I’ve been roped into playing student to a five-year-old teacher and I can confirm that the set does indeed help kids learn to give directions. If she’d give me the chance to be the teacher, maybe I’d see her learning how to follow them as well as I do! This activity certainly helps foster creativity and communication skills, or in laymen’s terms, mess-making and bossiness (err, assertiveness)! Preschoolers can generally understand basic time concepts such as “now,” “before,” “later” and “after.” But calendar play helps them develop and understand abstract and long-range temporal concepts: today, tomorrow, next week, in April, a year from now, etc. Playing with My Magnetic Daily Calendar in particular also helps teach kids important primary skills such as new vocabulary words, number recognition and sequencing, pattern recognition, new holidays and important dates, fine motor skills, early reading and writing, preparing for upcoming events, and even helps with social-emotional development when you discuss your child’s mood each day! For right now, don’t worry about the future, let’s focus on today, as we take a closer look at My Magnetic Daily Calendar in this edition of our Toy Spotlight blog! Includes a pair of fabric-hinged dry-erase boards (one with calendar template, one blank for magnet storage) with a sturdy cord attached for hanging, 83 magnets and a sliding temperature indicator

We are pleased to tell you that YES, Melissa & Doug products are compliant with the CPSIA regulations. Since our founding, we have had a comprehensive testing program in place for all of the products we produce and sell. Our testing programs are in compliance with the U.S. consumer product safety regulations, and we will continue to stay compliant even as some of these laws evolve and change. Our house has quite a collection from the Melissa and Doug brand and I’m always ready to welcome a new addition. The company’s mission is to create games, activities and playthings that act as a launch pad for youngsters’ imaginations. It wasn’t until I came to review these products that I realised Melissa and Doug are actual, real people. Infact, they’re a married American couple and Mum and Dad to six. No wonder their creations are so well-thought, practical and engaging. Who Will Love This: Anyone who aspires to be a good human being will LOVE getting My Magnetic Daily Calendar, because it’s a fun, engaging way to learn about managing your time, getting organized, and interacting with the world outside your home. Plus, parents, grandparents, caregivers, family, and friends can feel good about giving My Magnetic Daily Calendar as a gift — it hits all the right sweet spots as an educational toy that kids will WANT to play with!In August 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) made a number of changes to consumer product safety laws in the USA. Under this law, the amount of total lead allowed in children’s products was gradually reduced. Effective August 14, 2011 no children’s product may contain more than 100 parts per million (ppm) total lead. The lead content of any surface coating is limited to 90 ppm. This beautiful, bright, wooden daily calendar helps satisfy that curiousness, educate little ones and provide a fun activity in which they and their grown-ups can enjoy together. The kids undoubtedly feel a sense of responsibility as they help post the day of the week, date, weather and special events on the large magnetic board for all to see. There’s a sturdy cord attached to the solid board, making it easy to hang, in pride of place, be it in their bedroom, the kitchen or your own chosen special spot. Hanging it up makes it much more likely that you’ll take the time to update it on a daily basis. Melissa & Doug Magnetic Daily Calendar is the perfect way to display every day! Kids will feel a greater sense of control and responsibility when they help post the day of the week, date, weather, and special events on the large magnetic board for all to see. Play Basics: What is today? For a child, that simple question can have so many answers—and this magnetic daily calendar helps satisfy them all! Kids will feel a greater sense of control and responsibility when they help post the day of the week, date, weather, and special events on the large magnetic board for all to see. There's even a space to post their mood—an excellent way to open communication and encourage children to gauge their own emotions. Updating the information is easy: Simply take a preprinted magnet from the lower magnetic board, which hangs below the calendar to keep magnets within easy reach. Then place it on the calendar to fill in the information . . . or make a custom magnet by writing on one of two dry-erase magnet tiles! There are fields for day, date, season, weather, temperature, activities, holiday, and mood.

pair of hinged, dry-erase boards; one is the calendar template and one is for storing your magnets. I haven’t yet let on that you could write on the latter; we’d have magnets flying everywhere but I’m sure I will do, as hanging up, it makes for the perfect message board that we could use for reminders or even a space to create our own reward chart. I just need to locate a safe storage spot for said magnets first. For right now, don’t worry about the future, let’s focus on today, as we take a closer look at My Magnetic Daily Calendar in this edition of our Toy Spotlight blog! Enjoy everyday updates with My Magnetic Daily Calendar!

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Who doesn’t remember as a child, playing school? Be it with your teddies, sibling or imaginary friend. This activity kit gives children the tools to enhance their role play as they pretend to be teacher or pupil. Playful Details: The magnetic daily calendar displays day of the week, date, weather, and special events. Includes a pair of fabric-hinged dry-erase boards—one with calendar template, one blank for magnet storage. Comes with 80 magnets including years, months, numerals for dates, days of the week, holidays, special events, and emotions. A sturdy cord is attached for hanging. Encourages communication and a reassuring expectation about the events in a child's life. If you haven’t yet come across the wonderful world of Melissa and Doug and their wide-range of imagination-igniting toys, then allow me to introduce you. The calendar comes with 80 magnets including years, months, numerals for dates, days of the week, holidays, special events and emotions. The calendar is made up of a

The Daily Calendar works for us as it encourages my girls to talk about the day ahead and offers them a reassuring expectation of upcoming events. I’d like to put out a personal plea to Melissa and Doug to create a similar after-school tool that would encourage children to disclose information about their day. My two currently leave me in the dark. And that, leads nicely on to the second product I’m reviewing – The Melissa and Doug School Time: Classroom Play Set. As kids reach their toddler age and stage, they start to exert more control over their own lives, and our Magnetic Daily Calendar is a great toy to help them develop more of an understanding about the world they live in. What day of the week is it, and what’s going on today? What month is grandpa’s birthday? When is my show & tell day at school? How’s the weather outside today? And how are you feeling about your doctor’s visit on Friday? All the answers can be found right here!Skills at Play: Fine motor; time management; organization; social-emotional development; letter and number recognition; early reading

Playful Details: The magnetic daily calendar displays day of the week, date, weather, and special events. Includes a pair of fabric-hinged dry-erase boards—one with calendar template, one blank for magnet storage. Comes with 80 magnets including years, months, numerals for dates, days of the week, holidays, special events, and emotions. A sturdy cord is attached for hanging. Encourages communication and a reassuring expectation about the events in a child’s life.Who Will Love This: Anyone who aspires to be a good human being will LOVE getting My Magnetic Daily Calendar, because it’s a fun, engaging way to learn about managing your time, getting organized, and interacting with the world outside your home. Plus, parents, grandparents, caregivers, family, and friends can feel good about giving My Magnetic Daily Calendar as a gift — it hits all the right sweet spots as an educational toy that kids will WANT to play with!