Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Learning Farm
From the Manufacturer
Crawl through the barn door to start the fun on the farm – feed the friendly cow, flip the light switch, and meet all the farm animals. In the Learning Mode, baby learns early academics through each activity. In the Music Mode these same activities play music and encourage baby to play along. And in the Imagination Mode these activities teach baby experiential learning through fun role play and realistic sound effects. The alphabet, counting, opposites, animals, colors and more will be provided through this two sided role play toy. Farm comes with 3 shaped pieces for shape sorting and 3 eggs for chicken coop drop.
Fisher-Price Little People Play ‘n Go Farm
From the Manufacturer
This Play set will help celebrate the 50th Birthday of Little People thru a unique carry along play set that reflects the style and look of our first Farm. The Play set container will have a blend of plastic and tin metal. The container will be of a lunch
Do you remember? Take a trip back to the farm with your little one. Join some of your favorite childhood friends as they celebrate their 50th birthday with a commemorative play set designed to look like the farm you remember. Even the figures look like they used to! Its all to help remind you that its great to be little
Fisher-Price Little People Animal Sounds Farm
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With fun animal sounds all around and plenty to do, little ones will discover what a busy place the farm can be. As toddlers grow, they’ll learn about life on a farm that’s just their size, with Farmer Jed and his animal friends! Figures are surface washable with a clean, damp cloth.
With fun animal sounds all around and plenty to do, little ones will discover what a busy place the farm can be. “Neigh” says the horse,”baaa” answers the sheep, “cluck!” chirps the chicken, “moo” … says the cow, “oink!” … squeals the pig. They’ll even discover what some of the animals feel like, when they pet the “cottony” cow, “hairy” horse, “woolly” sheep, and the “squiggly” piggly tail! From “furry” to “fuzzy” and everything in between, Touch & Feel Animals are a fun way to introduce children to a world of interesting textures and help develop their sense of touch.pAs toddlers grow, they’ll learn about life on a farm that’s just their size, with Farmer Jed and his animal friends! The farm includes Farmer Jed, cow, sheep, horse and pig; the chicken stays attached to the barn. Figures are surface washable with a clean, damp cloth. All pieces store inside. This playset also comes with a special free sampler DVD featuring three charming stories of the Little People friends. Playset requires 3 “AA” (LR6) alkaline batteries, not included.
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Bengal Tigers, Bears and African Lions spotted in Ocean County Pine Barrens
May 21, 2009 by NJ News
Filed under Feature, Jackson Activities
GoKidsNJ – Did you know that Ocean County’s Pine Barrens is home to lions, tigers and bears? If you thought the Pine Barrens was void of exotic wildlife, think again. In Forked River, at the edge of the Pine Barrens, you can find PopCorn Park Zoo and Sanctuary, home to hundreds of exotic and domestic animals.
If you’re looking for a place to bring toddlers and younger children and don’t feel like traveling to the Bronx Zoo, Cape May or Philadelphia? Try the Popcorn Park Zoo and Sanctuary run by the Associated Humane Societies. This small zoo in New Jersey’s Pinelands was started in 1977 as an animal sanctuary for abandoned and abused animals. They eventually began taking in exploited farm animals and exotic wildlife and now house the largest collection of animals in Ocean County.
The zoo is home to over 200 rescued animals which range from roosters to bengal tigers. As you enter the park, you can purchase a box of popcorn which you can feed to all of the animals. Many of the domestic animals such as the pigs, goats, sheep and horses eagerly await handouts from parkgoers. As you walk around the park, geese, ducks and squirrels have become so accustomed to human presence that they will usually eat out of your hands.
Some of the more exotic animals in the park include Bengali, a bengal tiger and his three bengal tiger friends, a black bear, african lions, wallabies and monkeys. You can get close enough to all of the animals for some great picture taking and some great memories without the travel.
Farm animals at Popcorn Park Zoo include horses, cows, sheep, goats and rabbits. The steer at the park is huge! If you’ve never been up close and personal with a cow that is nearly eight feet tall, you’re in for a surprise.
The best thing about Popcorn Park is that these are not show animals purchased for display like at most zoos, they are animals that have been rescued from many different situations in which they were abused, neglected or exploited. The folks at the Associated Humane Society are offering these animals a second chance at life and the money you spend goes directly towards benefiting and caring for these animals as well as the rescue and placement of future animals at the sanctuary.
