JANUARY 28, 2008     Agenda set for Kids Today’s 8th annual conference The 8th Annual Kids Today conference, Playing for Keeps, will be held March 4-6 in Savannah, Ga. If you’re a retailer, manufacturer or supplier in the juvenile/youth industry you need to be there to find out how to better reach your customers, harness the power of the media, build a successful brand and tap into the consumer psyche. Learn what the next generation of retailers has up their sleeve and find out how other companies have grown their businesses!   Registration is open online now at www.kidstodayonline.com or by calling 336-605-1066.   Special Offer! All Baby and Child Inc., the parent company of the ABC Show, is sponsoring attendance at the Kids Today Conference. ABC will pay the registration fee for all independent juvenile retailers planning to attend until the conference is sold out!   Get Dressed! Alex, the Learn To Dress Monkey ($29.99), teaches 11 dressing activities that help develop fine motor skills in kids ages 18 months and up, like learning to zip, snap, button, buckle, tie and other essential skills of dressing yourself. The 22-inch plush monkey comes with real socks and lace up sneakers, and his shirts and overalls are removable too. Alex, Northvale, N.J. www.Alextoys.us   Early To Bed… In the Beddy-Bye Baby board game ($19.99), players race to be first to fill their baby carriage with everything baby needs to pass the night comfortably—a teddy bear, baby bottle and snuggly pajamas. In addition to its traditional board game components, Beddy-Bye Baby boasts a die that sounds like a baby’s rattle when shaken! Like many Briarpatch games, no reading is required. Briarpatch, Millburn, N.J. www.briarpatch.com     Paint It Green Among the many new introductions in ImagiPlay’s 2008 Play Green! assortment of products made of wood sourced from managed forests is the Color Me Up T-Rex ($12.99), one of three dinosaur themed puzzles in the Color Me Up line. Each kit includes a set of paints so kids can customize their dinosaurs. ImagiPlay, Boulder, Colo. www.imagiplay.com   Quiz show Interactive Memory Quiz ($24.99) challenges kids to use logic and image association to match pairs. Its 20 activities, with various levels of difficulty, are printed on double-sided cards that store in the back of platform when not in use. Kidz Delight, Downers Grove, Ill. www.kidsdelight.com     Cute caller Dial up a world of play with the Phone Smart Teaching Telephone, a cordless pretend phone that doubles as a cell phone. It can record up to three personalized messages, or play back 10 pre-recorded messages from friends around town. It features 3 modes of play: dial correctly to hear messages; remember 3-, 4- or 5-digit sequences; or learn 911 safety as an interactive lesson. Speakerphone included. Learning Resources, Vernon Hills, Ill. www.Learningresources.com   Mad scramble Wild Planet follows up its popular Hyper Dash with another get-active challenge, Animal Scramble ($19.99-$24.99), a preschool game designed to promote social and developmental skills while still getting kids moving. It features an electronic hand-held tagger named Gerry Giraffe and his four fist-sized friends (a monkey, parrot, tiger and elephant). The giraffe calls out which animals kids should run to and tag—sometimes identifying the animals by name, other times by using only clues—and tracks the amount of time taken to complete each course. In team mode, kids are instructed to pass the giraffe to other players as they work cooperatively to achieve their fastest time. Wild Planet, San Francisco www.Wildplanet.com          THE NEXT PRODUCT WATCH COMES TO YOU ON FEBRUARY 11, 2008. You are currently registered to receive Playthings Product Watch at: [#EmailAddr#]. Unsubscribe from Playthings Product Watch: Click Here If you received this newsletter second-hand, you can get your own FREE subscription here. QUESTIONS If you have questions or need further assistance, contact our Online Support Team at mailto:GiftSupport@reedbusiness.com?Subject=Playthings-Extra--#emailaddr#. For advertising questions, contact Betsy Komes. PRIVACY POLICY: Click Here NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS To activate a new FREE email newsletter subscription: Click Here To order a PRINT MAGAZINE subscription to Playthings: Click here. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information. All rights reserved.