Marjorie Said:

Where to take toys for needy kids in Houston?

We Answered:

Take them to a state funded daycare, where things are always needed and appreciated. He will be able to hand them over himself and watch the children play. Maybe a developmental preschool that provides services to disabled children (usually state/federally funded as well).
Keep in mind that young children tend to forget some of their toys once they are removed by parents and then when they see them they immediately want to play with them again. So there is a chance that your son (being 2) may get upset and not want to hand over his toys. Just be prepared is all I'm saying.

Tina Said:

Does anyone know of any good toys to help kids learn basic skills, that they don't loose interest in?

We Answered:

Leapfrog makes great educational toys for all ages.

http://www.leapfrog.com/LeapFrog/index.j…

also, try looking on amazon.com, they have leapfrog toys at discounted prices.

Randall Said:

Ok, this one is about kids toys from the 80s...?

We Answered:

What you are referring to could
possibly be the "brother" of the
"Speak and Spell"

the "Speak and Math"
http://manitou.50webs.com/music/kit/spea…
texas instruments
circa- 1980

Speak & Math had five distinct learning games:
Solve It, Word Problems, Greater Than/Less Than,
Write It, and Number Stumper,

all playable at three levels of difficulty.

There were actually three toys in this popular lineup...
The "Speak and Spell"
The "Speak and Math"
The "Speak and Read"

http://www.pelikonepeijoonit.net/speakan…

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Bumble
can spell
real good

Bumble count
with fingers
and toes
not too good

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Terrance Said:

what is color psychology in desinging learning toys for kids about 8-10 years old?

We Answered:

1. Use colors to attract children's attention to lead them to learn.

2. Use the same color to show them that certain different numbers are associated with each other.

3. Use shading, light to dark, assigned to ascending numbers, to make them associate the darker numbers with being larger, so that they have help to remember which numbers have greater value.

4. Set up a group of differently colored objects, and ask them to count how many are red, or orange, and so on.

Ken Said:

kids and learning?

We Answered:

kids learn on their own...they need to learn about life as an unrestricted field of good. Where there is no limit as to how much good a person can do, and the most good a person does will get them more than any bad could ever give a person. And that will only be known when they realize that the life of good they lived has given them wisdom over the next person whose money has given them ego and no substance to coinside with their age. Kids are good, some become bad after bad things they learn from mostly TV or at home.