Post by bananasmom on Oct 12, 2015 9:23:12 GMT -5
Lalaloopsy Minis Musical Cake Playset has been selected as one of Dr. Toy's 100 Best Toys of 2015 in the category of "Ten Best Audio/Video Products". This is a super amazing honor! Big congratulations to MGA Entertainment!! 
Dr. Toy® Announces 100 Best Toys and Children's Products of 2015
Guide to the Best Toys and Children's Products: An Opportunity to be of Service to Families and Schools
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 1, 2015) – As a natural, ongoing part of our work as parents, teachers, early childhood specialists, and others involved with children at home or elsewhere, we observe children at play. With our eyes we see what works…and what doesn't hold up under tough testing – the normal barrage of active, inquisitive, and resourceful babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and older children. This guide is offered to complement your observations and to help you in selecting the right products to enhance your child's play and learning.
We make buying decisions based on lasting play value and product applicability to find a good balance of children's active, creative, and educational experiences. We can depend on the durability and versatility of such items as blocks, construction toys, games, puppets, and transportation toys. They stimulate the imagination, engage the player, have value, and hold up over time. We want to apply these standards to all the play product choices we make. We often hear consumers describe their experience of making a purchase, but shortly after giving little Annie or Danny the product it falls apart – a frustrating and often expensive experience. Products that do not meet safety standards can be dangerous and cause harm to children. We want to avoid these problems and as always strive for excellence.
Dr. Toy spent a great deal of time reviewing a large quantity of varied products created by manufacturers and designers the world over. We make sure the final selections match the extensive criteria for excellence.
Certainly age grading, name recognition, company dependability, versatility of design, and place of purchase are factors to obtain the right product.
Another aspect you can depend on is a warranty. Rising costs for products require everyone to be wise consumers to get lasting value. Durable products, properly designed and developmentally correct are worth the money. Children's positive reactions are worth our care in selection. Dr. Toy utilizes a comprehensive set of objective criteria to evaluate toys and children's products.
Basic questions are:
•Is this product worth the price?
•Does it have lasting "play value"?
•Is it appropriate?
•Is it fun?
•Does it meet safety standards?
Dr. Toy is pleased to again have the opportunity to share years of play and toy experiences with all parents, teachers, and other consumers to assist them in their own selection process to match the child's age and interests.
This timely report features information about l00 wonderful new toys and children's products from large and small companies. The toys and products selected meet our high standards for design, durability, price, quality, safety, and value.
Dr. Toy wants to remind parents and teachers, "Let's not forget that 'play is children's work' and should be respected and understood by all adults. We should be thinking: What products or 'tools for play' can we obtain to provide wholesome experiences for our children and provide plenty of positive and meaningful play interactions."
Dr. Toy's Smart Play/Smart Toys: How to Select and Use the Best Toys and Games, just released in the expanded new 4th Edition, was written for new parents and others who care about children, and is available in toy and book stores or online. Dr. Toy invites consumers to take the time to describe play and product experiences, and ask questions about toys and products.
Following are the award-winning toys and products and their companies grouped in selected categories of "smart" play. You can find out more about each product by assigned codes that designate types of products.
Ten Best Toys- Chronicle Books (Steam Train Dream Train Puzzle), Corolle Dolls (Mon Premier Bebe Calin Christmas Tales), Folkmanis (Folkmanis® Mountain Lion Cub Puppet), Ikonic Toys (Wooden Race Track), Learning Journey (Techno Gears Marble Mania Zoomerang), Magformers (Walking Robot 45Pc Set), Mme Alexander Doll (Madame Alexander's Newborn Nursery 19" Babblebaby), Snappets (Snappets: Dinosaurs), Rubbabu (Animal Puppets), Toy State (Nikko VaporizR 2).
Ten Best Educational Products- Discover w/ Dr. Cool (Rock Tumbler - Pro Series), Discovery Toys (Heartbeat M.D.), Eastcolight (375 Power 50mm Wide Angle HD Sport Telescope (with smartphone adapter)), Fun with Circuits (Fun with Circuits - Adventure with Darkness and more), Math for Love (Prime Climb), MGA (Ultimate Lab Kit), Mightyverse (¡Dígame! Spanish Learning Card Game), OWI (Kingii Dragon Robot), Sound for Life (Forbrain), Yellow Scope (Foundation Chemistry Kit),.
