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"  It&amp;#039;s hard to believe that just a few short weeks ago the December issue was on newsstands featuring the &amp;quot;Best Toy Awards for 2012&amp;quot;. Fast forward to present day, and I&amp;#039;m back at Toy Fair looking for the best toys for holiday 2013! After two days of canvassing the floors of the Javits Center (host for the annual Toy Fair), I&amp;#039;ve got some exciting trend forecasts to share.   Return of the Classics - The proverbial &amp;quot;everything old is new again&amp;quot; is very apt this year. Classic toys allow parents to recall their youths and kids an opportunity to play with toys what&amp;#039;ve stood the test of time.  Construction Toys - We all know kids love to build, and this year we saw a range of media, sizes, and shapes for construction. Whether your child builds to destroy or to display, he or she&amp;#039;ll get hours of tangible hand-eye coordination practice and build creative skills.     App-Centric Games - If you&amp;#039;ve seen a four year old whizzing through screens on an iPad, you know little tykes are comfortable with technology! I saw a host of games and toys centered on iPads and tablets, and others that simply augment the fun and learning with integrated apps.  Interactive Elements - Kids become a part of the action with these dynamic, multi-faceted toys. To enhance game play, children can draw on the environments they&amp;#039;re in or their own physicality.  Value Added Toys - I saw a surge of products that offer extended play time, repeated ormodified use, or other elements to keep kids occupied for longerwithout dipping back into your pockets.     Collectibles - Usually affordably priced and small enough to fit in stockings, collectibles allow kids the opportunity to interact through trading or by showing off their growing collections.  Personalization - Kids love toys that give them the change to customize and express themselves.   If you&amp;#039;re bummed you didn&amp;#039;t make it to Toy Fair, check out the highlight reel I made of the last two days. Bonus: I made it within minutes using a new app - Qwiki! Yes, it lived up to its name! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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