Educational Tool | Not So Average Mama

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hugaplanet I’m always on the look out for products that are fun to use as educational tools. I was looking for a globe to use with the girls when I was approached to review the Hugg-A-Planet products. What could be better than a globe that the kids can actually play with! They can carry it, squeeze it, throw it and even sleep with it if they like. As a matter of fact, it has been slept with at our house.

It is such an awesome tool for education, that it is actually traveling through space right now! Isn’t that cool? Since it is constructed as soft material, it makes a great globe for keeping on hand in space. Check out this video.

Thursday November 5th 5 2009 at 10:00 am EST was the debut of being in orbit and shared with the world as part of the 10th annual celebration of International Education Week. The video I posted about shows how they soar in to land the Space Shuttle by using Hugg-A-Planet to demonstrate. My girls were thrilled to watch this video and see a “toy” they have up in space!

The Hugg-A-Planets will make a full orbit around the Earth every 90 minutes on the Space Station. They will stay there for as long as the space station remains active, at least till 2016, and will orbit the Earth 5860 times every year!

Always the gift you are remembered for. “Best 25 Toys of the Past 25 Years” Parents’ Choice Foundation. Featured in “Readers Digest” The Smartest Vacation Ever. Featured Dec. 2007 in Yankee and Prevention Magazines Available in Spanish and French too.

Place on the family couch or on the bed for easy hands on reference.

Over 600 places labeled on the Hugg-A-Planet, Earth. 12″ in diameter. A real globe but soft.

Helps our children learn about caring for Planet Earth. “Kids will eye it like a treasure, toss it like a ball and hug it like a friend” Claire S. Green Parents’ Choice Foundation.

If you love educational toys, then this is one for you! The Classic Hugg-A-Planet sells for only $24.95! One lucky reader has a chance to win a Hugg-A-Planet toy!

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.

Did you know wheat is the most consumed grain? On the How Wheat Works site you can join an online multimedia program that delivers a farm-to-fork education on wheat, enabling a better understanding of its nutritional value. There are 4 phases to the program:

growth
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the grocer’s aisle

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