Great for first time poi spinners
348081
Great for very first time spinning poi because they're cheap. However they get scratched easily and loosen easily. I have to constantly pull the string tighter.
4556625
great for the beginner learning in geo. I've been homeschooling for 15 some yrs. now and this is just clicking
31587
Great weight on the paper.
Blocks are pretty large. Great for beginners!
1110367
Good beginner video,  if you have experience spinning you can make it more difficult and still use the video. It has a very long warm up session and does not have any difficult spinning moves like "hover climbs".
4641445
This is a great starter pack for those buying a new pinner since it has all of the available sizes.  I've used the different size and have no problems with jamming in my pinner.
4102469
My 6 year old has enjoyed this game for a few years and now my 2 1/2 year old is obsessed with it and wants to play it several times a day. I took one star off bc of the spinner. It is very difficult for kids to spin. One trick we've learned is to rest the spinner on carpet instead of keeping it on the game board. It doesn't slip around and is much easier to spin (though I still have to hold it down for my 2 year old). We usually play with half of the bones. It helps the game go faster and you can always add more if you aren't ready for the game to end.
3439647
The Pioneer AVIC-U310BT is a great entry level navigation, it works great if you plot out your trips and have a plan.  The lack of POI's didn't really impact me since I planned out all the stops and found all the POI's I wanted before I left for my trip.  If used everyday it would probably be worth buying the $100 add-on card for POI's. But if you carry a smart phone with a web connection you'd be wasting your money for POI's.  This unit is perfect for getting you across country and keeping you from getting lost.  One thin I did notice is that a lot of roads that were under construction when the maps were made were completed and you have to take some detours because the maps are about 1-2 years old, so it takes a little thought when using it.
629623
Yes! Yes! Yes! Buy these if you are interested in learning poi or know somebody interested. These are a super safe way to learn and also so much safer indoors (if safety is a concern). They work great and have different led settings.
3199855
I bought this for my son (2.5 years) at Target.  He never played with Playdoh before except for a tiny promotional tub so we gave it a try.  Now he knows how to say Playdoh and asks for this often.  This is a great starter package because you get a good amount of everything: dough, tools, cutters, and even a tote bag.  His favorite is the extruding tool that produces 'hair'.  I do it for him facing up and it grows upwards and flops over.  He loves that and giggles!  He's cut out shapes and learned how to use the extremely safe scissors with this kit.  I like the rolling pin, even though it's a little hard to use.  Such a great value and entry into Playdoh.  My only complaint is that the Playdoh containers are quite difficult to open; I don't understand why, but it's not fun to open them.  So that's -1 star, other than that, buy it you'll have fun!

Plus doesn't everyone love that Playdoh smell!
667361
I recently purchased this kit so we could make some shirts for an upcoming camping trip. The kit comes with just about everything you need:soda ash, dye in bottles, rubber bands, gloves, an instructional DVD and written instructions. You provide the bucket or whatever you plan on using for soaking your items in the soda ash, the items you plan on dying and plastic bags to seal each item in after its dyed. The kit only has one pair of gloves so you may want to buy more if more than one person will be dying.
The insturctions were simple and easy to follow. The DVD showed you a number of different tying techniques you could use. With this kit we were able to dye 4 toddler size shirts, 2 child size small shirts, 2 adult XL shirts and thats when we ran out of yellow. We still had red and blue left so we used all of that on one more XL shirt.
This was a fun activity and my daughter (5 years old) got to see some color mixing in action. You had fun watching the yellow turn green when the blue dye was added on top of it. Same with making the orange and purple.

Overall this was a great starter kit for us beginers. I'm saving my extra rubber bands and the bottles are reusable so next time we decide to tie dye I can just buy the dye and soda ash.
4398712
this kit is great for someone who is starting out in fly fishing. it cuts the hassle and confusion out of choosing your leader, line and backing. it also come with some good starter flies, so you don't have to worry about choosing that either. the rod is great quality for the price.
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I bought this Spin Around for my grandson's 2nd birthday.  He has always loved to be spun around in a circle.....now he can do it himself and we don't have to get dizzy!!.  At first he was unsure how to make it work exactly, but within minutes he was learning how to spin.  Within a day or so he had learned how to make it faster and turn in the other direction.  He had learned hand over hand and that it worked better on the wood floor instead of the carpet.  It was his favorite birthday gift and he uses it everyday.  My daughter-in-law and my son are expecting their second child.  I have no doubt that the Spin Around will get years of enjoyment from both children.

Grandmama Linda
952881
Lots of fun to spin to this DVD.  It's a little hard to tell if the guide is sitting or standing, but the instructions are on the screen.
4491936
I am very new to weaving and this is my first loom. I have to say it is the perfect loom for someone just starting out to learn a new craft on. Easy to assemble, pretty sturdy - I am having a blast with it!
2356333
Even though I make salads quite often, I'd never used a salad spinner before.  I would simply wash the lettuce, and pat it dry, or try to, with paper towels.  This salad spinner is easy to use.  You simply tear the lettuce apart after washing it, put it in the green basket which sits inside the clear plastic base, put the lid on securely, then pulled the green knob toward you several times.  The more you pull the knob, the faster it spins.  I must say, after a few short minutes, the lettuce came out pretty dry.  And I've noticed the lettuce doesn't turn brown as swiftly if you get most of the liquid off it.  So, from now on, I'm a salad spinner user!  I suggest washing the unit before using it for the first time, and after use, wash it with mild detergent, dry it and put it away until the next use.
3967737
Picked this up for $10 at Walmart. Worked well for teaching myself and my twin 6 year old boys how to play. We did the step by step demo twice, then tonight we shuffled the cards and played 4 games. They beat me three times, but in my defense I think water is at a disadvantage against electricity! This game gives you damage counters (but we also like using dice to track damage) a heads and tails coin, and a fire/ poison coins. Also 2 mini decks of 30 cards each, a box to store the cards, a playing mat to show where cards go and has all the rules in it. The demo booklet helped tremendously. After running through the demo twice they knew what to do, although they did need occasional reminding to draw and power up. It is definitely helping with math. They are in first grade and working on adding to 10. This has a lot of practice of that in the form of adding tens places. I thought they wouldn't be old enough to grasp it, but although they need a little assistance, it is perfect for this age group. Smaller decks lets them memorize each ability as their reading skills are still weak. We will be staying with this training deck for a while, then work on expanding our collection. I watched some YouTube videos on how to play before starting, and they just were not adequate for teaching. Now that I get the idea I can use YouTube videos for pointers.
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I bought this book to help me get started spinning and I found it to be very helpful. It has all the information you need to learn to spin your own yarn, whether on a spindle or a spinning wheel. I am self teaching and while I would prefer to take a class, this book was a helpful and economical alternative. I was particularly happy about the Appendix with information on prepping fleece (both washing and the various methods of readying the washed fleece), since I'd been having trouble figuring out what I needed to do. No information on dyeing, but that's understandable because that takes a whole other book.

However, one important correction should be made. On page 74, when describing how to measure yards per pound, the author states that you should weigh your yarn in ounces, then multiply by 16 to get to pounds. You should be dividing by 16 to convert to pounds! I would think it would be pretty obvious that if you have 32 ounces you have 2 pounds, not 512, but I thought that should be pointed out.