Important Advisory:

The Asterisk on the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Lead-Free* Platinum Award list indicates that samples from only one particular batch of these toys tested lead free.  Other production runs or samples of the same products may contain lead.

We have not had the other toys on our website independently tested for lead content. For the future, we are requiring companies to provide us with documentation that their products have been tested by an independent lab and found to be free of surface and embedded lead, as well as phthalates.  

4. Get Organized Before You Search

Make the best places for your kids to search on the internet a click away.  Pre-select a number of  homework helper and research sites and load links to them to your browser’s “favorite list”.

A program that takes this idea one step further is Netcaptor.  You can store "groups" of related sites...like search sites, or history sites or science sites.  By preselecting and organizing your child's computer reference shelf on the computer you help streamline the research process for your child. Free versions are available for download, or you can purchase an ad free version on-line at the web site.