National Geographic Little Kids Magazine (REVIEW & GIVEAWAY)

My kids love getting their own mail, and I think it is great when companies come out with magazines just for kids. I recently got the opportunity to review for National Geographic Little Kids and I am thrilled with what they designed perfectly for the age 3 to 6 year old range. My 3 year old and (almost) 5 year old absolutely love this magazine! The kids love the pictures of all the animals, games and puzzles to help further their education, and all the stories.

The National Geographic Little Kids magazine is packed with teaching tools to help parents inspire a love of learning in their children. The Association of Educational Publishers chose National Geographic Little Kids for its highest award, the Golden Lamp, in 2008 and named the magazine Periodical of the Year in 2008 and 2009. National Geographic Little Kids also won a Parents’ Choice Gold Award for 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The photographs of the animals are great, and my kids and I really enjoy talking about the animals, like what they do, where they live, what they eat, etc. The National Geographic Kids magazine has 24-pages in each issue contains animal stories, answers to questions on kids’ favorite topics, features on different cultures to inspire a sense of understanding about the world, plus interactive experiments to introduce simple science. My kids love the cards inside the magazine, and love to pretend that they are trading cards (like their older brother has trading cards). There are a set of six cards inside each magazine that come out, and have pictures of animals with their facts on it.

I really like how the National Geographic Little Kids is a perfectly sized magazine for little hands, and my kids love imitating us by holding their magazine and sitting in the chair. I love that my kids "teach" each other about what they are learning in their National Geographic Little Kids magazine. This great children's magazine is available by subscription for $15 a year (six issues; international subscription cost varies) and on newsstands for $3.99 a copy.

Parents can explore online with their kids at littlekids.nationalgeographic.com.

We recommend this great magazine for your family! My kids love it, and we are happy to share this with you!

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National Geographic Little Kids is generously sponsoring to give away ***UPDATE*** (my error)~ this contest is for the current issue (one copy) of National Geograpic Little Kids, not a 1 year subscription as I had previously stated. I am so sorry about the misunderstanding.

This contest is open to those in the United States (bloggers or non-bloggers). To enter, go to the National Geographic Kids website, and find something interesting to you...and comment here about it. Contest will end on April 27th at midnight.

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This review was written as part of a campaign for the Family Review Network. Thank you to National Geographic for sending sample magazine issues free of charge. I was also offered a chance for my readers to enter a giveaway with the sponsorship from National Geographic Little Kids. I was not compensated for my time or written review.