 | Melissa & Doug Jumbo ABC Chunky Puzzle
Buy new: $16.07 Big favorite. Easy to manipulate.
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 | Alphabet Train and Giant Fire Truck Floor Puzzle Assortment
Buy new: $25.99 He loves the alphabet train puzzle. We did this all the time when he was 12 months plus.
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 | The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $2.83 This book is excellent becuase it personalizes the states and gives them a dimension beyond a name. This was a spring board into so much fun for us.
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 | The Scrambled States of America... and More Stories to Celebrate Our Country (Scholastic Video Collection)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.00 We love the video, and we aren't big TV people.
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 | WordWorld: Welcome to WordWorld
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.19 The word world toys/movies showcase spelling and he loves this series.
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 | WordWorld Bucket Set - House
Buy new: $49.99 This combines letter play with more conventional block play.
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 | Foam Magnetic Letters and Numbers - Uppercase
We had a set of foam bath letters and numbers, we spell words and stick them on the side of the tub. Not every day, but it's one of the toys we play with. We also have boats and sharks!
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 | Melissa & Doug USA Map 51-Piece Floor Puzzle
Buy new: $10.77 He loves the big floor map! We do this together.
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 | Large Wooden USA Map Capitals and States Puzzle
Buy new: $21.49 This is a huge favorite.
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 | Signing Time Volume 1: My First Signs DVD
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $28.68 I read online about a very early reading little girl who was very fluent in sign language. This is a series her parents let her watch. We did Baby Signs with Brady but I haven't introduced him to this show. I think when Max gets older, I will reintroduce sign and add this DVD to my repetoire.
BTW, we are not a baby einstein family. We did not watch those videos.
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 | Victor Vito And Freddie Vasco by Laurie Berkner
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $3.83 This book has a USA map on the end papers. Also, we love all of Laurie Berkner's music. She is perfect for pre-schoolers.
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 | The Nifty Fifty State Flags by Paul Beatrice
Buy new: $11.65 / Used from: $1.99 We love the song, "Fifty Nifty United States" and you can find the video on You Tube. This is how he memorized the states in alphabetical order.
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 | 54 Piece USA Foam Map Puzzle
Buy new: $23.81 We have a giant foam USA map, it is more like a rug. I bought it at a garage sale.
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 | A You're Adorable
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.01 Fun song to sing.
Another fun one is "Shopping from A to Z" by Toni Basil
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 | Melissa & Doug Jumbo Numbers Wooden Chunky Puzzle
Buy new: $16.07 Companion to the letter puzzle
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 | Leapfrog Learning DVDs 5-Pack (Talking Words Factory / Talking Words Factory II / Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory / Letter Factory /Math Circus)
Buy used from: $119.70 I have to be honest. Brady did not watch TV the first two years of his life. But when I was pregnant with Max, we did use the TV to buy me some downtime. This video series is another huge favorite.
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 | Count with Dora! (Dora the Explorer) by Phoebe Beinstein
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.01 Brady likes learning Spanish words. He likes to count in spanish. We count going up and down the steps. Dora books are pretty cool.
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 | What Makes a Rainbow?: A Magic Ribbon Book (Novelty Book Series) by Betty Ann Schwartz
Buy used from: $0.01 I loved the magic ribbon books for teaching color. I also liked Chuck Murphy's Razzle Dazzle books.
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 | Joey and Jet: Book 1 of Their Adventures (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) by James Yang
Buy used from: $0.01 This book was very enjoyable because Joey throughs a ball and Jet follows a path. It had the same allure that the alphabet does. Jet runs the same way. A book he liked just as much was Bears in the Night. (below)
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 | Bears in the Night (Bright & Early Books(R)) by Stan Berenstain
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 He liked this just as much as Joey and Jet. We read this a million times.
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 | Transparent Marble Run 43-pc. Set
Buy new: $17.99 The marble run is the new fun thing now that I know he will not put toys in his mouth. He likes anything with ramps and slides. I don't know if this is related to the predictability/memorization thing.
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