Fisher-Price Little Superstar Sing-Along Stage

An Exciting Experience for Your Little PerformerThe Little Superstar

Sing-Along Stage features a large picture mirror, framed by exciting blinking lights at the top and an "audience" of smiling, cartoon babies at the bottom. Musical instruments with happy faces sit below: a guitar, a keyboard, a drum, and a trumpet. Each instrument has moving parts that activate sounds. The toy comes with a "magic" microphone, which is really a rattle. Shake it, and the sound of the rattle will activate songs and other fun sounds. The lights blink as the music plays, making a spectacular show for your little one to enjoy.

Sing Songs or "Compose" You Own

The toy includes two modes, which are easily selected by sliding a button at the top of the toy. The "sing-along" mode plays five different fun songs, which are activated by shaking the magic microphone or pressing any of the buttons on the musical instruments. Younger babies will enjoy listening to the music and watching the lights blink. They'll also love hearing you sing along with the songs. (We were happy to find that the toy comes with lyric cards.) As your child gets older, she can learn to sing along with you, too.

Select the "build-a-song" mode for your child to experiment with sounds herself. When she shakes the "magic microphone," a voice singing a "scat" will start. When your child plays with any of the musical instruments, she will hear that instrument play. It will continue to play a "solo" until she presses the buttons on any of the other instruments. Their sounds will then be added to the instrumental piece. For example, press the drum, and a back beat will be added. In all, the toy has three different, jazzy "add-on" instrumental pieces -- even our adult toy testers enjoyed these catchy, authentic-sounding tunes. The toy also says several fun phrases, as well as the sound of cheering and applause, encouraging children to dance or sing along.

Musical Toy Grows with Your Child

While we love all of the musical features of this toy, we especially like that the Sing-Along Stage is designed to grow with your child, which means that your child will get a lot of use out of it while making new discoveries as they get older. The toy stands at the perfect height for six-month-old babies to play with while sitting. They will enjoy looking at themselves in the large picture window, watching the blinking lights, and experimenting with the cause and effect features of the buttons. Our two-year-old toy tester also enjoyed this toy -- she loved dancing and singing along with the songs.

Learning Resources Soft Magnetic Combo Set

This giant 154-piece set of magnetic soft foam uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and operation signs and counting stars is a great way to practice building words or performing simple math operations. Soft form material is both durable and washable. Pieces measure 1½".

CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Vtech - Tote 'N Go Laptop Plus

Program your preschooler for early learning with the Tote & Go Laptop Plus! The Tote & Go Laptop Plus offers big style for little learners, and it¿s just like the computer mom and dad use! This unique learning product comes complete with a colorful keyboard and detachable mouse that¿s designed for both left-handed and right-handed users. Plus, the Tote & Go Laptop Plus features 30 engaging activities that teach language, math, games and music. You'll love the nifty handle for easy fold-up and go!

eeBoo I Never Forget a Face Memory Game

I agree with the other reviewers that the pictures are fantastic of all of the children, but wanted to point out the box mine came in (maybe all the boxes?) shows each child's picture with the name of their home country. My 3 and [....] play the game and shout out the names of the countries the children are from as they play. It's so great to hear my kids yelling "Tanzania!" and "Norway!" and "Puerto Rico!" while they flip the cards. I highly recommend this game for your own kids, kids you know, birthday presents for ages 3 and up. Our whole family plays together and the kids sometimes beat the adults : ) We also love eeBoo's "Life On Earth" matching game with amazing illustrations of various flora and fauna on our planet.

Award Winner: Deluxe Toy Cash Register with Scanner, Toy Money & Banking Products.

This is a terrific modern day version of the classic cash register - far improved with new and up-to-date features! It even has a bar code scanner! Children love it! Designed in the UK and superior in quality compared to similar cash registers. It might be a bit more expensive, but when you compare it to cheaper products the quality is far superior and it comes complete with plenty of play money and a credit card too. It even includes a scanner which works very well and easily. Another nice little feature it has is that it turns itself off after a while if not in use which saves you having to remember and on battery usage. It also features a microphone which is great for imaginative play.

