As you can see, my son Liam (age 3) is so happy when a trip
to the mailbox unveils a new Tessy & Tab. In addition to the magazines,
he LOVES the Moonjar bank and passbook from his Money Manager Kit. (We’ve
almost filled up the passbook already.) It really keys into his love of
numbers and has become a fun (and educational) part of our regular bedtime
ritual. He was really excited to save up and make his first purchase: an ice
cream sundae. Thanks so much and keep up the great work!
Jake is a true fan and so we wanted to submit a picture doing what Tessy & Tab like to do: Stay Cool at the Pool!
Jake will be 4 in October. He loves
playing at the pool with his sister, Jenna (now 7 months). Jake can't wait to receive his mail every couple of
weeks! We certainly enjoy this magazine. It has helped his reading
skills develop in a remarkable way! Thanks so much for such a
quality magazine for kids!
Nicky is 4 and
she loves your books. She is always
carrying around a stack of them so we will read to her. She looks forward to getting them in the mail.
I want to thank whoever came up with the idea for these books. Nicky loves to have them read to her over and
over again. She has saved all of them
since I started the subscription.
I know Nicky
would LOVE to have her own Tessy and Tab tote bag. When she tries to carry about 20 Tessy and
Tab books at one time, she is always dropping them along the way. A special tote bag for her special books
would be perfect! Thanks again and keep up the good work!
Our daughter, Madeline (age 3 1/2) just LOVES receiving
Tessy & Tab. Every day when we check the mail, Madeline asks if
any mail has come for her.
We always leave the new issue in the mailbox,
so she can stand on her tippy toes and reach in and grab it. She
absolutely loves to get her own mail and rips open the envelope as quick
as she can. We usually don't make it back into the house to check
out the new issue....she sits right down on the front steps and starts
"reading". Madeline has recently started sharing her Tessy
& Tab magazines with her baby brother Carter.....too cute!!
Thank you for making the concepts of receiving personal
mail and reading together such a great experience....we love Tessy & Tab!! Below is a photo of Madeline in front of our mailbox. She had to show great restraint not to rip this open before I snapped the photo!!
I just wanted to say thank you so much for Tessy and Tab. My 2 ½
-year old son, Trevor, loves his “Tessy Tab”. He looks forward to receiving
every issue when they arrive. He actually opens the package himself and
says, “Mommy, my ‘Tessy Tab’ is here.” Every night before we go to bed,
Trevor takes his “Tessy Tabs” out of my night stand drawer so I can read them
to him. He loves looking for Peek-A-Bug and always asks me, “Why is
Peek-A-Bug hiding behind there, Mommy?”.
Recently, Trevor did not receive his Fire Station issue of “Tessy Tab”,
so I sent an email stating what had happened. I attached a
picture of Trevor wearing an interesting pair of shoes.
Well, Judy responded stating that she would send a copy of the Fire Station issue and include an issue
of “Tessy and Tab Shop For Shoes” because she liked the shoes Trevor was
wearing. When latest issues arrived, Trevor was so excited. I told
him that we needed to take picture with all of his “Tessy Tabs” and send
it to you. He gathered all of them and placed them on his bed so that I
could take the picture seen here.
I am so glad I discovered this important learning resource for my son. He not only learns his numbers, letters, and colors, but also comprehends the
meaning of the stories. I like the paper quality and the size. The
bright colors are cool also. I recommended Tessy and Tab to my coworker
and she purchased a subscription for her son. He loves it too!
My daughter Gwendolyn will be 4 in September. She has
been a Tessy and Tab subscriber for about 6 months. Several times each week she
asks if she has any mail, which she never used to do before Tessy and Tab. She
can spot the envelope through all the other mail and has a special spot near
our front door where she opens her book. She will not do it anywhere else and
mom and dad are not allowed to peek. She also absolutely loves the online
portion. We cannot turn the computer on around her without promising to play
Tessy and Tab.
