the beach this summer with my nephews!
The reading pack!
I enjoy doing arts and crafts with my boys, but it is so hard to find the time to put things together with them constantly on my heels. This sure would make it easier! I think my boys would love any pack but the “Bugs” pack would be fun this Summer.
What a great idea! My daughter would have such fun with all of them but I’d go for the farm pack too… We live around lots of farms & she is always commenting about them when we drive. This would make summer activities with a newborn & a three-year-old so much easier!
Love them all…. But would choose the All aboard!
This is great- Another box to test to entertain your child- that has a “green” component to it is Sparkbox Toys.
http://www.sparkboxtoys.com