What child could resist the fun of a Thomas the Train birthday party! And no, you don’t have to rent any expensive props or travel to a special location. Turn your own home into the Island of Sodor with Thomas and friends !
For decorations, get the whole family involved in hanging bright primary colored streamers throughout the house. Use brown paper bags and green construction paper to create some trees and bushes for a backdrop on the wall. Take three empty cardboard boxes and paint one...Read Full Story
Since their introduction, Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends have chugged their way into the hearts of young fans and their parents worldwide. While learning railroading terms and laughing at the antics of mischievous freight cars, kids learn many positive character traits.
Every engine in the yard aims to be “a really useful engine”. It’s some of the highest praise they can earn, and it teaches children to value hard work and pulling their fair share in a job. When they rejoice with...Read Full Story
Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway – Harold The Helicopter
All aboard the next stop along the learning curve . . . kids three and up will enjoy the magical adventures of the ever-popular Thomas and Friends Wooden Railway System. Featuring characters from the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends video series and the Thomas and the Magic Railroad feature film now out on video, this system allows children to re-enact their favorite Thomas tales or create new adventures of their own. Besides...Read Full Story
Unlike the lights-flashing, music playing, push-button electronic gadgets and gizmos that pass for toys these days, Thomas Tank Engine wooden railway toys are the real thing. With the former, children are merely entertained, with the latter, they PLAY. The simpler wooden toys have great educational benefits. They actually develop children’s thinking skills, physical skills, as well as social skills.
Kid’s imaginations are stimulated as they dream up stories and carry out role play with...Read Full Story
Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Abacus
This brightly colored wooden abacus is a great first calculator for kids to learn counting, patterns, colors and more. The 100 colorful wooden beads slide smoothly on this classically styled, high-quality frame.
This wooden “calculator” helps teach math skills, patterning and color recognition. Slide and count the beads with this timeless counting frame. Fun activity ideas included!
Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Abacus Reviews:
I’ve owned this for a...Read Full Story
Children living in the Farm/Herstelling River Dam area recently benefited from school supplies, food hampers and toys among other items when the Dharmic Naujawaan, the youth arm of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha visited the area. In the group’s first ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - CASTLETON CORNERS - Brooklyn-born Nicole Fioretto made a few momentous decisions in the last two years: First, she decided to move to Staten Island and purchase an old colonial home in Port Richmond "on a beautiful piece of ...
Ms Spunde's photo titled Early Education captures the magic of wood for children - a carefully constructed image of wooden toys and gifts from her own childhood and her daughter's, against a background of the family's hand-turned mango wood table.
toy makers are working their magic to create personalized toys from scratch. And one item in particular has become a hit with celebrities. It's a wooden stool. Their latest celebrity order belongs to Jay-Zand Beyonce, it was called in for new ...
Before she left home, Sandanie contacted the hospital to find out what the children needed and then bought Beanie Babies and other soft toys with money she raised by selling Sri Lankan food at a food stall. When she arrived in Sri Lanka ...
When I initially proposed a column about jealousy I thought I’d explore children being envious of other kids’ toys, or a sibling being sore about the arrival of a newborn. But there’s another kind of jealousy that creeps its way into my ...