Older children might be bored with the lack of “high end” exotics, but if your child has never been to a zoo, Popcorn Park Zoo and Wildlife Sanctuary is a great place to break them in and makes for a great Jersey Shore day trip.
For more information visit: http://www.ahscares.org/default.asp
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Memorial Day 2009 weekend events in New Jersey
May 18, 2009 by NJ News
Filed under Jackson Activities
The unofficial start of the 2009 Summer tourism season in New Jersey is upon is. Memorial Day Weekend is this week and there’s plenty of events going on in the state. Our highlight attraction this weekend is the St. Al’s summer carnival, one of the best Jackson Township events for children and families.
Carnival in Jackson NJ
This weekend is one of the best NJ Carnivals, the St. Als Carnival in Jackson NJ.
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| Ocean Twp Founders Day Event Information Priff Elementary School Date: May 23,2009 Location: 139 Wells Mills Rd., Waretown, NJ 08758 Get More Information: Ocean Twp Founders Day |
| Tail Blazers Dog Agility Trial Event Information Gloucester County DREAM Park Date: May 23,2009 Location: 400 Route 130 South, Logan Twp, NJ 08085 Get More Information: Tail Blazers Dog Agility Trial |
| Advanced Birding` Event Information Duke Farms Date: May 23,2009 Location: 80 Route 206 South, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 Get More Information: Advanced Birding` |
| Crafts and Antiques for Memorial Day Event Information Emlen Physick Estate Date: May 23,2009 Location: 1048 Washington St., Cape May, NJ 08204 Get More Information: Crafts and Antiques for Memorial Day |
| Tri for Our Veterans:Triathlon Event Information Boardwalk Date: May 23,2009 Location: Boardwalk & John F. Kennedy Blvd., Sea Isle City, NJ 08243 Get More Information: Tri for Our Veterans:Triathlon |
| Calling All Fishermen: 100+ Years of Fly Fishing Event Information Cooper Gristmill Date: May 23,2009 Location: 66 State Rt. 24, Rt. 513, Chester, NJ 07930 Get More Information: Calling All Fishermen: 100+ Years of Fly Fishing |
| Blues and Wine Festival Event Information Natirar Park Date: May 23,2009 Location: 2 Main St., Peapack/Gladstone, NJ 07977 Get More Information: Blues and Wine Festival |
| Meet the Surflighters Event Information Surflight Theatre Date: May 23,2009 Location: Engleside Avenue, Beach Haven, NJ 08008 Get More Information: Meet the Surflighters |
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| Seaport Craft Show Event Information Huddy Park Date: May 24,2009 Location: Bay Ave., Highlands, NJ 07732 Get More Information: Seaport Craft Show |
| Barks on the Boards Event Information Music Pier Date: May 24,2009 Location: 825 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ 08226 Get More Information: Barks on the Boards |
| Jersey Shore Premium Outlets Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale Event Information Jersey Shore Premium Outlets Date: May 22,2009 Location: 1 Premium Outlets Boulevard, Tinton Falls, NJ 07753 Get More Information: Jersey Shore Premium Outlets Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale |
| Jackson Premium Outlets – Memorial Day Sale Event Information Jackson Premium Outlets Date: May 22,2009 Location: 537 Monmouth Road, Jackson, NJ 08527 Get More Information: Jackson Premium Outlets – Memorial Day Sale |
| Wildwoods International Kite Festival Event Information On the Beach at Rio Grande Avenue Date: May 22,2009 Location: Rio Grande Avenue, Wildwood, NJ 08260 Get More Information: Wildwoods International Kite Festival |
| State Gymnastics Competition Event Information Wildwoods Convention Center Date: May 22,2009 Location: Ocean Avenue, Wildwood, NJ 08260 Get More Information: State Gymnastics Competition |
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| Memorial Day ` Event Information NJ Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Date: May 25,2009 Location: 1 Crawfords Corner Rd., Holmdel, NJ 07733 Get More Information: Memorial Day ` |
| Haddonfield’s Memorial Day Parade Event Information Kings Highway Date: May 25,2009 Location: Kings Highway, Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Get More Information: Haddonfield’s Memorial Day Parade |
| Tour of Somerville Cycling Series Event Information Downtown Somerville Date: May 25,2009 Location: Main Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 Get More Information: Tour of Somerville Cycling Series |
Why do you live in Jackson?
