Product: Chunky Shapes Puzzle Company: Melissa & Doug Website: www.melissaanddoug.com Recommended Age Range: 1 year Price Range: ~$10 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: Around 18 months my kids started to be interested in attempting to do puzzles with simple shapes (like circles, ...
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Gertie Ball
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Product: Gertie Ball Company: Small World Toys Website: shop.smallworldtoys.com Recommended Age Range: 0 to 4 years Price Range: $5-$15 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: – I learned about this type of ball in the book, The New First Three Years of Life. The great thing about it is that ...
Animal Magnets
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Product: 20 Wooden Animal Magnets Company: Melissa & Doug Website: www.melissaanddoug.com Recommended Age Range: 0 to 2 years Price Range: $10-$12 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: Both of my kids have absolutely loved learning to identify animals as babies and toddlers. They were ...
Baby Doll Stroller
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>Product: Baby Doll Stroller Company: Mommy & Me Recommended Age Range: 1 to 4 years Price Range: $10-$20 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) - Blue Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) - Pink Comments: I can’t believe how popular this toy is with all the young kids I know. My mom bought it ...
Melissa & Doug Cutting Food
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Product: Cutting Food Box Play Set Company: Melissa & Doug Website: www.melissaanddoug.com Recommended Age Range: 1 to 5 years Price Range: $15-$25 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: This is an awesome toy. We also own the cutting fruit version. The food pieces are stuck together ...
Brain Rules for Baby
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Title: Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five Author: John Medina Publication Year: 2010 Website: brainrules.net/brain-rules-for-baby Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: This was a really solid piece of work, in my opinion. It’s full of tons of ...
What to Read When
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Title: What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child--and All the Best Times to Read Them Author: Pam Allyn Publication Year: 2009 Website: pamallyn.com Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: In my opinion, there are much better resources of great children’s literature, not ...
Mind in the Making
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Title: Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs Author: Ellen Galinsky Publication Year: 2010 Website: mindinthemaking.org Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: I fully agree that the seven life skills the author chooses as necessary are definitely extremely ...
Einstein Never Used Flashcards
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Title: Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less Author: Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Diane Eyer Publication Year: 2003 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: I think this book has a really important ...
Last Child in the Woods
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Title: Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Author: Richard Louv Publication Year: 2008 Website: richardlouv.com Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: It’s not that I disagree with the intent of this book, but in the middle of my busy life, I felt like ...
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