Kids Toys? As parents, we’re always looking for kids toys that will both engage and educate our children. For my part, I enjoy teaching my children about the natural world. We do a lot of hiking and camping, so the kids are quite tuned in to nature. Animals are another big seller in our family. The childrens’ rooms are full of plush animal friends that remind them of all the parks and natural settings we visit. Even though they understand that dinosaurs no longer walk the earth, these creatures hold s strong fascination for my youngsters. Here’s some information about a great toy I’ve recently discovered: the Buddy T-Rex InterAction figure

Kids Toys Overall Rating:

4.5 out of 5.0 stars

Key Features:

If you have children, then you’re probably quite familiar with the characters and ethos created by the legendary Jim Henson. His television series, “Dinosaur Train,” has a large and loyal following of both children and their parents. The show is a celebration of the fascination that many young children have with both dinosaurs and trains. Children board the Dinosaur Train with Buddy, himself a preschool dinosaur, for amazing adventures in a variety of places, including prehistoric jungles, swamps, oceans and volcanoes. Dinosaur Train’s resident paleontologist, Dr. Scott Sampson, helps young viewers discover some of the important underlying concepts in natural history, life science, and of course paleontology.

Price:

About $14.99 with free shipping offered by many Internet toy retailers.

Kids Toys Product Description:

Buddy the t-rex is the intelligent, funny and curious main character on the TV show. Like many children, he is naturally cautious but always ready to spring into action, asking questions as he goes. Buddy teaches children to discover answers his questions with the help of their parents and other characters in the show like his siblings Shiny, Tiny and Don. When he walks on the ground, Buddy makes great big stomping sounds, a feature that’s sure to evoke delighted shouts from his “owner.” His body is articulated and has an easy to pose  tail, legs and head. He’s a great interactive toy that surely will stimulate any child’s imagination in positive ways.

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Dinosaur Train departs from Pteranodon Station and cruises through many geological epochs, including the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. The helpful conductor passes on all kinds of cool facts about dinosaurs that make the trip both informative and entertaining. Buddy comes with 15 dino information tickets that trigger him to share a wealth of dinosaur data with your child. These interesting facts are designed to fascinate and educate at the same time. There are a number of figures in this line, in addition to Buddy. While each can be played with individually, the real fun starts when Buddy meets with another of his kind. This is when the fun really starts! An infrared transmitter/receiver allows Buddy to “recognize” his friends from the InterActive line of toys.

Conclusion:

If you’re looking for kids toys that will both entertain and educate, the Buddy T-Rex InterAction figure is worth a serious look.

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Baby Toys – The birth of a baby is a life-changing event, especially for first-time parents. I remember when our baby girl Jaina was born, and how we were proud and apprehensive at the same time. We wanted to be sure to do everything right, to give our little one the best possible start. Now, three children later, we’re much more relaxed, but no less proud. All of our children, Jaina, Louis and Olivia, are happy and healthy. To give them the best possible start, we were very careful about the toys we chose for them. Over the years, we’ve found that toys from industry giant, Fisher-Price are among the safest and most engaging we’ve found. One of the company’s baby toys we particularly like is the Ocean Wonders Aquarium.

Baby Toys Overall Rating:

4.5 out of 5.0 stars

Key Features:

This is a striking toy aquarium with a number of built-in motions and sounds that will entertain and engage any baby. We’ve also found that it’s great at soothing your baby to sleep. The range of sound effects includes ocean waves, falling rain and a babbling brook. The toy attaches easily to the side of a crib, but should be mounted within the baby’s reach, because all the fun starts with a simple press of the blue button on the base. Then, the baby experiences an attractive range of lights and sounds designed to lull him or her peacefully to sleep.

Baby Toys Price:

About $20.00 at US big-box retailers like Home Depot

Product Description:

Even the fussiest baby will be soothed to sleep by this toy. Your baby will see large and small fish and play peekaboo with a charming crab. The range of features includes calming, gentle music, wafting seaweed, soft lights and bouncing bubbles. The toy comes with a remote control that allows parents to restart the show without disturbing the baby. There are 5 charming tunes, 3 aquatic sounds and a melange of all 8. It will play continuously for 18 minutes. The toy will fit on most standard cribs, and the battery can be changed while it’s in place. The Ocean Wonders Aquarium requires 3 C batteries, the remote needs 2 AAA batteries. We recommend that you always have spares on hand, because our children always loved listening to it when they were babies.

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It’s easy get your baby started listening to the classics, because the Ocean Wonders Aquarium features music from Mozart and Bach. As the baby grows, it’s a simple matter to remove the mobile portion, leaving just the soft music and a comforting night light. This toy is appropriate for children up to 36 months. When we first put it up for Jaina, she couldn’t stop watching it, yet soon fell peacefully asleep. As simple as that! Just remember to restart it after 18 minutes, but you’re not likely to need to. When shopping for baby toys, be sure to consider the Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders aquarium. Highly recommended.