Ten Best Technology Products - Future of Play (Luv'n Learn Friends), Irish Fairy Door (Irish Fairy Door), LeapFrog (Epic), Learning Circle Kids (Reader Bee and The Story Tree), LeapFrog (Scout's Build & Discover Tool Set), LightUp (LightUp Tesla Kit (Bluetooth Edition)), VTech (Kidizoom Action Cam), VTech (Kidzoom Smartwatch DX), Wonder Workshop (Dash), WowWee (R.E.V. (Robotic Enhanced Vehicles)),
Top Ten Best Socially Responsible Products - DuneCraft (Ultimate Habitat, The); Fashion Angels (Garbage to Glam Upcycling), Green Toys (Sport Boats), Kidstir (Kidstir Cooking Kits), Music Together (Mr. Rabbit (Music Together® Singalong Storybook)), Patch Products (Chrono Bomb®), Resonance House (Digging Deep--A Journal For Young People Facing Health Challenges), SmartLab Toys (Girls Only Secret Message Lab), Snigglezoo Entertainment (Joe the Monkey and Friends Learn About Spending Smart), Whole Wide World Toys (World Village Playset - China).
Top Test Best Games - Blue Orange Games (Super Genius - First Words), Brybelly (Story Time Dice), EQtainment (Q's Race to the Top), FoxMind Toys & Games (Maze Racers), Funnybone Toys (Juxtabo), GameWhys (mOre), Goldbrick Games (Skosh), LearningPlunge (GeoPlunge), Lee & Low Books (Compound It All!), Miniland Educational (Emotiblocks).
Ten Best Audio/Video Products - Happy Kids Songs (Happy Kids Songs), Just Play (Peanuts Happy Dance Snoopy), MGA (Mini Lalaloopsy Super Silly Party Musical Cake Playset), Music Together (Hey, Diddle, Diddle (Music Together® Singalong Storybook)), Music Together (Two Little Blackbirds (Music Together® Singalong Storybook)), Red Note Records (Red Grammer's Circle of Light: Songs for Bucket Fillers), Sleeveless ("Love Is A Journey"), Sleeveless (Newborn, Too), VTech (Write & Learn Creative Center), Whistlefritz (Spanish for Kids: The Ultimate Collection).
Ten Best Creative Products – Colorforms Brands (Colorforms Classic Set), Crayola (Crayola Cling Creator), Edupress (Exploring Nonfiction Cards), Galison/Mudpuppy (Forest Friends Paper Bag Craft Kit), Grow'n Up (Qwikflip 2-Sided Glow Easel), Horizon Group (Just My Style Personalized Bracelet Maker), Luca (Luca 3D Play Rugs), Pegasus Toy-Kraft (Shadow Theatre), Write Brain World (Write Brain Author's Kit), Zing Toys (StikBot).
Ten Best Active Products - B4Adventure (Playzone-Fit Starter Kit), Bigjigs Toy (Dinosaur Train Set), Diggin Active (Slimeball Dodgetag), Enlivenze (Flipstir Puzzle - Level 2 "Solar System"), NSI Int'l (WubbleX), Oribel (PortaPlay Convertible Activity Center), Pacific Play Tents (Galaxy Combo Junction W/ Glow in the Dark Stars), Tactic Games (Molkky), Tubby Table Toys (Tubby Table), Zorbitz (Twiddle-Fidget Toy & Shape Maker).
Ten Best Building Products - Brackitz (Brackitz), Build & Imagine (Fairytale Theater), Discovery Toys (Stacking Owls), IdentiToy (IdentiToy Interactive Baseplate), ImagAbility (WEDGNETiX ™), Itsphun (Itsphun Geometric Construction Set), Laser Pegs (Super Copter 30 in 1), Lazy Dog (Light Stax 36 piece Classic Set), LEGO Systems (My First Playhouse), MindWare (Pattern Play 3D).
Ten Best Children's Products - 4M Indus.Develop. (Hover Racer), 77SPARX Studio (Puzzingo Kids Learning Puzzles), Adora Dolls (BabyTime), Ann Williams (Craft-tastic Yarn Tree Kit), Fibre Craft (BUtiful Dolls), Green Kids Club (Grizzly Ghost Bear), Griddly Games (Just Add Milk), Nina Charles (Pumpkinheads Book Series), Preschool Prep (Meet the Math Facts), Purple Pancakes (SleeperHero).
