The Solar System by Teach My includes the dwarf planet, Pluto! We have had a few emails inquiring about how we handled the issue of ‘Pluto’ in our newest learning set, The Solar System By Teach My.
I’ll start out by saying, I am a huge fan of Pluto. We named our cat after the planet, Pluto because he is small and gray and at one time, our car had a bumper sticker that read “Honk if You Believe Pluto Is A Planet!”
Therefore, when we created The Solar System by Teach My, Pluto was top-of-mind! We knew we needed to tread carefully because Pluto has become quite controversial. In The Solar System By Teach My set, as stated on the NASA website, we say Pluto is no longer considered a planet, Pluto has been re-classified as a dwarf planet. Be certain, to take this opportunity to teach your little one a snippet of history and explain that Pluto was, at one time, considered a full size planet!
Teach My Baby: Are you wondering if the duck in the Teach My Baby ‘Sound & Touch’ section is really a duck? Well, before producing Teach My Baby, we did our research! We chose to photograph a duck at our local farm in Toronto. It was white, not the traditional yellow. We did question it, so immediately began researching types of ducks. The duck that is featured in Teach My Baby is called a Pekin duck. In 1873, nine Pekin ducks were exported from China to Long Island, New York. It is now the most popular commercial duck breed in the United States! So you can rest assured, you are showing your little one a duck and in fact, it is a great platform to explain that ducks come in many shapes, sizes and colors!
Teach My is live in New York City this week! We are peddling our wares at the world’s largest toy marketplace, New York Toy Fair.
The 109th annual American International Toy Fair® is the largest toy and youth product marketplace in the Western Hemisphere, bringing together more than 1,100 exhibiting manufacturers, distributors, importers and sales agents from around the globe to showcase their toy and entertainment products.
From classic toys to interactive entertainment and everything in between, the Toy Fair playground includes: action figures and dolls, games and puzzles, construction toys, arts and creative activities, earth-friendly products, bicycles, tricycles and ride-ons, radio-controlled vehicles, infant and preschool toys, cars, trucks, and trains, puppets and plush, audio and video cassettes, computer software and video games, playground and sporting equipment, Halloween, Christmas, books, stationery, party supplies, and much more.
Sorry to disappoint but the show is not open to the public, however, New York Toy Fair helps Teach My get their products into stores closer to you and your family!
Buyers, bloggers and journalists, please stop by the Teach My booth #5542 in the Infant/Preschool section.
GUEST POST FOR TAILWAGS HELMET COVERS
This week, I wrote a guest post for Karyn Climans of Tailwags Helmet Covers. Karyn is an old friend and business colleague! I was dying to tell her about my adventures wearing her Skunk Helmet Cover at my son’s school ski day! It’s not every day I dress up as a Big Stinker Skunk … And, no, it wasn’t Halloween! On my son’s school ski day, I decided to shake things up a bit by wearing a Tail Wags Skunk helmet cover and the reactions I got from the students, other parent volunteers, teachers and total strangers were hilarious…
You can read the full post in Karyn’s Blog this week
Last week, I sat down with Gilt Kids to discuss the five top ways to make your kids smarter. Here is a peek at our conversation:
Twelve hours. That’s how much time you have to get your kids up, dress them, play with them, take them to day care, go to work, undress them, bathe them, and tuck them in. We get exhausted just thinking about it. And somewhere in between there you need to teach them: ABC’s, colors, numbers, you name it. So we asked Christy Cook, president of Teach My, the easiest ways to give your baby’s brain a boost. Follow these 5 tips, and by the time your kids go to kindergarten, they’ll skyrocket straight to the head of the class. Read More
