Find the best stocking stuffers your kids will love! See what you think about these fun small gifts and toy ideas. And, if you want more ideas, check out last year’s stocking stuffer list here. 30 Stocking Stuffers Kids Will Love Monster Hat ages 0 – 5 This is a fair-trade, hand-knit hat for kids ages 0 […]
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Impressive New Tech Toy for 2016: Code-a-Pillar
Code-a-Pillar Think & Learn is an impressive new (2016) STEM learning toy for preschoolers. In fact, after reviewing it, Code-a-Pillar now tops of my list for educational holiday gifts for preschoolers and older. (Ages 3 – 8) Impressive New Tech Toy for 2016: Code-a-Pillar Each segment of the Code-a-Pillar is a mini program for how the toy will […]
Cool PlayTape Reinvigorates Our Pretend Play
I always want my kids to pretend play — to imagine, to create, and to just be unplugged. As they get older, it’s been harder and harder to find something that will engage both kids in pretend play with something they will play together. (They’re 14 and 11.) But PlayTape pretend road tape reinvigorated my kids’ imaginative car […]
Zoobs: A Favorite Open Ended Play Toy
Want to know one of our favorite open-ended toys? My kids don’t have many toys that have lasted as long in the play rotation as this toy– ZOOBs. It’s pretty amazing considering my kids have been playing with ZOOBs since ages 4 and 7! Now they’re 11 and 14 and still playing with them. Which is why I […]
P’Kolino Wooden Puzzles for Preschoolers
We LOVE puzzles — so we feel that we’ve researched all types of puzzles for children of all ages. And for the toddler / preschooler set, the P’Kolino puzzles are our hands-down favorite. Puzzles, as you probably know, are fantastic learning toys. They help children develop hand-eye coordination, spatial skills, and fine motor skills. Plus, these double sided options allow children room […]
Play: How to Raise a Happy, Creative, and Smart Child
You want your child to be happy, creative, and smart, right? Let her play. Yes. Play. Ignore our adult created concept that kids need scheduled activities. It’s not true. It’s not how kids learn. How to Raise a Happy, Creative, and Smart Child Kids actually learn by playing! (See links below to the decades of scientific […]
App-Controlled Darkside Robot
A darkside robot? Why, yes! Yes there is. (And just in time for the new Star Wars movie!) Sphero’s Darkside Ollie is a belligerent and opinionated DARKSIDE robot –but that doesn’t mean you can’t control it from up to 100 feet away with apps on your Apple or Android device aka. iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch etc., […]