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Glinda over at Teeny Manolo lists her favorite classic toys. While not all of these qualify as being “without noise” (I haven’t played Operation in – oh – 25 (cough! cough!) years and I can still hear the buzzer clear as day), they certainly are a far cry better than much of what’s [...]
I just came across this post on About.com listing some top science toys.
I need to remember that “toys” doesn’t have to mean legos, Matchbox cars and Barbies.
Link: Top Science Toys
It’s funny, but we discovered that one of the best ways to keep our house quiet was by introducing noise. Well, not so much “noise” as music.
When the kids start running wild, when they’re not able to focus on a toy for more than 10 seconds at a time, or when they start running into [...]
From my other life, a humorous view into the real hidden danger posed by noisy toys:
No, folks, the REAL hazard here of being a work-at-home mom is lifting an HP Proliant server while stepping on noisy motion-sensor baby toys that will start flashing lights and making noise.
As always, read the whole post for the full [...]
I’m slowly starting to build out my blogroll, and in searching around the web found the cool Quiet Hours Toys blog. As like their online toy store, it highlights some of the unique, artisan-crafted items that you can give as gifts and probably be pretty comfortable that you won’t be giving a duplicate of [...]
Our thanks goes out to our friend Cathy for this tip (which maybe deserves to be tip of the century, even.)
While we may prefer toys without noise for our kids, we of course do have plenty of toys with noise. Lots of noise. And, more often then not, with no volume control what-so-ever.
The [...]
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