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Ivy Kids
Cost: $38.95/month.
Ships To: United States.
Coupon Code: “IVY20” to save 20% off your first kit.
Ivy Kids, who kindly sent me this to review, are a monthly educational subscription for children ages 3-8 developed by early childhood teachers with children of their own. Each month you will receive a kit containing more than ten activities based upon a classic children’s book. The Ivy Kids games and projects are a fun way to develop fine and gross motor muscles, build math and literacy skills, encourage reading comprehension, and promote scientific thinking.
Ivy Kids ships via USPS Priority Mail. If you subscribe by the 22nd of April your subscription will begin with the May box. If you subscribe after the 22nd, your first box will begin with June.
The March Ivy Kids box theme was trains and was centered around the book “The Little Engine That Could” by Wally Piper. Here are the projects that were included:
~Book & Bookmark: Every Ivy Kids package includes the children’s book the monthly box is focused on. Sometimes we have the books already and we don’t. Although we already have this one WB was thrilled to get another copy!
~Shape Train: This project included foam shapes to be used to form a train. WB didn’t quite get that he was supposed to be forming a train and instead just played with the shapes and the background. He’s still a little young for this box though, so it’s okay.
~Paint Your Own Locomotive: Painting and trains are WB’s two main interests right now so this is awesome. We haven’t painted it yet, but L’s off all week for Easter break and will be doing some crafts I am sure, so WB can paint this.
~Train Whistle: Of course the boys love this! I, of course, don’t think it’s as a great as they do, but that’s to be expected ;).
~Up the Mountain: This game includes three train pieces and a die and a game board. We didn’t exactly play by the rules, but we still had fun.
~All Aboard:All aboard contains items you can use to play train conductor! You can give the tickets to your passengers and be on your way!
~Train Patterns: Train patterns was easily WB’s favorite project of the bunch. He was so into matching up the squares with their correct colors. He totally loved it!
~What Belongs on the Train: What Belongs on This Train included train cards each with a ‘themed’ engine and then cargo that you used to match up to the theme. For example the food train should have had the pizza, the burger and the salad. L understood this one, but WB just wanted to put his favorite stuff (the pizza, the toy train, etc.) on his train. Totally understandable ;).
~ABC Train & Number Train: This game focuses on letters and numbers and helps with sounds and counting.
~I Think I Can: The last project in the bunch was a coloring sheet. You can color a picture of what was challenging for you to complete or write a sentence about it. WB just colored it ;).
Since everything is unique to Ivy Kids I can’t do a cost breakdown on this box, but it works out to less than $4 per project. Everything is individually packaged (and always perfect even though the projects have a lot of components) and can be used by a variety of different ages!
What do you think of Ivy Kids? If you are interested in ordering or just want to learn more, click here and use the coupon code “IVY20” to save 20% off your first month.
We LOVE this box. It is by FAR my kids’ favorite subscription box. They wait for it every month and frankly, I do too. The activities are educational and stimulating – fine motor, gross motor, planning and executive function. They give different suggestions for different ages (like I have my box aged for a 5 and 2 year old and there are suggestions for both). There is personalization in each box, so the kids know this is for THEM. There is a constant theme around a book. The activities last all month (really!) and the kids do them again and again. This month’s theme (April’s) is my FAVORITE box ever – it’s about plants and seeds. I promise I do not work for Ivy Box. lol.
My boys ages 4 and 5 have been getting Ivy Kids boxes for the last 5 months and they love them. They are so excited when they see the green box in the mail. I love how I can add on a sibling and the way everything is packaged individually by activity. Having taught preschool for 15 years myself I think all their activities are very age appropriate and fun for kids. I also really like how they always include a personalized item each month, the boys love seeing their name on the item and makes it special for them!