Are we losing our kids in a hypnotic Trance video game? They have become a "drone" days "video"?
Sometimes it may seem that way because many kids spend hour after hour in front of the video screen, press the key or joystick jockeying around. But it is up to the parents kids to say enough, let's find some alternative education. However, it was not that long ago when we were still kids ... we have toys real ... Classic toys.
Let's step into the tunnel of time and remember some interesting toys that we had the pleasure of playing with:
Tinker Toys
Ahh ...Tinker Toys ... the batang, sticks, spools, fingers ... simple, but classic Toys true Pajeau discovered by Charles, who was a stonemason by trade from Evanston, Illinois in 1914. He was inspired by the children who play with a pencil, a stick and empty spools of fabric to make his new toy. He saw them doing improvisation and the use of imagination and wonder if they fix what they do. He designed his first set of Tinker Toys in the garage near his home and displayed them in 1914 at the American Toy Fair.
Unfortunately, the toy Tinker attract no interest. So he tried again, this time at Christmas time, but with a new marketing plan. Pajeau employs some midgets and have them dress with Pixie Costume. He then makes them "play with toys" Tinker "in store window displays in department stores in Chicago and with this new toy is born publicity. After a year or more, more than one million sets of Tinker Toys have been sold!
Lincoln log
Redwood logs notched can be used to build a log cabin, Lincoln logs was the invention of John Lloyd Wright, son of the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. Inter locking log, created in 1916, shining after the establishment of the earthquake-proof Imperial Hotel Tokyo, a young Wright witnessed being built.
During the era of World War I, it was in fashion to encourage American patriotism and for Americans to buy American made products, so that a new toy named after one of our most respected President, Abraham Lincoln.
The original sets sold well and became more popular with the introduction of United States television. In fact, the Lincoln logs were among the first toy to be advertised and promoted on television. Take advantage of the popularity of the Western early television, Lincoln logs have been successfully promoted in 1953 at Pioneer Playhouse.
Today, Lincoln logs are still available and have stood the test of time. As a matter of fact, as late as 1975, the Lincoln log is still selling at a rate of one million sets per year. Sophisticated toys, it challenged the kids to use their imagination and improve hand-eye coordination skills.
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