Hottest Toys 2009
The Toy Fair 2009 at New York City featured today’s newest, most sought-after toys. With a background of numerous toys, nine toys were featured. In the video you’ll see these nine showcased. Below the video you’ll see reviews by those, who purchased the toys, and links to those toys, so you can look them over and decide whether you would like to purchase them. The toys are shown below in the order of their appearance. Choose any or all of them. Your child will love your choice(s). Bookmark this page and also check out the rest of our offerings at http://ToysTree.com Thank you for visiting Toys Tree.
Toy Fair 2009
Pump-action rapid fire shoots mini marshmallows over 30 feet. The easy-to-refill magazine holds 25 marshmallows or foam pellets for non-stop action. Optional laser sight. Marshmallows not included. Measures 15" long. Two pages of other Marshmallow Shooter varieties are on display at the Marshmallow Shooter link above. Cleaning instructions included.15 of 15 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars BEST TOY PURCHASE IN YEARS!!!, January 19, 2007 By S. Bland (Frisco, TX United States) MY BOYS AND NEPHEWS ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE!! (Especially the 6'5" one - my husband)! Had a group of 12 fifth-grade boys over for a birthday party and the marshmallow guns were the hit of the party - all the boys were talking about them at school the next day. They occasionally get jammed up - just push what's in there out with a pencil, run a little hot water through there and dry it out... you're ready to go again! A little cornstarch on the marshmallows helps keep things dry and shooting smoothly. AWESOME PRODUCT! |
Hear it crackle and feel it crinkle , while you make animals, decorate frames and pencil cups, or roll it into a real bouncing ball. This special sculpting mix dries by itself, turning your idea into a fun work of art or keepsake. Foamfetti sticks to itself, to unfinished wood and to paper. It's easy to make all sorts of cool stuff with foamfetti. Ages 5 and up. There are quite a few other Foamfetti selections. To see them, click the Foamfetti link above.
Product Features
· Crinkle, crackle, create
· A new air-dry sculpting mix
· Includes 3 colors
· Fairy Tale Princess includes pink, yellow and purple
The reviews for this Kazoo product were not all that good. However, there are quite a few other Kazoos at the Kazoo link above. Perhaps, you can look them over and form your own conclusion.
| | This toy is so simple, but very effective! It makes a wonderful  realistic sound of thunder. Good for practical jokes. For example, it's time to remind your guests that it's time to go home. You secretly shake this toy behind their backs. Someone say, Oh! It looks like rain will be soon! We'd better be going home... Very durable, cheap but nice and funny toy. There are four more Thunder Tubes at the Thunder Tube link above. Music to Your Ears  What a glorious instrument! This is so beautifully crafted and the sheet music is wonderful.. We bought it as a gift for our 9 year old and, truth be told, the teenagers and the adults love it too!!! I've since ordered additional music packs and they're great too. Skip the cheap ones that are on the market and buy this one. There are 13 Melody Harps and accessories at the Melody Harp link above.  Blunders is Best, April 23, 2009 By Aimee Symington A Review of the Board Game, "Blunders" by Games for Educators in April, 2009 There are many things that make "Blunders" an engaging game for children. It's funny the details that we remember from events in our lives. Rarely do we remember every single happening but instead, we may bring along snippets from the various scenes we experience. One such snippet for me was a mere portion of the advice I received while taking a class on Children's Literature. That piece, given to the future children's book writers, was to avoid being preachy. Such topics are no fun for children, we were told. games to purchase it is important to remember that even though they may want the game to teach them something, they also want to have fun.. Why else choose that game to play in your leisure time? Now, as a teacher, I look for games that pack in quite a punch. I want educational, engaging, interesting, and fun. I want games that I can modify and with multiple uses. I want games that we can play for fun during recess or play in a specific class setting or for a particular purpose. No one is motivated to participate otherwise. "Blunders" is a board game for children ages 5 to 10, which I feel fulfills my lofty requirements. The point of the game is to teach manners, but play does not revolve around any punitive actions. Play is consumed by moving along a visually appealing board, landing on either a purple, orange, or green space, and addressing a corresponding situation involving etiquette. There are 4 types of questions: Multiple Choice, Charades, True/False, and Scenarios. Topics include, but are not limited to, telephone etiquette, respecting adults, gossiping, bullying, proper table manners, and personal responsibility. Play is easily managed by rolling a die and simply moving along the board. Young players may need assistance reading the cards, but the game can be played in teams. The game has a personal touch in that each named has a distinct personality, completely described in the direction booklet. Brenda, for instance, possesses quite an active imagination and keen artistic talent, but lacks in polite greeting skills and gossips too much. Therefore, children may choose a character to which he/she relates. Here are the many advantages to this board game: 1. It is fun to play. 2. It teaches a life skill. 