Each night we have Gwendi and Mommy time. I lay down in
bed with her and we read 3 to 5 stories of her choice. Just recently, she has
started 'reading' Tessy and Tab to her Tommy Bear after I leave the room. When
I heard her the first night, I thought she was playing and I was getting ready
to go in and tell her it's time to go to sleep. But, when I saw her 'reading'
the books to her Tommy Bear, I let her be and just watched. She was describing
what was in all the pictures to her Tommy Bear. It was adorable. (And by the way, she was soooo excited that in the most
recent issue, Tab gets to read 3 books at night like she does and Tessy sleeps
with a teddy like she does.)
Last night I took this photo just after she fell
asleep. Thanks for such a wonderful tool. Young minds are so full
imagination and so eager to absorb new information. It is great to find
something that encourages both.
My 2.5yr old daughter, Maci, loves Tessy & Tab.
She has been receiving them for over a year (it was a gift from a family friend). We read
them so much that she can actually read some of the books to me (memorizing
them of course). It is really cute. We have saved all of the books
and she piles them up in her room. When it is time for bed she picks out
a couple for my husband and me to read her. When I get the mail she
always asks me if there is a Tessy & Tab for her.
Thank you for providing such a wonderful experience for
our family.
Each day, no matter if we've just received our
latest issue or if it's been over a week, Reagan joins us at the mail box and
says, "Maybe my Tessy and Tab has arrived?" She's really taken
to this magazine much more so than the Highlights High Five magazine (the new version that's
made for 2-5 year olds.) She is 3 1/2 and LOVES to 'read'....and thanks
to your booklet, is truly finding success in word identification! As a former English teacher, I've enjoyed having something meaningful and useful to share with Reagan as we teach her to read and write!
My 2 year old daughter, Mackenzie who we call Macki,
received a subscription to Tessy and Tab for her 2nd birthday in February from
her Uncle Andy and Aunt Sissy. Since she received her very 1st issue, every
time we check the mail she asks, "Mail Momma? Mail for Macki? Mine Tetty n
Tab, yes, please?!" She LOVES her "Tetty n Tab" so
much and is very excited to find "Pik-a-bee" in each issue!
When we go to the doctor or to church or somewhere shes going to
need to sit still and quiet for a while I pack her little backpack with
snacks and some quiet things to do. First on the list, after her 2 lovies
of course, is at least 5 or 6 of her Tessy and Tab books. So not
only is Macki a huge fan, but so am I!
Thank you so much for your wonderful Tessy and Tab books!
I wanted to let you know that I love the new outline
of your magazine. I think it will be a lot more educational for my son and we
look forward to it coming in the mail every 2 weeks. Thank you for the
magazine.
I've attached a picture of my 3 1/2 year old son Josh
sharing his book with one of our neighbors who could be a future subscriber!!!
He loves his Tessy and Tab books and loves to share them with his friends.
Thank you again for this great treat.
My daughter, Caroline, who recently turned 5, absolutely loves her
Tessy and Tab books. We have
been subscribing for approximately 2 years, and my daughter has grown so much in that time. In the beginning, we read the books to her and she colored the pages. Now, she can read almost the entire book on her own. I love how you repeat words from book to book (for instance, you leave the teacher's name
constant). I was excited to hear that your new issue is about money -- my daughter
just started getting an allowance about a month ago, so it's very
timely for us. As always, she will be excitedly awaiting her next issue!
My 3 year old, Abby, loves Tessy and Tab! Every time a new issue comes, she saves it
for her bedtime story and loves to hear it over and over. Her favorite thing to do is find
Peek-a-Bug. She's better at it than I
am! We recently got the issue about
turning off the TV, and Abby really related to this. She loved the outside activities they did instead,
and now when I want her to turn off the TV, she says "just like Tessy and
Tab"!
