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Pete Chagnon – OneNewsNow – 10/30/2009 5:40:00 AM
A physician with the Christian Medical Association believes there will be enough swine flu vaccine for anyone who wants it.
Dr. John Greene tells OneNewsNow that more than one-billion people worldwide may become infected with Novel H1N1, a virus better known as swine flu. Vaccines have slowly been coming onto the market, but Greene notes that anyone who wants or needs a vaccine against swine flu should be able to get one before the end of the year.
“I would say that within the next month or two, they will have hit most of the high-risk people — and then anybody else who is lower down on the list for risk, [it] will be available to them,” predicts Greene. “And then eventually everyone who wants it will ultimately get it. The question is how fast, and I think in the next month…most people who need it will have gotten it.”
The physician also believes that the Obama administration declaring swine flu a national emergency was a wise move because it is pushing people to get vaccinated at a much higher rate.
*** We at blocksand3dpuzzles.com hope your family stays healthy this year but we know most families will suffer some colds and children may have to stay inside for a day or two. Therefore, we’d like to suggest having a new toy or two tucked away in your closet for such a time.
A quiet wooden kids toy for age two up is a colorful rollercoaster, bead maze toy. Available styles are Apple Tree, Cactus Tree and a Palm Tree.
As always, we would like to remind parents and educators to frequently wipe down your children’s learning toys.
Surprise your child this Christmas with a new Arctic play set. Wooden play sets are one of the best childrens learning toys on the market.
The internet is full of useful information for both parents and teachers and as you use kids learning toys as props your lessons will have more meaning and excitement for your children.
You can begin your lesson with such facts as: The North Pole and the South Pole are also referred to as the Polar Regions. The Arctic is the area around the North Pole.
Although you can walk to the North Pole, you are really just walking on ice. There is no land beneath you, which is unlike the South Pole that has a continent called Antarctica underneath all that ice and snow.
Continue your lesson with this fact: Snow can be very difficult to walk on, because it crushes down when you step on it. Man invented snowshoes, which are very wide shoes that look like tennis rackets. This distributes the weight over a large area, and allows a person to walk easily on top of the snow.
Go to http://www.americazoo.com/kids/arctic.htm and see beautiful pictures of arctic animals and read other interesting facts to use with your Arctic wooden playset.
Development of your child’s emotional well-being can be accomplished through play. By providing childrens learning toys such as wood play sets your child can play and at the same time master his environment.
When children feel safe, successful and confident, they will gain principles of positive emotional health. Playing with educational toys will also help create strong bonds between the parent and child.
When playing with wooden kids toys, such as a zoo playset that has many pieces, don’t hesitate to “change the rules” and use only some of the pieces to simplify the play. Even though this learning toy is meant to provide open-ended play time some children may need simplified play and require less pieces in the beginning.
Provide promps as needed to ensure your child continues to stay interested in his toy and successful and motivated. Throughout the day it may be a good idea to plan short time frames of play and know when to end a play session and move on to another type of learning toy.
Parents and grandparents alike love buying wooden toys for their kids and grandkids. Sure, kids love electronic gadgets, but most of all they love childrens learning toys in which they can use their imaginations.
Less confusing than video games or DVS’s, parents and grandparents find buying wooden toys less stressful and feel more confident that they are purchasing a toy that will not go out of fashion. What joy comes from giving a child new wooden board games, wood puzzles or from watching a child pretend-driving a wood truck or train.
Just about all wooden toys for children are easy and fun for both the child and parent or grandparent to play with and they will reduce the noises around you.
When you are Christmas shopping for a toy for boy or girl keep in mind all the wonderful natural wood 3d puzzles such as the Santa puzzle pictured.
Everyone enjoys the thrill of seeing a completed puzzle. From kids to seniors there are puzzles of various sizes and designs being assembled on a table or floor all over the country.
Playing with wooden puzzles takes patience and concentration and children can begin to learn to solve problems with these popular childrens learning toys. By trying several ways to fit a puzzle piece in place, they are learning the value of flexible thinking, and of persistence.
Learning with 3d puzzles is a good way for a young child to get exposure to puzzle building. Chunky pieces are easy for the young child to grasp and play with. Fine motor shills will be sharpened by manipulating the pieces and fitting them in their proper space.
Wooden puzzles have a touch and feel that children love and they are often painted in the bright red, yellow and blues that children find attractive.
Because kids love cardboard blocks, having blocks such as Little Reader Blocks can be a wonderful tool to use not only for English speaking children but also for teaching English as a second language (ESL). Teach nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives and prepositions.
Using these cardboard blocks in conjunction with phonemic awareness will enable your students to understand that each letter has it own unique sound and will help them understand the basic sounds of our language.
These children’s learning toys, when used to teach kids to read, will help open up an understanding of the basic sounds in groups of words and they will be able to apply letter-sound relations with greater ease as you make up games using their kids building blocks during lessons.
Little Reader Cardboard Building Blocks are 3”square and easy for young children to pick up and play with. With these building block toys you can incorporate many games into your lessons and make learning reading basic sight words more enjoyable for your kids.
Decrease the clutter in your waiting room . Waiting rooms in doctor offices, dentist offices, spa’s, gyms, car dealerships, day care centers and retail stores can keep kids busy playing with activity play panels.
Geared for kids 0-6 years old the play panels come completely assembled and include a variety of childrens learning toys both boys and girls will enjoy playing with by themselves or with other children.
Brightly colored panels include games young children love to play with including: telephone & dial, steering wheel, crazy mirror, spinning crab, clock and bead maze and more are included on each play panel. There are no choking/tripping hazards and each panel is age and height related.
Hygienic, easy to clean and a snap to install on any pole or wall, these toys for waiting rooms will be a great benefit for stores because customers stay and spend more when the children are safely occupied.
Single panels or tripod versions available online.
When your day is crammed with too much to do and your kids are looking for some attention take a break and spend some time playing together. Everything will go smoother and you will create a memory making experience.
This might be a perfect time to pull out a new adventure playset you have tucked away in the closet for just such an occasion. Kids who are beginning to show an interest in space would enjoy some new space themed childrens learning toys.
Exploring our Galaxy will be fun with a Zoom to the Moon playset that includes wooden figures of aliens, animals and even a spaceship. Then you could make a stop at the library and check out some new books to read together.
Another idea is to search the Internet for coloring pages about space and spaceships. Plan a day of space-fun and arrange to throw an outer space themed party including recipes and crafts.