Toys That Annoy
Salon takes a look at those noisy, supposedly educational Leapfrog toys to figure out if they're just a marketing scam or if they actually have a place in the home. I personally don't care for the sonic pollution of these things, but then again I have rigid home environmental policies that also prohibit LEGOs and blocks. (Nothing that will maim me when I step on it.) Do children's toys really need to teach them shapes? Are there a bunch of four year olds out there who are tragically far behind in their triangle recognition, oh, if only they had been playing with Leapfrogs instead of socks!
I prefer a ball as a child's one and only toy. Think of all the physics they can learn, including all of Newton's laws of motion.
Well, I think the legos are a great toy, especially for a boy who can build something, then have even more fun wrecking it. As for stepping around his room, wear shoes.
Well, I think the legos are a great toy, especially for a boy who can build something, then have even more fun wrecking it. As for stepping around his room, wear shoes.
I'm actually a HUGE fan of the LeapFrog alphabet toys and videos. We didn't do the shapes or numbers ones. My 3yr-old's favorites were the alphabet bus, and the word whammer. I really feel that the Letter Factory video series had a major role in his interest in letters, how they sound, and how they work together. I'm also a huge fan of Legos. It's fun to see them work through their frustration when the project doesn't look the way they'd imagined.
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