A very robust and a solid item which will provide for years of fun. Set includes UK play money (no American currency) including coins and bank notes and a credit card as well. The coins and bank notes are very interesting to read. They are actually labeled for the UK, so they are a bit different from money you would find in a US cash register. Play Fruit and Grocery Boxes are not included but they are sold through Friendly Company as well. Cash Registers are in assorted colors as pictured. "Good value for money." "An essential in any house." Ages 3 & up.

The Cat In the Hat I Can Do That!

The Cat In the Hat I Can Do That! Game gets your kids up and moving in with imaginative, fun-filled and funny activities. As well as providing energizing fun, this innovative game will help foster a sense of confidence in your children. It has won several awards, including the Parents' Choice Gold Award, the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Best Toy Award. It has also been listed as one of the Dr. Toy 10 Best Creative Products.

I Can Do That! Is for kids ages four through eight and is designed for two to four players, making this an ideal family game.

Little Tikes Cookin Fun Interactive Kitchen

This Interactive kitchen has 40 different sounds and sayings. Kitchen recognizes and responds to each food a child plays with. Microwave makes 3 cooking sounds and has a lighted countdown timer. Faucet makes running water, "clinking" dish and silverware sounds. Pretend coffee maker, dishwasher, refrigerator,oven, sink, and 13 accessories.

Product Description
This unique kitchen plays along with children by recognizing and responding to individual foods placed on the burner. Other deluxe features include a microwave that makes three cooking sounds and has a lighted countdown timer. When kids turn on the faucet, they'll hear running water, and when they "wash" the dishes, a motion sensor triggers dish and silverware sounds. Features realistic house details on the outside, plus a pretend coffee maker, dishwasher, refrigerator, oven, sink and 13 accessories. Measures approximately 37" x 30" x 44". Requires 4 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included). Limited warranty.

Bounce House - Inflatable bouncers

Spend some quality family time together with this Inflatable 20' x 10' x 10' Jumping Dodge Ball Bounce House from Shooting Star Design. This high-quality bounce house includes a pump, two soft neoprene dodge balls, and a patch kit for minor repairs, an oversized carry bag for easy storage, and an air blower that plugs into any standard 120V outlet for fast inflation. It is recommended for only 4 players at 100 lbs each inside at the same time for safety.

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Learning Resources Teaching Cash Register

Ring up the fun with the Teaching Cash Register! A perfect addition to any pretend store, this talking cash register helps teach basic math and money skills through creative play. Filled with engaging activities and a drawer stashed with life-size (make-believe) cash, the Teaching Cash Register helps kids make sense of currency with a coin reader that identifies both real and plastic coins. Other features include a generous LCD screen that shows transaction values in large, easy-to-read numbers, a working scale, and a scanner for pretend coupons and credit cards. Four interactive learning games take kids through multiple levels of play, increasing in difficulty as players advance their math skill levels. Large buttons help little fingers total up the orders, while lights and sounds capture the imagination. Winner of numerous awards, including an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, the interactive Teaching Cash Register develops logic, reasoning, and coin recognition skills, and helps animate lessons about addition, subtraction, counting money, making change, and decimal usage.

Math Mat Challenge Talking Floor Mat Game

The Math Mat Challenge

Think quick and move fast! This interactive talking floor mat with fast and crazy quiz games makes learning math fun. Kids listen to the equation, do the math and then step on the right answer. The game gets faster as their scores get higher. Features six different games and two skill levels to reinforce numbers, counting, addition and subtraction up to the number 20. Great for classroom use. Mat measures 34 inches in diameter. Requires 3 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included).

Awards:
toytips.com-ToyTip rating of 5 (2002)
Oppenheim Gold Seal of Approval (2002)
Creative Classroom Teacher Tested Tools Award (2002)
Parents Magazine-Named One of the Best Toys of the Year- Smart Toys for Learning Category (Nov.2002)
Parents Choice 2002 Recommended award Winner
Teacher'c Choice Award- Learning magazine (2002)
Silver Award- Practical Preschool magazine-UK (2002)
The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval (2002)
Canadian Toy Testing Council Three Star Winner (2002)
Babyzone.com Amazing Toy Award (2002)-Math Category

Learning toys - Reviewed and Tested

Here’s the list of tested "learning" toys, in order of kids' preference

VTECH V. FLASH CD LEARNING SYSTEM
What it is: Video game system focused on learning. They call it "edutainment"--a claim that an educational curriculum is woven seamlessly into game-play, so that while kids are having fun finishing the race or saving the world, they're also learning. Also plays music CDs.


