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Slice Fractions

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Slice Fractions is an award-winning game that intuitively introduces important concepts about fractions — the bottleneck of early math education. You will slice through ice and lava to clear the mammoth’s path and meet unusual friends as you travel through intriguing physics puzzles. We teamed up with university education experts to craft an incredibly fun way to learn fractions. The app offers a safe digital environment, without banner advertising or in-app purchases.
Awards won so far:
*** Winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award 2014
*** Apple Editor’s Choice
*** Gold Medal Winner 2014 — International Serious Play Awards
*** Best Family Friendly Game 2014 — Indie Prize Showcase Awards (Casual Connect)
*** Editor’s Choice for Excellence in Design — Children’s Technology Review

Trailer, screenshots: http://ululab.com/slice-fractions/press-kit/

Promo code: LNHWFPPW377E

A few words on Slice Fractions: The goal of the game is for kids to discover important concepts behind fractions. The concepts are not made explicit in the game – the intent is that kids will gradually understand notions such as even splitting, fraction comparison, etc. through induction. Parents or teachers can then use game situations / levels as a reference point that kids are excited to learn more about. Words like “equivalent fractions” can then be introduced and formally explained.

You also might notice that Slice Fractions progression towards visible fractions is quite gradual. You will not see actual numbers until the second world (about 32 levels). This is intentional. We did multiple playtests in classrooms to find that most kids aged between 7 and 11 needed that time to get accustomed to the numerical representation of fractions. Plenty still happens during those early levels though as we introduce concepts such as even splitting (common core 2.G.A.2 and 2.G.A.3).

Marbleworks® Ultra Deluxe Set

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Design your own super-sized marble raceway!  Colorful tubes, chutes and bases connect in different ways for an infinite number of configurations.  Learn about the laws of gravity, object permanence, prediction, and cause & effect.  Predict which marble will finish first.  Includes: Marbleworks®  Starter Set, Add-On Set, Crank-It Up and Wild Ride.  Colors may vary.

Get Out by Waboba: 3 in 1 Outdoor Play Kit

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Get Out contains Waboba’s most popular sport innovations to encourage kids to unplug, go outside, and be active – all the while having fun! With each item covering a different playing environment, there are plenty ways for kids to get out and play until the sun goes down.

Includes:
-Flyer (cross between hacky sack and badminton for parks/backyard)
-Moon ball (super high bounce for streets)
-Waboba Surf (bounces on water)
-Playbook with 21 ways to play

Goodnight Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown

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It’s bedtime in the Star Wars galaxy, and Darth Vader’s parenting skills are tested anew in this delightful follow-up to the breakout New York Times bestsellers Darth Vader™ and Son and Vader’s™ Little Princess. In this Episode, the Sith Lord must soothe his rambunctious twins, Luke and Leia—who are not ready to sleep and who insist on a story. As Vader reads, the book looks in on favorite creatures, droids, and characters, such as Yoda, R2-D2, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Maul, Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett, and many others as they tuck in, yawn, and settle down to dream. As ever, Jeffrey Brown’s charming illustrations and humor glow throughout, playing on children’s book conventions to enchant adults and kids alike.

Osmo

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Osmo is a gaming device for iPad that transforms the physical space in front of the tablet into an interactive environment, and turns any object into a digitally connected game piece in real time. Osmo’s three games – Newton, Tangram and Words – bring back the essence of play and encourage creative thinking and social interaction by creating an open environment for kids to problem solve, gain positive feedback and interact with one another.

Zeenie Dollz

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Meet the Zeenie Dollz! 6 fashionable Eco-Warriors on a mission to protect the environment. You too can join their quest to save the planet! These 12 inch dolls are made from recyclable materials and feature 24 points of articulation for maximum pose-ability and play-ability. Each doll comes with their own fashion, representing their unique eco-cause, a brush, a silicone bracelet for you to wear, and an eco-warrior membership card. Since saving the planet is a Zeenie style a percentage of every sale will be donated to organizations working to preserve the environment and protect all animals and the places they call home. Saving the planet… that’s our style!

Zennia, also known as Mother Earth, is the protector of our planet. Her mission is to save the Earth and its creatures from the anti-environment villains – and to do it in style!

Evee is the protector of the skies along with her pet parrot Lulu; together they fight to preserve the skies and all aviary species from pollution and extinction.

Betcha Can’t Win

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Step right up and roll the dice! This colorful “boardwalk” theme creates a fun carnival like game experience. Roll as many times as you like to try to match the sum on the Number Cards but be careful there is a price to pay!

Roll dice and combine their sums to match target sums displayed on number cards.  Collect the number cards you match and secure their points if no other player can match their target sum that round. Secure the Most points by the end of the game to win!

WHOOSH! Screen Shine

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Keeping our devices and screens clean in a safe, non-toxic way is a requirement of living in a mobile society. More people touch more devices than ever before and this reality requires all of us to extend personal hygiene to tech hygiene. In the same way that we are encouraged to regularly wash our hands to fight the spread of germs, we must now regularly clean our devices and screens as well. WHOOSH! Screen Shine is the only cleaning solution that has been proven to do this in a safe, non-toxic way.

 

Leveraging the latest advancements in formula development, WHOOSH! Screen Shine was specifically developed to be a safe yet powerful cleaning solution that eliminates fingerprints, smudges, dirt, grime and makeup from any electronic device screen — leaving a clear, streak-free finish that makes the screen shine like new.

 

WHOOSH! Screen Shine is made with biodegradable surfactants and its proprietary formula provides a nano-thin invisible coating that also provides resistance to fingerprints and dirt buildup. Plus, WHOOSH! Screen Shine is safe and non-toxic. There’s no harmful residue left behind or transferred on to your fingers to worry about.

 

WHOOSH! products do not contain alcohol, acids, ammonia, chlorine, solvents, petroleum distillates, phosphates, or VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds). WHOOSH! Screen Shine is odorless, streak free, haze-free & anti-static.

 

WHOOSH! is currently available for sale in Apple retail stores, Fry’s Electronics, Adorama Camera and at many wireless stores across North America, as well as online at apple.com and Amazon.com.

Bob’s Favorite Sing Along Songs

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Bob’s Favorite Sing Along Songs by Bob McGrath, known to millions as Bob from Sesame Street, features bright, buoyant versions of 15 all-time favorite children’s songs with first class musicianship, sophisticated arrangements and Bob’s warm, expressive vocals. Bob has the ability to let children know by tone and inflection exactly how he would like them to join in the fun with him – and also encourages children to sing along without him as each song is repeated with an instrumental-only version. Bob thinks of this CD as The Great American Songbook for Children.

BABYBJÖRN Baby Carrier We

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Baby Carrier We is BABYBJÖRN’s newest carrier. It is suitable for use from birth up to three years old, with options to carry your baby on your front close to your heart or switch to a back-carry position with one simple movement. The ergonomic carrier offers maximum comfort for parent and baby, and is an alternative option for consumers who are attracted to the Baby Carrier One, but prefer a more cost-effective, simpler carrier.