In the spirit of the hurried holidays and all the fruitcake we’re currently eating, the reviewers of Props and Pans will be posting our favorite reviews of 2008 this week. We’ll be back next week with lots of opinions and giveaways, so as always stay tuned…

When I first discovered the Haba toy line I knew [...]

In the spirit of the hurried holidays and all the fruitcake we’re currently eating, the reviewers of Props and Pans will be posting our favorite reviews of 2008 this week. We’ll be back next week with lots of opinions and giveaways, so as always stay tuned…

What’s not fun about a name like Wiggity Bang Games? [...]

Pedz Pedometers
What better way to encourage your youngsters to get moving outside instead of staying on the sofa inside then with Pedz. These easy-to-use and frog-shaped pedometers come in vibrant colors and help children track steps taken and calories burned. Children can create their own online accounts and track progress, play games, set goals and [...]

Cool Baby Kid, the original Baby Kid blog, was established in November 2005 as a place for moms to find cool products and resources for themselves and their families. Each post includes cool picks on products, tips for consumers on where to make purchases and how to take advantage of special promotions, and cool giveaways.

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As a former first grade teacher who spent a great deal of my days teaching kids to read, I am always on the lookout for great tools to help children develop a sense of literacy. I was more than excited to preview Meet the Sight Words with my 4 ½ year old daughter who is [...]

3-2-1 Penguins! I have been hearing this oh so much lately, as my son seriously loves the Save the Planets movie. The creators of Veggie Tales, with the same great faith and fun filled adventures yet a lot more appealing to my toddler, bring you this DVD. I always encourage my son to watch Veggie [...]

My children and I recently sat down and reviewed a new video from Animal Planet. “Growing Up Safari” has four different segments. Zebras, Giraffes, Hyenas and Rhinos are all thoroughly documented during their first year of life. We all were entranced as we watched baby giraffes be born and some of us (no names) [...]

As an animal lover, I am always excited to review DVD’s that feature real animals. When the opportunity to review When Animals Talk with Jane Goodall came up, I was super pumped because she has been someone I’ve greatly admired since I studied her work and heard her speak when I was doing my [...]

A recent long, rainy spell was saved from being a free for all by The Jeff Corwin Experience. We had received Season 2 to review and thankfully all four of my kids (ages 8 - 11) found it mesmerizing. Over a period of 2 days they sat and watched the 9 hours [...]

We’ve purchased or been given a variety of items for our pretend kitchen and restaurant adventures over the past few years. All of it plastic, all of it bendable, breakable and generally cheap junk that soon lost it’s use as a toy. But on a trip to Helen, Georgia we went into a small, locally [...]

Kit Kittredge is a young girl facing hard times during the Great Depression. First her mother’s friend and her sickly son move in with her family, then her father loses his business and has to leave home to search for work. To make ends meet, the family takes in boarders. The movie Kit Kittredge: An [...]

Welcome to Must Have Monday’s. Every Monday our reviewers will let you have a sneak peak into what we use in our homes and our lives. Here we will tell you about the things we can’t live without. If you have a “must have” item to pass along please e-mail us. We welcome contributions from [...]

Props & Pans is giving away two FlapDoodle board games and two sets of the Whizizzle Phonics card set. You can read our review here.
Enter by leaving a comment HERE and telling us which game your family would prefer and why. The contest is open until July 8, 2008.
You can receive a second entry [...]

What’s not fun about a name like Wiggity Bang Games? The name alone is fun to say and after reviewing a few of their new games I can honestly say they are even more fun to play! They recently introduced Whizizzle Phonics (another cute name) which is a line of card games aimed at helping [...]

As adorable as baby pandas are, “A Panda Is Born” didn’t hold the interest of my 11 year old for the 84 minutes it ran. The younger kids loved it though. The DVD follows 2 mating seasons at the Smithsonian National Zoo, which finally results in the birth of a live panda cub, named Tai [...]