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Snowstorm in the East

Everybody enjoys a day off and yesterday was a day to go nowhere! We had 14 inches of snow overnight and schools were closed. Many kids went "sleigh...

New Educational Toys to Build Language

| Babies, Birth-3 year-olds, play, Toddler, Toys

One of my favorite relatively new brands in kids' toys is Yookidoo. I was entertained at the International Toy Fair in New York City by the inventor...

Grandma Must Be Coming–First Words

| Babies, Birth-3 year-olds, play, Toddler

I realized I am a full-fledged Grandma, known to the kids as Sheshe, when I packed my bag for North Carolina and had only a few items of clothing...

Educational Toys–The Best of New York Toy Fair, 2009

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Babies, Birth-3 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Games, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

I wanted to share some observations I made as I viewed my favorite booths, specializing in educational toys, books and games for the birth-8 year...

New Educational Toys, Books and Games at the Toy Fair

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Games, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Wow! Talk about a kid in a candy store--try spending the day at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, being captivated by all the new toys...

Free Kids’ Valentines–For Home or Therapy

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, Elementary School Age, play, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay

I will admit that Valentines Day was not my favorite holiday when my three boys were growing up. Guys just didn't look forward to ""making"...

Designer of Playmobil Figures

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Elementary School Age, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Call me crazy but I find the obituaries in the New York Times each weekend fascinating. There is a special story behind the people who shape our...

Indoor Bubbles for Kids

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toddler

Since much of the country is in a deep freeze or having yet another snowfall, I know parents are looking for indoor activities to keep the little...

Picture Books To Teach Sharing

| 3-6 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, Books, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

This is the time of year that parents are starting to make the decision about whether their child is "ready" for kindergarten. Often that decision...

Diner Provides Preschool Play Dinner

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

My friend, Jody, wrote to say that she had gotten the Step2 Diner for her 5 grandchildren from birth to 2 years old. Christmas morning the diner was...