For ages: 6 and up


What's cool about it: Incorporates video game-style play with many different curriculums in each V. Disc. Each game focuses on a different discipline, such as math, spelling, or encyclopedia knowledge. The games include increasing levels of difficulty, so kids can progress as they learn.

What's not so cool: Most kids didn't play with it for very long.

What the kid testers said: "It's kind of boring and needs better graphics."Other comments: Requires additional remote for two-player action. Additional games sold separately.




LEAPFROG FLY THROUGH ALGEBRA


What it is: A learning accessory for the FLY pen system. Get step-by-step help solving your beginning algebra homework. Includes 50 pages each of plain and graph paper for solving problems.

For ages: 10 to 15

What's cool about it: When used with the FLY pen, it recognizes the math problems you are solving, and works like a math tutor.

What's not so cool: It didn't get much attention from the kids during the toy test. (CR adult testers said they thought the atmosphere wasn't correct for getting the most out of this toy.)

What the kid testers said: Kids liked that the toy knew what you were writing, and that it talked to you.

Other comments: Requires FLY pentop computer, sold separately. It will require additional paper after the included 100 pages are used up.



LEAPFROG LEAPSTER TV LEARNING SYSTEM



What it is: Game console and controller that connects to a TV to give a learning experience. The games feature popular characters and teach essential school skills to kids from preschool through fourth grade.

For ages: 4 to 10

What's cool about it: Controller has large buttons and is colorful. The controller also includes a stylus with a touchpad to help teach kids handwriting skills.

What's not so cool: Some kids found the controller difficult to use, and the stylus did not accurately recognize objects that kids clicked on.

What the kid testers said: The older kids found it to be too childish and the younger kids found it too hard to use.

Other comments: Additional games sold separately (cost $18 to $25). Includes one controller, but two-player games require another controller. See also the Leapster Learning Game System or Leapster L-MAX Hardware they got better reviews and are portable hand-helds.



BRAIN AGE


video game for Nintendo DS and DS Lite game systems

What it is: A game cartridge that claims to train your brain. Contains math and reading challenges designed to improve how quickly you think. It also uses voice recognition for some of the games. However, according to Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, a neuroscientist from Japan who specializes in brain imaging, playing typical video/computer games does not engage a large portion of the brain.

For ages: Everyone

What's cool about it: A lot of kids didn't give it a chance, since playing "Super Mario Bros" had more action. Some of the older kids, ages 9 and up, found it exciting to think they were getting smarter by playing this video game.

What's not so cool: The cartridge can only be used with the Nintendo DS or DS Lite player sold separately.

What the kid testers said: Even though it was a low-interest toy, some kids really did like it. Said one tester, "It's so fun to learn how fast your brain goes."

Other comments: It also includes Sudoku, a numerical variation on a crossword puzzle.



Source: ConsumerReports.org - Everything you need to know before you buy.

Watch Your Children Fall in Love With Books

A unique touch and talk device that brings stories to life, the Tag Reading System works with a library of books and games from LeapFrog. Funny voice-overs and cool sound effects add to the fun of discovery, helping ensure that children four to eight love the way this interactive, educational system boosts their confidence and their reading level.

Let's Play Tag!

With a wide grip that's perfect for little hands, the Tag reader adds a unique element to story time. The included book, Ozzie and Mack, features the rhyming adventures of Ozzie Otter and his playful animal friends. Text for this book is preloaded onto the Tag reader, so as soon as you load two AAA batteries (not included) into the reader, the story can begin.

A little camera in the tip of the reader identifies words and symbols on the specially printed pages, giving kids lots of options. They can pick between starting a story at the beginning and having it read all the way through, playing a page at a time, or reading themselves and using the Tag reader to hear single, tricky words spoken aloud. This last option inspires kids to try reading books they might otherwise avoid, since the Tag reader is always there to help them out.
Young readers are sure to enjoy the way character voices add drama to their favorite stories, the way touching certain pictures inspires quirky sound effects, and the leveled activities included in LeapFrog books.

