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Now that Spring is full swing and Summer is right around the corner, here in the Northeast all the local ice cream stands are opening their doors for the season! So why wouldn’t your children want to use their imaginative play skills with the Learning Resources Pretend & Play Ice Cream Shop to set up [...]
How many Dads out there can’t wait to buy their kids remote control cars? For all of you who have thought a 1 year old was too young, then you haven’t seen the Fisher-Price Lil Zoomers Shake and Crawl Racer. This sporty little race car moves forward or in circles, either by rolling the ball [...]
Recently Play-Doh has released new playsets that allow children to build and act out fairy tale adventures of Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and the Three Little Pigs using their Play-Doh. Each playset comes with: – 2 or 3 different containers with different color Play-Doh – Unique Play-Doh molds that allow children to [...]
Need to get the kids outside to play? Need some fun toys for exploring outside in the garden and in the backyard over the next few weeks? Here are some great products by Learning Resources to add to the fun while you supervise the kids on their excursions! The Early Science Explorer Set, Ages 3 [...]
You see children all over town, clutching their favorite hand held toys, one in each hand, and they often include any variety of trains, Elmo’s, cars, and Disney Princesses. These little Tiny n’ Tuff cars by Mega Bloks, have been my “go to” toy to keep Gavin entertained in places like his car seat, doctor’s [...]
Looking for alternatives to stuff the kiddie’s Easter baskets that don’t break the bank or involve chocolate or candy? Besides books, coloring books, sand toys, balls and sidewalk chalk, check out these great ideas: Little Kids Bubbles Looking for Jelly Belly scented bubbles, Easter Bunny wands, No Spill Bubble Containers and the all new Blasto’s [...]
This month from Constructive Playthings, Gavin and I have been cooking up a storm in the kitchen reviewing the Classic Wood Kitchen Stove Combo. This kitchen set is geared for children ages 3 and up. The measurements are 23½”W x 12″D x 35½”H, which makes this set tall and narrow, so it is really more [...]
Color Blanks by Rose Art allows both children and adults the ability to design their own unique, three dimensional plastic figurines using clay, stickers, paint and markers! There are several different Color Blank figurine kits that include themes like monsters, pets, bunnies, frogs, ducks, reindeers, snowmen, and pumpkin heads! Inside each Color Blank kit are [...]
I have been reviewing the Smarcks Blocks at home and on some of my home visits the past few months and I can’t even begin to describe to you how smart the technology in these blocks really is! Wait, did I just say blocks and technology in the same sentence, you got that right! These [...]
A few months ago I had the pleasure of reviewing several Wikki Stix products. I have been using Wikki Stix in all sorts of capacities as an OT with preschool and elementary school aged children for the last decade. Wikki Stix are strips of hand-knitting yarn enhanced with a microcrystalline food-grade, non-toxic wax, the kind used [...]
Parents, I see the look on your faces when I show up to your house or your child comes home from school and they are covered from head to toe in what ever sticky art project they completed. Sometimes, we all just need a way to help kid’s expand their creative minds, minus the mess. [...]
So I’m soon going to be in the process of reviewing a toy kitchen with my son Gavin over the next few weeks and I decided to go on an accessory hunt today while I was at my local Target looking for some plates, pots and pans. Now I visit toy aisles frequently and feel [...]
Today I had one of the most memorable experiences of my life attending the Hasbro Showroom for Toy Fair 2011. This was one of those days where I felt like Oprah, having an “Ah-Ha” moment as I sat in the audience of the Times Center. This year, Hasbro has partnered with Sesame Street to launch a [...]
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