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Little Passports Gift Items Review … and Why We Had So Much Fun with It

December 6, 2015 By Deb Chitwood 1 Comment

I’ve been a Little Passports affiliate and ambassador since 2013. This is the first year that I’ve had someone to help me with my reviews. For this post, I had two people to help me: my 2-year-old granddaughter, Zoey, and my daughter, Christina, who’s the main force behind the Living Montessori Now YouTube channel.

Little Passports Gift Items Review ... and Why We Had So Much Fun with It

I was given the Little Passports items in this review. As always, my opinions are honest and my own. This post also contains affiliate links (at no cost to you).

I’ve enjoyed reviewing the Little Passports World Edition along with the first 3 Early Explorers Packages. If you read my Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Global Adventure post, you find links to all my Little Passports reviews and Montessori-inspired activity posts.

See everything at Little Passports here.

Little Passports Dino Backpack

Little Passports Dino Pals Backpack

Zoey is a dinosaur lover. You can see how much fun she had in her dinosaur ice melt activity. So I knew she would love the dino backpack, which she did!

Exploring the Dino Backpack

Exploring the Dino Backpack

First, of course, Zoey had to explore the Dino Backpack … taking the dinosaurs out, and putting them back in, and taking them out, and putting them back in, and…. Then, I showed Zoey the dinosaur poster that came with the backpack. Zoey liked to hear about different dinosaurs and match the ones in the backpack to dinosaurs on the poster.

Toby Plush (to go with the Little Passports Early Explorers Edition)

Little Passports Toby Plush Dog

Loving Little Passports Toby Plush Dog

Loving Little Passports Toby Plush Dog

Toby became one of Zoey’s instant favorites. She loves dogs, and Toby is super cute … whether you’re a dog lover or not.

Helping Toby Travel to Features on Various Continents

Helping Toby Travel to Features on Various Continents

Zoey thought it was a lot of fun to help Toby travel to various landmarks and other features on the world map that came with the Early Explorers first package. I would say something like, “Can you help Toby travel to see the toucan in South America?”

Souvenir Picture Book: Max, Mia, and Toby’s Adventures Around the World: A Souvenir Book

Little Passports Souvenir Picture BookZoey already loves books, and she was very drawn to the story in this hardcover book along with the 7 souvenirs contained in envelopes throughout the story.

Going through the Little Passports Souvenir Picture Book with Toby Watching

Going through the Little Passports Souvenir Picture Book with Toby Watching

Zoey has me read the book to her every day now, and she also goes through it on her own. Often, she has Toby watch. This is a book that will be fun for her for a number of years.

Weather Lab Science Kit

Little Passports Weather Lab Science Kit

Little Passports Weather Lab Science Kit.

This is intended for older kids, and I definitely recommend it for preschoolers on up. Still, we’ve already had some fun experiences with it.

Volcano-Building Kit

I know the volcano-building kit containing clay and a paint set will be popular with Zoey. I’m just saving it for at least another year when she can fully appreciate it.

Observing the Handheld Tornado from the Little Passports Weather Lab Science Ki.

Observing the Handheld Tornado from the Little Passports Weather Lab Science Kit

Handheld Tornado

The handheld tornado has a lot of interesting information for advanced preschoolers through elementary age (even older)! Zoey doesn’t have any experience with tornadoes (fortunately), so she’s really too young to understand the concept. She thought the activity was interesting in a snow-globe-sort-of-way.

Instant Snow

Now this was COOL! We spent a lot of time with this, and my daughter, Christina (Zoey’s aunt), joined us. Watch our YouTube video to see what we did with it!

The Instant Snow powder is amazing … it expands to 100 times its size when water is added (kind of explodes into snow).

Pouring Water on Instant Snow Powder to Make "Snow"

Pouring Water on Instant Snow Powder to Make “Snow”

The resulting product isn’t sticky. We only used about a third of the package to make a miniature /s/ letter sound sensory bin. In case you didn’t watch the video, it shows how we introduced the letter sound and sensory bin.

Letter Sound /s/ Tray with Instant Snow Sensory Bin.

Letter Sound /s/ Tray with Instant Snow Sensory Bin.

Because Zoey’s only 2 years old, I’m keeping this tray out of reach except when we work together with it. I recommend that if you have a toddler. The Instant Snow isn’t for eating, and it does look tempting to a toddler. Zoey thought it looked good to eat, although she listened to us and didn’t try it.

The sensory bin container is a 3-cup Pyrex container that I keep the lid on between uses. I just used the letter “s” from our sandpaper letters along with the snowman, sleigh, and Santa from the Safari Ltd. Christmas TOOB and the sled from Montessori Services language objects. (Note: we haven’t formally introduced the sandpaper letters with tracing because of Zoey’s age, although we’ve done a lot with hearing phonetic sounds.)

I’ve frozen the “snow” before our next use with the sensory bin so that it will really feel like real snow! It can be dried out to be used again, too!

Coral Reef Kit

Coral Reef Kit and Sensory Bin

I reviewed the Little Passports Coral Reef Kit last August. Zoey had fun with the sensory bin we made with the coral reef kit for weeks until I put out a fall sensory bin. The Coral Reef Kit is another of the gift items available from Little Passports!

These items are all great additions to the Little Passports products. There’s a lot of learning involved while kids (and their families) are just having fun!

More about Little Passports

2022 Updates:

The posts in this subscription are from the World Edition for ages 6-10.

For the first month, your child will receive the introductory World Edition Kit, which includes our signature blue suitcase, passport, and wall-sized world map. In addition, they’ll receive a country-themed activity booklet, stickers, collectible souvenir, fact-filled letter from pen pals Sam and Sofia, and an original Brazil-themed chapter book.

Each month after that, your child will receive a new package that explores a different country. The packages include letters from Sam and Sofia, along with souvenirs or hands-on activities, country-themed books, stickers, activity booklets, collectible country coins, plus access to online photos, printable activities, and more!

You can sign up for 6 months, 12 months, or monthly.

There are subscription boxes for a variety of ages. But also check out the Shop All and Gift Guide at the top of Little Passports! There are some great individual products you can purchase for gifts as well!

 

Little Passports Space Quest for Ages 5-8

Check out the new Space Quest subscription for ages 5-8!

See everything at Little Passports here.

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Filed Under: Resource Reviews Tagged With: coral reef kit, dino backpack, geography, kidlit, Little Passports, Little Passports Global Adventure, Little Passports souvenir picture book, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities, Toby plush, weather lab science kit

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    April 11, 2017 at 4:37 am

    very nice i love it

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