Explore the World of Reading

LeapFrog presents a library of books that are compatible with the Tag reader. Classics like The Little Engine That Could come to life, and kids' favorite characters, such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Kung Fu Panda, help them connect with new stories. LeapFrog has even teamed with National Geographic Kids to present activity cards featuring different animals that the Tag reader brings to life.
To use additional books and games, you'll need to install the LeapFrog connect application on your computer. Once this is done, it becomes easy to download audio for the books you have and put them on your Tag reader. Use the included USB cable to connect the reader to your computer, and drag-and-drop up to five stories onto it.

Watch Children Fall in Love With Books

Young readers may be too busy following the escapades of their new friends to realize they are building phonics skills, expanding their vocabulary, and improving their reading comprehension. The Learning Path can help you keep up with their progress. This parent-centered section of the LeapFrog connect computer application allows you to download education information from the reader to your computer and track your child's progress. Use it to help customize your child's unique learning journey and celebrate educational milestones.
Overall, this innovative touch system makes reading an enjoyable experience, and there's plenty of room for the system to grow with your child's skills. Watching as children learn new skills and thinking up new ways to be involved in the learning process keeps adults on their toes. While the reader seemed quite durable, the imaginative world of stories that it opens up is a gift that will long outlast the reader itself.

Experts advocate incorporating music into children's lives as soon as possible.

Research shows that kids benefit greatly from early exposure to music, and music education experts advocate incorporating music into children's lives as soon as possible. With the MegaBlocks Smart Builder Piano, your little one can get hands-on with music from a very early age. Children can play the keyboard and experiment with making their own sounds, or they can connect the music blocks to the keyboard to create different musical arrangements. With its many creative functions, this toy provides many levels of fun that grow with children ages 1 through 4.

"Smart Builder" Blocks Create Music Fun and Learning

The Smart Builder Piano features a piano-style keyboard with eight oversized keys that are perfect for little hands. It comes with seven "Smart Builder" blocks: three song blocks, three instrument blocks, and one "beat" block. These blocks can be stacked on the keyboard's three prongs.

Without the Smart Builder blocks, the keyboard plays with a piano sound. But if you connect the xylophone or electric guitar block, the keyboard will generate those instrument sounds. Stack on a song block -- "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "Old McDonald," or "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" -- and the keyboard will play that song. Press the "play" button to hear the song in its entirety, or your child can play the song herself on the keyboard. The piano will play the song regardless of which keys are pressed, which makes it exciting and easy for your child to experiment with the song's rhythm and tempo. With the "beat" block, a fun percussion beat is added to the arrangement.

Over 100 Different Configurations

We especially like how the toy lends itself to fun experimentation, with the ability to create over 100 musical arrangements by stacking the Smart Builder blocks in different configurations. Kids can experiment with stacking up a song and two musical instruments; two songs and all the instruments; or even put all of the Smart Builder blocks together to hear what happens.

We also like that kids have the option of creating their very own music. Our two-year-old tester naturally started playing the keyboard and was delighted with making her own sounds. The only problem was that some keys on our test keyboard were prone to sticking, which made it a bit difficult, though by no means impossible, for her to play with complete ease.

The Smart Builder Piano also gives older kids a fun introduction to "reading" music. The instructions include the sheet music for one song, which is written in color-coded notes to correspond with the keyboard keys. The keyboard is also compatible with MegaBlocks toys. Your child can incorporate the keyboard into her MegaBlocks building, or she can play with the keyboard on its own.

Green Toys - Educational, Fun, Safe and Eco Friendly

Are you bored with tic-tac-toe? Think you know all the moves that will prevent you from losing? Then you've never tried Gobblet a four-in-a-row, tic-tac-toe game where you can move pieces around the board to increase your chances of winning - or losing. Simply move your piece to a vacant spot, or gobble up an opponent's smaller piece to gain the advantage. Pay close attention to the board - by moving a piece, you may uncover a previously gobbled up token that will have your opponent declaring victory. It includes wooden game board and storage area, 24 wooden Gobblets, and instructions. This game is for two players. Blue Orange plants two trees for every tree used to produce their games.

Quadrilla Twist and Rail is the versatile introduction to the Quadrilla system. Quadrilla is the next generation of marble runs. It is a system of blocks, tracks and accessory pieces that allow the energy of a marble to travel down a make-your-own path. Beautiful wood tracks and a rainbow of colored blocks, each with a different function, are the starting point for endless constructions for marbles to drop to a new level, go right or left, swirl in a funnel, or pour out of a teeter totter. Quadrilla's versatile design allows a child to determine the marble's path and the options are endless. Simple 2 or 3 level switches or complex multi-level, multi-direction layouts are possible depending on the builder's understanding of the function of each piece. this is a logical, sturdy product where the process of building is as much fun as the process of playing.