Source: www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Releasedetails.aspx?id=73540
Dr. Toy® Announces 100 Best Toys and Children's Products of 2015
Guide to the Best Toys and Children's Products: An Opportunity to be of Service to Families and Schools
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 1, 2015) – As a natural, ongoing part of our work as parents, teachers, early childhood specialists, and others involved with children at home or elsewhere, we observe children at play. With our eyes we see what works…and what doesn't hold up under tough testing – the normal barrage of active, inquisitive, and resourceful babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and older children. This guide is offered to complement your observations and to help you in selecting the right products to enhance your child's play and learning.
We make buying decisions based on lasting play value and product applicability to find a good balance of children's active, creative, and educational experiences. We can depend on the durability and versatility of such items as blocks, construction toys, games, puppets, and transportation toys. They stimulate the imagination, engage the player, have value, and hold up over time. We want to apply these standards to all the play product choices we make. We often hear consumers describe their experience of making a purchase, but shortly after giving little Annie or Danny the product it falls apart – a frustrating and often expensive experience. Products that do not meet safety standards can be dangerous and cause harm to children. We want to avoid these problems and as always strive for excellence.
Dr. Toy spent a great deal of time reviewing a large quantity of varied products created by manufacturers and designers the world over. We make sure the final selections match the extensive criteria for excellence.
Certainly age grading, name recognition, company dependability, versatility of design, and place of purchase are factors to obtain the right product.
Another aspect you can depend on is a warranty. Rising costs for products require everyone to be wise consumers to get lasting value. Durable products, properly designed and developmentally correct are worth the money. Children's positive reactions are worth our care in selection. Dr. Toy utilizes a comprehensive set of objective criteria to evaluate toys and children's products.
Basic questions are:
•Is this product worth the price?
•Does it have lasting "play value"?
•Is it appropriate?
•Is it fun?
•Does it meet safety standards?
Dr. Toy is pleased to again have the opportunity to share years of play and toy experiences with all parents, teachers, and other consumers to assist them in their own selection process to match the child's age and interests.
This timely report features information about l00 wonderful new toys and children's products from large and small companies. The toys and products selected meet our high standards for design, durability, price, quality, safety, and value.
Dr. Toy wants to remind parents and teachers, "Let's not forget that 'play is children's work' and should be respected and understood by all adults. We should be thinking: What products or 'tools for play' can we obtain to provide wholesome experiences for our children and provide plenty of positive and meaningful play interactions."
Dr. Toy's Smart Play/Smart Toys: How to Select and Use the Best Toys and Games, just released in the expanded new 4th Edition, was written for new parents and others who care about children, and is available in toy and book stores or online. Dr. Toy invites consumers to take the time to describe play and product experiences, and ask questions about toys and products.
Following are the award-winning toys and products and their companies grouped in selected categories of "smart" play. You can find out more about each product by assigned codes that designate types of products.
Ten Best Toys- Chronicle Books (Steam Train Dream Train Puzzle), Corolle Dolls (Mon Premier Bebe Calin Christmas Tales), Folkmanis (Folkmanis® Mountain Lion Cub Puppet), Ikonic Toys (Wooden Race Track), Learning Journey (Techno Gears Marble Mania Zoomerang), Magformers (Walking Robot 45Pc Set), Mme Alexander Doll (Madame Alexander's Newborn Nursery 19" Babblebaby), Snappets (Snappets: Dinosaurs), Rubbabu (Animal Puppets), Toy State (Nikko VaporizR 2).
Ten Best Educational Products- Discover w/ Dr. Cool (Rock Tumbler - Pro Series), Discovery Toys (Heartbeat M.D.), Eastcolight (375 Power 50mm Wide Angle HD Sport Telescope (with smartphone adapter)), Fun with Circuits (Fun with Circuits - Adventure with Darkness and more), Math for Love (Prime Climb), MGA (Ultimate Lab Kit), Mightyverse (¡Dígame! Spanish Learning Card Game), OWI (Kingii Dragon Robot), Sound for Life (Forbrain), Yellow Scope (Foundation Chemistry Kit),.
