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Educational Insights the Space Place Classroom Organization Center

• Handy hangable classroom organizer
• Colorful washable nylon wall caddy
• 12 roomy folder-sized pockets with a clear-view tag holder for easy labeling
• Three durable grommets allow for easy hanging anywhere
• Pockets are 7″ deep, and caddy is 14″ wide by 55″ high

Colorful, washable nylon wall caddy features 12 roomy folder-sized pockets, each with a clear-view tag holder for easy labeling. It’s perfect for holding worksheets and tests, student work folders, learning center materials, lesson plans, parent notes, books, magazines, and more! Three durable grommets allow for easy hanging anywhere. Pockets are 7″ deep; caddy measures 14″ wide by 55″ high. Includes 36 blank labels.

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What defines an “educational toy”? Do educational toys make kids smarter? Your Voice host Cheryl Jackson and her guests Linda Cameron, Chaya Kulkarni and Jim Gray discuss.
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What Are The Best Educational Toys For Children?

To begin with, here are the ground rules for grown-ups. First, don’t overload your kids with toys. Too many at once will simply overwhelm them.  Second don’t take away old favourites – even if doggy, teddy, or dolly has been loved to bits. And third: suggested age ranges aren’t set in stone. Be patient if a child can’t yet cope with some particular game. She’ll soon get the knack.

As a natural, on-going part of our work as parents, teachers, early childhood specialists and others involved with children at home or elsewhere we observe children at play. This includes selecting the right products to enhance play and learning.

We can depend on the durability and versatility of such items as blocks, construction toys, games, puppets, and transportation toys. They stimulate the imagination, engage the player, have value and hold up over time.

“There. Did you see that?” a worried mother asked her friend after observing her gifted daughter stand up and walk away from two other little girls who were playing a card game.

What some parents conclude after watching their gifted children at play can be very far from the reality of the situation. Some parents, like the one from above, believe that their child isn’t being social when she doesn’t play with the other children. In fact, the issue might not be with the playmates; rather, it might be the choice of games, because gifted children learn and grow from play. Of course there are important social issues for gifted children that parents need to consider; however, since the gifted child can process at a higher level, he or she might gravitate to older children or to other children who have the same interests and abilities rather than to the boys and girls of the same age.

Children are little sponges when it comes to learning, and they are perfectly capable of doing that without toys that are described specifically as educational toys. Children’s toys are supposed to be fun, and most educational toys that children love will combine learning with having a great time.

The old classic children’s toys like Lego or Playdoh are great for stimulating child development and creative tendencies. Young children can start with the basic sets that don’t come with any complicated extras and work their way up.

Children’s educational toys are an essential component to every child’s playroom. Life would be much easier if we could just accept the fact that kids have always, and will always, spend most their time playing with toys. In the last few years, parents started getting more and more interested in choosing all sorts of educational toys for their children.

Playing with educational toys is one of the means that help children to establish contact with the world they live in, especially during the infancy stage. During the infancy stage, toys serve as educational materials to stimulate the child’s sense of sight, hearing, and touch. A rule of buying educational toys is to keep in touch with the child’s interests.

Once your kid has graduated infancy, the learning process becomes a little more complex. A year ago, they were learning how to eat solid food by chewing on a pillow. They were learning what would eventually allow them to read by staring at the mobile above their crib going around and around. Now it’s time to start thinking about reading, mathematics, basic building and organizational skills, further social development… the list goes on.

The wrong way to go about teaching these skills, and certainly you know one or two parents like this, is to treat the educative process too much like… well, academics. You don’t want to turn learning into something boring, with worksheets and assignments and so on. Learning should be fun, and if you teach that at a young age, it will remain with your child through their whole life.

But how does a parent know how much is too much to give? The dilemma is persistent though perilous when parenting pre-teen and teenage daughters when stuff and idols have their most tenacious grip.

What could be more innocent, more harmless than toys? If we were the toymakers, our products would no doubt reflect our love for children, our love for God, and our desire for holiness and purity. Unfortunately, the shelves of most toy stores are filled with toys made by those who are definitely of another mindset entirely.

Do children need toys? I would answer yes. Less affluent children have, for centuries, created their own: a piece of wood wrapped in a scrap of cloth became a doll; other bits of wood became animals, houses, tools, or weapons. Children seem to need to play almost as much as they need food, shelter, and love. Toys are the necessary props.

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Memory Toy Story 3 Educational Game

• Can you find the matching pairs of your favorite Toy Story characters! Potatoes, pigs, ponies, and more! Tons of fun for your preschoolers!

  Don’t forget where you left your toys! This classic game is fun for all ages.

• Can you remember what’s hiding where? It’s fun to find matching pictures of your favorite things, two by two.
• Just flip over the cards, two at a time, trying to make a match. If you do, you keep them.
• Remember and find the most pairs and you’re the winner! Ages 3-6. 2 or more players.

Your favorite toy box pals are back and ready for card-flipping action! Can you find Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the Toy Story stars? Flip over cards two at a time and see how many matching pairs you can find! And since it’s simple to learn and quick to set up, the MEMORY game adds more play to playtime.For 1 or more players, ages 3 and up.Contents Include: 72 picture cards, plastic tray and instructions.

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Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100

• Awards: The National Parenting Center-Seal of Approval, Dr. Toy 100 Best Children’s Products, Dr Toy Best Educational Products
• Contains more than 30 Snap-Together parts
• Build more than 100 exciting projects
• Clear and concise illustrated manual included and available online
• Exciting projects include burglar alarm, doorbell and more

Curious young minds can learn the basics of electronics as they build more than 100 exciting projects with this kit. Work on projects that make sound effects, engineer different types of alarms, build touch circuits and play games. Contains over 30 parts in all. No soldering is required — pieces snap together. Requires 2 “AA” batteries, not included. Box measures 10″ x 15″ x 2″.

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