{"id":17915,"date":"2017-02-23T22:55:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T04:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=17915"},"modified":"2023-08-22T19:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T00:44:02","slug":"extreme-dot-to-dot-timberdoodle-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2017\/02\/23\/extreme-dot-to-dot-timberdoodle-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Dot-to-Dot (Timberdoodle Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first time I ever saw <a href=\"https:\/\/timberdoodle.com\/collections\/puzzles\/Puzzle-Books?utm_source=flanders_family&#038;utm_medium=BRT&#038;utm_campaign=spectacular_dots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Extreme Dot-to-Dot<\/a>, <strong>I thought it looked like something a couple of my middle boys would enjoy<\/strong>, so I ordered a book to include in each of those sons&#8217; Christmas stockings that year.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot.jpg?resize=600%2C752&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extreme Dot-to-Dot\" width=\"600\" height=\"752\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot.jpg?resize=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1 239w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot.jpg?resize=250%2C313&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, when Christmas morning arrived, both recipients were thrilled. It wasn&#8217;t long, though, before <strong>I realized the books had a much broader appeal than I&#8217;d anticipated<\/strong>. By day&#8217;s end, our older kids (girls and boys alike) were watching the dot-to-dotters work and offering to trade candy, trinkets, or even money for the privilege of completing &#8220;just one page&#8221; out of their brothers&#8217; books.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say,<strong> we ended up buying every <a href=\"https:\/\/timberdoodle.com\/collections\/puzzles\/Puzzle-Books?utm_source=flanders_family&#038;utm_medium=BRT&#038;utm_campaign=spectacular_dots\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extreme Dot-to-Dot<\/a> title available at the time<\/strong>. So when Timberdoodle recently added <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tIvLQz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Extreme Dot-to-Dot: Spectacular Places<\/a> to their catalog and offered to send me a free copy to review, I jumped at the opportunity. (Update: Although Timberdoodle no longer carries Extreme Dot-to-Dot: Spectacular Places, they do offer lots of other volumes, many of which we&#8217;ve tried and like just as well.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-1.jpg?resize=600%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extreme Dot-to-Dot \" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-1.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-1.jpg?resize=250%2C188&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timberdoodle.com\/collections\/puzzles\/Puzzle-Books?utm_source=flanders_family&#038;utm_medium=BRT&#038;utm_campaign=spectacular_dots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Extreme Dot-to-Dot: Spectacular Places<\/a> was put out by a different publisher than our other volumes. The pages are a little bigger, but the format is the same.<\/p>\n<p>The book contains <strong>42 intricate designs comprised of more than 50,000 dots in all<\/strong>. Not an exercise for the faint-hearted!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-2.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extreme Dot-to-Dot \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-2.jpg?resize=250%2C188&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>These challenging puzzles sharpen mental acuity and concentration skills.<\/strong> After all these years, our kids still love them.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-3.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extreme Dot-to-Dot \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-3.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-3.jpg?resize=250%2C188&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each design is accompanied by clues on the facing page. It&#8217;s fun to see if you can guess what the picture will be before you finish connecting the dots.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Sample.png?resize=600%2C346&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extreme Dot-to-Dot - Sample\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Sample.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Sample.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Sample.png?resize=250%2C144&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/category\/travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our family loves to travel<\/a>, it&#8217;s especially fun to complete the puzzles in <a href=\"https:\/\/timberdoodle.com\/collections\/puzzles\/Puzzle-Books?utm_source=flanders_family&#038;utm_medium=BRT&#038;utm_campaign=spectacular_dots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Extreme Dot-to-Dot: Spectacular Places<\/a>, because so many of them are places we&#8217;ve visited before!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Finished.png?resize=600%2C709&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extreme Dot-to-Dot \" width=\"600\" height=\"709\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Finished.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Finished.png?resize=254%2C300&amp;ssl=1 254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extreme-Dot-to-Dot-Finished.png?resize=250%2C295&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timberdoodle.com\/collections\/puzzles\/Puzzle-Books?utm_source=flanders_family&#038;utm_medium=BRT&#038;utm_campaign=spectacular_dots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Extreme Dot-to-Dot: Spectacular Places<\/a> may be purchased individually or as part of Timberdoodle&#8217;s full <a href=\"https:\/\/timberdoodle.com\/collections\/curriculum-kits\/classic-kit?utm_source=flanders_family&amp;utm_medium=BRT&amp;utm_campaign=spectacular_dots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8th grade curriculum kit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first time I ever saw Extreme Dot-to-Dot, I thought it looked like something a couple of my middle boys would enjoy, so I ordered a book to include in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1831,1704],"tags":[10356,1708],"class_list":["post-17915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curriculum","category-reviews","tag-elementary","tag-timberdoodle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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