Toy Guide

Here are some links that provide guidance to parents and grandparents on how to buy safe toys that provide lasting value for their children.

Toy Safety Shopping Tips

Tips for Toy Safety

Dr. Toy’s Product Safety Tips

Dr. Toy’s Guide – Dr. Toy provides children, parents, teachers, grandparents and other adults with important year-round information about the Dr. Toy award winning products. These include toys, dolls, games, puzzles, books, software, CD-ROMs, audio and video discs and tapes, creative materials, construction toys, and much more.

Creative Child Toy Guide – List of award winning toys of children of all ages.

A Grandparent’s Toy Shopping Guide

TRUCE – Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment is a national group of educators deeply concerned about how children’s entertainment and toys are affecting the play and behavior of children in our classrooms.

The National Institute for Play – non-profit public benefit corporation committed to bringing the unrealized knowledge, practices and benefits of play into public life.

Interesting Information on Toys

Amazing Stories of How Toys Developed

How to say “Toy” Around the World

Books

Play by Dr. Stuart Brown – A groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our intelligence and happiness throughout our lives.

Smart Play Smart Toys: How To Raise A Child With A High PQ by Dr. Stevanne Auerbach (Dr. Toy) – Dr. Toy who has dedicated a lifetime to the importance of play and evaluating toys and children’s products, gives you specific advice on which toys to buy, how to use them effectively, what kind of games to play to empower your child’s overall development and much more.