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Children learn through play! Toys are fun, but they are also tools that help children learn about themselves and the world around them. As children play they learn to solve problems, get along with others and develop the fine and gross motor skills needed to grow and learn! With that said, selecting toys for young ones can be a daunting task, but Brilliant Sky Toys & Books has taken the hard part out of shopping!
Five years ago the beloved toy store chain Brilliant Sky Toys & Books had the brilliant idea to go through their products and pick a few favorites; they called them the Brilliance Awards. They choose 10 products to help parents and grandparents find the perfect gift for their favorite little ones during the holiday season.
The 2014 Brilliance Awards include:
Squigz Starter Set (24 pieces)
A lively toy innovation that encourages creativity, fine motor skills integration, playful experimentation, and sensory stimulation.
Plus-Plus Mini-Basic (480 pieces)
One simple shape with endless possibility! Plus-Plus building bricks allow kids of all ages to create mosaics or 3-D designs.
Lottie Dolls
Lottie is a ‘pro girl’ age-appropriate doll, doing all the activities that real children do. She is 7.5 inches tall, has a child-like body and she doesn’t wear make or high heels. She is easy to dress and undress and very durable.
Doodle Quest
A fun cross between a game and an arts & crafts activity. Doodle Quest develops visual-spatial perception, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills.
Create Your Own Storybook
Create Your Own Storybook is a real book written and illustrated by your own child. It encourages creativity, self-expression, reading, writing and drawing!
Super Stadium Baseball Game
The Super Stadium Baseball Game is a realistic baseball stadium with a magnetized infield. It encourages hand-eye coordination and fine motor development.
LoopDeLoom
The LoopDeLoom is an ingenious, award-winning new loom design with spinning pegs speeds up the weaving process and makes it super simple.
Sew Cute Sets
Kids will love to stitch up a tiny animal pal with the My Studio Girl Sew Your Own Sets!
Illustrated Adventure Stories and Illustrated Fairy Tales
Classic stories are beautifully illustrated in these volumes from Usborne Publishing. The large, hard cover format makes them easy to share for family story time over and over again. Each book houses classic stories like The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers and many more!
Paint Your Own Porcelain Bowls
Paint Your Own Porcelain Bowls is one-of-a-kind art that’s both fun and functional! Kids can paint and oven-bake their creations for a glossy, permanent finished product.
As you can tell from toys included on the Brilliance Awards List, the geniuses at Brilliant Sky Toys & Books only pick high quality items. In researching their products you can tell they put a lot of time and effort in choosing items that are environmentally conscience and that have a learning component to them. These unique toys can’t be found in big box stores and after shopping at Brilliant Sky Toys & Books you won’t want to shop anywhere else for your children’s gifts!
What I love most about Brilliant Sky Toys & Books is their toy choices are socially responsible and they do not rely on technology. Technology is great, but children learn by doing and having experiences and the products that Brilliant Sky Toys & Books carry on their shelves are the perfect match for the developing brains of little ones! The stores themselves are great as well. They offer a small town feel but there is nothing ordinary about this chain! Inside you will experience a candy store, child-centered activities, and you will encounter employees whose mission is to satisfy and delight their customers!
There is a science to picking out a great gift and Brilliant Sky Toys & Books have relieved you of the hard work of choosing the best ones! All of their toys are unique, high quality items, so all you have to do is visit a store and enjoy the ambience without the stress! If you are looking for the best of best and a shopping experience like no other visit a Brilliant Sky Toys & Books near you. There are 17 locations in the continuous US and a full list can be found on their website. http://www.brilliantskytoys.com/
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