Newsletter for February 2012: The Toy Fair Issue
What was new at Toy Fair this year? Take a look at our newsletter to find out!
ToyFair 2012: The view of the web
You've seen our wrapup of ToyFair, but what do other people think? Here are a collection of reviews and top 10's that we've found.
How Games Teach Empathy
Can games help children learn to empathize with each other? Here's an article from Mindshift about a new study that shows they most certainly do!
Teaching Civics
Edutopia has some ideas for how you can use games to help teach civics. Curious? Click here to read more!
ToyFair 2012
Two things stood out to me this year at ToyFair. The first was how busy it was. ToyFair is always a bit of a madhouse, but usually it's a madhouse with lulls. This year, all the booths I visited were busy all the time. It was crazy. The second thing I noticed was that everyone was talking education. There was a time when conventional wisdom argued against calling anything educational. I'm happy to report that trend has completely reversed itself.
Toy Review: Zazoo Photo Clock
I spoke to Michele Berman recently about Zazoo's photo clocks. She told me that young children between ages 2-5 have difficulty reading a traditional clock.
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