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"Bright and Beyond" HONORED WITH 2006 NATIONAL PARENTING PUBLICATIONS GOLD AWARD
PALOS VERDES, CA -(March 24, 2006)- Pal Toys, LLC's highly acclaimed Bright and Beyond parent/child activity decks, have received the prestigious 2006 NAPPA Gold Award in the Parenting Resources category. NAPPA is a program of United Parenting Publications, Inc., and is featured in more than thirty parenting magazines nationwide and on www.Parenthood.com.
"When a product wins a NAPPA award, you know it has been judged by people who are not only nationally recognized industry experts and educators, but parents as well," says Julia Morgan, CEO of Pal Toys. "This is a very gratifying stamp of approval and further motivation for us to continue doing what we set out to do when starting Pal Toys - helping children learn through play."
Founded in 1990, NAPPA (National Parenting Publications Awards) is currently one of the nation's largest consumer awards programs, bringing recognition to the best that the field of children's media has to offer, including books, toys, music, DVDs/videos and software. Their panel of judges (which includes teachers, psychologists, authors, and play specialists) evaluates hundreds of entries each year before choosing approximately 70 products across age groups ranging from infants to elementary school children. Only a fraction of these are Gold Award selections.
"Aside from being judged for their educational merits," Morgan adds, "the winners of the Gold Award are also evaluated based on their uniqueness and kid appeal. When we first began developing our Bright and Beyond decks, the emphasis was always on creating activities that would be so much fun for kids that they wouldn't feel like they were being 'taught.' Our philosophy at Pal Toys is that fun, interactive games and activities are the best and most enjoyable way for children to learn new skills."
PAL TOYS "BRIGHT AND BEYOND DECKS HONORED BY HOMESCHOOL.COM WITH "BACK TO SCHOOL AWARD 2004"
A deck of idea cards for ages 0-5 includes 52 smart and simple activity cards. Each card has a colorful illustration on one side and a description of how to do the activity on the other side. These fun and easy activities will enhance your child's intellectual development, coordination and motor skills, language and listening skills, color and shape recognition, and self-esteem. Most of the materials needed for these fun activities are things you already own, or are things that are very easy to obtain. Great ideas for bonding with your children. $9.95 and can be purchased HERE!
"Fun variety of ideas that can be used with little preparation and planning. Tells what skills are being improved by each activity, and it located in a small compact [box] we can take on the road to grandma's house. When I needed a new idea to keep the children entertained it was there on a quick reference card. It will be a great product to have when the rain starts." - C.K., Eldorado Hills, CA.
"We spent time together AND it gave me safe ideas for the 5, 4, and 2 year olds to do with the 8 month old." -S.K. Huntsboro, AL.
"These cards are super for giving me ideas on days I need something different to do with our daughter. Most of the ideas involve things most families would already have in their homes such as shoe boxes, straws, toy cars, paints, cornstarch, buttons, paper bags etc. All the items I mentioned are used in the ideas plus lots more. My older kids even got in on the activities and would play with their sister using the cards and they are in their teens!" - D.W., Chester, OK
BRIGHT AND BEYOND SELECTED FOR "DR. TOY’S 100 BEST CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS FOR 2003"
Bright and Beyond, a series of high-quality activity card decks for parents and children, has been recognized by noted child development authority, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD (known as Dr. Toy), as one of "Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products for 2003". On the market for less than a year, Bright and Beyond is a product of Pal Toys, LLC, a Palos Verdes, CA, educational products company.
Recognizing that "children learn best through play," Dr. Auerbach has identified outstanding children’s educational products for 11 years. As Director of the Institute for Childhood Resources in San Francisco, Dr. Auerbach encourages "parent and teachers to focus on the value of play as essential to the learning process." She notes that Bright and Beyond features activities that are "very important for parents and children to do together" and that each deck "offers a lot of play value at reasonable prices."
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