When I was little my mom was constantly telling me to go outside and play or go outside and get some fresh air. Go play with summer toys outside! I think that was good advice. I actually did a lot of playing outside when I was growing up. I had a couple of friends in the neighborhood and we played games outside just about every day. In fact we very seldom played inside the house. That was actually a treat to get to play inside. Read more »

You’ve bought educational toys for your kids and learning toys galore, so much that they are miniature Einsteins on the fast track to Harvard, but you’re having a birthday party for your child and their friends and you’d like to have some children’s games for them to play. Good idea! But you may be stumped as to what games they might want to play. Read more »

Now that Christmas has come and gone for another year, you probably had the opportunity to notice all the popular kids toys that have been heavily advertised, as well as a lot of hubbub surrounding certain very popular toys. You may have even seen lines forming at stores in the wee hours of the morning as parents line up to get their kids the toys they want. Read more »

Moving right along, here are more of the top toys for Christmas this year, toys you might want to consider snapping up before they disappear mysteriously off the shelves. Read more »

I personally think educational games are terrific, and so much better than seeing a child sitting in front of a TV all day or texting messages from a phone or computer into all hours of the night. Read more »