With Christmas around the corner and Black Friday only days away, thoughts have begun to drift to Christmas gifts and December shopping. Peanut keeps hoping for a Hello Kitty big-girl bedspread and Teacup…well she’s happy with just about anything.
If you are looking for some ideas for your toddler or preschooler, I thought I’d take some time to share some of our favorite toys and gadgets. As you can tell from our list, sometimes the traditional and/or less expensive gifts end up being the most played with. I mean who wouldn’t have fun with some marbles and blocks? Whatever you decide to share with your children this Christmas, try to make at least some of what you share something you can do WITH your children. This is what they will enjoy and remember most of all. Merry Christmas!
Top 20 Favorite Toys and Educational Activities
(in no particular order)
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Top 20 Favorite Picture Books of the Year
(in no particular order)
- My ABC Bible Verses: Hiding God’s Word in Little Hearts by Susan Hunt (devotional)
- I Spy Books by Jean Marzollo,
- The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse
- The Little Houseby Virginia Lee Burton
- The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
- Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
- Amos and Boris by William Steig
- Haircuts at Sleepy Sam’s by Michael R. Strickland
- Who Sank the Boat? By Pamela Allen
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
- A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
- Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets
- Sky Tree by Thomas Lockers
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
- Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2:11
