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Poetry for Neanderthals is a super fun and easy family game.  Simple to play with clear instructions and a role for everyone, you simply pick a card and try to describe to card using only one syllable words.  If a player uses a word longer than one syllable, they get hit with the inflatable 'No Stick' by another player.  The No Stick was a favorite tool amongst everyone, the kids definitely enjoyed getting to bop the adults.  Kids ages and up, who understood the concept of syllables were able to enjoy this game just as much as adults.  A unique and fun challenge for the whole family!


Thanks to Tryazon for the opportunity to play!

Pixicade Pets is a great way to get kids involved in technology.   Kids are excited to be able to draw, train and play with a pet of their creation in the Pixicade world. I love the incorporation of technology and art.  Everyone loved being able to see their pets come to life on screen.  In addition, kids were able to draw their pet's treats, toys and home.  After that, they were able to play with their pet and  build a world.  Pixicade Pets encourages use of kid's imagination and creativity while fostering an interest in technology.  This is a great tool for kids aged 5-15 and can be used at home, in a school setting or during extracurriculars.


Thanks to Tryazon for the opportunity to try Pixicade Pets!

Top Trumps are an educational and fun game to play with kids.  Top Trumps is quick and easy to learn how to play, similar to the gameplay of War.  Kids love the pictures, variety of topics and learning the facts on the cards.  Parents are also able to learn a few things!  These are also a great way to introduce a topic or wrap up a lesson in a fun way for educators.  Being able to have a fun game that kids can understand easily and quickly is great for a classroom station.  It was great to receive packs in both English and Spanish to be more inclusive for students as well.  

​Thank you to Tryazon for the chance to play. 

Mantis is a wonderfully fun and easy card game from Exploding Kittens.  This is a great game for children, adult and families.  Gameplay is super easy and the rules are simple.  You just have to be able to color match your adorable mantis cards and then either score or steal from an opponent.  The artwork is amazing and mantis shrimps are definitely a new favorite animal.  This can be a fun game to play with kids and a super competitive, cutthroat game to play with adults.  

Thank you Tryazon for the opportunity to play!

I love my Seventh Generation Lavender Laundry Detergent. This detergent works well in my HE washer and always washes my clothes well while leaving them with a pleasant lavender scent. This laundry detergent is able to get out stains and odors just as well as other laundry detergents while being made of 97% biobased materials and is great for sensitive skin. Sample received in return for an honest review. ​

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Homefree Cookies are an absolutely delicious allergy friendly cookie.  I was wary of a cookie that was vegan, non-gmo, no rice, dairy free, egg free, nut free, peanut free, gluten free and whole grain that could still taste like a cookie!  Homefree cookies not only check all the boxes for allergy safety, but actually taste like a cookie.  While the texture is a little dry, the taste is there.  These small cookies are easily munchable and sweet.  The different flavors are all comparable to other cookies of the same flavor.  If i wasn't told that these were allergy-friendly cookies, I don't think I every would have known.  Homefree cookies make great treats for school or other allergy-friendly events.  Made in the USA in a Certified B Corporation and Non-GMO facility, Homefree cookies are a brand you can also feel good about buying. 

Thanks to #Tryazon for this party opportunity. 

Botzees Mini is an intuitive Robot perfect for young learners. The friendly robot is easy to use and will follow black lines.  Command cards allow kids to challenge themselves and begin to learn programming skills.  Kids loved using the block pieces to turn the Botzees Mini into different characters in order to complete different missions.  The Reindeer, Ambulance, Musician, Fire Engine and Gem Explorer are great tools for promoting learning through creative play. The maps that come with the Botzees Mini make it easy to get started and find out all of the things that Botzees Mini can do.


This product was received for free in return for an honest review.

Froggit is a multiplayer strategy game for families or children for two to six players.  Froggit utilizes game play similar to checkers to get your frogs to the other side.  The pieces are fun and children enjoy trying to get their frog to the other side of the board without getting grabbed by the fish.  Froggit encourages friendly competition and thinking ahead within game play as well as critical thinking about where to move on the board. Froggit is appropriate for kids five and up and perfect for families.

