Established in 1978, Parents’ Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit guide to quality children's media and toys.
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The National Toy Hall of Fame at Strong National Museum of Play today added three additional products to its list of historically significant playthings.
Posted:2009-11-06 16:12:15 GMT
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Parents’ Choice® Award Winners Offer Products to Encourage Learning Through Play - The Fall 2009 Parents’ Choice® Toy Awards reinforce the principle that learning isn’t all fun and games,... but it’s close. This year’s winners, some rooted in tradition others launched by technology, are toys, games and puzzles that not only have staying power, they offer new ways of thinking, seeing and creating. Through play, children develop skills in a variety of areas - from social to physical to educational - all while making learning fun and enjoyable. Whether it's a family game tournament, an afternoon spent building imaginary cities with blocks, or bringing puppets to life, play is an integral part of a happy, healthy childhood. “Play is how children learn. Through play, children learn to build structures and relationships. Pretend play builds vocabularies and character. Active play builds muscles and cooperative skills. Playing games builds skills of patience and strategy. Scheduling playtime for children should be a priority, not a postscript,” said Claire Green, president of Parents’ Choice Foundation. Designed to help parents and caregivers make informed decisions about which new products are right for their children, the Parents' Choice Awards is the nation's oldest nonprofit program created to recognize quality children's media and toys. Rigorous evaluation standards and a combination of concept, quality, originality, age-appropriateness, fun, educational value, appeal, and long term play value help determine Parents’ Choice Award-winning toys and games.Read More
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Parents' Choice recommends the best in children's media. Content includes Parents' Choice Awards and Noteworthy Product Reviews. Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest and most respected nonprofit guide to children's media. ...
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The Six Best Counting Books - Nursery rhymes, silly tales and stories
that move from 1 to 2 to 3 offer a fun and natural way of teaching
preschoolers the basics of counting.
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Parents' Choice recommends the best in children's media. Content includes Parents' Choice Awards and Noteworthy Product Reviews. Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest and most respected nonprofit guide to children's media. ...
A good mystery movie is a great two-for-one deal—it’s a puzzle and it can offer thrills without the full-blown chills of a scary movie. It also does what many family genre movies don’t—it makes viewers think. Done well, it keeps you guessing right up until the last frame. Here’s a selection of movies with mystery [...]
Posted:2009-10-30 15:14:41 GMT
World Series time is here, fueling a ferocious focus on our national pastime. When the games aren't on, but your kids are hit by baseball fever, here are some family films about the sport that really knock it out of the park.
Posted:2009-10-29 01:54:36 GMT
Spike Jonze’s movie Where the Wild Things Are is an homage to Maurice Sendak’s famous picture book of the same name—the one that nearly every parent and most children have memorized. Jonze’s “take” on Sendak’s story has been eagerly awaited because the book is a beloved favorite and because Jonze is a hot young directo...r in Hollywood (best known for his terrific movie “Being John Malkovich”). Now that the film has finally arrived, what is striking is Jonze’s abandonment of Sendak’s idea that Max’s adventure occurs entirely within the boy’s imagination.Read More
Posted:2009-10-16 14:27:34 GMT
Parents' Choice Foundation Now that we've joined the social media highway, along with many parents who are playing catch up to their kids, it seems apropos to brush up on short hand texting terms. Do you have a favorite site to keep up with the latest terms?
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As texting has gone mainstream among the over-20 set, the acronyms have only grown longer and more confusing, giving rise to the necessity of online lexicons for parents and CEOs alike.
Although Parents’ Choice has been reviewing children’s media and toys for more than 30 years, there are always those who ask us to define what it is that makes a Parents’ Choice® Award winner so special. Havin...
Juan Felipe Herrera is a well known Latino poet and the author of several dozen books. A number of these (listed below) are bilingual picture books and three are adolescent novels written in verse. In anticipation of Hispanic Heritage month, Parents' Choice met with Herrera to discuss his work.
Posted:2009-10-08 19:34:35 GMT
By Gretchen Jennings & Monica M. Smith Invention at Play, a hands-on exhibition created by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center and the Science Museum of Minnesota, takes a new look at invention by exploring its relationship to play in the past, present, and future. ...
Going back to school can be both exciting and daunting for children of all ages - and even dogs, aliens, and aardvarks. With the help of a few endearing characters starring in these first "class" romps, the coming school days are sure to be filled with learning and a healthy dose of laughter...
