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Cocktail dress + snow boots, good thing NY Fashion Week is over! After a monster pre-Toy Fair snow storm (fittingly named Nemo!) threatened to derail months of careful planning, the ThinkFun team braved the elements, the train gods smiled upon the DC-NY route, and we successfully made our way to New York for the show… and [...] Guess whose shining face just showed up at ThinkFun HQ? Meet Sunny! Isn’t this the cutest little face you’ve ever seen!? Following the huge success of last year’s Roll & Play, the first-ever game for toddlers, Hello Sunshine joins this innovative early learning line – we couldn’t be happier to welcome Sunny to the ThinkFun family! Hello [...]  I am THRILLED to share the new Asperkids Collection, an exciting partnership between ThinkFun and Asperkids! Asperkids creator Jennifer O’Toole has curated a collection of games that support universal education skills for learners of all abilities, and below she shares a post on this initiative. Learn more about Jennifer and her incredible work with AsperKids [...] 
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Valentine’s Day… ThinkFun-style! With a verrrrrry ominous weather forecast looming, We at ThinkFun prepare to set out for Toy Fair in New York this weekend! Several members of our team beat the storm and are setting up the booth today and tomorrow, while the rest of us hold our breath and hope that flights and trains make it [...] For the past several years, I have shared the fun of the annual Arlington County MathDice Tournament. This county-wide event brings together students who have been practicing and playing Thinkfun’s MathDice game for months in preparation, and the skill level, determination, and often off-the-wall wacky team spirit is always inspiring! For a refresher, check out last [...] For those in the education world, the new Common Core standards represent an important initiative in the pursuit of clarifying and improving the quality of education in the US. Read more about Common Core standards here. Coming from an education background, I have always been committed to furthering ways in which ThinkFun games can integrate into and [...] It has been a very festive week here at ThinkFun, capped off by the annual White Elephant Holiday Gift Exchange! While we ThinkFunners work in harmony for 364 days of the year, this annual gift swap is a day for stealing, scamming, and cheating – all in the festive holiday spirit! Check out photos [...] This email absolutely made my day! Shad, a retiree from Montana who shared in this post how she and her husband play (and fiercely compete in) Solitaire Chess, wrote to let me know the game has now spread to her son and daughter in-law! The mental image of this brainy family at play made [...] Yesterday was a VERY exciting day for ThinkFun! I flew up to NY for the Toy Industry Association press conference to announce the nominees for the 2013 Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards. After being treated to a performance on the Bryant Park skating rink (by a professional, me on ice would not be a treat!), [...] |
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