When I was in Portland in April with my daughter-in-law and her 2 children, two year old Riley (Darcy’s
daughter) was excitedly showing two year old Maren (my granddaughter) all her Tessy and Tab
books. I read them all to them both (MANY TIMES) and could see that there
was something special about getting your own mail and looking for Peek-a-bug,
etc.
I gladly purchased a gift subscription and now Maren gets her own copy here in Connecticut.I think reading is the most important thing you can do with a child, so this is
right up my alley! Maren feels very special when her copy arrives and
can’t wait to tell me about the latest one when she comes to visit. Two and a half
is a tough age in many ways, but sitting still for a story is one of the
wonderful milestones.
I've included a photo of Maren showing her little brother Jack her
new tote bag from Tessy and Tab complete with a story about the beach.
She called me (her grandmother) to tell me how excited she was about receiving
her latest book and especially, the bag where she can store the latest copies
of Tessy and Tab.
Thank you so much. Keep up the good work. I know this is a good thing.
Last week I had problems completing my
transaction on our website. Thanks to
your attentive customer service, I was able to order a Tessy & Tab Reading Club Starter Kit
just in time for the birthday of my daughter's schoolmate.
The gift was such a hit that I've ordered 2 more Starter Kits to give as gifts
for her schoolmates turning 4 years old.
Thanks again for all of your help! Keep up the good work.
Note: Anna is a current subscriber and Jennifer tells me that if you ask Anna how old she is she will tell you that she is "three-and-a-third"!
My daughter Madison, 28 months old, loves getting her
Tessy & Tab books in the mail! This is really the only piece of mail
she receives addressed just to her. The label says "Happy Reading from
Mommy, Daddy, & Makenna!" Madison thinks it is very cool that it includes
her sister's name too!
Since Madison was 3 months old, we have taken her on numerous airplane trips to go on
vacation. She has always done a great job flying but we always still talk
about it before we go the airport each time so she isn't scared and knows what
to expect.
I have to tell you how great it was for her to have her
Tessy & Tab Airplane Trip book to not only read before we went on the
airplane but also on the airplane! It was PERFECT to use as a guide to
what would happen along our entire journey! She even helped to pick out
which of her Tessy & Tab books she was going to bring in her carry-on
suitcase just like Tessy did! The only part that made her sad was
wondering why Tessy & Tab got to eat pizza on the airplane and her Mommy
had packed her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and applesauce to eat!!
Thanks so much for finding a very cool way to introduce
children to different real-life situations and letting them truly relate to
Tessy & Tab's adventures! My husband and I could not be happier with
the content of the books and the extent to which
Madison learns from each story. She
loves her books and we can't wait for her sister to get a little older and
enjoy the books as much as Madison does!
Here is a picture of Madison
reading her Tessy & Tab Airplane Trip book on the airplane!
When I got the last Grown-Up Guide email, I told Adam that his
new Tessy and Tab was on its way and that it was about puddles. Everyday
since he has asked "Can we check the mail to see if my Tessy and Tab is
here?" "They are playing in puddles with their boots and
playing with boats in the water".
It really is amazing how much he loves these books!
He can already read one of the books all by himself (with a little help on the
big words) and he's only 3.5! I am truly amazed at what a great product
these books are. He is also recognizing words other places from his
books. The other day he was getting out of the car and there is the
little child lock button on the inside of the car door and it was labeled
"child door lock" and he pointed at the word door and said
"D-O-O-R, just like in my Tessy and Tab book". Sorry to have
rambled on, I just wanted you to know how much he loves his books.
Theo liked looking at the Tessy & Tab magazines immediately but it was after he had received 2 or 3 in the mail that his excitement about it really took off. When a new one arrives he immediately tears open the envelope and
lays on his stomach on the floor and pages through it. The Play in Puddles issue arrived
yesterday and we’ve already read it a half dozen times. We looked for the rain
hat, the bench etc. and counted the boats and boots. We read a lot anyway but
it has been really fun to watch him get to know Tessie & Tab and be excited
about it.
