[blparent] toys for toddlers.

Tue Jul 19 01:17:40 UTC 2016

Regarding sand, when our eldest daughter became a toddler, someone told us 
about silica sand.  It is true sand, but silicon, and isn't loaded with the 
inherent dirt base that regular sand has.  It does not stick to the skin as 
much, is not dirty, although it does have to be vacuumed.  It was the clean 
way to enjoy sand.

I like the pasta idea.

Judy

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From: Bernadette Jacobs via BlParent
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Subject: Re: [blparent] toys for toddlers.

I, myself, have a number of issues with sand. Doesn't matter what kind of 
Santa it is. I have your shoes with it. Number one. Sand gets into the 
carpeting and ruins the fibers of the carpeting. Number two. Sand will 
scratch the hardwood floor to death!! This is why I do not, under any 
circumstance is, allow sand in the house. Getting back to the foam toys, 
some foam things that are very cool are the letters of the alphabet. Their 
Natalie great for puzzles. You can get numbers and shapes that, when you 
drop them into the water, they soak up the water like a sponge and you can 
stick them on the sides of the tub. My kids used to love it!! Then, I would 
let the letters dry out in a bucket or something like that. They can be 
reused and reused and reused. The kids just love them! To this day, my 
Virginia is 13 years old and loves the magnets. She plays with the magnets 
on the fridge all the time. She just loves them! I don't mind, either. As 
long as it keeps her happy. Instead of sand, in the past, I have bought 
about 25 pounds of pasta noodles when they are on sale. You can get great 
big 5 pound boxes of them at Costco or Sam's. You throw 25 pounds of pasta 
into one of those plastic waiting pools and they play in them forever. They 
roll them around. They're easy to vacuum for pick up.

This may sound crazy. But, another thing I have done in the past is get out 
my set of seven stainless steel mixing bowl. They are all different pitches. 
I give my kids each a spoon. Set the bulls out in the middle of the living 
room floor. They have their own little drum set. They think it's great. I 
let it go on for A little while. Then I'll put it away after a while. They 
like doing that with pans, as well.

Bernie

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> Hi Tara, one of my sons favorite  things to play with, was the foam letter 
> puzzle mats! You can buy them at target, Toys "R" Us and most toy stores. 
> They are the giant colorful puzzle pieces and inside each puzzle piece is 
> a letter, that letter pops out and you can feel and touch it and talk to 
> your child about the letters of the alphabet. You can make this a more 
> challenging activity as your child gets older by removing all the letters 
> and having them find where they go and talk about what letter they are and 
> what letter sounds they make. It's a great fun activity that you can play 
> with often and it's easy to clean up.
> Good luck on your gift hunt!
> Warmly
> Tracy
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>> On Jul 16, 2016, at 11:24 AM, Tara Wiseman via BlParent 
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>> Hi all, my daughters second birthday is coming up soon. Just wondering if 
>> any of you guys had some toys that your toddlers really liked playing 
>> with that you can recommend.
>> Thanks for any suggestions!
>> Tara
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> Hi,
> I have a 5 3 and 2 -year-old. Their best activity ever is kinetic sand and 
> Plato toys to play with it. It is sand that does not dry out and sort of 
> comps together. Yes, it is messy but you can vacuum it up and it does not 
> stick to the floor this is one of the only toys that they can play with 
> for 30 minutes plus
> For some reason, on Amazon 2.2 pounds cost $15 but 11.2 pounds cost $45. 
> So it makes much more sense to buy the big pack and take it out is needed 
> they play with it in a hard cookie tray or plastic container
> Also, I like to sweep the  floor in the area that they will  play with the 
> sand so that afterwards I could just sweep up the sand and put it back in 
> the container
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