Last night after dinner, my sons begged and begged to watch a DVD. We don’t have television, and we have a “No DVD on school nights” rule. I stood firm and upheld the rule. Oh, my goodness, were there tears. “It’s okay,” I said. “You can be sad.” One son, looking outside and seeing the [...]
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As we enter the gift-giving season, the stress of what to buy and how to pay for it begins to mount. Take heart… Here are ideas to delight and inspire your family. The good news is, these smart choices for your family are not budget-busters. Above all, keep in mind that the most valuable gift you [...] My last post about building with LEGOs reminded me of a revealing passage in The Power of Play by David Elkind, Ph.D. The following passage comes from the chapter “Toys Aren’t Us”. The need for hands-on play is now recognized in higher education. In the school of architecture at Stanford University, students are required to play [...] As a teacher, and as a mother, I always look for opportunities to sit back, watch and listen as children play. For me, it is the best way to learn about how children make sense of the world. Consider a recent exchange between two five-year-olds playing with LEGOs: Child A: Let’s make a LEGO ferry. No [...] I wasn’t planning to write this weekend…but here you go! Quick heads up that today’s NY Times has a great article about the direction that the LEGO company has taken – with media-linked toys, weapons, video games, etc. The article, Turning to Tie-ins, Lego Thinks Beyond the Bricks, talks about some of the issues I’ve raised [...] Check out this picture above and guess what it is. Any ideas? Try “Exclusive LEGO Style Mega Weapons Pack (49 pieces),” sold by Toy Wiz through Amazon for $23.99 (plus shipping and handling). This weapons pack popped up yesterday – as my husband browsed Lego kits – as one of those “Customers Who Bought [...] LEGOs are great. You can build, create, change, rebuild and recreate endlessly. LEGOs have been around for a long time. In fact, a master carpenter in Denmark started the company in 1932 with wooden toys. Over the years, the company developed the system of interlocking bricks now used worldwide. Check out the company timeline. According [...] |
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