{"id":630,"date":"2014-12-17T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/?p=630"},"modified":"2014-12-17T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:44:17","slug":"faculty-recommendations-books-and-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2014\/12\/17\/faculty-recommendations-books-and-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty recommendations &#8211; books and toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Have you finished your holiday shopping yet? \u00a0Are you looking for a good gift idea for a spouse, a child, a friend, or maybe even for yourself? \u00a0We have a few suggestions for you. \u00a0Our faculty recommends:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ff0000\">Toys:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/12\/3134609763_634596538b_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-636\" src=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/12\/3134609763_634596538b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Toys under a Christmas tree\" width=\"328\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/12\/3134609763_634596538b_z.jpg 328w, https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/12\/3134609763_634596538b_z-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a>Marble mazes or<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverytoys.com\/PublicStore\/stores\/homeoffice\/AM\/Catalog\/ProductSearch.aspx?filter=&amp;search=marbleworks#sthash.uiKu7qFy.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">Marbleworks\u00ae<\/a> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">(for children over 3 years)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.setgame.com\/set\" target=\"_blank\">Set<\/a> &#8211; a card game that encourages thinking, matching, and pattern recognition<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Yo-yo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Finger paint, art supplies and craft kits &#8211; to stimulate imagination, creativity, and hands-on fun<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Building toys for children younger than 3 years old: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/duplo\" target=\"_blank\">duplo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knex.com\/products\/lincoln-logs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln Logs<\/a>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">or cardboard building blocks. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Building toys for children older than 3 years old: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">LEGO\u00ae<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">K&#8217;NEX<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/magnatiles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Magna-Tiles\u00ae<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Jump ropes, balls, swing sets, jacks &#8211; to encourage unstructured, safe, outdoor and active play<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Dolls or action figures &#8211; to encourage imaginative play<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Robotics- for middle schoolers and high schoolers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Play dough, esp. homemade, for sensory play and imagination\/creativity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Puppets &#8211; for creative and imaginary play<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Musical instruments &#8211; slide whistles, harmonicas, xylophones, drums, bells, keyboards, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Games &#8211; Sorry!, Candy Land, Monopoly, Uno, Mad Libs, Apples to Apples, and many others &#8211; to encourage interaction with family and\/or friends<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Books &#8211; for all children. \u00a0Ask the bookstore or your library for excellent recommendations \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #008000;text-decoration: underline\">Books for adults <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\">&#8211; (or what we have been reading recently):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Goldfinch: A Novel<\/em>, by Donna Tartt<\/li>\n<li><em>Behind the Beautiful Forevers<\/em>, by Katherine Boo<\/li>\n<li><em>Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know<\/em>, by Alexandra Horowitz<\/li>\n<li><em>Under the Tuscan Sun<\/em>, by Frances Mayes<\/li>\n<li><em>Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption<\/em>, by Katie Davis with Beth Clark<\/li>\n<li><em>Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers<\/em>, by Anne Lamott<\/li>\n<li><em>The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care<\/em>, by T. 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Reid<\/li>\n<li><em>Emotional Intelligence: \u00a0Why It Can Matter More than IQ<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Working with Emotional Intelligence<\/em>, by Daniel Goleman<\/li>\n<li><em>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can&#8217;t Stop Talking<\/em>, by Susan Cain<\/li>\n<li><em>Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time<\/em>, by Brigid Schulte<\/li>\n<li><em>A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em><i>Children<\/i>, by Beth Lambert with Victoria Kobliner<\/li>\n<li><em>Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think<\/em>, by Brian Wansink<\/li>\n<li><em>Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation<\/em>, by Sharan Merriam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you finished your holiday shopping yet? \u00a0Are you looking for a good gift idea for a spouse, a child, a friend, or maybe even for yourself? \u00a0We have a few suggestions for you. \u00a0Our faculty recommends: Toys: Marble mazes &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2014\/12\/17\/faculty-recommendations-books-and-toys\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Faculty recommendations &#8211; books and toys<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}