Jack and the Beanstalk is a unique puzzle game for preschoolers.  Jack and the Beanstalk can be a single player game or done in a team.  Players must match the challenge pictures by flipping pieces down the beanstalk.  Jack and the Beanstalk focuses on spatial awareness and critical thinking to see how the pieces will land as they flip down from the top.  Kids loved to see how the pieces flip and quickly picked up what would happen as they flipped down from different heights.  With a wide range of challenges, Jack and the Beanstalk grows with you and creates continuous fun.

Smart Farmer is a great way to get kids thinking outside the box.  Working on spatial relations, patterns and critical thinking, Smart Farmer uses farm animals, water troughs and fence pieces to create the challenge of separating the animals from one another using fencing and making sure that they all have water.  This game can be challenging, even for adults!  I'm glad to booklet of challenges ranges from beginner to advance.  This is a great way for kids to build confidence and problem solving skills in a fun way. 

Coral Reef is a compact puzzle game designed to be played on the go.  With simply four puzzle pieces and a magnetic board, Coral Reef engages kids to find the correct pieces to cover the fish in a series of elevating challenges.  A new twist on hide and seek, players must find how to place the pieces on the board so that the fish on the challenge card on the only fish visible.  Coral Reef encourages visual and spatial relation learning in a fun and addicting way.  Coral Reef is perfect for players age four and up.

Brain Train is the perfect game to get young minds thinking.  Combining trains, shapes, colors and pattern recognition, Brain Train is several steps above the shape sorter that children are used to.  The objective is to fit a series of shapes into the train so that the train can move.  Each train car has certain shaped slots and the shapes themselves are in different combinations, some tied together, some separated.  The challenge booklet goes from beginner to advanced with easy challenges showing how colors are lined up to difficult challenges showing where only one or two colors should be in the train.  My three year old son was enamored with the Brain Train and quickly picked up on the beginner challenges.

Color Catch is a fun brain-teaser game that enhances skills in logic, colors and visual perception.  As kids try to place the frogs and geckos on the color board they have to make sure to match the color pattern in the booklet and make sure the animals that are supposed to catch an insect, catch one.  This game is great for on the go, it can be packed up all in a neat case, perfect for kids five and up to challenge their brains.

Quadrillion is a fun but challenging problem-solving puzzle game that can be played with one player or a team.  Players must complete a puzzle by filling in all the spaces with the different shaped bricks, it reminded us of Tetris!  Our team of educators enjoyed the different levels that they game can be played on from less challenging to more challenging in order to reach a wide age range or build on skills.  As we played the game, we enjoyed the easy set-up and compact size.  Quadrillion also worked on a variety of skills such as spacial relations, shapes and area as well as team building, creative thinking, perseverance.  We will be using this game in classes and camps to work on problem solving and team building.           

Penguins On Ice is a demanding puzzle game that can be played with one person or a team.  Players must find out how to fit all the penguins on the ice board as shown with puzzle pieces that are able to shift shapes.  This game is able to be adjusted for different levels and age groups.  Penguins On Ice took the concepts of spacial relations, area, critical thinking and teamwork to another level as we watched ideas grow and solutions arise.  Compact, portable, great for the road or to get brains warmed-up.

Trucky 3 is a block games aimed at the preschool and early childhood ages.  Children are given the problem of how to fit certain blocks into a truck without the blocks spilling over the top. This game has different levels as well and can help to reinforce concepts such as shape, size and color and then move on to spacial relations and fit.  We were excited to use this within our Preschool as a facilitated activity.

Color Code is a coding game that uses different color and shape disks to solve a problem.  Players must figure out the order in which to place the disks to recreate a picture.  From easiest to hardest the variety of challenges grows with age and ability level and works on a diversity of skills such as color, shape, order of operations, orientation, coding and problem solving.  Our educators loved this as a puzzle challenge in order to get students' brains working.

These games were received for free in return for an honest review. 

Eversea Organic Omega-3 Fruit Drops are a great way to get your daily DHA Omega-3 Fatty Acids without fish!  Eversea's supplements are made from algae which prevents the killing of fish and is better for the environment.  
My child and I loved that these are gummies and tasted like fruit, making them easy to take.  These are free of fishy flavors and smells since they are fish free.  We both take our Eversea Drops every morning and they are a great way to start the day.  I also felt good knowing Eversea Organic Fruit Drops are non-GMO.  The only downside is that the supplements have to be refrigerated and have a fairy short shelf life which prevents me from buying in bulk!