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Dado Planks from Fat Brain Toys

Aside from fueling the imagination, the Dado Planks are also great for developing fine motor skills, logic, reason, and generally awesome creative play! If you like the Dado Planks be sure to check out the Dado Cubes too.  Check out the wide variety of toys available on the Fat Brain Toys website, and Follow them on Twitter.

Fat Brain Toys

It is headquartered in Elkhorn, Nebraska with a distribution center located in nearby Omaha, Nebraska, specializes in building toys, brainteasers, and multi-player games. Awards:

a.       2014 American Specialty Toy Retailers Association - Best Toys for Kids Award.

b.      2013 Spielwarenmesse ToyAward.

c.       2012 Internet Retailer Magazine Hot 100.

Dado Cubes

Dado Cubes combine art and science as you explore architectural principles . . . proportion, balance, structure and color. Constructed horizontally, vertically, invites visual spatial development and problem solving through design-centered, attention-grabbing fun! 

Dado Cubes features 10 cubes, scaled from 1 inch to 5 inches. Visual Spatial Learning has captured the attention of scientists and educators as being highly valuable in child development. Children with profuse Visual Spatial Intelligence can construct three-dimensional mental images and visual them from multiple perspectives. 

Employed by Occupational Therapists: "Dado helps children improve fine motor skills, including hand strength, finger dexterity and coordination of small muscle movements.”

Many visual-spatial learners speak of 4- and 5-dimensional mental images! In response to recent toy safety concerns, Dado Cubes meets the mechanical hazards requirements of ASTM F963-03, "Standard consumer safety specification for toy safety".

Mozart Magic Cube

 

So musically stimulating you’ll find it hard to resist playing with the Mozart Magic Cube yourself! Hours upon hours of cognitive play and musical enhancement for young children. Sized just right for babies & toddlers, the Mozart Magic Cube is approximately 6 inches on each side:

1.       Enhance musical interest- an instant success with children.

2.      Musical toy plays lovely, timeless Mozart composition.

3.      Engages active exploration; young children select song's design with instruments played.

4.      Add realistic sounding harp, French horn, piano, flute, violin sounds to the symphony with the touch of buttons on the sides of cube

5.      Strengthen eye-hand coordination, recognizing cause-effect relationships, investigating how things work, satisfy toddlers’ natural desire for repetition

6.      Baby-safe design; Highly durable plastic construction.

How Bakugan Toys Help Kids Practice Math

Executive summary about Toys Kid by Frugalmomi

The new Bakugan Toy craze is a great way to get your kids some extra math practice . Things you'll need:
1. Bakugan toys at least 4 or 5
2. the Bakugan metal gate cards so they open up ( around 9 or more)
3. small pieces of paper cut in half

Here is simple way to have fun and practice math with Bakugans

1. Write numbers(1-9) on the 20 pieces of paper.

2. Lay the pieces of paper with numbers or math problems under the bakugan toy gate cards that are laid on a game board or table.

3. Then as in the Bakugan game, roll two toy Bakugans and whichever two numbers they land on you have to do that math problem or you have to figure out the math problem that is under the gatecard.

4. After they finish their turns place more number cards or problem cards under the gatecards.

All About Bakugan

Executive summary about The New Bakugan Toy by Billy Bobby

This game relies on the Japanese animated series. In the popular TV series, a pack of kids fight to save the world through playing Bakugan strategy games. Do you need anything to play the game? The necessary items necessary to play Bakugan are the playing cards and the spheres that turn into creatures. Along with the Bakugan starter packs that come in a selection of different colorshues and which hold three Bakugan marble balls and 3 personality cards, there also are the battle packs, booster packs, bakugan arena and bakugan launcher to think about as well . Just like gaming cards that kids trade, Bakugan toys are made to be collected.

How do I play the game? Similar to how a trading-card game is played, Bakugan is a strategic game. The marbel breaks open when it hits the cards.

The cards within each pack represent various characters that are on the tv show. However if two marbles which are utilized by opposing players happen to on the same card then an imaginary battle happens between them.

3 Ways to Storage Kids’ Toys

Executive summary about Toys Child by KATJA

There are toy chests, bookshelves and storage bins, but what if you don’t have much space? Offi, Boon and P’kolino offer modern solutions for kids rooms with bold looks and bringing storage a part of room design.
1. OFFI
Offi has great solutions for modern homes. Their modern furniture offers solutions for every day living with modern look and great functional design. My favorite is the Roll-Top Bench ($399) with plenty of storage for toys.
2. BOON
The Boon Animal bags come in three sizes, the Oval, Otto and Trio, and they are the perfect storage for all of the kids’ stuffed animals.
3. P’KOLINO
You can find several great pieces of furniture from P’kolino’s collection.

3 Ways To Inspire A Love Of Reading In Your Children
Executive summary about Toys Child by Winfred

If your child is showing little interest in reading, there is hope.
1. The Early Bedtime trick.
Two words "Early Bedtime". You might be wondering how an increase in sleep can help your child to spend more time reading.

2. Summer reading incentives.
If your local library does not have a summer reading program, then create one at home, with rewards for reading books. You can use a Monopoly board and allow your child to move one space for each book he reads.

3. Read the book before you can see the movie.
We won't go see any movie until we've read the book. Whether my husband and I read the book to the kids or they read it alone, each member of the family can go see the movie after the book is read. So, if your child is looking forward to seeing the next Chronicles of Narnia movie, the next Harry Potter movie, they'll have to read the book first.