Story Time Felts for Christmas

I don't say much about my business on here, because that isn't what my blog is about. I have my little LearningFelt advertisement button on my sidebar and I have done one post about using felt boards with kids, but today I want to do a little more. Christmas is right around the corner and we are all looking for the right presents for our children.

With Story Time Felts, you can give your child a fun and creative learning toy that is interactive and can promote communication, learning skills, and imagination. If you are looking to make some money, you can also sign up to sell Story Time Felts products while the kits are on sale.

I started selling STF because of my son. The felt boards and figures are high quality, can be washed, and store easily. Currently, there are several Christmas themed felt board sets and figures on sale.
What’s On Sale in November?

Order early! Deadlines for Christmas regular ground are:
East Coast -- December 11
Mid West -- December 15
West Coast -- December 17
Product is shipped from Utah.



4207 Advent Calendar a $5 Savings!

Uncut $19.99, Pre-cut $22.99

Start your tradition of counting down the days until Christmas as Mary and Joseph take a step towards Bethlehem each day. There are also figures that can be used to tell the Christmas story. Set includes Velcro, 18” x 30” background and 9 figures.










4209 Christmas Tree Advent a $3 Savings!















Uncut $11.99, Pre-cut $14.99

Your children can count the days to Christmas as you decorate the house and tree. When the all the decorations are place, it’s Christmas! Set includes Velcro, 25 figures, background and literature explaining each symbol of Christmas.








4208 T’was the Night Before Christmas a $3 Savings!

Uncut $10.99, Pre-cut $14.99

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without telling this classic story! You can purchase it alone or with the Let’s Play House and use that background.









770647 Let’s Play House Deluxe a $12 Savings!




Wow! What a savings! You get the T’was the Night Before Christmas, plus the Let’s Play House, board, figures, and CD! Not only will you have a classic Christmas story, you will have hours of fun year round playing house! Board is 23” x 23”, over 80 figures and a CD that sings songs about safety and manners.



6317 It’s Christmas! Toggle a $5 Savings!

Uncut $17.99, Pre-cut $19.99

Perfect for keeping the little ones busy as they wait for Christmas day. Cozy up with this fun toggle and decorate the tree, hang stockings, make cookies, and dress Santa, all in felt.


I would love to welcome in seven new Consultants this month. The Story Time Felts Business Starter Kits will REMAIN ON SALE during the month of November 2009. Are you ready to join my team and help sell this imaginative and educational product to parents and teachers in your area? Contact me to sign up with one of the following Starter Kits while they are on sale!


Business Basics—SAVE $15

This kit contains are the literature and paper things you need to promote your business. The only felt that is included are samples of the thank you gifts. Business Basics is regularly $75 plus $10 shipping and tax.
This kit includes:

Activation Fee for a year

Customer Order Forms

Wish List

Consultant Order Forms

Consultant Applications

Catalogs

Postcard Invitations

Hostess Guides

Ask Me Why Brochures

Information Sleeves

Sample Door Hangers

Name Badge

Hostess Party Envelope

Information Cards

Consultant Manual

Planner (while quantities last)

Just Like Me Order Forms

Thanks You Gift Sample



Business Basics PLUS--SAVE $20

This kit contains the items from the Business Basics kit plus a few samples of product. The cost is regularly $110 uncut, $124 precut, $15 shipping plus tax.

Sm Tall Tales Board

Sm Paul Bunyan Story

Tall Tales CD

Classic Rhyme Toggle with Nursery Rhyme CD

ABC Train

Sample JLM Girl Doll

Sample Color My Own Girls Clothes

Hostess Community Helper Doll

Current Community Clothes



Starter Kit—SAVE $25

This kit and the Power Start Kits are the best buy for the money. The prices have not changed even when we had our price increase this spring. The Starter Kit includes everything that is in the Business Basics kit and these products:

Grandma’s Favorites CD

Down on the Farm Activity Book

Animal Tales

Pet Pals Toggle

The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

Duffle Bag

STF Board Bag

LG Grandma’s Favorites

Finger Plays Fun with CD

Girl Clothes

Set of 5 Girl Dolls

The prices for the Starter Kit is regularly $175 uncut, $209 pre-cut, shipping$29.90 plus tax.