May 17, 2009 by Phil Stilton
Filed under Opinions
Why do you live in Jackson? That’s a question I get often from friends and old neighbors from Toms River when they learn that I have abandonded the town I grew up in, supported and was active in. Over the years, Toms River has become what the North Jersey and New York City transplants have made it. A sprawling suburban community experiencing similar problems to the places they had left.
When I was young, growing up and going to school in Toms River, it wasn’t much different than Jackson is today. Hooper Avenue and Fisher Blvd. were 2 lane roads, heavily wooded with spots of commerce here and there. Route 37 was the equivelant to County Line Road and the summer traffic was akin to the summer traffic we see at Great Adventure.
We had horse farms, cattle farms and agriculture farms in North Dover, yes it was always Dover Township back then, but the only Dover we referred to as kids were the Dover Rovers. Local hardware stores thrived before Loews and Home Depot. Our local post office was actually a desk inside one of these hardware stores. On weekends, kids would hang out in the woods, build bonfires and ride our bikes, quads and cars through woods without worries.
Slowly those woods and hardware stores started disappearing and chain stores and chain restaurants began taking over. More kids started having New York accents in school and eventually we gave way to the tract developments and senior citizens communities which eventually took over the entire town.
I’m not afraid or embarrassed to say that after New Yorkers, senior citizens were the biggest downfall to Toms River. Together, they both wanted to bring some of what they left into our community. They came to Toms River for the seclusion and country-esque living, but they weren’t happy with well water, they weren’t happy driving 3 miles to the convenience store and they weren’t happy with just about everything in their new home.
On every corner, Brooklynites talked about how the shore is backwards and there’s no good restaurant and they live in a hick town. Slowly their influence grabbed footholds in local politics and business and gone were two acre building requirements in North Dover and the town began to look like a suburb of Staten Island.
Eventually, I couldn’t take it anymore. With the murder of one of our neighbors, the organ player at our corner church just houses down after I had personally looked the killer in the eye moments before it happened as he forcefully peddled magazine subscriptions door to door, we decided Toms River was no longer the town for us. The year before we left to come to Jackson, Toms River had many murders which dropped it from it’s yearly position in the top 25 communities to live in America. Drug shootings at the nearby notell motel, ex cops killing entire families and now one so close to home where it could have been any of my neighbors or worse, my wife and daughter had I not been home that day were all key factors in our decision to leave.
To my surprise, not only is Jackson ecologically and environmentally walking in the exact same shoes as Toms River of 20 years ago, Jackson is making the exact same mistakes as Toms River of 25 years ago. Our insatiable thirst for ratables, out of control senior housing developments, low incoming housing projects on the horizon, strip malls and drug stores at every corner and the same old fight between locals and carpetbaggers. Once again its the good old boys vs. the new kids on the block.
I have seen where Toms River has gone and I see Jackson heading down the same path, but only worse. There are forces in Jackson who have lost sight of why they have moved here and will slowly destroy the town. Like Toms River, we will soon match them in pharmacies per capita. Do we need a Jackson Crossings at every intersection? Do we need a Starbucks? Do we need an Olive Garden or TGI Fridays? Does Jackson really need a movie theater? What price should we pay to have these businesses?
Why do you live in Jackson and how do you see Jackson’s future?
I & G Farms
April 16, 2009 by Phil Stilton
Filed under Opinions
Ok, very rarely will I give a free commercial plug, but I came across this 2003 commercial for I&G Farms on Whitesville Road here in Jackson. The reason I want to bring this up is because before you go to Shop Rite or Stop & Shop for your veggies, they usually have home grown NJ produce at I&G Farms and you’re truly supporting a local business. More importantly, it is one of those places that really is Jackson. So enjoy this old commercial from YouTube:
The other reason is that I’m testing the viability of this blog. At time of posting I&G’s video had 24 views. Just want to see how much we can influence things like YouTube as well as Google/Yahoo with this blog.
