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10 Latest Things We Bought on Amazon for RWB
September 03, 2025
Check out some of our favorite recently used products to keep our children reading, writing and building!
We love anything that helps make our ReadWriteBuild family journey more fun, exciting, productive and convenient. From cool new manipulatives, to giant floor puzzles, read aloud collections and every writing tool we can find - we love to try new things and see if they help our kids on this journey. Check out some of our recent favorites and let us know what you think.
1. The Bark of the Bog Owl
This is our latest read aloud and it’s been really exciting to see how the kids get so into the story. The language and tone is so exciting and descriptive that I find the kids hanging on every word and waiting to see what happens next. It’s always a good sign when you hear “Can we read one more chapter??”
2. Money Ledger for Kids
We’ve been wanting to teach our kids about the value of a dollar and how hard it can be to earn money, while it’s so easy to spend. We’ve ordered a couple of these ledgers and have been using them to track money they’ve earned from doing small jobs around the house and then deducting money when they’ll ask to purchase small toys or games while we’re out and about. Seeing the numbers increase and decrease has been eye-opening for them. Practicing writing down the numbers has incorporated handwriting, while learning how to build their wallets/wealth and practice addition and subtraction is always a plus.
3. Yoto Player Mini
Cell phones are not something we want to buy for our young kids any time soon. And the old fashioned Walkmans or MP3 players that were all the rage when we were younger are just not a thing anymore. Enter - the Yoto Player. What an awesome product; screen-free, long battery life, and pick your own audiobooks and music collections - and it can be used with or without headphones. These have very quickly become not only an almost-daily staple in our everyday lives, but also the first go-to while traveling.
4. Popsicle Molds
With the summer heat really setting in, we have been loving the opportunity to build our own DIY fruit popsicles. Some flavor favorites have been watermelon, strawberry and orange. They’re a great way to brainstorm new sweet recipes together, make something fun, learn the science of freezing and then enjoy a healthy refreshment and a fun way to sneak some extra fruits into their diet! Send us any fun recipes you create!
5. Plastic Traffic Cones
With a goal of increasing our time outside each day, our kids have been loving building new and interesting obstacle courses outside in the afternoons. They’ll use these orange plastic cones, sticks, branches and pinecones they find in the grass and some sidewalk chalk. Then they use their scooters, bikes and even the Power Wheels Jeep to challenge each other to complete the maze. Sometimes they’ll even build a game for dribbling their soccer balls or basketballs through before shooting towards the goal or basket.
6. Little House Series
During the last year we’ve been making our way through this timeless series about Laura and her family. Each book lends itself so well to additional learning about history, art, building and family values. Unforgettable classics - these should probably be a part of every childhood and will likely be something everyone goes back to again and again.
7. Composition Notebooks
My kids love writing and illustrating their own stories. The best part about this is built-in handwriting practice while encouraging them to use their imaginations, and likely some extra spelling practice to boot! We’ve used printer paper, loose-leaf and construction paper in the past, but these small notebooks are such a great find and have the space for proper handwriting, as well as illustrations all included!
8. Floor Puzzles
The giant floor puzzles by Melissa & Doug were often used every day during our COVID lockdown and have since become a staple family activity. We love puzzles of all sizes and shapes and difficulties, but the floor ones are great for younger kids that are just learning spatial awareness and how to build a puzzle. This safari one is very well loved, but check out all of the others as well.
9. Dino Dana Dino Activity Guide
Do your kids love Dino Dana? She’s an icon in our home. You can find her show on Amazon Prime. Its fun format teaches kids about dinosaurs entertaining ways with the dinos actually coming to life on screen while in Dana’s imagination. This guide offers tons of Dino Experiments kids can complete at home with simple household items. It also includes fun activities like word searches, fact finder fill-ins and even a dinosaur footprint cookie recipe! With plenty of opportunities to Read, Write and Build throughout its pages, this book will keep your dinosaur-loving kid busy for hours.
10. 3-in-1 Lego Sets
The 3-in-1 Lego sets have provided hours of fun in our house and are always a great gift because the price is right for the amount of fun play included. Here are a few of our favorites and don’t be surprised if your child wants to immediately take apart the one he’s built and restart on the next instruction manual.
