Showing posts with label building sets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label building sets. Show all posts

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Kids' Furniture




   Kids' Furniture & Room Decor.

Kids' furniture is  small furniture or room decor that is built for child . There are many kids' furniture and room decor For example
  • chairs & sofas
  • tunnel & tents
  • desks
  • stools
  • room decor
  • table
  • bedroom furniture
  • outdoor furniture
  • etc.
    There are many color and types of material for selecting .
     Parents would like their children to have good stage of development. Making good surroundings is one of methods of children development. Decorating  their bedrooms which are own personal area is good method to make good surroundings.From ground to ceiling in bedroom are filled with color and texture. These are advice for decorating your child's bedroom.
  1. Children love their room to be bright so parents should add more lights in child bedroom.
  2. Select to buy trundle bed or contemporary bed for your teens . Decorating teens room make teens feel private and safe.
  3. Parents adopt area or appliance for store in baby's bedroom. Don't buy new appliance for keeping child's thing.
  4. Child's bedroom should be neat , clean ,tidy, warm and make child feel naturally curious.
  5. Decorating wall and ceiling in child's bedroom stimulate their natural imagination and observation .
  6. Place appropriate toy in child's bedroom. Toys are suitable for good stage of development.
  7. Place making-noise toy in child's room
  8. Size of kid's furniture is suitable for child's body and age-range. Table and chair should be fit  child's body, etc.
  9. Parents can decorate girl room by use  starlight theme, ocean theme, moonlight theme,sugar and spice theme,etc.
  10. For boy room ,parents may use favorite animal theme, safari theme , playhouse theme, rain forest theme, etc.
    
    Reference
    1. http://interiordec.about.com/od/kidsroomdecor/a/a_kidsroomindex.htm
    2. http://www.healthwithoutprescription.com/home-improvement/kid%E2%80%99s-furniture-buying-guide/

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Type of Toys & Games


 There are many Toys & Games in toys industry. In U.S. toys market's value is so high in each year such as  about $22.9 billion in 2005. Although there are many toys & Games .We can categorize them in main groups as described.
     - Puzzle . Player must solve problem by use his skill. Puzzle help player improve intelligent skill . It is useful to your child.  Types of puzzles such as mechanical puzzle , lock puzzle , picture puzzle ,sliding puzzle ,transport puzzle ,stick puzzle , construction puzzle , logic puzzle , etc.
     - Collectible . This type is suitable for a person who love and memorize about his collection. Such as  coin  collecting ,  postage stamp collecting  , old book collecting, Model collecting , etc
     - Dolls , animals ,action figure ,and miniatures . This type is small body of human , animal ,etc . Dolls are made from wood , cloths , paper , porcelain ,etc. Types of Dolls such as barbie , American girl doll , Bratz . etc.
     - Physical activity . This type of Toys & Games is tool for exercise . It help kids improve their physical skill . Such as  balls , ropes for jumping . hoops ,yo-yo , flying disc or frisbees , astrojax,etc.
     - Construction sets . A small pieces can be joined together for form a variety of model. They help kids improve their imaginative skills , fine motor skills .  Such as lego set , toy blocks , erector set , Jovo , K'NEX ,Jovo ,etc.
       There are other methods to categorize Toys & Games , Such as
         -  Categorize by age range. as detailed.
  1. From birth to 24 months
  2. Between 2 to 4 years
  3. Between 5 to 7 years
  4. Between 8 to 11 years
  5. Between 11 to 15 years
  6. Grown up
         - Categorize by material used. as detailed
    1. Metal
    2. Wood
    3. Cloth
    4. Paper
    5. Plastic . example as ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) , PVC (Polyvinyl Choride) , Di-Cast.
             - Categorize by cost range.
             - etc.
             Although there are many methods to categorize Toys & Games . But we must not forget target of category. Target is sececting appropriate toys  for children.



          Reference
          1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy#Dolls.2C_animals.2C_and_miniatures.
          2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_toys
          3. http://www.amazon.com

      Wednesday, December 16, 2009

      Construction, Building Sets & Blocks


        Construction, Building Sets & Blocks


        This group of Toys & Games is a piece of small materials or block or brick that can combine a variety shape of model . There are many construction sets produced by toys manufacture company.

         We can categorize construction sets by their shape and joint method as detail below 
         1. Categorize building blocks by joint method
              1.1  No connection such as 
                    - Toy block 
                    - Anchor stone blocks . made in Germany combination of chalk, quartz sand,and linseed oil .
                    - Kapla . Block made of wood.
              1.2  Sleeves  such as  capsela  
              1.3  Notches  such as 
                   - lincoin logs
                   - GIK  
              1.4 Studs
                   - Coko , lego sets was produced in china by Coko toys
                   - Raski , construction brick made of plastic.
                   - Tente
                   - Lego
                   - Mega Blok
                   - Etc.
         2. Panels . Such as meccano , steel tec , Jove , etc
         3. Struts , and connected by nodes .
              3.1 C.nodes.
              3.2 D4 . nodes..
              3.3 Oh. nodes.
              3.4  Etc  
          The most famous construction sets are Lego sets . Everyone like them . They stimulate imagination of player . Lego sets was original in Denmark. They have spread all over the world because of their benefits.
          Although construction sets are one type of toys and games but there are many benefits of play. For example 
            1. By playing together with child's friend is method to improve social skill. Children learn to share idea , feeling , improve working as a team.
            2.While children are putting the construction pieces together , They improve their fine motor skills , hand-eye coordination , etc .  These skills are basic for doing ordinary work in life such as writing , grasp ,etc. 
            3. Building a model or robot  with construction toys improve children's imaginative skill. They must fit their imaginative model  with real model. They must place a right piece in right position .

            4. Children build a model by themselves . Success of  work will promote their self-confidence .
            5 Success of work will help children make harder work.including real work .



         Reference 
         1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_set 
         2.http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/5-Educational-Benefits-Of-Rokenbok-Construction-Toys/865499