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Aquapod Water Rocket – Timberdoodle Homeschool Vodcast #0024

What is more fun on a hot summer day than a water rocket? The sturdy Aquapod Bottle Launcher uses readily available soda pop bottles as rockets and is a lot larger than I would have expected for the price. Best of all though, is the unique safety valve which lets you stop worrying and start enjoying the fun with your kids!

Aquapod Launcher

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Shoot for the stars, or at least the treetops, with the new totally unique Aquapod Bottle Launcher! Rockets are among the most popular science educational kits, but can be too costly, too delicate or too dangerous to be a wise investment. Aquapod Bottle Launcher, however, is a precision water rocket that enables accurate and repeatable experiments to be performed… Buy one today, for only $24.99 at the time of this post!

Make Your Own Snowman – Timberdoodle Homeschool Vodcast #0023

We’re finally having summer-like weather here in Washington State. A perfect time to break out our Make Your Own Snowman set!! With its endlessly reusable fake snow and rubbery rehydrated snowballs and cubes, the Make Your Own Snowman World set can provide hours of productive play while your child learns about polymers and polymerization.

Make Your Own Snowman World

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“The Make Your Own Snowman World Kit is the easiest way for your family to fashion a frosty delight in the convenience of your own home, regardless of the sweltering temperatures around you. When the sidewalks are too hot for tender feet and the pitifully light breeze has dwindled to nothing, your children will be eager to create snowmen, igloos, and even a shovel full of the most realistic snow your family has ever made…” Buy your kit now, on sale for only $6.95 at this posting!

Inchimals: Math Puzzles For Preschoolers – A Special Edition Timberdoodle Vodcast

When our very first supply of Inchimals sold out literally within hours we knew that our long anticipation was totally justified. The colorful blocks have an engaging animal on on the long side of each block, and are thoughtfully designed with matching numerals and dot equivalent on opposite ends of each block. Inchimals is the best hands-on program we have seen for teaching math to young children!

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“Teach your preschooler the language of math with Inchimals by Fat Brain Toys! This set of twelve whimsical wooden blocks is taking the home education market by storm. From the one-inch ladybug cube to the twelve-inch giraffe rod, Inchimals are all you’ll need to introduce your young child to math.
Begin by having your preschooler sequence the Inchimals blocks from the shortest to the longest and introduce math vocabulary related to measurement. Because of its precise inch segments, Inchimals can also be used to guess and measure common item around the house. How tall is the glass? It is as tall as a tiger, or six inches tall. How long is a carrot? It is as long as a rabbit, or four inches long. Or build a corral for those Lego horses and chat about perimeter…” Buy Inchimals today from Timberdoodle and take advantage of our $4.95 shipping and speedy ships-in-24-hours service!

Aba-Conundrums, Math and Logic Puzzles – Timberdoodle’s Homeschool Vodcast Special Edition

Do you know why there is a horizontal bar in an Abacus? We didn’t, until we explored Aba-Conundrums. Combining logic with math skills, Aba-Conundrums is packed with 120 puzzles which range from puzzling to downright perplexing! A natural for number puzzle lovers, fans of Sudoku or Kakuro will likely love Aba-Conundrums‘ challenges. They are not the only ones though, as anyone who wants to stretch their brain in a new way will enjoy the combination of hands-on manipulating and challenging logic conundrums found in Aba-Conundrums.

Aba Conundrums

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Take one child-friendly calculating tool, add oodles of tortuous riddles, and you have the makings of Aba-Conundrums by Fat Brain Toys. Each of the 120 riddles provides just enough clues, when combined with the use of the colorful wooden abacus, to enable your child to unravel the secret number or numbers… Buy Your Aba-Conundrums Today!

CitiBlocs – Timberdoodle’s Homeschool Vodcast Special Edition

We’ve already demonstrated that Citiblocs are a terrifically simple construction set, but have you considered all the possibilities for deconstruction as well? In this video you’ll see that part of our warehouse team had a lot of fun demonstrating how Hot Rocketz can be used to knock down Citibloc towers! (Hint: This is a great family reunion or large group activity.) We apologize for the technical difficulties this week; thanks for bearing with us!

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“If you agree with the sentiments of Albert Einstein, that “Everything should be made as simple as possible,” and you long to fill your home with uncomplicated toys that require no batteries and make no noise, other than the ear pleasing clatter of wood against wood, then you’re in for a treat…” Buy CitiBlocs Now Here!

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