Ten Best Technology Products - Future of Play (Luv'n Learn Friends), Irish Fairy Door (Irish Fairy Door), LeapFrog (Epic), Learning Circle Kids (Reader Bee and The Story Tree), LeapFrog (Scout's Build & Discover Tool Set), LightUp (LightUp Tesla Kit (Bluetooth Edition)), VTech (Kidizoom Action Cam), VTech (Kidzoom Smartwatch DX), Wonder Workshop (Dash), WowWee (R.E.V. (Robotic Enhanced Vehicles)),
Top Ten Best Socially Responsible Products - DuneCraft (Ultimate Habitat, The); Fashion Angels (Garbage to Glam Upcycling), Green Toys (Sport Boats), Kidstir (Kidstir Cooking Kits), Music Together (Mr. Rabbit (Music Together® Singalong Storybook)), Patch Products (Chrono Bomb®), Resonance House (Digging Deep--A Journal For Young People Facing Health Challenges), SmartLab Toys (Girls Only Secret Message Lab), Snigglezoo Entertainment (Joe the Monkey and Friends Learn About Spending Smart), Whole Wide World Toys (World Village Playset - China).
Top Test Best Games - Blue Orange Games (Super Genius - First Words), Brybelly (Story Time Dice), EQtainment (Q's Race to the Top), FoxMind Toys & Games (Maze Racers), Funnybone Toys (Juxtabo), GameWhys (mOre), Goldbrick Games (Skosh), LearningPlunge (GeoPlunge), Lee & Low Books (Compound It All!), Miniland Educational (Emotiblocks).
Ten Best Audio/Video Products - Happy Kids Songs (Happy Kids Songs), Just Play (Peanuts Happy Dance Snoopy), MGA (Mini Lalaloopsy Super Silly Party Musical Cake Playset), Music Together (Hey, Diddle, Diddle (Music Together® Singalong Storybook)), Music Together (Two Little Blackbirds (Music Together® Singalong Storybook)), Red Note Records (Red Grammer's Circle of Light: Songs for Bucket Fillers), Sleeveless ("Love Is A Journey"), Sleeveless (Newborn, Too), VTech (Write & Learn Creative Center), Whistlefritz (Spanish for Kids: The Ultimate Collection).
Ten Best Creative Products – Colorforms Brands (Colorforms Classic Set), Crayola (Crayola Cling Creator), Edupress (Exploring Nonfiction Cards), Galison/Mudpuppy (Forest Friends Paper Bag Craft Kit), Grow'n Up (Qwikflip 2-Sided Glow Easel), Horizon Group (Just My Style Personalized Bracelet Maker), Luca (Luca 3D Play Rugs), Pegasus Toy-Kraft (Shadow Theatre), Write Brain World (Write Brain Author's Kit), Zing Toys (StikBot).
Ten Best Active Products - B4Adventure (Playzone-Fit Starter Kit), Bigjigs Toy (Dinosaur Train Set), Diggin Active (Slimeball Dodgetag), Enlivenze (Flipstir Puzzle - Level 2 "Solar System"), NSI Int'l (WubbleX), Oribel (PortaPlay Convertible Activity Center), Pacific Play Tents (Galaxy Combo Junction W/ Glow in the Dark Stars), Tactic Games (Molkky), Tubby Table Toys (Tubby Table), Zorbitz (Twiddle-Fidget Toy & Shape Maker).
Ten Best Building Products - Brackitz (Brackitz), Build & Imagine (Fairytale Theater), Discovery Toys (Stacking Owls), IdentiToy (IdentiToy Interactive Baseplate), ImagAbility (WEDGNETiX ™), Itsphun (Itsphun Geometric Construction Set), Laser Pegs (Super Copter 30 in 1), Lazy Dog (Light Stax 36 piece Classic Set), LEGO Systems (My First Playhouse), MindWare (Pattern Play 3D).
Ten Best Children's Products - 4M Indus.Develop. (Hover Racer), 77SPARX Studio (Puzzingo Kids Learning Puzzles), Adora Dolls (BabyTime), Ann Williams (Craft-tastic Yarn Tree Kit), Fibre Craft (BUtiful Dolls), Green Kids Club (Grizzly Ghost Bear), Griddly Games (Just Add Milk), Nina Charles (Pumpkinheads Book Series), Preschool Prep (Meet the Math Facts), Purple Pancakes (SleeperHero).
Source: www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Releasedetails.aspx?id=73540
