Like-New Legos

To easily clean these dirt, sticky toys, put all your Legos into a large laundry bag (use a good quality bag because Lego corners are sharp and you don’t want holes letting the Legos escape), give them a good shake, and drop them into the washer full of hot water and a bit of soap.

After the cycle is over, take the Legos outside to drip dry. If you leave them in the bag it will take a few days for them to dry, but be sure to shake or stir them up a bit everyday. If you can, they will dry faster if you can spread them out on some sort of drying rack in the sun outside.

Music Monday x2 Christmas

Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces Gender Stereotypes

Transcribed "boy" and "girl" toy commercials made into word clouds.
The difference is stark and immediately visible...

Via Boing Boing

Poketo Balancing Blocks

If you were ever mesmerized by the beauty in the precariousness of the balancing rocks, these Balancing Blocks are made for you...

Trigonometry Fun

Trigonometry is the study of triangles...

TUKLUK
is a washable, triangle cushions
held together with magnets.

What a great child furniture, with unlimited game possibilities. The triangular cushions are held by together with sewn-in magnets, and offer exploration and discovery in construction, gymnastics, ambushes and dreams.

Makes you want to be a kid, again!!

New Block for the Kid

If you have kids that love to build, and they're
not ready for Legos, yet, get them some
Fisher Price Trio Building Sets

There are preschool sets for 3-5 year-olds...

Intermediate sets for ages 4-7...

And more challenging sets for the 5-9 crowd...

BONUS #1:
The cubes in all the sets are interchangeable
so a child can build anything they want...


Bonus #2:
The cubes in the sets can be used
as math manipulatives, too!!

Now go out and buy some...

Magna Tiles

If your kids didn't get this for Christmas,
get it for them for their birthdays...

Playing With Legos

Legos aren't just for building anymore...

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CD Boombox


Alarm Clock Radio


MP3 Player


Walkie Talkies


Digital Camera

I Heart Guts

Aren't these the cutest little stuffed toys?

They depict different parts of the human body.
What a fun way for little ones to learn!!

Except for this one...

The "uterus" was recalled because the ovaries can come
off and cause a choking hazard, which is OK with me
because playing with a uterus is kind of weird...


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