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I'm wondering about a few gifts and would like any comments
from anyone who wishes. Thx. Little People -- We have one older "town" and would like another since it's popular, and imaginative. Any suggested titles? I hear that some are put together better than others. Drawing Area -- I was thinking of a small table, but I saw a kid's easel and the child took to it. Easel vs. table for drawing? Any easel experiences out there? Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. P. Tierney |
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"P. Tierney" wrote: Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. P. Tierney My dd has always enjoyed the 'Eyewitness' series of books, not sure if that is DK or not. We usually get them from the library, but they're great. I think I saw a set at Costco the other day... cara |
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"P. Tierney" wrote: I'm wondering about a few gifts and would like any comments from anyone who wishes. Thx. Little People -- We have one older "town" and would like another since it's popular, and imaginative. Any suggested titles? I hear that some are put together better than others. We have several Little People toys, and the kids play with all of them (farm, school bus, plane, boat) There's one I've seen at the store that looks interesting, a Noah's Ark that you can get extra pairs of animals for. Drawing Area -- I was thinking of a small table, but I saw a kid's easel and the child took to it. Easel vs. table for drawing? Any easel experiences out there? My 4yo has an easel and likes to use it, but we don't have room to keep it set up, so mostly she uses the table. Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. Laura |
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"P. Tierney" wrote in message news:gxtzb.413162$Fm2.419075@attbi_s04... Little People -- We have one older "town" and would like another since it's popular, and imaginative. Any suggested titles? I hear that some are put together better than others. Alex (28 months) has several sets that he loves: Animal Sounds Farm, Animal Sounds Zoo, and the Zoo train. He also has the dump truck, but doesn't play with that much. Grandpa is getting him the Discovery Airport and Crane & Quarry sets for Christmas. Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. We really like DK (Dorling Kindersley) books, both for Alex and for ourselves. They have really good pictures. We only have the board books, but Alex loves them and can name every single picture in the 3 books he has. If you're looking for more than just pictures and titles, you might take a look at the "Level 1" DK books http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg..._1_c_1_1/103-6 951108-5461454. P. Tierney |
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"P. Tierney" wrote in message news:gxtzb.413162$Fm2.419075@attbi_s04... I'm wondering about a few gifts and would like any comments from anyone who wishes. Thx. Little People -- We have one older "town" and would like another since it's popular, and imaginative. Any suggested titles? I hear that some are put together better than others. Drawing Area -- I was thinking of a small table, but I saw a kid's easel and the child took to it. Easel vs. table for drawing? Any easel experiences out there? I would probley go the table as it can be used for more things than a easel. My dd tires of easels pretty quick but never tires of having tea parties, building blocks, pretend shopping etc on her table. Nic Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. P. Tierney |
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"P. Tierney" wrote in message news:gxtzb.413162$Fm2.419075@attbi_s04...
I'm wondering about a few gifts and would like any comments from anyone who wishes. Thx. Little People -- We have one older "town" and would like another since it's popular, and imaginative. Any suggested titles? I hear that some are put together better than others. We have the farm, the garage and the house. All have held up for years just fine and are played with by everyone 6 and down. Drawing Area -- I was thinking of a small table, but I saw a kid's easel and the child took to it. Easel vs. table for drawing? Any easel experiences out there? I don't have an easel so no help there. Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. DK books are excellent-wonderful pictures, bright colors, interesting text. Usborne books are another quality brand. If you don't know anyone who sells them I know a few people with online sites. Karen |
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:33:48 GMT, "P. Tierney"
wrote: Drawing Area -- I was thinking of a small table, but I saw a kid's easel and the child took to it. Easel vs. table for drawing? Any easel experiences out there? DD loves to paint and we bought her an easel for her 4th birthday. She wasn't interested and only used it once because I begged her to give it a try. Eventually put it in the shed, where it remains to this day. I'm planning to pull it out again this year and give it another try. --Lisabell |
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"P. Tierney" wrote in message news:gxtzb.413162$Fm2.419075@attbi_s04...
I'm wondering about a few gifts and would like any comments from anyone who wishes. Thx. Little People -- We have one older "town" and would like another since it's popular, and imaginative. Any suggested titles? I hear that some are put together better than others. We have a bunch of the LP toys, and we *love* them! The zoo set is very cute, as are the trains. DD is currently in love with the nativity set, and the Noah's Ark set (with 10 pairs of animals, plus Noah and his wife) is a huge hit too. My DD (21 months) is almost the same age as yours, IIRC; when people asked for gift ideas for her for Christmas this year, I suggested the garage (because she's into pushing cars around) or the farm set. The dollhouse might be another good option, especially if your DD is into babies, but I'm not wild about the current model of dollhouse. From the pictures, it seemed like there were more "sculpted-in" pieces of furniture, rather than furniture you can move around yourself, and Mom has a bottle glued to her hand (which bugs me). Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. We found some books at our local library that have really gorgeous pictures about animals from the National Zoo in Washington, and DD really liked them. (We also live near the Zoo and have been there, so that was kind of neat too.) They're board books, but I think they'd be a hit for several years to come. Here's the link to the company: http://www.soundprints.com/spstore/C...ID=11&CATID=58. They have several other Smithsonian collections too. -Sara Mommy to a 21-month-old (ack! getting so big!) Daughter |
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:33:48 GMT, "P. Tierney"
wrote: I'm wondering about a few gifts and would like any comments from anyone who wishes. Thx. Little People -- We have one older "town" and would like another since it's popular, and imaginative. Any suggested titles? I hear that some are put together better than others. Main street, farm, and the school bus were big favorites. Drawing Area -- I was thinking of a small table, but I saw a kid's easel and the child took to it. Easel vs. table for drawing? Any easel experiences out there? This is the first year I've noticed one called the 4 in 1 activity table. It has 4 different table tops. One is a chalkboard, one is dry erase board, one is lego building boards, and the last is a 'car road'. Animal Books/Cards -- I'd like something longer-term with good any facts, pictures, and details. I've seen flashcards and various books, including many with "DK" on the spine. Any experience and/or suggestions? Thanks. We have several DK books. They are favorites for long stretches of time then their interests change to something else and then back again. We usually try to get them from the library first for a test run and then buy the ones they really enjoy. P. Tierney -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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