{"id":5410,"date":"2011-05-06T08:45:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2016-08-14T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T18:37:49","slug":"fisher-price-and-the-power-of-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/05\/06\/fisher-price-and-the-power-of-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher-Price and the power of play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">A<\/span>fter three kids of experience, I must admit that I have become very discerning about the toys I pick for my kids.  Not only am I getting pretty good at picking age- and personality-appropriate toys, I am realizing that there are certain types of toys and features of toys that I&#8217;m drawn to again and again.  I like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>toys that encourage creative play<\/li>\n<li>toys that encourage sustained play<\/li>\n<li>toys that encourage active play (for burning energy)<\/li>\n<li>toys that encourage quiet play (for mommy&#8217;s sanity)<\/li>\n<li>toys that are interchangeable with other toys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also become rather persnickety about toys I don&#8217;t like.  I don&#8217;t like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>toys that don&#8217;t have an off switch for their electronic noises<\/li>\n<li>toys that do all the work, leaving the child nothing to do but turn it on and watch it<\/li>\n<li>toys that require you to buy endless additional pieces and add-ons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Play is how kids make sense of the world, especially in the toddler and preschool age.  Lucas is at such a fun age now, where I can see his awareness of the world around him being reflected in how he plays with his toys.  Scenes from our day often get re-enacted as he makes dinner with a toy kitchen set, or convenes a daycare centre with his stuffed animals.  And of course, there are photographs to be taken and phone calls to Granny to be made!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5580085033\/\" title=\"99:365 Cameraphone TTV by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5094\/5580085033_6803d2c9e1.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"99:365 Cameraphone TTV\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of play and Fisher-Price, how cool is this?  To go with the launch of the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisherpriceplay.ca\/\">Fisher-Price Canada website<\/a>, they&#8217;ve launched a new set of TV commercials, and the commercial features the group photograph of all the Fisher-Price blogger moms.  Here&#8217;s the 20 second spot that&#8217;s currently running on Treehouse TV.       <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FqNXsNfifgU\" class=\"aligncenter\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fun eh?  Lucas and I are kinda, sorta TV stars now!<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of the new Fisher-Price website, have you checked it out yet?  There&#8217;s a contest where you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisherpriceplay.ca\/register\/\">register to win<\/a> a $200 toy package and a $200 spa package.<\/p>\n<p>So tell me, what features do you look for when you evaluate a toy?  What do you love? What makes you crazy?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclosure<\/strong>:  I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m part of the Fisher-Price Play Panel and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After three kids of experience, I must admit that I have become very discerning about the toys I pick for my kids. Not only am I getting pretty good at picking age- and personality-appropriate toys, I am realizing that there are certain types of toys and features of toys that I&#8217;m drawn to again and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/05\/06\/fisher-price-and-the-power-of-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fisher-Price and the power of play&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5421,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions\/5421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}