Power Start Kit—SAVE $30

This kit is even more extensive. It includes everything in the Business Basics kit, the Starter Kit and these products:

Toy Counter CD

Toy Counter Math Set

Wacky Learning Book

Prehistoric Pals

International Costumes

Birth of Jesus

File Case & 5 Velour Sheets

Dinosaur Set

The price is regularly $250 uncut, $318 pre-cut, shipping $45.10 plus tax.

How to Pair Felt with Learning Concepts

How to Pair Felt with Learning Concepts
by Brenda Miles, Speech and Language Pathologist
(An excerpt of an article from the Story Time Felts Connection. You can visit my website LearningFelt for more great information. - Tammy)

Young children divide their development and learning between movement and language, often concentrating on one or the other until they can experience both simultaneously. That's why Finger Plays are wildly successful with the 3 to 5 year old group. If they can't do the words, they can do the movements, until they've mastered the whole routine. What a great example of "whole body listening" as opposed to "passive listening." We should call it "interactive listening," one of the greatest benefits of "learning by felt." It enhances auditory memory and the full range of auditory-perceptual (listening-sensing) skill: attention, distinguishing differences, reception (really hearing), sequential memory, and processing (working it through mentally).

Let's look at the specific learning made possible by Finger Play Fun: How is each piece with a 5 figure set the same or different? (colors, sizes, shapes, function). Read their "body language" (gestures, facial expressions, posture) to guess what they're thinking or feeling. Which one would you want for a friend or pet, and why? Which one needs a friend? Some of these same concepts can be applied to Little League Line Up, Stack Up Snowmen, Sunshine Search (all from Preschool Pals) or even the hens in Henny's Hen House (from the Farm Fun Series). The Create a Face and Create a Clown are fun for any age to talk about facial expressions and what they represent.

Other concepts that a child can "play into learning" are the prepositions/spatial concepts: on-off, under-on top, in front of-in back of, between-next to, above-below. Begin within a familiar context by using figures from Grandpa's Farm, Down on the Farm Book, Farm Animal Mitts, Zoo Babies, Can Do Activity Book, or whatever you already have on hand. Start by placing animals, one at a time, in, on, under, or wherever, identifying the location in simple terms. Children love to play teacher, placing the animal somewhere on a board or book and having you say "The pig is in the barn." Even more fun is to make a ridiculous mistake and let them correct you!

For Kindergarten through 3rd grade, try a "barrier reference" activity Take two mounted felt background boards or play felt boards and sit them against the backs of two chairs. Place the chairs back to back. One player will sit facing each board, and will be unable to see the other board. The Toy Counter set is ideal for this game, unless you're lucky enough to have two Can Do Activity Books, or two of something else with lots of figures. Each person takes turns giving directions to the other as to which figure is used and where it is to go. (Descriptive words as well as spatial concepts). If the person does not give enough information, the other has to ask for clarification. (What color, what place on the chair or background?) At the end of the game they compare results, which should look the same, but seldom do, and provide lots of laughs while they learn the importance of clear directions, as well as good direction-following skills!



Have I exhausted the possibilities? Not a chance! Think about the impact of felt on children with developmental delays and/or language disorders. One Story Time Felts mom reports that her child never uttered a fluent or smoothly spoken phrase until he began playing with the felt Nursery Rhymes sets. She cried when he began repeating a rhyme without stuttering.

A teacher of autistic children ordered $300 of felt products for her classroom of 8 children because she saw the appeal of felt manipulatives to her very tactile young students. Special needs children both at home and in schools can benefit greatly from having their teacher, and special needs providers (physical therapists, occupational therapists, teacher of visually or hearing impaired, and others) all sharing one set of materials in a theme-based approach to learning. Share the message of how our felt can generate in a child's eyes a light that will not dim.

Give the gift that truly keeps on giving.