Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat *Giveaway*
September 15, 2009 by Amanda
Filed under Giveaways, Product Reviews
It happens to all parents at some point. Their child looks up with big beautiful eyes and asks an impossibly difficult question: “Where did humans come from?”, or “What came before the dinosaurs?” or worse, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Questions like these inspired one scientist mom to create a toy line that introduces kids to evolution. Charlie’s Playhouse, named affectionately after Charles Darwin, offers kids as young as 4 years captivating games and toys to stretch their scientific literacy.
“Our children deserve to know about the dazzling history of life on this planet,” explains Kate Miller, PhD, founder and president of Charlie’s Playhouse. “Toy stores are brimming with educational toys on every science — physics, chemistry, geology, even biology — but nothing on evolution. Dinosaur toys are everywhere but they don’t talk about evolution. We know from our research that parents and teachers are looking for these products.”
Dr. Miller has created the first-ever line of products that fills this gaping hole. Shop Charlie’s Playhouse online at www.charliesplayhouse.com or at select museum shops and specialty retailers for the following products:
Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat * $49 * Ages 4+
The flagship product of the company, this richly illustrated mat lets kids skip, jump, and play through the history of life, accompanied by “Charlie” Darwin, 67 amazing creatures from the fossil record, and much more. The size of a coffee table book when folded, it expands to fully 18 feet long. The playmat is printed on an environmentally friendly synthetic paper called Polylith(tm), and comes with a boisterous Activity Guide for ages four to ten, a glossary and FAQs for kids, adults and educators. Printed in the US. This product just won the Dr. Toy Green Products Award.
Giant Evolution Timeline Poster * $29 * Ages 4+
The same graphic as the Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat, but smaller and suitable for hanging on the wall. Ten inches tall and twelve feet long — perfect for hanging at child-eye height in a hallway! The poster comes with a boisterous Activity Guide for ages four to ten, a glossary and FAQs for kids, adults and educators. Printed in the US.
Ancient Creature Cards * $19 * Ages 4+
Each of the colorful 67 creatures from the Giant Evolution Timeline gets its own card with illustration, fun facts, size comparison figure and more. Printed on generously sized 8.5″ by 5.5″ cards. Great alone or in combination with the Giant Evolution Timeline.
Apparel * $11.19 and up * Sizes Infant to Adult
Show off your scientific literacy on all-things-Darwin with these clever tees, totes, hats and sweatshirts with slogans like “98% Chimpanzee” and “Product of Natural Selection.”
Taking the toy line one step farther, Dr. Miller blogs on a range of topics at www.charliesplayhouse.com. Parents and children can click and discover such topics as:
… nyctosaurus, a pterosaur with a difference. It had no hands on its wings, so it couldn’t climb or crawl — scientists think that it rarely ever landed on the ground, staying afloat in the air for most of its life!
… meet Socotra Island, plopped in the Indian Ocean and cut off from the nearest land for 18 million years or so. And yup, it’s got bizarre plants and animals not to be found anywhere else. Check out the Dragon’s Blood tree, or Dracaena Tree.
We received the wonderful Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat and Samantha is in love with it. It will be perfect for her n Second Grade since the book is Second Grade curriculum. But her teacher this year did share it with the class and they really enjoyed it.
ONE winner will receive a Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat.
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I also like the Ancestor Infant Bodysuit!
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I like the ancient creature cards.
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I love the Creature Cards are awesome! I also love the t-shirts,so fun
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I really like the Ancient Creature Cards Deck as it explains the Timeline Mat. Thse are very cool and have excellent information.
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Neato. My little guy loves dinosaurs. The infant body suit is cool.
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I love their “98% Chimpanzee” apparel… perfect for my little monkey.
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The Ancient Creature Cards are really nice. My grandson would love those too! Thank you!
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I like the Ancient Creature Cards. They look like fun!
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I love the Ancient Creatures cards – they are portable and my son (who has a fascination with all things creature and motor and universe) would love them.