Sunday, October 24, 2010

LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle (4842)

LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle (4842)Lord Voldemort and also the Dementors lie in wait on the outside Hogwarts fort! That Dementors are undoubtedly surrounding Hogwarts, and a combat among Voldemort along with Harry is absolutely growing. Harry and Dumbledore appear to be head to head with the Voldemort, while McGonagall together with Flitwick attempt to maintain vital things in hand at Hogwarts. Glance into the castle to uncover amazing details, for example Dumbledore’s workplace using sliding steps, the Slytherin plus Gryffindor popular rooms, the Limited Area of the library and the Great Lounge decorated in Slytherin and Gryffindor colors.

Magic and mystery haunt the halls in the Hogwarts Castle!The Dementors have the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry surrounded, and an epic battle between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort is looming! Harry and Dumbledore encounter He Who Should Not Be Named though Professors McGonagall and Flitwick attempt to maintain the school secure. Explore this vital Harry Potter set to discover incredible details like Dumbledores workplace with sliding spiral staircase, the Slytherin and Gryffindor typical rooms, and so much more!Consists of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and 9 minifigures exclusive to this set Lord Voldemort, Professor Dumbledore, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Argus Filch and his cat, Mrs. Norris and 2 Dementors Dumbledores workplace capabilities the Sorting Hat, Gryffindors Sword, a Basilisk fang and secret sliding stairs Gryffindor typical room features fireplace with Sirius Blacks encounter Tom Riddles book hidden inside the knights armor Restricted section of the library integrated Astronomy Tower and Vanishing Cabinet Fantastic Hall decorated with Slytherin and Gryffindor colours

What they say

This is currently my favorite set. It has three instruction books, if that means anything to you. The set has plenty of cool hidden things, including Sirius's face hidden is the fire, and Tom Riddle's Diary. The characters integrated are all great, except I have to complain about the lack of Ron. 3 characters (Harry, Hermione, and Dumbledore) are double faced. The set will need patience as well as moment, but it is worth it.

- Charles W. Roth
- Charles W. Roth

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Learn With Educational Toys

Why Educational Toys? because it can stimulate children's cognitive. These include improving the ability to concentrate and solve problems. But anyway, how to distinguish these types of toys other toys? Below are the discription of educational toys (according to Dra. Mayke S. Tedjasaputra, M.Sc, developmental psychologists from the Faculty of Psychology UI, which also play therapist).

What kind of toy that suit as educational toys?

* Intended for children under five
Toys / Games Tools / Equipment Exhibit that was deliberately designed to stimulate a variety of basic skills in toddler / baby toys.

* Versatility
Educational games can be a variety of toys that could stimulate children..

* Practicing problem solving
When playing the child was asked to perform problem solving. In the puzzle game for example, children were asked to arrange the pieces to be intact.

* Train the basic concepts
Through the toys, children are trained to develop basic skills such as knowing the shape, color, scale, also train the fine motor.

* Train the thoroughness and diligence
With Toys Education, kids do not just enjoy but are also required to carefully and diligently when to do it.

* Stimulate creativity
Educative game encourages children to always be creative through a variety of toys. When children accustomed from childhood to produce works, through game design Wooden Toys for instance, they would be more innovating to create a work.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

* Practicing motor skills
Stimulation for fine motor obtained when a child, grabbing, holding the fifth finger, and so forth. Meanwhile, gross motor stimulation obtained children while waving his toys, throwing, lifting, and so forth.

* Train concentration
Educational Games Tools designed to explore the ability of the child, including the ability to concentrate. While developing puzzle, say, children are required to focus on the picture or shape in front of them - they did not running around or perform other physical activities so that its concentration could be unearthed. Without concentration, the result could be not satisfactory.

* Introduce the concept of cause and effect
For example, by inserting small objects into large objects that the child will understand that smaller objects can be contained within a larger object. Meanwhile, larger objects can not enter into smaller objects. It is the understanding of the concept of cause and effect are very basic.

* Train the language and insights
The educational game is a very good educational tool when coupled with the storytelling. This will provide additional benefits for children, ie increasing of language skills also insights.

* Introduce colors and shapes
From Educational Games, children can recognize diversity / variety of shapes and colors. There is a box-shaped object, rectangular, round with a variety of colors; blue, red, green, and others....

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Children Games

"Children games can not be separated with childhood which are beautiful and exhilarating."
- Children Philosopher –

When we asked about childhood, we would gladly tell you many enjoyable experiences ever experienced. It's all so beautiful and exhilarating. Why is that? Because childhood is a period play. Most or even all of the kids activities are playing!

But there are many parents who think that playing is wasting time. They prefer to see their children learn sit neatly without fuss, instead of (moving) and sound (noice).

