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Today’s featured toy is a blast from the past for all of us and our parents as well. The ABC Block Cart has been a toy that has been featured in many households over goodness knows how long. The ABC Block Cart has been such a popular toy for such a long time because of the learning aspect as well as the appeal of a building toy to children combined with a pull cart! The ABC Block Cart by Melissa and Doug revisits this age old toy with a sturdy cart filled with 30 brightly colored wooden blocks painted with letters, pictures and numbers! The wooden blocks are solid wood, no hollow blocks as you often find in remakes of this classic toy! The blocks in
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this set are chunky enough to allow little hands to get a good grip on them for spelling games or for building games! The ABC Block Cart is recommended for children ages 2yrs+. This set should be used with supervision; however, due to the pull cord on the wagon. While the pull cord is short enough that children have to bend down to pull it, it is still best used by younger aged children with supervision or you could simply cut the cord and allow children to use the cart as a push cart!
You can find the Melissa and Doug ABC Block Cart over at Amazon.com or keep your eye out for Melissa and Doug products at your local retail stores!
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The Letterland ABC brand is a brand exclusive to the UK as far as I am aware; however, their books and activities can be purchased in the US via stores like Amazon and auction sites such as Ebay. The reason I posted the Letterland books today even though they aren’t as readily accessible to the US market is because I truly believe in their power to teach young children to grasp letters and the sounds those letters make. In my home we used the Letterland books to teach my younger brothers to read and I have witnessed firsthand the amazing ability of these books to really connect with children and get them to focus on their letters by |
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attaching letters to fun characters with individual personalities. The Letterland books are focussed around the letters of the alphabet, each one being a character such as "Annie the Apple" "Robber Red" "Clever Cat" etc. Each character makes use of alliteration in their name making them easy to remember as well as making use of the individual letter sounds. Each character is perfectly drawn to create a sweet faced individual that your child is sure to remember. The Letterland ABC book is just the beginning of the Letterland series and if you take a look around you will find many other helpful Letterland products such as workbooks, a nursery frieze and many other books that make use of the individual letters!
I found today’s Letterland book via Amazon.com; however, you may find other books by searching around online at sites such as Ebay or simply other websites that focus on products in the UK, it doesn’t take long nor much extra postage to ship a book overseas.
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by admin on May 2, 2008 in Alphabet,Counting,Educational Electronics,Educational Toys,Electronic Toys,Language Development,Other Consoles,Other Educational Toys,Reading,Technology,Vehicles,Video Games / Consoles
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Today I break from the usual of bringing you unusual and new toys to bring something that’s been around for a little while but continues to amaze me. The Fisher-Price Smart Cycle is an amazing video gaming unit for younger children consisting of a "smart cycle" that hooks up to your television and uses unique software and games to teach your children more about the world around them as well as to give your child more exercise. The reason I absolutely love this toy is because it gets kids active instead of sitting them down in front of a gaming unit. The smart cycle system allows you child to customize their own bike as well as explore
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different "themes". Different games for the Smart Cycle incorporate popular characters such as Sponge Bob and Dora the explorer to teach concepts such as letters, numbers, colors and shapes. The cycle comes with Learning Journey software; however, character based games are sold seperately for about $20 each. The Smart Cycle is recommended for children aged 3-6yrs and measures 9" x 16.9" x 35" and weighs 19.9lbs.
Because the Smart Cycle is made by Fisher Price you will be able to find it just about anywhere you go looking for it, Amazon and Walmart carry the Smart Cycle for $86.88, Target tacks on an extra $13.
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Personalized Name Trains are made exclusively in the USA and have won multiple Dr. Toy Awards as well as the Parents’ Choice award! Name Trains are trains fashioned from wood and have a child safe non-toxic paint. The Name Trains also feature magnets holding each "car" to the next, these magnets are tested and are also safe for children. The Name Train letters are all approximately 2 1/2" high and the other cars (engine and caboose) are both 2" high. The Name Train letters come in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. The featured Name Train costs $18.95 for a three letter train which includes three single letter cars and the engine and caboose cars
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as well. Other versions of the train are also available at additional cost and include 4-11 letter name trains or you can simply purchase the entire alphabet name train for $94.95. Name Train accessories are also available including Name Train tracks, track sets, car sets, buildings, crossing signs, engine houses and other accessory vehicles.
Name Trains are not available at most local super stores and retailers and you are more likely to find a good deal on a Name Train online than you are in a local store because they are difficult to find and are more often than not stocked in boutique (hand made toys) toystores than they are in the mega mall type of stores.
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