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All about Kids Toys – LEGO® has introduced 10 new fun and fascinating games for the 2010 holiday season. If your children love games that challenge them to build creatively, then these kids toys merit a serious look. You can join in the fun as well, helping them to build an entire gaming ethos — including dice, game board and even a few unique characters. We’re sure the whole family will have a great time playing this game, which requires plenty of building and reconstruction. Here’s some information about one game we’re particularly fond of: Lava Dragon.

Overall Rating:

4.5 out of 5.0 stars

Kids Toys – Key Features:

This is a race-type game where players try to be the first knight to climb a volcano and summon a dragon. It’s not that easy, though. The players must avoid the lava as they climb, whilst also trying to hamper their opponents’ progress. The clever and innovative Lego die ensures that no two games will ever be the same, so the children will return to this engaging game over and over. Lava Dragon is designed for 2 to 4 players, and a game takes just 15 to 25 minutes, so they’ll never get bored with  drawn-out play. Lava Dragon is designed for children aged 6 to 8.

Kids Toys – Price:

About $9.99

Kids Toys – Product Description:

Part of the LEGO® Games product line, Lava Dragon comes with 1 buildable Lego® die, 1 rule booklet, 1 building instruction booklet and 4 LEGO® microfigures. The rules can change during the game, a surprising twist that keeps players interested and engaged. The LEGO® die introduces a random element that shapes game as play goes on. Essentially this is a strategy game based on throwing dice. Players face an additional challenge that requires them to build the game board from LEGO® components before play begins. Each player throws the die to determine whether his knight can move or a special action is required. Such actions include moving lava tiles or climbing ropes on the side of the volcano. Strategy comes in when players use these special actions to block the progress of other players. When the winning player reaches the top of the volcano, he or she stands their knight on the lava dragon and takes flight victoriously.

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Before starting the first game, players must build the volcano from the LEGO® pieces supplied with it. Once the volcano is complete, play begins. The instructions and rules are quite simple. Basically, each player adds colored tiles to the side of the LEGO® die as play progresses. This element of randomness ensures that no two games will ever be the same. True to the LEGO® gaming philosophy, the game is designed to allow players to create new rules, which they then can upload to the LEGO® games web site for all players to share.

Conclusion: Kids Toys

You honestly can’t go wrong with any of these new, affordably priced LEGO® board games. Lava Dragon is our favorite, but at that price, why not try several of these intriguing kids toys?

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Baby Toys! In today’s competitive world, parents want to give their children the best possible start in life. Along with love and affection, it’s also important to engage even the youngest children in meaningful play. With that philosophy in mind, Baby Einstein® toys are designed to offer a series of stimulating shared  experiences between parents and their babies. These experiences help babies discover the world while promoting loving interaction with their parents. The whole point of Baby Einstein® baby toys is to help parents provide a loving and rich experiential world for their babies. Here’s some information about an adorable plush toy we like from Baby Einstein® : the lovable Octoplush.

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0 stars

Baby Toys – Key Features:

The Baby Einstein® Octoplush is a serious developmental toy masquerading as a multi-textured, soft and huggable plush octopus. When babies hug Octoplush, they will hear a melody that encourages them  to further explore the carefully-designed textures on the toy. As the baby gets older, the colored fabric patches stitched to the toy’s velour legs encourage learning the names associated with each color. All the baby needs to do is squeeze one of the patches to hear a vocalization of the associated color’s name. Octoplush speaks the color names in English, French and Spanish, and patterns of the color names in multiple languages can be found on the underside of each leg. The toy also has a volume control.

Baby Toys – Price:

About $14.99

Baby Toys – Product Description:

This charming octopus, like other Baby Einstein® toys, is uniquely designed from a baby’s point of view, not an easy task. It is a unique real-world object that gives parents the perfect opportunity  to  introduce their babies to a variety of experiences rooted in music, language and nature — a true infant multimedia encounter facilitated by a soft, attractive toy. The Octoplush is designed to encourage the important and meaningful play that enriches the baby’s experiential world in a significant way that encourages positive development.

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For a baby to be happy and healthy, substantive interaction with parents and the outside world is essential. This Baby Einstein® plush octopus helps the baby develop positively because of the parental interaction it creates. Think of it as a tool that helps parents expose their babies to the world around them in ways that are both engaging and playful. The result? Aroused curiosity stimulates the baby’s mind long before it ever is exposed to other, less desirable stimuli such as television. In fact, a recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that nearly 70% of all babies under the age of two years are exposed to and watch screen media every day. It’s important to counter such exposure with meaningful human interaction. The Octoplush helps parents provide that essential interaction.

Baby Toys – Conclusion:

We like the Baby Einstein® Octoplush because it’s a toy that can grow with a baby, and that helps even the youngest infant begin to interact positively with both parents and the outside world.

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