Learning toy company Click-A-Brick applauds toy giant Mattel for meeting what it believes is a threat to the toy industry from 3D printing head on with the release of its own 3D printer that allows kids to easily make their own toys. Mattel unveiled its 3D printer, dubbed “ThingMaker” at the recent North American International Toy Fair in New York. A 3D printing app allows kids to use the printer with a simple interface that makes the process easier than most 3D printers on the market, as reported by TechCrunch....

Summary: Educational building toy company Click-A-Brick has released a new 100-piece set that features a carnivorous dinosaurs theme. With the new set, children can build five different types of ferocious, meat-eating dinosaurs. The new set is already available for purchase on Amazon.

The team at building block toy company Click-A-Brick is excited about new research that has the potential to help children become more accepting of people from different races and cultures, in turn helping them become more accepting of immigrant classmates. Psychologists from public research university Goldsmiths, University of London plan to study whether British schoolchildren become more accepting to the idea of forming a friendship with an immigrant classmate after playing with toys that represent different ethnic backgrounds. Dr Sian Jones and Professor Adam Rutland aim to spend a year...

The team at learning toy company Click-A-Brick is thrilled to see the discovery of a bacteria that eats plastic and has been touted by scientists as a potential new way to recycle plastic waste, saying any company that uses plastic in its products should be happy with the discovery. A team from Kyoto University discovered the bacteria in a recycling center after looking at 250 samples over a five year period, according to an article published on The Conversation website. The newly discovered species of bacteria has been named Ideonella...

The team at learning toy company Click-A-Brick has praised the new ‘Play With Purpose’ fundraising campaign from Toys“R”Us and the Save the Children charity, saying it’s a brilliant and natural way to help less fortunate kids while also highlighting the importance of play in children’s lives. As part of the Play With Purpose initiative, Save the Children sends specialized home visitors to the homes of less fortunate children to engage them in what the charity calls purposeful play. To show the importance of even just 10 minutes of purposeful play...