These 80 award winning products will provide fun, constructive use of time and skill building for your child after school, on school vacations, on travel and at other recreational times. Many of these high quality products are designed to help your child prepare for school by expanding knowledge or by helping to gain more understanding about themselves and the world. The products were selected based on Dr. Toy's professional experience, and high standards . Her criteria includes all of these standards and more, quality, reliability, safety, ease of use, good design, cost, appropriateness for the age, and how effectively the product nurtures and assists the child.
The toys or products are fun, appealing to the child, and well worth their playtime or cost. Information provided below for each product includes company, name of product, type of product, age range, price, customer service phone number (call to locate product) and Dr. Toy's complete description/evaluation.
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DR. TOY'S BEST CHILDREN'S VACATION PRODUCTS FOR 1996 | |||||
Company | Product | Age | Price | Phone | |
1. | Alex | Dress up Dolls Sewing Kit | 7-12 | $20 | 800-666-ALEX |
2. | Alex | Papier Mache Kit | 5-8 | $17 | 800-666-ALEX |
3. | Children Learn Rhyme & Rhythm | Music 1 | 6-10 | $9.99 | 203-637-5606 |
4. | Children's Circle | Amazing Grace and Other Stories | 5-8 | $14.95 | 800-KIDS-VID |
5 . | Chime Time | Bean Bag Frogs | 2-12 | $15.95 | 800-477-5075 |
6. | Colorama Creations | Rolocolor Coloring Desk | 4-10 | $14 | 800-366-9261 |
7. | Computer Curriculum Corp. | Total Amazon | 8-12 | $39.95 | 800-227-8224 |
8. | Computer Curriculum Corp. | Total BioPark | 8-12 | $39.95 | 800-227-8224 |
9. | Design Science Toys | The Globe Project | 10-up | $25 | 800-227-2316 |
10. | Discovery Channel Multimedia | Big Job | 5-9 | $39.95 | 800-678-3343 |
11. | Discovery Channel Multimedia | How Animals Move | 10-12 | $49.95 | 800-678-3343 |
12. | Discovery Channel Multimedia | Nile: Passage to Egypt | 10-12 | $49.95 | 800-678-3343 |
13. | Discovery Channel Multimedia | Olympic Gold | 10-12 | $39.95 | 800-678-3343 |
14. | Discovery Toys | Castle Kingdom-Mini Golf set | 5-8 | $44.98 | 800-426-4777 |
15. | Discovery Toys | Marbleworks | 5-8 | $28.98 | 800-426-4777 |
16. | Dr. Toyz | Mind Twister | 8-12 | $12 | 800-559-0869 |
17. | Earth Lore Natural History | I Dig Dinosaurs | 7-12 | $29.95 | 204-947-1983 |
18. | Expert Software | Brain Quest Multimedia | 3-12 | $29.99 | 800-759-2562 |
19. | Expert Software | Dreamland | 5-8 | $14.95 | 800-759-2562 |
20. | Expert Software | Eco-Warriors in Space | 7-10 | $14.95 | 800-759-2562 |
21. | Expert Software | Multimedia Bird Book | 6-12 | $49.95 | 800-759-2562 |
22. | Expert Software | Multimedia Bug Book | 5-10 | $49.95 | 800-759-2562 |
23. | Expert Software | Time Crusaders | 9-12 | $14.95 | 800-759-2562 |
24. | Fiskars | Press 'N Punch | 7-12 | $10 | 715-842-2091 |
25. | Folkmanis | Robins in Nest Puppet | 3-8 | $12.95 | 800-443-4463 |
26. | Gamewright | Dish It Up! | 4-8 | $16 | 617-924-6006 |
27. | Gamewright | Rat-A-Tat Cat | 8-12 | $10 | 617-924-6006 |
28. | Goodness Sake Products | Destination Graduation | 6-12 | $19.95 | 607-272-0294 |
29. | Hasbro Interactive | Playskool Puzzles | 3-6 | $29.99 | 800-638-6927 |
30. | Hasbro Interactive | Mr. Potato Head Saves Veggie Valley | 4-7 | $29.99 | 800-638-6927 |
31. | K'NEX Industries | Scorpion Master Set | 8-12 | $39.99 | 800-KID-K'NEX |
32. | Knowledge Adventure | Jump Start Preschool | 2-4 | $35 | 800-542-4240 |
33. | Latz Chance Games | The Dinosaur Game | 5-12 | $23.95 | 770-579-6173 |
34. | Learning Passport | Come & Get It | 2-8 | $14.95 | 800-U-Learn-2 |
