July 2010 New Specialty Toys — Educational

Funtime Activity Friends will provide early learners with lots of educational fun.  These cute and fun friends feature flashing lights, rotating gears and beads, fun sound effects, and large buttons.  Toddlers can pull Funtime Activity Friends with them for hours of mobile entertainment.  Requires 2 “AA” batteries (included).  Ages 12+ months.

Young children will enjoy learning as they play with Wheels on the Bus and Old MacDonald’s Farm.  A large handle makes it easy for little hands to hold these portable units, which feature fun sound effects, blinking lights, four interactive buttons and the familiar melodies Wheels on the Bus or Old MacDonald’s Farm.  Requires 2 “AA” batteries (included).  Ages 12+ months.

All aboard the Alphabet Express! This interactive train features a friendly voice that teaches youngsters all about the English alphabet. Sing along with the ABC Song or press the alphabet buttons to hear the letters. Kids can use the infrared remote control (which works from up to 12 feet away) to conduct Alphabet Express forward and backwards. Colors may vary.  Requires five “AA” batteries. Ages 2+ years.

This glow-in-the-dark set of Techno Gears Marble Mania has over 375 pieces, including an automatic marble launcher, 3-D connectors and a variety of channels. Colors may vary. Requires 2 “AA” batteries. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts and marbles. Not for children under 3 years.

Same or Different offers funny, full-color illustrations, predictable formats, and easy-to-follow directions to ensure success. To compare and contrast the items in these exercises, your child must look for significant details, a critical reading readiness skill.

Fun activities and helpful tips make learning division easier. Great for test prep and review. Cards are self-checking, colorful, durable, and feature rounded corners for quick sorting. 99 cards.

Discover a world of fascinating award winning miniature collectibles in a myriad of popular themes. Each collection is professionally sculpted and finely hand painted. Great for school projects or it's just fun to display near your computer. Excellent "carry-along" for any excursion since the figures are neatly packed in a reusable acetate tube. Choose from over 45 different themes! All our products are phthalate-free and thoroughly safety tested to safeguard your child's health. Safari Ltd.® takes pride in providing breathtaking, innovative and value priced figures for now over 3 generations. Featured is our Rainforest Toob®. Replica Size: 1.5" to 3" H (4 to 7.5 cm). Suggested age 3+ Toob® includes: Caiman, Red Eye Tree Frog, Emerald Tree Boa, Iguana, Poison Dart Frog, Human, Tapirs, Toco Toucan, Jaguar, Anteater, Spider Monkey and Red & Blue Macaw. Awards: Parent's Choice Award 2010
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Teacher-created, child-tested cards are ideal for reinforcing basic skills at home or school. Handy 3 1/8" x 5 1/4" size makes these 56 cards great for travel. Set includes activity ideas to challenge growing skill levels. Cards feature rounded corners for quick sorting.
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— In a November 2011 survey about educational items, Stephanie Dupuy of Playville in Covington, La., told TDmonthly that "For general parents," their best selling item "would be flashcards by Trend," which they sell 48 units of each month.

Teaching the parts of an animal cell to your child is easy, thanks to this hands-on model! The soft foam cell splits in half to show the key parts of an animal cell, including the nucleus, nucleolus, vacuole, centrioles, cell membrane and more. One hemisphere is labeled with the parts of the cell; the other features only letters next to each cell part, making it a natural tool for your child to practice for his next test at home. A Reference Guide is included, providing activity ideas and facts about animal cells.
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They had no pens. They had no paper. It didn't matter. They could neither read nor write, but slaves had plenty to say and share - their stories, their sufferings, their wisdom, their wit. Kids will learn that nothing is more powerful than oral history. Words spoken and tales told completely unfiltered by others can teach young people not only the facts, but the very soul of what happened in the past. Hear the people of the past in their own words through diaries, interviews, quotations, poetry, and songs.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most influential civil rights leader of his time. A minister and pacifist, Martin encouraged peaceful demonstrations to bring about change. These popular readers include easy-to-read information, fun facts and trivia, humor, activities and a whole lot more. They are great for ages 7-12 (grades 2-6), because although simple, these readers have substance and really engage kids with their stories. They are great for social studies, meeting state and national curriculum standards, individual and group reading programs, centers, library programs, and have many other terrific educational uses.
— This product is a best seller at Neely's in South L.A.

Chalk boards convey a classic look at home or school and have many modern applications. They are great classroom learning tools, and have many business and recreational uses as well.
— This product is a best seller at Neely's in South L.A.

This full-color 22" x 28" poster depicts 26 different feelings in correlation to the alphabet. It contains both an English word and a Spanish word for each feeling. "This product teaches about feelings, but it also teaches both Spanish and English words," ABC Feelings Vice President Gene Abrams told TDmonthly.

The Hydroponics Lab gives a 360 degree view of growing plants, revealing the hidden magic of plant roots with no soil required. This set of three growing tubes is a mess-free way to explore hydroponics. Transparent seed baskets provide a few seedlings growing both up and down.

The Preschool Activity Pack for uses different textures to create activities.

The Preschool Activity Pack uses different textures to create activities.

This dashboard has a steering wheel with three horn sounds and an ignition key with a realistic revving sound. It also includes moving windshield wipers, turn signals, a car phone, sirens, a radio and an electronic roller gear shift.

The Alphabet Pal can giggle, sing, walk and flash its antennae. Four learning modes are designed to introduce letter names, letter sounds, colors and music.

This fishbowl features five fish that each make a sound such as a rattle, crinkle, bell or squeak.

This natural wood teether is also a colorful infant rattle. The rattle inside is designed to entertain infants while the natural wood soothes sore gums. Made of ECO rubber wood and machine-washable polyester, the rattle's pieces separate for easy cleaning.

This stacking toy has endless variations allowing toddlers to build their very own playmate. The stacking features are intended to fine-tune hand-eye coordination and strengthen manual dexterity as they teach children about size and proportion. Eight felt accessories stack in between the wood pieces to become arms, legs, clothing or even a super-hero’s cape.

Simple shapes make this puzzle suitable for early developmental stages. The creative variations and mixing features are intended to fine-tune hand-eye coordination and strengthen manual dexterity as they teach children about size and proportion.

These birds nest inside each other and are designed to teach the fundamentals of size and shape while engaging reasoning skills. Children can rock and balance the birds to learn spatial awareness and to fine-tune hand-eye coordination. These functional features combined with bright colors and natural wood create a playfully educational nesting toy.

This inflatable 16"-diameter "reality globe" is made with thousands of digital images of the world from space. Visually authentic, the EarthBall also features accurate glow-in-the-dark cities and atmospheric conditions as seen from space. The ball is easy to inflate and suspend from the North Pole in a classroom, office or a bedroom. "This inflatable globe is photo-realistic, offering a beautiful, fun and important global perspective," Sole Proprietor Didier Gincig told TDmonthly.