The Chatterbox – The Box That Has Families Talking!
The Chatterbox is a new game developed by Kim and David Maksymuik, Canadian parents who were stumped by a lack of resources available to parents to assist them when teaching their young twins valuable life skills. Their mission is to empower families to communicate, work together and master key life skills by providing them with tools and information that will help them learn in a quick, easy, fun and interesting way.
Each box comes with 140 cards covering topics in six life skills categories: family harmony, building character, developing people skills, goal planning, achievement skills and understanding money.
The Chatterbox provides age appropriate questions for children aged 3-6 years, 7-11 years and 12 years and up that are designed to stimulate conversation within the family. The Chatterbox also suggests fun games related to the subject matter addressed on each card and reinforcing tasks to be completed over the next week to facilitate retention and family fun and to ensure that families gain experience with real life skills in addition to the hypothetical ones. We’re sure looking forward to using The Chatterbox as a tool to facilitate our family dinner table conversations when our kids are older!
As of August 1/08, The Chatterbox is available online at Please Mum.com and, if you’re not an online shopper, just head to the local mall and pick yours up at any Please Mum store across Canada!
Win it! Enter to win a copy of this fabulous family game by leaving a comment on this post. Contest closes August 27/08.
Additional entries available. See contest entry information and rules.
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August 20th, 2008 at 2:48 am
This looks like a great game!
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August 20th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I blogged about this giveaway
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August 20th, 2008 at 2:49 am
The button is in my sidebar! Here
Rebecca C’s last blog post..The Opinionated Parent is having a Chatterbox giveaway!
August 20th, 2008 at 2:49 am
I am a subscriber
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August 20th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Count us in!
Megret
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August 20th, 2008 at 11:51 am
This looks like really fun and useful. Thanks for the giveaway.
August 20th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
neat idea! and happy it can be purchased easily at please mum!
August 20th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
well, since I have two kids in the 3-6 age range… and one not too far behind… I think this would be great for us!
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:26 am
I’d love to win! Thanks
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:26 am
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:27 am
Your cute button’s on my sidebar!
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August 21st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
This game sounds wonderful and great for having conversations. Would love this. Thank you!
August 21st, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I’m subscribed
August 21st, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I’d love this!!!
August 21st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Looks like lots of fun for the kiddos.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I’m a subscriber.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:04 pm
this is great! count me in! thanks!
August 21st, 2008 at 9:30 pm
interesting game
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
a great way to bring the family together
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August 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 am
This looks like a great game to play and to encourage conservation around the dinner table!
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August 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Wow what a great idea. I cant wait to play it soon.
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed playing Chatterbox with our own kids so I’m planning to give Chatterbox as a hostess gift to the other families I know this year.
August 24th, 2008 at 8:28 am
This game looks really fun. Thanks
August 24th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
This would be a great family conversation starter
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August 24th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
This looks like a fun game I would love a chance to win it. Thanks !
August 24th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Clever!
August 25th, 2008 at 10:55 am
This looks like a great game. It’s a good way to open up communication within the family. Thanks!
August 25th, 2008 at 10:55 am
I subscribe with Google Reader.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I have placed your button on my sidebar. Thanks!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
This would be a great way to jump start conversations in a way that is non censuring and fun.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Oh, this is wonderful. We have been working hard at having conversations that do not begin with “how was your day”
August 26th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Great idea, and looks like a lot of fun!
Thanks so much!!
Michele R.(CA)
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August 26th, 2008 at 12:27 am
I’m a subscriber!
Thanks so much!!
Michele R.(CA)
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August 26th, 2008 at 8:04 am
What a great idea!
August 26th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I would love to try this with my own kids as well as the kids I teach!
August 26th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
This looks fun
August 26th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
What a great game to play with a family.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
that does sound like a great, interactive, family game!
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August 27th, 2008 at 4:25 am
this looks like its a lof fun!
August 27th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Very nice, although my daughter doesn’t usually have a problem with being a chatterbox herself and talking alot lol.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY
August 27th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
sounds like a great game
August 27th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Oh, this is great! I would love this!