The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-11-18, Page 24Business
Carolyn Porter -MacDonald, of Auburn, is a consultant with daughter Amy play with some of the wide variety of toys available
Creative Kids Inc., an Oakville -based company specializing in from the company. (photo by Lou -Ann DeBruyn)
educational toys for children. Here, Carolyn and her three-year-old
Creative toys sold in the home
BY LOU -ANN DE BRUYN
Beating the Christmas rush in shopping
malls is one advantage to shopping at home.
There are shop at home parties for virtually
every commodity you might need ... from
the more obvious cosmetic and Tupperware
parties to the lesser known lingerie parties.
Now it's time to add another kind of shop -at-
home party. The toy party.
Creative Kids Inc., established in 1986 by
an Oakville resident, offers a wide variety of
educational toys for children from birth to
"grown-up kids." Creative Kids toys are
sold through consultants who hold
demonstrations for house parties or com-
munity service groups ... anyone who is in-
terested in purchasing toys from the com-
fort of a home.
The local consultant for Creative Kids Inc.
is Auburn resident Carolyn Porter -
MacDonald. Porter -MacDonald has been
working with the toy company for one
month.
"I had seen the toys at two demonstra-
tions and I was impressed. I saw what was
involved in workint; with the company and
was interested in acting as a consultant
since it would allow me to work out of my
home and still be with my children," Porter -
MacDonald, the mother of two young girls,
said.
She said the toys available through,
Creative Kids are high quality educational
toys. The toys available through Creative
Kids are selected for their quality, educa-
tional advantages and their ability to
stimulate the child's learning. Some of the
toys are exclusive to the organization.
The toys have been carefully selected for
the learning stages and age groups. 'the
toys are divided into categories including
arts and crafts, books, and sand and water
play.
"The whole idea is learning and teaching
all the different skills children need to
know," Porter -MacDonald said. The toys
help in developing the child'sfive senses,
namely, sight, smell, touch, hearing and
taste.
Shrier releases second book
Fortner Signal -Star Publishing Presi-
dent R. G. (Bob) Shrier may not .be
publishing newspapers anymore, but he's
a long way from being out of the publishing
business altogether.
Shrier's second book, another collection
of his motivational series of syndicated
radio broadcasts and newspaper columns,
entitled "Let's Think for a Minute,
IDEAS" has been on the bookstore shelves
for a couple of weeks. His first book, titled
after his "Let's Think for a Minute," radio
programs, has sold over 4,000 copies since
its release last November.
The first book, a collection of 175 col-
umns, was "very well received," said
Shrier, noting it went over particularly
well with adolescents, to the point where
some elementary school teachers have
been using it as a reference during discus-
sion periods.
Shrier feels the book has been popular
with a wide range of readers because the
segments are, "thoughts on everyday
living".
"Every thought is an idea and that's all
they are, just ideas, my ideas. This is not
the last word on a subject – I just want to
promote thought," he said.
Shrier said he decided to put out the se-
cond book, containing 215 segments,
because, with more than 1,000 of his broad-
casts "on the shelf," readers of his first
book began asking when he would release
another.
Shrier, who recently sold his interest in ,
Signal -Star Publishing Ltd., (publishers of
seven weekly newspapers and one regional
newsmagazine) to St. Catharines Standard
Ltd. has been doing 25 radio programs per
month for several years. He now devotes
his working hours to his radio work and
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conducting motivational seminars.
For Shrier, the books are simply another
way to extend the spreading of the positive
attitude message that is the thrust of his
seminars and radio broadcasts. The good
news for followers of the "Let's Think for a
Minute," series, is that Shrier plans to
publish a new book each year, in order to
keep up with demand for a permanent
form for his radio segments, which can be
heard on London's CIQM radio.
"Let's Think for a Minute, IDEAS," is
available at outlets across Huron County
and in Goderich at Kings, The Entertainer
and Fincher's. The book is also available
at stores in other areas of Ontario.
As a consultant, Porter -MacDonald is
able to show all the toys available through
Creative Kids Inc. and explain the par-
ticular skills which each toy or game helps
to stimulate development in the child's
learning.
"A simple toy can help a child develop
essential skills that will be used throughout
his or her life," she said.
Porter -MacDonald is able to tell people
more about the toys since she lets her two
children, aged three and one and a half, play
with them.
If you are interested in learning more
about Creative Kids Inc. or hostessing a par-
ty, call Carolyn Porter -MacDonald at
526-7254.
She will also be holding a Creative Kids
Inc. demonstration at the Goderich
Township Hall in Holmesvill on November
24 at 7:30 p.m.
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