Construct Art with Design & Drill
April 20, 2009
A drill turns into an education tool with the unique Design and Drill, a 3 and up toy that runs the gamut from simple to challenging, making it a toy that grows with your child. This is one toy they will come back to again and again!
The power drill, with realistic sounds, is used to secure 120 big bolts into the board. Combine the bolts all sorts of different ways to create one-of-a-kind designs, or children can follow activity cards that come with the set to make specific patterns and pictures, such as trains, boats, flowers and fish.
It really is drill and learn!
Twenty activity cards help children with new projects and encourage little minds to take simple ideas to more advanced ones. See what your little one can create!
Roll with Rolit!
April 9, 2009
ake a game board, some little plastic ball-like pieces with a different color on each side and combine them with a lot of strategy and you have Rolit , an international best-selling game.
Best-selling’s all good, but we just like it because it’s fun.
Each player picks a color and spends the game trying to roll as many of the game pieces that have been played on the board to their color. Sounds simple, but get ready to pull out some strategy and tactics if you expect to win!
To get to have the “Rolit” experience, you have to figure out how to trap opponent’s pieces in between bookends of your colored pieces. If you manage to pull that off and have your color at the beginning of a row of balls and your color at the end of a row of balls — horizontally, vertically or diagonally — you get to turn all of the balls in that row to your color.
“I can do that…easy!” you’re thinking — but don’t get too complacent too soon! You have to make sure that nobody can come along later in the game and trap you and your colors, turning the whole row to their color this time!
The person who has the most of their color displaying at the end takes the game. But if you lose once, don’t despair — this game is so fun you’ll play it again and again and once you pull off the ultimate strategic moves, the game will be yours!
Sound cool? Watch a video demonstration!
We played Rolit at one of our Game Nights at our Corinth store and it was definitely a favorite.
30% Off Levitating Soccer Ball!
April 6, 2009
Gives hang time a whole new meaning!
Our Zero-G Levitating Soccer Ball is now 30% Off
Hang time has never been easier….or cheaper! Zero-G Levitating Soccer Ball floats in mid-air, defying gravity and our own common sense.
This cool conversation piece is fun in any kids room or even on dad’s desk at work.
Athletes, techies, and magicians never reveal their secrets so let’s just say plug in the AC adapter and the (electromagnetic) force will be with you!
Gift Reminder Service At The Learning Tree
April 2, 2009
If you’re like many parents, grandparents, teachers, babysitters or just a kid-friendly sort of person, you often find a toy, book or game that is perfect for a little person in your life. Trouble is, you’d like to “bookmark” it so you can remember to buy it in a month or two - or even a year from now.
Or, it could be that the toy or book is a little too advanced for the child you want to buy it for but you’d like to purchase it when it is age-appropriate for them. Question is, how do you keep track of all that?
Well, help has arrived! The Learning Tree Gift Reminder Service is at your fingertips. On every product page of The Learning Tree website, there is a blue Make A Reminder For Later button.
After you click the button, a new window pops up….
Just enter your name, email address, the date you want the reminder sent to you, any message and click Confirm Email. For your security, you will immediately receive an email asking you to confirm that you created the reminder. Then…
Voila! You can forget all about it till you get your reminder email in your inbox a week, a month, or a year from now with a link to the product page of the item you want. It only takes a second to do, and it’s one less thing to remember and one (or more!) less birthday or special occasion you’ve forgotten!
Use our gift reminder as often as you like, it’s free! And be sure to let us know in the comments what you think of the service or how we might improve it….
…And thanks for shopping with us at The Learning Tree!
