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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd6pKGWMRXY&feature=youtu.be]Summer days can get kind of long when you’ve got little ones around, so if you’re like me, you’re going to want to get your kids outside and active. You might take them to the park to the playground, to the museum, but if you find yourself in need of some indoor activities, we have some suggestions. Imaginative play is a great way to spend a summer afternoon with your kids. One way to do imaginative play is a puppet show. What’s great about puppet shows is that it builds self-expression, creativity and even problem solving. So, if you don’t have puppets, you can make your own. Here’s one I made out of a simple lunch sack. Or if you want to do something a little more advanced, grab an old sock and make a sock puppet!If you’re not feeling that adventurous, that’s okay. We highly recommend Puppet on a Stick! These guys are great. Kids love them. They’re great to do a story, read a book, or duck behind the couch to do an instant puppet show. We think they’re great, we think your kids will love them too! I hope you’ve enjoyed our recommendations for summer activities with your kids, we hope you have a creative and happy summer!

What do you think about NASA's Curiosity Rover landing on Mars this past week? Well in keeping with the outer space frenzy that's been going on, we've decided to feature our August 9th, 2012 Deal of the Day on our Positive Reinforcement Stamps: Outer Space!For teachers who love science and all things space, these positive reinforcement stamps use encouraging words and playful messages to give their students' work a special "stamp of approval"! Each set features six themed wooden stamps and a built-in stamp pad in a compact, convenient wooden desk set. Normally these stamps are sold for $12.99, but for today only until midnight PST, you can get them for just $4.99! That's a 61% savings! On top of this already spectacular discount, you can also get free shipping as long as you type in EIFREE at checkout. Head over to www.educationalinsights.com to get your stamps today!

Hey readers! Today is August 8th, 2012 and we have yet another awesome deal for you! Today we are featuring one of our best-selling products and that product is PlayFoam! We've decided to make this deal even sweeter by featuring not one, but twenty Playfoam pods in our PlayFoam Combo 20-Pack!Play foam is our squishy, squashy, no mess foam for shaping fun! Great for kids ages 3 and up, Playfoam allows preschoolers to freely express their creativity with no mess to clean up afterward! Just squish up the Playfoam®, shape it however you like, squash it back down, and start all over again. Playfoam® never dries out so the creativity never ends — and the secret non-toxic no-stick formula means you can take it anywhere for creative fun on the go! Our PlayFoam Combo 20-Pack usually sells for $19.99, but today you can get it for $12.99! Enjoy all the different colors and let your imagination run wild! This offer is only good until Midnight tonight PST, so head on over to www.educationalinsights.com to take advantage of this deal today!

Hey Teachers! Today is Tuesday August 7th, 2012, and we have an astounding deal for you today. Our featured Deal of the Day today is none other than Classroom Jeopardy!Classroom Jeopardy normally sells for $549.99, but for today ONLY, you can get this multiple award winning console for $39.99. You read that right. $34.99! With today's Deal of the Day, you can now bring the excitement of this popular quiz show to class review for a whopping 92% discount!It includes everything you need to write, save and play games on your TV. You can program up to 61 of your own questions to target any skill or content, then download and share them for free at www.classroomjeopardy.com.It includes: Classroom Jeopardy!® linkClassroom Jeopardy! Editor CD ROM game-creation software (PC and Mac compatible)3 Wireless team controllersWireless teacher remoteElectronic scoreboard with 3 erasable name cardsWireless antennaPower adapter and cords5 Pre-programmed sampler games, plus extra storage space for custom gamesComplete instructions6" Screwdriver Provide effective and meaningful whole-class review before assessments with Classroom Jeopardy. Hurry, this sale is only active today until midnight PST! Read the reviews and believe it! Take advantage of this amazing offer before it ends at www.educationalinsights.com. To add to the insane discount, enter EIFREE at checkout to save even MORE money and get free shipping with this order!

