Ivy Kids September Kit Review
If you are not familiar with Ivy Kids you will find them to be a great educational tool for you to help your kids at home. You can read my introductory post of Ivy Kids and the July & August Kit Reviews HERE.
My Mr Z loves Ivy Kids Kits! This summer we reviewed the July & August Kits so when our September Kit arrived I did not even have to say what it was. He jumped up and down and asked it that was his fun kit!
I LOVE how everything arrives organized and ready to go! We open the box to find all the materials we need including detailed instructions packaged in labeled zip lock bags. Your instructions along with everything you will need are all grouped together. No digging through a box trying to find the materials you will need.
Each activity sheet explains to you the materials provided, how to play, age related tips, the goals you are trying to develop, the skills you are teaching, and suggested questions for you to ask to enhance the educational growth of your child.
About Ivy Kids
Ivy Kits is a monthly educational subscription for children ages 3-8 developed by early childhood teachers with children of their own. Their goal is to provide monthly resources and tools to parents and caregivers looking to have a more meaningful learning experiences with their children.
Each Ivy Kids kit contains more than ten activities, along with a book which all of the activities are based upon. The games, projects, and crafts are all designed to “develop fine and gross motor muscles, build math and literacy skills, encourage reading comprehension, and promote scientific thinking”.
Ivy Kids September Kit
In September’s Ivy Kit, featuring the book Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert, you will find:
- The book Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert, a beloved children’s story and 1990 Caldecott Honor Book
- Read along Bookmark, to assist with reading comprehension
- Animal Puppets, use large and small shapes to create animal stick puppets
- Shape Collage, glue shapes to scenery to create abstract art or a representative picture
- Letter Zoo, use pattern blocks to create letters and animals that begin with those letter sounds
- Let’s Make a Shape Pattern!, match the pattern blocks to the shapes on the cards to recreate the patterns
- Shape Race, use the spinner and pattern blocks to fill the different columns. The first pattern block to reach the top of the column wins!
- Race Home, move the shape game pieces along the path. Get all the shapes home!
- Tangrams, use the pattern blocks to create the pictures on the cards
- Sorting Shapes, sort the pattern blocks based on color, shape, number of sides, or name
- All About Shapes, science booklet that provides facts about shapes and ways to create shapes
- Making Shapes, use the straws and connectors to create different shapes
If you are wondering if Zackery is really excited about Ivy Kids…….
Laurie Nykaza says
Such a wonderful kit to help with learning shapes, letters etc looks like so much fun for hours and the kids enjoy getting things in the mail for them to do crafts etc.
Donna Holmberg says
Kids are so color and food oriented, that I can see how this would work great not only for teaching colors and shapes, but also for teaching numbers and all kinds of other concepts (left, right, up, down. closest, furthest, etc.)
heather says
This looks like such a cute box. I love that they give you ten activities I would love to get this and also to gift it to a friend.
Julie Simpson says
I think it’s a great idea of you can afford it. Alot of parents, more than you think can barely afford clothing and school pictures food even. These parents just work that much harder with their kids.
angela smith says
looks like a neat idea.kids would have alot of fun doing all the different activities and learn while their at it