Educational Toy Reviews provided by Keri Wilmot, the ToyQueen who is a mother and pediatric occupational therapist.
Spend 10 minutes with boys in the 5-10 year-old age range, if they aren’t wearing an Angry Birds t-shirt, within that timeframe it won’t be hard to engage any of them in detailed conversation about their obsession with the Angry Birds apps, toys and the latest addition to the flighty destructive bunch, Angry Birds Star [...]
In my opinion, reward charts are crucial to the daily existence of toddler and preschool aged children, in terms of encouraging them to overcome challenging tasks or to encourage positive behavior. Tick Tock asked me to complete a sponsored post about their potty reward chart. Even though Gavin has made it through the hardest part of [...]
At Toy Fair just a few weeks ago, I was able to preview several new Barbie toys. Aside from a variety of new fashionable dolls, the playsets and accessories have evolved into 3 story dreamhouses with remote controlled cars, bringing iconic Barbie to the current world as she advances her career, modernizes her interests and [...]
As a parent, if you don’t have a child who is a Thomas the Train fan, you certainly know one who is. If I had a dollar for every child I saw in the grocery store riding in a cart, clutching a wooden Thomas and Friends toy in either hand over the past several years, [...]
As soon as kids around 1-year-old begin to pull themselves up to a standing position and begin to walk, riding toys for toddlers become increasingly popular. They offer a great way for kids to practice walking and developing balance, as they push it from behind, and they learn to develop coordination and the muscles in [...]
As the mother of a 3-year-old and an occupational therapist working with children throughout the day on lots of arts and crafts projects, I’ve quickly learned to manage the mess by using either Crayola Color Wonder markers and crayons that only mark on the special paper included, or simply purchasing washable markers and crayons. Using [...]
Usually around February we hear about the new toys and products that will be released in the upcoming year. I plan lots of editorial around what’s coming. However, every year there seems to be a toy or product that ends up on my door step, completely unannounced, which amazes me how something so cool was [...]
As a child I remember reading the books and watching Curious George episodes with the silly monkey and the Man With The Yellow Hat on television. My brother even had a Curious George stuffed animal that 30 years later still sits his old bedroom at my parent’s house. The animation and show has completely changed [...]
You may not have seen the post, where I pretty much professed my undying love for Doc McStuffins, the “Doctor Doolittle” of toys. This new Disney Junior show has won the heart of not only my 3 year-old son, but myself. Not only does Doc creatively diagnose her toys with unique ailments, there are many [...]
One of my personal favorite movies of the year was Marvel’s The Avengers. We rarely have time to see movies these days, but when when planning my content for About.com that included my favorite Avengers toys, we made sure we saw it in the theaters. I loved everything about the movie. The excitement and most [...]
When Gavin was 8-months-old we received our first Mega Bloks dump truck. As he was just learning to crawl, trucks and large vehicles were the only motivation he needed to get moving faster, as he pushed them aimlessly back and forth across the living room floor. Since then, any truck, car or item with moving [...]
I wasn’t sure what the kids at school would think of the new BOP IT! XT game from Hasbro. If you aren’t familiar with the BOP IT line of games, it is essentially a handheld gaming device that shouts out directions pretty much at rapid fire. As the player you are responsible to follow all [...]
Are you looking for some new easter basket ideas? Busytown Mysteries is a favorite show of my son, which happens to be based on the popular Richard Scarry books that were originally published from the 1960′s. We are running a contest at ToyQueen for some Richard Scarry Busytown toys that you can receive in time [...]
Being a full-time working mom, yogurt in general has been a godsend in my life, not only for my own lunches, but those small individualized cups are so quick and easy to pack for my son’s lunch for daycare . Being that I work in several different school systems and over the course of the [...]
For those of you with “tween’s” or children in the 8-12 year old age group, it’s very possible there is constant chatter in your home about pop idol favorites like the blonde Australian, Cody Simpson. Working in the school system with many young girls right in this age group, their excitement and enthusiasm for these [...]
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