Happy Monday! Today’s Deal of the Day is GeoSculpt™ 3-D Project Kit.Whether it's a school project or a fun weekend activity, creating a 3-D sculpture of a state, country, landform, or province is a fun, hands-on way to learn about geography - from the ground up! With the GeoSculpt™ 3-D Project Kit, you'll make a colorfully detailed, 3-dimensional map with sculpted landforms such as mountains, valleys, waterways, and more. Perfect for school projects like volcano models, too!Kit includes:Foam for creating landform "base" Magic Plaster Gauze for sculpting features paints in 6 colors and artist-quality brush for colorful details GUIDE with illustrated step-by-step instructions .GeoSculpt™ is regularly $19.99, but you can get it today (until midnight PST) for only $9.99 (a 50% savings)! This is a GREAT deal, so take advantage of it today by heading over to www.educationalinsights.com! Enter EIFREE at checkout for free shipping to tack on to the savings!

It’s Free Friday once again at School Specialty’s Early Childhood Facebook page! Head over to http://www.facebook.com/SchoolSpecialtyEarlyChildhood for your chance to win a free Magic Moves™ of your very own! With 90 fun, physical commands, twinkling light shows, and 26 different musical styles, Magic Moves is sure to get kids up and moving—exercising their bodies, creativity, and listening skills!

It’s Thursday August 2nd, 2012, and today’s Deal of the Day is Spin USA!Spin USA is a fast-paced, fun, effective way to sharpen U.S. geography skills! Players press the Spin USA Spin Timer, and then everyone races simultaneously to find their particular state before times runs out. This is a fun family game where everyone learns state locations and capitals. Great for 2 to 4 players, Grades 3 and up. Spin and play your way across the U.S.A!This game normally sells for $29.99, but for today until midnight pacific time, it’s on sale for only $12.99! Hurry before this deal ends! Head on over to www.educationalinsights.com to get Spin USA today (along with FREE SHIPPING if you enter the keyword EIFREE at checkout)!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWhDv-vtnKc]Hi and welcome to Backyard Bug Adventure! My name is Brent Geppert and I manage the toys and games for Educational Insights. Out of all the toys and games we do, the ones I love the most are the ones about bugs, and that is why we are doing the backyard bug adventure in my backyard!So bugs are amazing and what’s incredible is we’re surrounded by them. Some of the coolest bugs are in your own backyard or even your favorite park! So today, we’re going to try to find some baby ladybugs. They are kind of hard to find because they don’t look like adult ladybugs. So lets go try to find some in my apple tree!We finally found a baby ladybug. He’s right here. Let’s see if we can get him to crawl on my hand… very gentle with him. There he is. Be very gentle when you’re handling bugs. There he is! A baby ladybug. Now it doesn’t look anything like an adult ladybug, but when it gets older, he or she will develop their spots and become a ladybug. Let go put him in our GeoSafari Bug Viewer!So now I have the baby ladybug with an adult ladybug in the GeoSafari Jr. Bug Viewer. We get a great view of them. There’s the baby ladybug crawling around trying to look for some aphids probably. Actually, those little black spots that you see next to the adult ladybug are actually old aphids because ladybugs love to eat aphids.So thanks for joining me on the backyard bug adventure! I’m going to put our friends back on the apple tree, and until next time, see you later, have a great time, get out there and find some cool bugs! Buh-byeLike us and Let us know on Facebook what other backyard bugs you’d like to learn more about and we’ll choose one respondent to win a GeoSafari® Jr. Talking Bug Net™!

A ghost submarine ... a hole in the palm of your hand ... a barrel rolling uphill…Learn the science behind 30 amazing experiments with today’s Deal of the Day, Science of Special Effects! This fully assembled kit is normally $39.99, but youcan get it for $14.99 today only! This deal is only good until midnight (PST), so don’t delay and head over to www.educationalinsights.com to purchase this hot deal! Enter in our super special Deal of the Day promo code EIFREE to get free standard shipping on your order.