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With the holidays fast approaching, there are so many wonderful options for gifts from Educational Insights. Today I’m featuring a product that helps promote math and logic skills. It’s called Estimation Station. What I love about this product (and what I’m consistently finding with most every Educational Insights product) is that it’s not a one-hit wonder. There are over a week’s worth of activity suggestions with this one product, including estimation, counting, place value, comparing and ordering number, making prediction, graphing, statistics and mathematical reasoning. That’s a lot of awesome concepts to derive from one toy!
Darah is still a bit too young to use this toy, as it is ideal for ages 5-9. When we introduce it to her, though, we can start with larger objects (like giant marshmallows!) and build up from there. I absolutely love this hands-on application of mathematical concepts. This can even be a really creative way to have kids put a little bit of work in prior to getting a special treat, like gumballs or jelly beans. Estimation Station retails for $14.99 and really does bring math to life in an exciting way for young children.
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I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
Sarah Yurga says
m & ms
Saver Sara says
Candy corn for Halloween or M&Ms
Sand says
I would fill it with peanuts.
Alena T says
M&M’s or jellybeans
Leah Shumack says
gumballs
shanta spradlin says
I would use my childrens favorite m&ms
amy deeter says
we use m&ms
jenny says
I would fill it with Jelly beans
Jennifer Peaslee says
candy of different sizes and toys, like legos
susan smoaks says
i think M&Ms would be a good idea
Savannah Miller says
I think MM or skittles 🙂 hmm I would be very tempted to eat them though 😉
Brandi says
I’d use gummy bears!
Liz Terek says
Would coins work? Then you could have 2 math games
vikki Billings says
I would put M&M’s . I think this is a great learning tool for kids!
Kimberly says
I’d probably use jelly beans or skittles.
Brittany B says
m&m’s. This is such an awesome idea.
Katie says
I’d use M&Ms
Lily Kwan says
I would put marbles inside the estimation station.
Kerrie Mayans says
Fruit Loops Cereal
Sarah Harding says
i think my son and i would go collect up acorns and use them
Kim says
I’d do jelly beans. 🙂
Heather S says
I would put grapes in it!
Karen Gonyea says
Marbles or Jelly Beans !!
Beckee says
Skittles! Thanks for the chance to win!
liz lew says
Cotton balls!
renee walters says
I would use jellybeans.
Kayla M says
I would put marbles in there.
Liz B says
Cotton balls.
Jodi Kershuk says
Cheerios!
Jo Anna Alexander says
I would use buttons.
Valerie Taylor Mabrey says
i would m&m in them
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McKim says
m&m’s
steve brown says
je;;ybeans
aimee says
grapes
meghan says
acorns, nuts, other things we’ve found outside.
jenn poulin says
BUTTONS would be fun!
Jefferi says
jellybeans
Corey Olomon says
Maybe mini-marshmallows.
Danielle Priser says
I think in our house we’d end up doing everything from peanuts to gumdrops to marshmallows to trail mix and back!
Amber says
I would put in M&M’s or mini cookies.
Ashley turicik says
I would put candy corn or m and ms
Tricia G says
The options are endless! You could put anything in there depending on the season! Right now…candy corn 🙂
Tamar says
jelly beans!!!
Mercy says
I would put penny’s in.
Nina says
We have all different sized beads and I think it would be cool to see how many of each kind fit!
Terri Moore says
finding fun things to fill it up would be fun for me so I would get to play too!
Marbles, pebbles, trail mix, paperclips, rubber bands, pasta, toys…. great toy!
natalie z says
Marbles
Jenna M Wood says
We’d use JElly beans
Tabitha Pyle says
little bouncy balls
Gianna says
Cheerios.
Nancy says
For a young child, I’d put new potatoes inside!
Rae Higgins says
I’m a candy junkie so we better go with peanuts!
Marysa says
Jellybeans or rotini pasta.
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amy williams says
resses or m&ms
Angie PreciselyMine says
M&M’s or Hershey Kisses.
Mippy says
organic lollipops
Lara N says
I would put my twins’ squinkies in. They’ve got a pile of them!
Darcie K says
Jellybeans or Cheerios
Becky VanGinkel says
Lots of things!! Things that are different sizes like rocks, hard candies, buttons and legos,! And things that are the same size like pixie sticks, skittles, qtips, sixlets, and bouncy balls!
Katie L says
jellybeans
Karyn says
M&m’s or mini marshmallows
Carol Castillo says
Kidney beans ~
Sam Stamp says
M&M’s or jellybeans but definitely like the marshmallow idea!
renee says
I think we need to estimate some candy corn!
Tari Lawson says
I would use m&m’s.
Sue H. says
M&M’s for sure. Thanks for the cool giveaway! 🙂
Nicole L. says
I would put gumballs in it.
Sonya says
m&m’s
Jen S says
M&Ms, Starbursts, bottle caps… could come up with lots of objects from around the house to put in there!
Sunnie says
I think beans.
Brittany Poole says
I would use bouncy balls.
EMMA L HORTON says
BEANS
Kelly D says
I would fill it with Legos.
Debbie Jackson says
I would use jellybeans debbie jackson
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Auri Lae says
Sea shells!
Danielle Ring says
I’d put in cheerios or gummy bears or small rocks.
April says
all sorts of things. paperclips, marshmallows, erasers, chocolate covered raisins, jelly beans, m&m’s
meme says
gum balls or marbles
lisa says
candy
beth m says
I would use marbles
Shannon Baas says
pennies.
Valerie says
M&Ms
Tiffany says
Yum! I’d be so tempted to eat them all, though! 🙂 Guess that would make estimating a bit easier if there weren’t many in the container!
Heather Wone says
some sort of snack or candy!
Rose P. says
Marshmallows sounds fun! Small tootsie rolls would work too.
Holly Briscall says
jelly beans.
LisaN says
Cotton Balls
susan says
I love your idea of marshmallows. My little one would be excited to see some cars in there to estimate!