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Ultimate LEGO DUPLO Building Set

Ultimate LEGO DUPLO Building Set

Little builders with big imaginations will love diving into this tub of colorful LEGO bricks. Comes with building plate, wagon base and figure to help inspire role-play fun. New container allows for easy clean-up and efficient storage. The transparent lid lets little builders display their models. 71 pieces.

My son got this set when he was 1 year old. The recommended age is 18 months to 5 years but it's safe enough for a 1 year old to start learning how to put the pieces together. He loves to play with his legos as I did when I was a kid. This is a great toy that helps develop you child's motor skills and creativity.

Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel

Inspire your young Picasso with the Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel. This easel will fuel your child's imaginative side and gives them the freedom to create with an extra-large chalkboard, dry-erase board, and easy-load paper roller. Your budding artist will be inspired by free-form expression and spend hours drawing, painting, sketching, and doodling. It is also an excellent educational item and children love playing school with the chalkboard side. This work station is ideal for kids ages four through 10 and has an adjustable height to accommodate the little ones as they grow.

A Great Alternative to Professional Easels

Just like a professional easel, this work station is generously sized so that children can complete projects both big and small. Its durable wood construction ensures that it won't tip and it folds up easily for convenient storage. The easel also has a sturdy paint tray with cup holders for easy use and clean-up, and another tool tray that holds erasers, chalks, and clips. Four large, colorful clips are included with this easel. Paper rolls can be loaded effortlessly into the holder and a paper cutting edge at the top delivers clean cuts and leaves your artist's work whole. Parents may have to assist removing and loading the paper, as it can be difficult for kids to do on their own. (The paper rolls and paint cups are not included.) A standing easel is essential for any young artist. This large easel has a chalkboard, dry erase board, and paper roller to let the children express themselves with different mediums. It also has an adjustable height that grows with the creator and delivers years of use. The brightly colored tool containers are capacious enough to hold lots of different items and are simple for tiny fingers to utilize. This toy will unleash the little artist inside every child and could spark a lifelong interest in fine art.

Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper - Endless Fun

I am not usually a fan of toys that make noise, but this one never gets old. My son loves this toy, infact he is playing with it right now. Even his older cousins still love to play with and they are 4 years old. The Busy Ball Popper is a must have for your young one.

Get silly with poppin', droppin' colored balls! Pump the plunger and drop the balls onto the spiral track. When they reach the bottom, look out - the balls pop out the top! Giggles are guaranteed with wacky sound effects and 8 lively songs to help keep the fun rolling along. The Playskool Busy Ball Popper has won numerous toy awards, including American Baby's Best Toy, Child Magazine's Best Toy, and the NAPPA Gold Award.

Fisher-Price Elmo Live

Is it live or is it Elmo Live? For the first time ever, in this truly life-like creation, Elmo really appears to be speaking as his mouth opens and closes just like a muppet. His mannerisms are right on target and his head bobbles back and forth as he speaks. Elmo waves his arms, sits and stands, and even crosses his legs while telling stories and jokes, singing songs and playing games. Children can activate the magic with a tickle or a squeeze of Elmo's foot, tummy, back or nose.

Elmo fans will delight in Elmo Live! This latest version of everyone's favorite Sesame Street character has Elmo talking, singing, telling jokes, and a lot more. With an interactive style, Elmo Live! encourages creative play, and with his wide variety of actions, he can entertain a kids through different stages of their development, from 18 months onward. This toy has recieved good reviews and is a vast improvement from the Tickle-Me Elmo.

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Holiday Toy List - Watch Videos of your Favorite Toys in Action

Make holiday shopping this year easy on you and your budget. This holiday toy list is designed to give you some ideas for great gifts for you loved ones this year. Forget the holiday rush in crowded shopping centers, I shop online. It's fast, easy and it saves me time and money. Look for items that have free shipping options and order them well in advance to get them in time for Christmas. This years holiday toy list includes many of this years greatest toys at low prices. You can easily shop by age or by price. Click the picture above to shop for toys and watch videos of each toy in action.

