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Review: MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE: I Heart MINNIE

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: I Heart Minnie DVDToday Eva and I watched a few episodes from the soon to be released Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: I Heart Minnie DVD. This DVD has five Minnie-centric episodes including a never before seen episode called Minnie & Daisy’s Flower Shower. That was the first episode that we decided to watch. This episode focused on Minnie and Daisy preparing for a Flower Show. They had to make the clouds rain so that their flowers could grow. They also made the clouds into shapes. Don’t try to understand why the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is doing the things they do but focus on what skills they reinforce for children like counting, color and shape recognition and more skills like that. Don’t look to it for problem solving skills though because there is no way Toodles is gonna show up with the right mousekatool in the real world. But I do think that sequencing, shape recognition, counting and those skills are done right for the kids. Continue reading Review: MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE: I Heart MINNIE

Valentine’s Day with Peaceable Kingdom

Peaceable Kingdom Unicorn Valentine's Cards

Eva and I worked on Valentine’s Day cards for family and friends today. We got the cards from Peaceable Kingdom. A few weeks ago when we went to Legacy Place in Dedham we went into a bunch of paper and boutique shops and we saw lots of great Valentine’s Day cards from Peaceable Kingdom. We saw many of the Super Fun Packs as well as the Traditional Valentine’s cards. They all looked really nice and high quality, something that we’ve come to expect from Peaceable Kingdom. Continue reading Valentine’s Day with Peaceable Kingdom