35. | Leeko Industries | Sticky Situations | 3-9 | $7.99 | 800-938-1915 |
36. | LEGO Systems | LEGO Systems Playtable | 3-8 | $44.99 | 860-763-3211 |
37. | Little Tikes | Attach & Play Basketball Set | 2-10 | $20 | 800-321-0183 |
38. | Living Books | Sheila Rae, The Brave | 3-7 | $40.00 | 800-776-4724 |
39. | Magnetic Poetry | Magnetic Poetry for Kids | 7-12 | $19.95 | 800-370-7697 |
40. | Maxis | Marty and The Trouble With Cheese | 2-5 | $29.95 | 800-33-MAXIS |
41. | Maxis | SimTown | 8-12 | $39.95 | 800-33-MAXIS |
42. | Maxis | Widget Workshop | 8-12 | $39.95 | 800-33-MAXIS |
43. | Mindscape | Adventures of Peter Rabbit | 3-7 | $35 | 800-234-3088 |
44. | Orchard Hill Productions | Word Clue Adventures | 5-8 | $14.95 | 800-811-5372 |
45. | Pamela Drake | Paint-A-Fish | 6-11 | $18.99 | 800-966-3762 |
46. | Pamela Drake | Paint-A-Habitat Ocean | 6-11 | $18.99 | 800-966-3762 |
47. | Pearce-Evetts Publishing | Fingerplays & Action Chants-Family | 2-6 | $14.95 | 800-842-9571 |
48. | Pearce-Evetts Publishing | Fingerplays & Action Chants-Animals | 2-6 | $14.95 | 800-842-9571 |
49. | Radio Flyer | Model #5 Wagon | 1-7 | $12.99 | 800-621-7613 |
50. | Radio Flyer | Trailblazer Wagon | 18 mo-7yrs | $79.99 | 800-621-7613 |
51. | Rainbow Village | Colorable Kids-Yoko | 3-8 | $14.95 | 800-756-3012 |
52. | Rand McNally | Are We There Yet? | 7-12 | $3.95 | 800-333-01345 |
53. | Rand McNally | FunFinder-25 Great Travel Games | 7-12 | $4.95 | 800-333-0134 |
54. | Red Note Records | Hello World! | 3-12 | $10cass $15 cd | 800-824-2980 |
55. | Soozaroo Music | A Song for All Sizes | 2-10 | $9.98/$14.98 | 800-443-4727 |
56. | Story Time Creations | Story Time Cards Kit | 4-10 | $16.95 | 800-557-8679 |
57. | Strombecker/Tootsie Toy | Color Quest Giant Banner Kit | 6-12 | $9.99 | 800-944-8697 |
88. | Strombecker/Tootsie Toy | Mickey Mouse Bubble Rocket | 3-7 | $4.99-$6.99 | 800-944-8697 |
59. | Sunburst | A to Zap! | 3-6 | $34.95 | 800-786-3155 |
60. | Sunburst | Type to Learn | 8-14 | $34.95 | 800-786-3155 |
61. | TableTalk | Kid, Sports, Animal, Science Talk | 4-12 | $5.95 | 800-997-5676 |
62. | The Learning Crew | Challenger Phonics Fun | 2-6 | $49.95 | 800-386-8673 |
63. | Twin Sisters Productions | I'd Like to be an Entomologist | 4-9 | $9.98 | 800-248-8946 |
64. | Uncle Milton Industries | Ant Farm Village | 6-12 | $24 | 800-869-7555 |
65. | Uncle Milton Industries | Mobile Mania | 6-10 | $10 | 800-869-7555 |
66. | Uncle Milton Industries | Star Theater | 8-12 | $35 | 800-869-7555 |
67. | Uncle Milton Industries | Super GeoScope | 6-10 | $33.50 | 800-869-7555 |
68. | U.S. Games Systems | Continuo | 4-12 | $10 | 800-544-2637 |
69. | U.S. Games Systems | Duo Card Game | 7-12 | $5.95 | 800-544-2637 |
70. | Voyagers | Lure of the Sea | 10-12 | $19.95 | 800-767-3317 |
71. | Wild Planet Toys | Bug Catcher | 5-10 | $9.00 | 800-247-6570 |
72. | Will Vinton Studios | Claymation Clay Creature Feature | 5-8 | $8.99 | 800-884-2529 |
73. | Williamson Publishing | Kids Crazy Concoctions | 4-10 | $12.95 | 800-234-8791 |
74. | Williamson Publishing | Kids Garden! | 3-10 | $12.95 | 800-234-8791 |
75. | Wimmer-Ferguson Child Products | Car Mobile | birth-2 | $7.95 | 800-747-2454 |
76. | Wimmer-Ferguson Child Products | Pattern-Play | birth-1 | $11.95 | 800-747-2454 |
77. | Yes! Entertainment | Pull-Me-Pals | 18 mos-6yrs | $7.99 | 800-222-9376 |
78. | Yes! Entertainment | Questone | 8-12 | $14.99 | 800-222-9376 |
79. | Yes! Entertainment | YakBakSFX | 8-12 | $14.99 | 800-222-9376 |
80. | Yes! Entertainment | Power Penz | 8-12 | $14.99 | 800-222-9376 |
(c) 1996 Stevanne Auerbach, PhD San Francisco, CA.
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