3. Children are drawn to the personalities of the players and the situation cards. 4. It is easy enough to catch on to the strategy of play, but presents situations that require children to use thinking skills requiring the use of judgment. 5. The game can be played without adult supervision, yet a teacher can easily adapt it for use in the classroom. The charade cards present excellent opportunities to discuss etiquette in a fun manner. 6. It is visually appealing. 7. The game has a website,[...]. Teachers can use this website for writing extension activities, because it contains a link where players can submit their own "Manners Moments" or "blunderblogs" to share with others. Teachers can also download and print free educational materials. I highly recommend "Blunders" for use at home and at school! There are seven entries for Blunders to be found by clicking the Blunders link above.  We played Clue as kids, and found that this updated version (with some different rooms and weapons and a couple new rules), really freshened the game up. We bought the game as a gift for our 9YO. I thought it would be too complicated, but as we played through a game, she caught on, as well as her 10YO friend. The rules seemed a little overwhelming, but as we started playing it all fell together, especially since we had the rule sheet on the table to refer to. In the next 24 hours, the kids played it two more times. We have a million games in our house, and this immediately became a favorite. You will find three pages of Clue and related items by clicking Clue above. There are good reasons this is your kid's first board game. ...there are several good reasons why "Candy Land" is the first board game children learn to play: First, the game does not require children know how to read. They do not even need to know their numbers as they do in "Chutes and Ladders." Movement is based on a child being able to recognize colors and symbols. What could be easier than that?  Second, the game is based on luck (or chance or divine intervention or however you want to characterize it), which means it is a great equalizer. This is a game where a kid has the same chance of winning as their parents, older siblings, grandparents, babysitters or whoever. Children are not going to be interested in playing a game they cannot win, which is why "Candy Land" is where they begin instead of "Monopoly" or "Trivial Pursuit." Third, the game teaches the basic skills of board games. The hardest lesson kid have to learn with this game is to...take turns. Yes, this might be one of the first times in their young lives when kids are confronted with the regiment of structure that will afflict them the rest of their lives. But from board games like "Candy Land" to sports like baseball, structure and rules are a basic consideration. Strategy and tactics come later, but learning to take turns comes first (and I could argue is a basic lesson in civil behavior). Therefore, I would respectfully submit that "Candy Land" remains the ideal choice for the first board game you play with your children. Just pick a card, move to the appropriate square, and proceed to have a great life. You can check out this Candy Land and 106 other Candy Land results by checking the Candy Land link above. A Wonderful Game for Pattern Building By A Customer  Despite the recommended age, my daughter started playing Connect-4 when she was 4. By the time she was 5 she could beat most adults. Now, at 6, she can beat me about half the time. She started with just a strategy for winning. Then she learned how to fight someone else's strategy, but lost her offensive moves. Finally she graduated to clever offense and anticipating my moves. She's learned to see groups, to see geometric patterns that rotate, to think several steps ahead. It's that time dimension that's really given her the edge. What's particularly effective about the game is that the rules are so simple that she can concentrate on the content of the game. My only complaint is that after hundreds of playings the plastic slider at the bottom has become a bit loose, and several complex games came to an abrupt finale when the checkers were released unintentionally under the weight. You can check out Connect 4 and 86 other Connect 4 games by clicking Connect 4 above. |
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