We’re always on the lookout for products that help make the ReadWriteBuild movement possible; send us your ideas!
1. The Bark of the Bog Owl
This is our latest read aloud and it’s been really exciting to see how the kids get so into the story. The language and tone is so exciting and descriptive that I find the kids hanging on every word and waiting to see what happens next. It’s always a good sign when you hear “Can we read one more chapter??”
2. Money Ledger for Kids
We’ve been wanting to teach our kids about the value of a dollar and how hard it can be to earn money, while it’s so easy to spend. We’ve ordered a couple of these ledgers and have been using them to track money they’ve earned from doing small jobs around the house and then deducting money when they’ll ask to purchase small toys or games while we’re out and about. Seeing the numbers increase and decrease has been eye-opening for them. Practicing writing down the numbers has incorporated handwriting, while learning how to build their wallets/wealth and practice addition and subtraction is always a plus.
3. Yoto Player Mini
Cell phones are not something we want to buy for our young kids any time soon. And the old fashioned Walkmans or MP3 players that were all the rage when we were younger are just not a thing anymore. Enter - the Yoto Player. What an awesome product; screen-free, long battery life, and pick your own audiobooks and music collections - and it can be used with or without headphones. These have very quickly become not only an almost-daily staple in our everyday lives, but also the first go-to while traveling.
4. Popsicle Molds
With the summer heat really setting in, we have been loving the opportunity to build our own DIY fruit popsicles. Some flavor favorites have been watermelon, strawberry and orange. They’re a great way to brainstorm new sweet recipes together, make something fun, learn the science of freezing and then enjoy a healthy refreshment and a fun way to sneak some extra fruits into their diet! Send us any fun recipes you create!
5. Plastic Traffic Cones
With a goal of increasing our time outside each day, our kids have been loving building new and interesting obstacle courses outside in the afternoons. They’ll use these orange plastic cones, sticks, branches and pinecones they find in the grass and some sidewalk chalk. Then they use their scooters, bikes and even the Power Wheels Jeep to challenge each other to complete the maze. Sometimes they’ll even build a game for dribbling their soccer balls or basketballs through before shooting towards the goal or basket.
6. Little House Series
During the last year we’ve been making our way through this timeless series about Laura and her family. Each book lends itself so well to additional learning about history, art, building and family values. Unforgettable classics - these should probably be a part of every childhood and will likely be something everyone goes back to again and again.
7. Composition Notebooks
My kids love writing and illustrating their own stories. The best part about this is built-in handwriting practice while encouraging them to use their imaginations, and likely some extra spelling practice to boot! We’ve used printer paper, loose-leaf and construction paper in the past, but these small notebooks are such a great find and have the space for proper handwriting, as well as illustrations all included!
8. Floor Puzzles
The giant floor puzzles by Melissa & Doug were often used every day during our COVID lockdown and have since become a staple family activity. We love puzzles of all sizes and shapes and difficulties, but the floor ones are great for younger kids that are just learning spatial awareness and how to build a puzzle. This safari one is very well loved, but check out all of the others as well.
9. Dino Dana Dino Activity Guide
Do your kids love Dino Dana? She’s an icon in our home. You can find her show on Amazon Prime. Its fun format teaches kids about dinosaurs entertaining ways with the dinos actually coming to life on screen while in Dana’s imagination. This guide offers tons of Dino Experiments kids can complete at home with simple household items. It also includes fun activities like word searches, fact finder fill-ins and even a dinosaur footprint cookie recipe! With plenty of opportunities to Read, Write and Build throughout its pages, this book will keep your dinosaur-loving kid busy for hours.
10. 3-in-1 Lego Sets
The 3-in-1 Lego sets have provided hours of fun in our house and are always a great gift because the price is right for the amount of fun play included. Here are a few of our favorites and don’t be surprised if your child wants to immediately take apart the one he’s built and restart on the next instruction manual.
We’re always on the lookout for products that help make the ReadWriteBuild movement possible; send us your ideas!