Building Things

September 14, 2009

If your kids have been outside all summer, getting into sports or swimming or just running around in the sun, their well-worn indoor toys may suddenly look like new. Among our Savvy kids’ favorite fall rediscoveries are building toys. They neglected their blocks, LEGOs, and Lincoln Logs for months, but now are falling in love all over again! And

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The Magic of Hard-Hats and Bulldozers: Construction Sites and Why Our Kids Love Them

September 15, 2009

There's nothing like a construction site -- the mounds of dirt; the bright, yellow bulldozers; the cranes -- to capture a certain kind of toddler's attention.  And if you live with this certain kind of toddler, the kind of toddler who, say, spends more time building miniature roads and modeling hard-hats than eating, you've probably wondered

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Build Me A Castle

September 17, 2009

At a certain age, a little boy's affinity for construction toys joins with his nascent pretending skills and the result is some pretty entertaining play -- for both parents and kids alike.   The little tots would be fine in the backyard with some cardboard boxes, but providing him with "tools" to "make" something?  He just might build you a

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Blocks are only the beginning: Best toys to build with!

September 18, 2009

There are some toys are universally classic, and children gravitate towards open-ended toys that let them construct, add-on, and create! No longer limited to the old-school varieties of construction materials like Tinker Toys and Erector Sets, toy companies have taken us to the moon, deep under sea, and to the former Soviet Union with

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A Construction-Themed Birthday Party

September 19, 2009

So your little one is mad about dump trucks. His favorite colors are orange and yellow, he wears hard hats instead of baseball caps, Bob the Builder is his hero -- and naturally, he wants a construction party for his next birthday. Not to worry. You don't have to hire a dump truck to show up to produce some Ooooh's and Ahhhh's. With just a little

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