early childhood fun

A major US toy maker is recalling 1.5 million Chinese-made toys because of high levels of lead in the paint.

The recalled toys made for Mattel’s Fisher-Price range include popular pre-school characters like Elmo and Big Bird along with dozens of other items.

The recall comes amid heightened concern worldwide about the safety of China’s exports. Mattel said it had isolated two-thirds of the affected toys before they reached the shelves. In the United States, the Fisher-Price toys were sold nationwide between May and August.
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The little Red Hen was in the farmyard with her chickens, when she found a grain of wheat.

"Who will plant this wheat?" she said. "Not I," said the Goose. "Not I," said the Duck. "I will, then," said the little Red Hen, and she planted the grain of wheat.

When the wheat was ripe she said, "Who will take this wheat to the mill?" "Not I," said the Goose. "Not I," said the Duck. "I will, then," said the little Red Hen, and she took the wheat to the mill.

When she brought the flour home she said, "Who will make some bread with this flour?" "Not I," said the Goose. "Not I," said the Duck. "I will, then," said the little Red Hen.

When the bread was baked, she said, "Who will eat this bread?" "I will," said the Goose. "I will," said the Duck. "No, you won’t," said the little Red Hen. "I shall eat it myself. Cluck! cluck!" And she called her chickens to help her.

When people come over to visit us they always notice that we have a ton of toys. We always say "We buy toys we like to play with too."

The reason is, it is so much more fun to play with the kids when it is toys we all like to play with. We really like to buy them fisher price little people. There are a ton of them, but we love to play with them with the boys. They like to stand them all up and knock them over, identify the animals, name the people, etc. This teaches them colors, the animals, and other identification qualities.

We even use them to teach. By playing the who is game we can set up a ton of the little people and knock them over when they aren’t it. We also set up all the vehicles and teach them the different jobs and places the little people go. This helps to teach them about others in the community. They also have special ones that they named after people in their family, their aunt, grama, grandpa, etc.

The point is try to buy toys that you will enjoy playing with too, it just makes it a more fun all around experience.