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American Innovative OK to Wake! Owl with Night-Light and Music
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Five Little Monkeys 24 pc Colorforms 2-in-1 Puzzle Play Set
Five Little Monkeys 24 pc Colorforms 2-in-1 Puzzle Play Set Colorforms has constantly worked with kids and parents to create new innovative formats that help engage children and satisfy their thirst for creative expression. In line with this constant endeavor Colorforms now presents – Five Little Monkeys 2-in-1 Puzzle Play Set. This product is a combination of a large puzzle, a large play scene and dozens of Colorforms Stick-ons… which allows for hours of endless fun. The fact that the play set features characters from one of the most famous book lines – Five Little Monkeys – makes it even more exciting. The Five Little Monkeys book series has sold over 4 million books and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a bed is one of the best selling children’s titles.
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Candy Land – Electronic Hand-Held
Candy Land – Electronic Hand-Held Candy Land comes to life in this electronic game for young kids. Six games of varying degrees of complexity are included: the simplest challenges kids to catch falling plums in a basket, and the hardest has players looking for matching gum drops beneath rows of peanut brittle. Other games ask kids to repeat sequences of flashing lights or to count the number of visible lollipops on the game’s screen. Candy Land character Mr. Mint leads players through all the fun, helping them develop skills in counting, sorting, etc. Youngsters who don’t have any preconceived ideas that this game could be hard should have no problem figuring it all out very quickly. –Tom Keogh
Customer Review: If they make a 2nd version, it HAS to be better!
This one is very boring, because the graphics are bad, and they move very slow, and that candy-cane-clown-guy’s voice sounds like he’s saying “Muh blah to blah doo-too-blah!”
They should make a sacond version with BETTER graphics, sounds, and an on/off switch, and maybe the kids and parents won’t get bored as quick as they do when they play this game!
Customer Review: Even worse than the Potato Head Electronic Handheld Game
I remember getting this for Christmas as a child, and I thought it stunk! Mr. Mint’s voice was too lame and hard to underetand, and there’s no stupid off switch!!!!!!!! I don’t reccomand this to anybody, except for garbage cans!
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Playing the Judge: The Who, What and Why behind the best known toy awards
Parents today want toys that are both fun and educational for their children. Toy manufacturers want toys that are big hits with both kids and parents. Enter in the Toy Awards. There are several awards given each year for Best of Breed toys, but they all judge toys on different criteria. Some may judge from a kid’s point of view, while others may be from an educator’s point of view, while others judge toys based on an adult’s view of what a kid would like. We have listed some of the best known toy awards and how those awards judge toys.
Family Fun Toy Award This toy award is given out by the Family Fun magazine, which is a magazine for parents with children. The Family Fun Toy Award is broken into categories for both age and style of toy, plus a Top Ten list which includes all the toys together. Family Fun Toy Award only judges toys that have been introduced by toy makers for the upcoming year.
Family Fun Toy Award is judged solely by children and goes through two rounds of voting. The first round is with a group of 100 – 200 children conducted at a research firm. The toys that are voted as the children’s favorites then go onto round two. Round two consists of a group of 1000-1500 children at day-care centers trying and voting for their favorite toys.
All the votes are then tabulated and the results are published in the Family Fun magazine and on the Family Fun website.
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards is also referred to as the Oppenheim Awards. This award is given out by the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio which is an independent consumer review company run by a mother and daughter team with a background in child development. The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio not only gives out the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards but also releases their reviews of all the toys they have judged. The award is broken down into developmental stages as well as categories. The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards only judge toys that have been introduced by toy makers for the upcoming year.
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards is judged by both adults and children. There are two rounds that determine the winners. The first round is done by a panel of Oppenheim experts who look at the quality and safety of a toy as well as the developmental appropriateness of a toy. If the toy passes the first round, it is then sent to the second round, which is tester families who then try the toy for several weeks. The toy is then rated by both the parents and the children.
All of the reviews are combined and the winners are determined. The results of the reviews are then published in the annual Oppenheim Toy Portfolio and are announced on the NBC’s Today Show.
Dr. Toy Award This award is given out by the Dr. Toy website. Dr. Toy is actually Dr. Stevanne Auerbach, the director for Institute for Childhood Resources. The award is broken down into toy style categories with a Best of Best category. The Dr. Toy Awards judge toys that are submitted by toy manufacturers and are deemed suitable for possibly being a Dr. Toy Award winning toy.
Dr. Toy Award is judged by adults. If the toy is accepted to be judged, it is reviewed by members of the Institute for Childhood Resources and “Dr. Toy”. The reviewers are looking for toys that will help develop a healthy play atmosphere for children.
The results are then re-reviewed and the final determination of who the winners are is made. The results are published on the Dr. Toy Website.
Great American Toy Test This award is given out by KTVU, Channel 2 of San Francisco, CA. It is held annually. The award is broken down into toy style categories with a Best of Best category. The Great American Toy Test judges toys that are submitted by toy makers.
Great American Toy Test is judged by both children and adults. The toys are shipped to day-care and latchkey centers all over the United States where children play with the toys while being observed by their teachers and care takers. The toys are then reviewed by both children and adults for a wide range of standards including short- & long-term interest, quality and fun.
The results are combined and the results are announced on a KTVU news broadcast and published on the KTVU website.
T.O.T.Y. Award T.O.T.Y. Award stands for, quite simply, the Toy of The Year Award. This award is given out by the Toy Industry Association. This award is broken down into toy style categories with a top award given to one toy. T.O.T.Y. Award judges all toys that are being sold in North America during that year’s judging.
T.O.T.Y. Award is judged by adults. The adults are members of the Toy Industry Association. The toys can be nominated for final voting by either Toy Industry Association members without a fee or any non-member who is willing to pay the $50 nomination fee. The nominated toys are then voted on by all members of the Toy Industry Association.
The results of the final vote are tabulated and the winners are announced at the annual T.O.T.Y. Awards Ceremony, where the winners will be inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame. The results are also published on the Toy Industry Association website.
The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval is given out by The National Parenting Center. The award is broken down into toy style categories and by developmental stages. The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval judges all toys that have been introduced by toy makers for the upcoming year that are submitted to The National Parenting Center.
The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval is judged by both adults and children at a testing facility run by The National Parenting Center. Toys are judged on gathered information, observation of play interaction and playing with the toy. The results are created from both statistical data from surveys about the toy and tester comments.
The final results are published by The National Parenting Center in both publications and on their website.
Now that you know a little more about how different toy awards are given and judged, you will be better able to choose which of these awards will help you choose the right toy for your child.
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About the Author
Heather Rhoades is a mother of three boys and owner of the OneOnFun website. To help you search for the right toy for your child, visit OneOnFun.com and the OneOnFun Toy Search Engine
A toy is an object used in play. Toys are usually associated with children and pets, but it is not unusual for adult humans and some non-domesticated animals to play with toys.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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