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Webkinz - Most Popular Toy for 2008?

Everywhere I look it seems that Webkinz are topping the lists for most popular toy in 2008.

What Are Webkinz?

Webkinz are stuffed animals that were originally released by the Ganz company on April 29, 2005. The toys are similar to many other small plush toys. However, each Webkinz toy has an attached tag with a unique "Secret Code" printed on it that allows access to the "Webkinz World" website. On Webkinz World, the Secret Code allows the user to own a virtual version of the pet for virtual interaction.
There are also smaller, less expensive versions of the toys called Lil' Kinz. In June 2008, Webkinz opened its own eStore, where users can buy virtual items such as furniture and virtual pets.

Kids hunt through bins of Webkinz

Gameplay

Each Webkinz stuffed animal and Webkinz accessory comes with an 8-character code. By registering this code on the Webkinz website, you "adopt" this pet in the virtual Webkinz World. Without the Secret Code, the user may not get access to the Webkinz world. Toy animals that are missing tags are not supposed to be sold by retailers, and removal of the tags without purchasing the animal is considered shoplifting. If a user forgets a login name and password, they can always go back to the Secret Code to gain access. Without the Secret Code, a user cannot recover a lost account. Currently, accounts expire within one year, unless another Webkinz animal is purchased, and that animal added to the user account.

The Webkins World is an online play area with its own economy. The user receives money (called KinzCash) by adopting new pets, playing online games, answering general knowledge questions, and through daily activities like clicking "I love my Webkinz!", spinning the Wheel of WOW, playing Wishing Well 2, or completing jobs (minigames) available once every 8 hours. Each day, there is a Game of the Day which can be played for bonus KinzCash, and other bonuses are available each hour, full days on weekends and afternoons only on weekdays. With each Webkinz toy purchased, more money, rooms, and items are added to the user's account.
Users can spend their KinzCash at what is called the W Shop, where they can purchase food and clothing for their pet, items for their pet's room or to build additional rooms onto their house, or outdoors areas etc. Users can decorate a room for their pet with pre-made themes, or mix and match their own furniture.

The online world also contains many rare or exclusive items. Some of these items require developing a friendship with the Curio Shop owner to purchase, while others you get for registering other Webkinz accessories you purchase in the real world. Each type of pet gets a special food available exclusively for them. Also, a Pet of the Month is announced at the beginning of each month. If a person registers the announced pet in that month, they will receive other exclusive items.

Many of the tasks in Webkinz World involve collecting items. For example, recipes are released for the players through cookbooks you can purchase or one of the TV Shows called The Secret Chef. Gems can be mined once a day at the Curio Shop, with a full set of gems being turned into the Webkinz Crown of Wonder and buy exclusive items. A similar feature, called Alyssa's Star Hunt, involves users clicking on colored stars to find valuable stars. You can also go to Dr. Quack for a check up on your Webkinz' health.

Some other features of Webkinz include:
The ability for players to create their own shows with the Webkinz Studio, and enter to be chosen to appear on the Webkinz television.
Buying a swimming pool, where you can have your Webkinz swim around. This increases their health.
Sending gifts or letters to friends on a peer-to-peer network.
Invite a friend over to your house, where you can chat and interact with some board games and items.
Participate in the hourly events, which can earn you prizes, KinzCash, and coupons, among other things.
Play Wacky Bingoz, a form of Bingo where you get one, two, and three ball games every day.
Brushing your pets teeth, hair, washing paws/feathers/feet etc, bathing.

Parental concerns

Concerns have been raised about children's use and overuse of the toys. Some worry that children will become addicted to the game. Other parents say that it will only help the kids learn. Some parents have voiced concerns about the website's online chat system. The KinzChat chat system has various safety precautions, with restrictions on who can send messages. Additionally, users cannot type, but can choose phrases to say from a list. Concerns have also been raised about the toys being a distraction in schools, causing the toys to be banned in some schools. Concerns were also raised when the once advertisement-free site started displaying advertisements, previously only for their own additional game related products, but now also for movies, such as ''Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Bee Movie Some of the advertisements promote responsibility or healthy living. There is an option that parents can use to block ads that promote sites not sponsored by or affiliated with Webkinz or Ganz. However, if enabled, this option can not be changed until 30 days have passed.


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