{"id":593,"date":"2010-12-23T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2010\/12\/toys-for-teaching-evolution.html"},"modified":"2010-12-23T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T17:31:00","slug":"toys-for-teaching-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2010\/12\/toys-for-teaching-evolution.html","title":{"rendered":"Toys For Teaching Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>When I used to be in charge of teaching bible stories to little kids, I had quite the collection of puzzles, games and felt boards.\u00a0 I\u2019m not opposed to teaching these stories as legends.\u00a0 Little children learn all kinds of tales.<\/p>\n<p>What about parents who also want to teach their little ones about how life really came into being?\u00a0 Now there are toys for them, too.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Check out this great website, <a href=\"http:\/\/charliesplayhouse.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Charlie\u2019s Playhouse<\/a>\u00a0(for Darwin, of course). It features evolution toys for little kids.\u00a0 Some of them also look like they\u2019d be fun for much bigger kids in case anyone\u2019s looking to buy me a gift.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve won all sorts of awards for educational toys.\u00a0 They have playmats, posters, activity cards and more. \u00a0And some pretty cool t-shirts, too.<\/p>\n<p>By the way\u2026I\u2019m not connected to them at all.\u00a0 I just think it\u2019s a great idea!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_1jQwCLz2t2M\/TROF8__E3_I\/AAAAAAAAASA\/in2618fFFTA\/s1600\/looking+2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_1jQwCLz2t2M\/TROF8__E3_I\/AAAAAAAAASA\/in2618fFFTA\/s400\/looking+2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1jQwCLz2t2M\/TROGME8CSyI\/AAAAAAAAASI\/eZtShbxaAI0\/s1600\/cards.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1jQwCLz2t2M\/TROGME8CSyI\/AAAAAAAAASI\/eZtShbxaAI0\/s400\/cards.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_1jQwCLz2t2M\/TROGIgu-BSI\/AAAAAAAAASE\/lUEOU5lUuf0\/s1600\/fun+on+the+floor.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_1jQwCLz2t2M\/TROGIgu-BSI\/AAAAAAAAASE\/lUEOU5lUuf0\/s400\/fun+on+the+floor.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"390\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cute kids learning about natural selection!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I used to be in charge of teaching bible stories to little kids, I had quite the collection of puzzles, games and felt boards.\u00a0 I\u2019m not opposed to teaching these stories as legends.\u00a0 Little children learn all kinds of tales. 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