A LEGO Giveaway, My Gratitude, and A Request

LEGO MOVIE Super Cycle Chase

OR

1 ARK Therapeutic Tran-Quill Pencil Set

OR

Any TWO or THREE Green Toys Products at ARK Therapeutic's Toy Section (Made in the U.S.A.) Woo-hoo! (Total Value not more than $56)

Here are more Green Toy examples.  Pick any two or three of them from ARK not totaling over $56!

WHAT: A LEGO Giveaway, Some Gratitude, and A Request
WHY: My thanks to everyone for all the support during the holiday season. Thanks for shopping my links!  
THE REQUEST: Check Out Your Fave Toy Fair Posts, share it, plus it, like it, tweet tweet it, anything!!! AND... write comments about things that appeal to you or things you have questions about.
GIVEAWAY: What You See Above: Your Choice Between: LEGO MOVIE Super Cycle Chase or ARK Therapeutic Tran-Quill Pencil* or ANY 2 or 3 Green Toy Products at ARK (up to $56)

Last Post on #TF14: The Greatest, Most Interesting, Most Important Puzzles and Games of Toy Fair 2014

Gravity Maze by ThinkFun.  Oh how darling. What a motivating way to think several steps ahead. 

WHAT: Toy Fair Coverage 2014 Most Exciting Games and Puzzles at Toy Fair 2014
INVEST:  Prices and availability will not be listed. Some will come out in the Spring or even later.  Some are available now!
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make a comment if you want to see it reviewed and/or sold at a store near you.  Sign up for newsletters from the company that manufactures the toy to find out when your toy will be available.

Toy Fair 2014: Can Tech Toys Inspire Creativity & Problem-Solving?

Tester 1 is talking about the Sphero 2B nearly EVERYDAY. UGH!!!  Still, I have figured out that if he wants the opportunity to test this one, it's gonna cost him. I am soooo evil. The Sphero can give milk. Who knew! Just don't tell them that it's educational! ha!

WHAT: Toy Fair Coverage 2014 Can Technology-Based Toys Inspire Creative Play and Problem Solving?
INVEST:  Prices and availability will not be listed. Some will come out in the Spring or even later.  Some are available now!
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make a comment if you want to see it reviewed and/or sold at a store near you.  Sign up for newsletters from the company that manufactures the toy to find out when your toy will be available.

Toy Fair 2014- The Brain is Attached to Muscles and Nerves

 

SPD - OT Alert!!!! This is crazy fabulous. Teeter Popper from Fat Brain Toys.

WHAT: Toy Fair Coverage 2014- The Brain is Attached to Muscles and Nerves
INVEST:  Prices and availability will not be listed. Some will come out in the Spring or even later.  Some are available now!
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make a comment if you want to see it reviewed and/or sold at a store near you.  Sign up for newsletters from the company that manufactures the toy to find out when your toy will be available.

Toy Fair 2014: Be Smart, Make Art!

 

image courtesy of www.ArtOfCraft.com.

WHAT: Toy Fair Coverage 2014- Be Smart, Make Art!
INVEST:  Prices and availability will not be listed. Some will come out in the Spring or even later.  Some are available now!
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make a comment if you want to see it reviewed and/or sold at a store near you.  Sign up for newsletters from the company that manufactures the toy to find out when your toy will be available.

Toy Fair 2014: Can Shapes Teach Problem-Solving to Kids?

I love when building rods are of one solid color. This is Geomag. You can see what you are making.  David Wells, director of creative making and learning at the NY Hall of Science once told me that it's so much better to have just one color and that metal balls are great because your eyes have a place to stop.  It's like the architectural comma.

WHAT: Toy Fair Coverage 2014- Can Shapes Teach Kids How to Solve Problems?
INVEST:  Prices and availability will not be listed. Some will come out in the Spring or even later.  Some are available now!
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make a comment if you want to see it reviewed and/or sold at a store near you.  Sign up for newsletters from the company that manufactures the toy to find out when your toy will be available.

Toy Fair 2014: Trend- Why "Tell" Stories? Build Them Instead!

WHAT: Toy Fair Coverage 2014- TREND- Magnetic Toys Are Crafty Storytellers Too
INVEST:  Prices and availability will not be listed. Some will come out in the Spring or even later.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make a comment if you want to see it reviewed and/or sold at a store near you.  Sign up for newsletters from the company that manufactures the toy to find out when your toy will be available.

Toy Fair 2014: Good News and Bad News and New at LEGO

This year, Toys Are Tools attended the Toy Fair with specialists in child psychology and education.  They loved it and vowed to return next year. In fact, first grade teacher Annie Kim said, "Every teacher should come here, every year."

Do the other LEGO sets have toilets too?  I love everything here. 

WHAT: Toy Fair Coverage 2014 and What is New at LEGO- 'Tis Awesome People!
INVEST:  Prices and availability will not be listed. Some will come out in the Spring or even later.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Make a comment if you want to see it reviewed and/or sold at a store near you.  Sign up for newsletters from the company that manufactures the toy to find out when your toy will be available.

Review + Giveaway: Sensible Solutions for Kids: The Pocket Occupational Therapist + Weighted Pocket Scarf + Mini Push Pathz

Thanks to Albert Dungca, OTR/L, who helped my kid learn how amazing sprinklers can be.  Other therapists like Cara Koscinski and Aviva Weiss (see below) are also making miracles by helping kids enjoy their primary occupation: PLAYING.

WHAT: Sensible Solutions: Strategies to Help Kids Get Back On Track
The Pocket Occupational Therapist (Book) ($19.95) author: Cara Koscinski 
Weighted Pocket Scarf, invented by Aviva Weiss  ($29.99)
Mini-Push Pathz by Abilitations (School Specialty $19.99)- part of the giveaway! (Read review here)

TOOLS: My Body Needs to Move, Family Fix-its

GIVEAWAY PRIZE: Your copy of The Pocket Occupational Therapist and All Five of the Mini Push-Pathz (the BIG HIT of 2013)

Review + Giveaway: The LEGO Movie: Happiness and Success: Instructions Not Included

Unikitty is #1's favorite character

 
WHAT: Review of The LEGO MOVIE
DIRECTED BY and SCREENPLAY: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
STORY BY: Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord and Chris Miller

INVEST:  Available in 3D $$ or 2D $
RATED: PG: Mild Violence and Rude Humor (Batman is the rudest- love Will Arnett).  The storyline may be hard to follow for kids under 5 years of age.

TOOLS: My Body Needs to Move, Express Yourself, Birthday/Holiday Build-Uponner, Think Like a Scientist/Engineer

GIVEAWAY PRIZE: (Exclusive LEGO Toy from our Goody Bag x 3) + the LEGO Movie Junior Novel (I saved three for one lucky winner!)

Review + Giveaway: Crayon Rocks- Less Has Never Been So Much More

So beautiful, you feel like taking a bite. But seriously, they are just crayons and they're awesome.

These crayons help us forget our handwriting woes while still working on our handwriting skills! Genious!

WHAT: Crayon Rocks
INVENTOR: Barbara Lee, Pediatric Occupational Therapist
DOES: Promotes Good Pencil Grips AND Arts in your home or classroom! Also very safe and made in the U.S.A.

INVEST:  $9 -30  depending on size 
AGES: 3+, I guess you can use for younger ages if you supervise, it's non-toxic for sure.
EXPERT OPINION: Pediatric Occupational Therapist Susan L. Roberts, MDiv, OTR/L  and author of My Kid Eats Everything

GIVEAWAY PRIZE: A box of Just Rocks (64 of the most beautiful crayons you will ever see in your life)