Blocks And 3d Puzzles

Playful Penguin Pastimes -

Between staying warm, raising chicks, finding food and avoiding predators, a penguin’s life may not sound like much fun.  But penguins have some playful pastimes — many of which are surprisingly similar to human hobbies!

Tobogganing:  Penguins lie on their belly and toboggan through the ice and snow.  This helps them move quickly.

Surfing:  Penguins are often seen surfing through the waves onto land. It is also fun to dive into the water!

If you are a penguin your dinner will consist of seafood.  A penguin’s main diet is fish, though they’ll also eat squid, small shrimplike animals called “krill” and crustaceans.

If you look closely at a penguin’s bill you’ll notice a hook at the end, perfect for grabbing dinner.  They also have backward facing bristles on their tongues that help slippery seafood from getting away.

Penguins don’t live near freshwater — at least none that isn’t frozen.  Instead they drink salt water.  They have a special gland in their bodies that takes the salt out of the water they drink and pushes it out of grooves in their bill.  A handy in-house filtration system!

Read more at: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/facts9.htm

Why not take a minute or two and look through our website’s selections of toddler learning toys which include alphabet and number puzzles.  Our Counting penguins 3d wooden puzzles have just arrived in our latest shipment and are once again available for your children.  These wood puzzles are for ages 3 and up and are painted with lead-free, non toxic paint.

This bag-like creature does not have any bones and it can squeeze itself into the tiniest of openings.  If you guessed the octopus you would be correct.

The world of the octopus - There are about 200 species of octopuses in the world. The biggest is the Pacific Giant Octopus, which weighs over 100 kgs and has a tentacle span of more than seven meters. The smallest is the Atlantic Pygmy Octopus. This one is just two centimeters long.

But unlike their slow-moving cousins, the slowpoke snails, octopuses can move very fast indeed. That’s because their tentacles are covered with small suction pads, with which they cling well to clammy rocks and slippery ocean floors. These suction pads are also super-sensitive to touch and taste. An octopus’ sense of taste is 10 to 100 times more sensitive than that of a human!

Its eyes, too, are highly developed. Thus it can see clearly in dark or murky water. That equips the clever octopus to hunt at night. This clever creature lures its pray by wriggling the tip of a tentacle so that it looks like a worm.

When it is threatened, the octopus secretes an inky substance. This is meant to confuse predators, which gives it time to escape.

Most poisons produced by the octopuses are too weak to harm humans. Only the Blue-Ringed Octopus is an exception – it produces enough poison to kill a human being.  You may read more about this sea life creature at: http://www.pitara.com/discover/earth/online.asp?story=111.

If you have a three year old who might enjoy having his own octopus ImagiPLAY has a line of wooden puzzles to teach the alphabet or counting.  Count Octopus is one of their brightly colored 3d wooden puzzles to help your child learn counting numbers 1-9. Each puzzle piece has a unique number painted on it and each puzzle piece is a different color.

Great for teaching counting as well as colors our 3d wooden puzzles can be found on our website, All I Can Imagine.

Make a fun Valentine’s Card that is made to share.  An added plus is that your child can practice learning about basic math concepts such as number recognition, shapes, and patterns.

While your child designs an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards you may use this craft as a learning tool to reinforce mathematical abilities.

You can see a sample of this craft and get the directions and a list of needed supplies at this website –

http://www.education.com/activity/article/valentine-day-counting-cards/

Hope you enjoy this craft project.  Don’t forget to take a look at our website and see all our number and alphabet 3d wooden puzzles such as our counting penguins pictured here.

Combine fun and learning and you have a happy child.  Educational daycare toddler learning toys play an important role in your child’s development.

Toys have to hold your child’s attention and advancing technology is leading to new innovations is toys specifically designed for toys in daycare centers.  Classic toys such as musical toys, coloring books, paint sets and time tested wooden kids toys are appearing in waiting rooms, Sunday schools, and daycare centers.

Did you know that daycare toys and toddler learning toys are now appearing in shopping malls and toy shops in every possible field?  The variety of children’s wooden toys for parents and educators to choose from includes activity centre toys, sports, science, painting, building block toys and even electronic and computer toys.

Children’s toy collections should include age appropriate toys and with subjects that they are interested in or subjects that you want to introduce to your children.  Remember if a child is bored with a toy, or he finds it too difficult, he will set it aside.

Kids love toys and wood puzzles with a variety of shapes and sizes and in bright primary colors.  By 2-1/2 to 3 years old children have good hand and finger coordination making chunky 3d puzzles a perfect daycare toy. A popular wooden kids toy is our bunnies number puzzle pictured above.  This toddler toy has small parts and is not for children under 3 years old.

Natural wood puzzles make great gifts any time of the year and especially at Christmas. When you want unique educational children’s toys consider natural 3d wood puzzles.  These puzzles double as a craft because when your child is old enough he can paint his puzzle with water colors.

If your child likes puppy dogs he will love all eleven puppies that help make up this 3d wood puzzle.  He will have a great time stacking the puppies on top of one another while he learns to count.  The puzzle stands up by itself and makes a pretty display on a table or bookshelf.

 Keeping your child’s wood puzzles, especially the one with many small pieces such as this toy, on a shelf will help keep all the pieces in one safe place.

Parents and educators are being more careful than ever when purchasing wooden puzzles for their children.  Where they are made is not nearly as important as how they are made.

ImagiPLAY is a manufacture of children’s wooden toys and 3d puzzles and even though they are manufactured in China they remain one of the safest wood toys on the market.  Not only does the Chinese government have to inspect the toys coming out of their country, the USA also inspects the toys before they are sent to the suppliers warehouses.

One of ImagiPLAY’s popular number puzzles is an Octopus painted 3d puzzle and is an educational toy you may use to help teach children numbers 1-9 and colors.  Chunky wood pieces are easy for young children 3 and up to handle.

And, here is an Octopus fact to teach your children:  There is a certain type of Octopus that can transform itself in seconds into a rock shape and can even change the surface and colour of its skin to look rough like the surface of a rock.  When its prey is nearby, it quickly changes shape and eats its prey, which is usually a fish,that has little time to escape, having come so close to what it thought was a rock. Clever!

When kids are engaged and interested with their toys, they simply learn better. After all, just look into a classroom when something is being taught through rote memorization. The children are generally distracted, bored, and uninterested. But when an educational game is being played, the children are excited and happy to be involved. And when tested, games usually show a higher general retention rate.

That’s why parents should always incorporate educational kids toys into their children’s arsenal of products. Whether you’re trying to teach them their numbers, the alphabet, or just basic spatial skills, jigsaw puzzles are a great way to go. Many of these rudimentary puzzles are labeled with numbers or letters, so all your kid has to do is follow the sequence, and they’ll be rewarded with a completed puzzle.