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If you live in a part of the country that gets lots of snow or rain during the winter months that season can seem to drag on forever! kids already spend a large part of their day indoors at school. What better way to encourage them to get outside and play then providing them with some great toys to do just that? Time spent outdoors playing is time that children are active and getting proper exercise. In this day and age when more and more children spend countless hours lounging in front of the television or computer, never has outdoor recreation been so important to preventing childhood obesity.
One of the best toys you can get for the summer months is a pool. Heat can be a big activity deterrent, because no one feels like running around when it’s 100 degrees! A pool gives kids a great place to cool off and still have fun and get some exercise. There are all kinds of awesome toys that can be used in the water besides the traditional beach ball. Games like Flip the Frog with Lily Pads, underwater boomerangs, water bouncer toys, motorized swimming toys, diving rings or balls, water trampolines, water volleyball or basketballs sets, floating toys, and submarine toys are all sure to intrigue your child for hours.
If you’re worried about your child getting too much sun in the pool (Always use plenty of sunscreen!), you can even get a covered pool like the Beachcomber Fun Island or the Jungle-Themed Pool with Sunshade. For your toddler there are plenty of covered pools and floaties like the Starfish Baby Float of the Baby Beach Cabana Pool. To make things a little more interesting, get a pool with some kind of fun water feature like the Children’s Seahorse Swimming Pool with Sprayers or the kid‘s Pirate Pool with Slide and Water Sprayers. Slides or water sprayers (or both!) make swimming even more fun.
There are some older traditional outdoor toys that never go out of style. Pogo sticks, stilts, sliding boards, and sandboxes are all common outdoor toys that children have loved for generations. While they are incredibly fun, pogo sticks and stilts encourage fine motor skills and sandboxes are all about promoting imaginative play. Your children won’t even realize that they are actually learning and developing their minds and bodies while they are having a great time!
Bouncy toys are pretty popular right now as well and are perfect for outdoors. Jumping Hippity Hop Balls, mini trampolines with safety sides, and inflatable bounce houses (some even have a ball pit!) are a big hit with kids of all ages. These can even be brought inside during the winter months (if you have the room) for year-round fun.
No matter what your budget or your child’s age and interests, there is something available that will interest them and get them engaged in playing outdoors. Before they even know what hit them, they’ll actually be having Fun without the help of Game Boy and TV!
Best Toys 2008
Posted by: djohun on: August 1, 2010
The “Top toys Awards” are presented each year in New York at the American International toy Fair. There is a variety of categories from infant up to the older children. The best and brightest toys of the year are picked. The toy Industry has chosen the following top toys 2008 in each category.
The toy that took the best toy of the year from all categories was the TMX(TM)” Elmo from Fisher-Price®. Elmo has three tickle spots, which are located on his toes, tummy, and chin. Tickle him and he’ll start to laugh. It’s easy to see why this was one of the best of the Top Toys 2008.
The girl toy of the year is made from Hasbro Inc., and it is the Butterscotch Pony from the FurReal Friends collection. Every girl dreams of having their very own pony and now they can, with the realistic sounds and movements of this lifelike little pony.
The boy toy of the year is the Spy Video Car made by Wild Planet Entertainment Inc. This small remote car has a built in infrared camera so spying on siblings and friends is great fun. You can see that top toys 2008 for both boys and girls are fun and educational.
The top game of the year for both board and CD Rom is Cranium’s Zooreka. The whole family can enjoy this game, by building your very own zoo. Every move keeps the players thinking. Wait, there’s more than just building a zoo, there’s also danger lurking at every move in this game of chance.
There are some great choices if you are in the market for a new toy, but wait – there are more top toys 2008, so let’s carry on.
The best outdoor toy for the year was a tough pick but in the end, it was Radio Flyer’s Fold 2 Go® Trike. This compact handy trike can go anywhere. It comes fully assembled and folds for easy storage or transport. Now you can take your child’s trike to Grandma’s house. The low center of gravity makes it very stable.
Educational toys are always a popular choice and this year the toy that was chosen for providing the best skill development was the Small Globe(TM) 2.0 made by Oregon Scientific. It comes with 30 activities and you can make use of the cordless smartpen to navigate through all the learning activities. Your child will learn countries, populations, currencies, leaders, and so much more.
Every child needs a good activity toy and this year one of the top toys 2007 in this class was the Moon Sand(TM) from Spin Master. Moon sand is the new play dough. It never dries out and it can be used repeatedly, and it expands to twice the size of the package. It’d designed for ages 3 and up and your kids will find hours of playtime here.
In our modern world, electronics are important so this year the Digital Camera from Fisher Price ® is the top pick in top toys 2008 Placement. There are a variety of high-tech, this kid-Tough camera that will always flow to the imagination.
We, as only some of the top toys 2008 election, but there are others, and this is important when buying toys to buy on quality is growing, well built, and promote products that help your child.
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