Old Schoolhouse Review
"How do we occupy our preschoolers while we're doing school with our older children?" is a cry heard from homeschooling mothers around the globe. Preschool Activities in a Bag meets that challenge head on! This 120-page laminated, coil-bound book is well worth the retail price. This book provides specific instructions, materials lists, masters, and helpful hints to make up 34 different activity bags for your preschooler. Bags cover such skills as matching, ordering, color recognition, left-right awareness, artistic creation, hand-eye coordination, and more. Each activity in the book has been assembled by a test mom and tested by at least 25 preschoolers. In fact, the authors included a couple of sample bags in my review packet, and my preschooler loved them!

The authors of this book go the extra mile by sharing specifics and including resources for a bag swap. A swap allows a group of moms to save time while receiving several activity bags at once. Each mom makes several of one bag and then swaps with the other group members. This allows you to purchase and prepare for ONE activity while receiving the number of bags as moms who participate. If 20 moms participate in your swap, you'll end up with 20 different activity bags. The details included in the swap directions make it virtually foolproof. The authors cover everything from setting dates to the follow-up meeting and include a participation form listing who will provide which activity and a sample cover letter for participants. ~ ~Product Review By: Dena Wood, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, LLC

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Activity Bags ~ "Where fun and education fit in the same bag."

TeachMagazine Review
No matter where I go or what topic I am talking about one question is common to all situations, "What do you do with the toddler while doing school with the older ones?" Here is the answer! Included in this valuable book are simple and clear directions, a list of what you need, hints and tips so that you can make up 33 activity bags to keep your toddler busy. Get your toddlers contentedly learning alongside you. The activities will keep your little guy busy while he learns colors, matching, left-right, hand-eye coordination, ordering, and more. Since each one has been tested by at least 70 (make that 76 - we did them all too!) children and moms you know they are easy to make wand fun to do. There's also a section on how to get a group of moms to do a bag swap thus saving time and money. All you need to make this a reality is included - FUN! I love it! ~Mrs. Flem, Publisher