Playing an effective way to learn
In fact, if all parents know and realize that the activities of the motion and the sound of the children is the most effective way for children to learn something. Therefore, play is a fun activity for children.

Through games, children will experience a sense of happiness. With a feeling of joy make nerve / neuron in the brain of children link up each other to form a new memory. That is why the children easily learn something through the game.

The need for play

* Learning by playing
The game should have a value equal to learning. Children can learn through the game (learning by playing). Many things that children learn with games, balanced between motoric skills strongly influence the psychological development of children. As word Reamonn O Donnchadha in his book The Confident Child "The game will give the opportunity to learn to deal with personal life situations as well as learn to solve problems."

* Games to develop the right brain
In addition, of course, children have the opportunity to test his ability to deal with their friend and develop a realistic sense of himself. Playing through the games or give children the opportunity to develop the right brain, which may be less honed skills at school and at home.

* The game developed a pattern of socialization and child emotional
In social play, children learn about the socialization that put himself as a social creature. Children learn the value of personal success when it managed to enter a team. When children play the role of 'good' or 'evil' to make children rich of emotional experiences, the child will understand the feelings of fear and rejection related to the situation that he faced.

With play activities provide the opportunity for children to practice a sense of disbelief to others and ability in negotiating, solving problems (problem solving) or just hang out with people around him.
Type of game
Basically, all kinds of games have the same goal which is to play with fun! The difference is the effect of these types of games. There are two types of games, namely: Active Games and Passive Games. Active and passive game should be done with balance.

* The game sports (sport):
For man, woman, sports no longer be a game but something serious and competitive. But for children, sport can be an exciting game that contains fun, entertainment, and play, but also the participatory element and a desire to excel.

In sports games, children develop kinesthetic capabilities and the development of motivation to show their supremacy (the emphasis is not on competition but on the ability) to give strength to himself and learn to develop themselves every time.

* Brawl game (body contact):
These types of games including modern game, but many parents and teachers looked at Skeptic and worried, it is reasonable because the effects possible serious. This game is a game type that requires modification of the seriousness of the child to meet the needs for power.

It is healthy and positive for children, useful to examine the advantages and strengths in the environment. Type of game is to test the ability and thinking of children in the real world with all its consequences.

Categories passive game

* Mechanical Games
Along with the technology development provides a major influence in the development of games for children. Sophisticated technological tools such as computer no longer belongs to adults, but has become a regular item for the children.

Various games or virtual game has been available in it (computer). Playing computer is not the same as playing with friends, kids play alone with pleasure.

The negative side
The negative side of this mechanical game is the lack of attitude formation of the child to receive and give (take and give). Children have full control over 'playmates' and 'the playmates' will do whatever the child wants. This control will cause a serious reaction in the friendship of children in their social environment.

Positive side
However, the positive things the child has the computer skills that will be required in the future of their life.

* Fantasy games
Fantasy is a game which practice by its own. Children can shape the world as they wish (imagination). We recommend that parents do not force the child to always play with his friends because it would create the impression that play with itself was wrong.

Fantasy game in addition to the developement creative process ability of right brain , also for the formation of interpersonal intelligence (one of the eight intelligences multiple intelligence theory, Howard Garner)...

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Games For Children Family Gathering Tips

To develop the skills of children,we need to choose the educational games. But besides that we also need a way for children to enjoy the game. Below are following games can suit the ideas:

Age 2-3 years:
1. Racing move the ball from the bucket into the basket
2. Competition collect paper distributed at the arena, the winner is the most.
3. Cake eating contest.

Ages 4-6 years:
1. Race to move the flag from one bottle to another bottle.
2. Coloring contest
3. Competition dancing & be a statue (if music be turned off should be a statue, who ever move, defeated)
4. Cracker eating contest

Age 7-11 years:
1. Move the marbles race with a spoon.
2. Sack race
3. Enter pencil (which tied at the waist) into the bottle with his hands tied.
5. Race puzzle games
6. Fast race makes mummy (pair wrapped with cloth bandages)

Age 12-15 years:
1. Race to move soybeans with chopsticks
3. Pinata
4. Banana eating contest with his eyes closed
5. Dancing competitions in pairs (each starting back and between your back
they were given a balloon, the balloon should not be broken / fall)
6. Dragon race, one team of 3 people who hold the needle in front and a tail behind wearing a balloon. Each team must be able to break the opponent's balloons. So there will be a balloon chase chase to solve the opponent but also must keep their tails so as not to burst his balloon, which the three participants must remain united with each hand on the shoulder.

Educational toys is important but educational games are also not less important. Hopefully helpful.

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