Product: Travel Connect 4 Company: Hasbro Website: www.hasbro.com Recommended Age Range: 3 years and up Price Range: ~$10 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: We have an older version of travel Connect Four than the one presently being sold, but I imagine the current version is still a ...
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Magnetic Books
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Product: On the Farm Magnetic Story & Play Scene Company: Top That! Website: topthatpublishing.com Recommended Age Range: 18 months to 4 years Price Range: ~$8 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: We got one of these magnetic books from a used book store and it was missing half the ...
Play-Doh
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Product: Play-Doh Company: Hasbro Website: playdoh.hasbro.com Recommended Age Range: 18 months to 5 years Price Range: ~$5-$20 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: We use homemade play dough at home so that we can have as large a quantity as desired, but we always take a few small size ...
Travel Magna Doodle
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Product: DoodlePro Trip Company: Fisher-Price Website: www.fisher-price.com Recommended Age Range: 1 to 7 years Price Range: ~$10-$15 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: I was a little disappointed with the quality of picture made by this Fisher Price travel magna doodle and by how ...
Lift-the-Flap Books
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Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: Both my 18 month old and my nearly 4 year old LOVE lift-the-flap books. We have three different versions of the ones by Fisher Price Little People, but there are tons to choose from. The Little People ones are great because they have enough flaps to ...
Water Wow! On-the-Go Travel Activity
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Product: Water Wow! On-the-Go Travel Activity Company: Melissa & Doug Website: www.melissaanddoug.com Recommended Age Range: 2 to 5 years Price Range: $6-$7 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: My mom found these at Target and I think they’re awesome. You fill the paint brush with ...
Reusable Sticker Pads
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Product: Reusable Sticker Pads Company: Melissa & Doug Website: www.melissaanddoug.com Recommended Age Range: 1 to 5 years Price Range: ~$4-$7 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Comments: I cannot believe what a great deal these reusable sticker pads are. There are 5 scenes for around $5 and ...
Homemade Treasure Map Game
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I've always thought it would be a fun to make a treasure map for my preschooler. What actually motivated me to do it now was that I know a kindergartener who is having a hard time remembering how to identify certain numbers (like 11, 12, and 13). I wanted to come up with a fun way for him to be ...
Homemade Letter Cards
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In general, I don't really think "flash cards" are useful tools to teach little kids anything (though I relied on them endlessly in college and grad school). The idea of drilling children to get them to memorize something doesn't appeal to me. However, my son really enjoyed looking at these cards ...
The Strong-Willed Child
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Title: The Strong-Willed Child: Birth Through Adolescence Author: James Dobson Publication Year: 1978 Website: www.drjamesdobson.org Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: I don’t think I’ve ever disliked a book as much as I disliked this one. I wanted to read the whole thing. I really did. ...
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