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After using MagFormers in our Fox Blocks classes at Flying Fox Studios and bringing them to BillyCart Markets for children to explore and play with, I am convinced that MagFormers are one of the best open-ended construction toys in the market today. The shapes and accessories available lead children to building all sorts of vehicles and structures, as seen here at our last twilight market appearance. As the children, and adults, play with the MagFormers, they are developing an understanding of structural stability and engineering leading to bigger and stronger structures as play continues. Working with magnets is also an...

We just LOVE Kinetic Sand at Fox Shop! Not only do we sell it in store, we also use it in classes. We have found children (and grown ups) play with Kinetic Sand is several different ways. Firstly, everyone simply loves shaping and molding the sand. It is amazing how it sticks to itself, and you don't get grains of sand everywhere. Secondly, we have run many larger scale a ctivities (both at markets and in our classes) creating Kinetic Sand mini worlds. Here we gather rocks, stocks, shells, play figures, plastic toys, and really anything else small from my...