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I've found myself inspired to make a few recommendations for products for my DS enjoys. I thought I'd start an official "journal" where I'll post an ongoing list of media popular with my son by age, such as book titles, iPad apps, music, and toys. (Several listings were recommended by helpful parents on this forum!)
AGE: 17 months favourites
Books
- The New Adventures of Curious George
- Birdsongs (Betsy Franco)
- The Trucker (Barbara Samuels)
- The Horse in Harry's Room (Syd Hoff)
- Dinosaur Dig (Penny Dale)
- Anything Dr. Seuss, especially "And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street" and "Dr. Seuss' ABC")
- Caps for Sale (Esphyr Slobodkina)
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Philip Stead)
- Kingfisher Amazing Vehicles
- Big and Small, Room for All (Jo Ellen Bogart)
- Zin Zin Zin, A Violin! (Lloyd Moss)
- Almost anything Robert Munsch, especially "Angela's Airplane", "Pigs", "50
Below Zero", and "Paperbag Princess"
- Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type (Cronin)
- Machines go to Work (William Low)
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (Candace Flemming)
- Goodnight, Goodnight Comstruction Site (Sherry Rinker)
- The Bare Naked Book (Kathy Stinson)
IPad apps
-Goodnight Safari (Polk Street Press)
-Starfall ABC
-Bugs & Buttons
-Bugs & Numbers
-Peekaboo animals
Toys/games
- Playmobil fire engine (#4821)
- Brainquest (ages 2-3 and 3-4)
- Hot wheels matchbox cars
- Viking toys mini chubby vehicles
- CAT 8" tough trucks (dump truck, excavator, and front loader)
- Beleduc puzzles (world map, 5-layer anatomy)
- Misc. stuffed animals
- Plan Toys blocks
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AGE: 18-19 months (favourite *new* media only)
Books:
- Henry & Mudge series
- Dr Putter & Tabby series-- the shorter stories
- The original Curious George stories
- Let's Read and Find Out Science books (level 1)
- A Dark Dark Tale
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- Marsupial Sue
- Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons
- At a Construction Site
- I Drive a Garbage Truck
- Danny and the Dinosaur
- Books by Aliki (Feelings, Digging up Dinosaurs)
- Penny Dale books -- Dinosaur Dig and Dinosaur Zoom
- Pooh's Thinking Corner books from Dollarama
Video/YouTube:
- PBS Kids Pteranodon Family World Tour
- Between the Lions
- Winnie the Pooh original episodes
- Select Pink Panther cartoons on YouTube
- Anything remotely connected to garbage trucks
- This video spawned an interest in food webs:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=hecXupPpE9o&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhecXupPpE9o
Ipad apps:
- Starfall Learn to Read (~$3-4)
Toys:
- Duplo
- Lego City garbage truck
- A bag of polished rocks
- Green Toys recycling truck and home-made recycling bins/mini garbage
- Anything that can be played with in a sandbox
- A home-made 3D city made of paper that can be designed into subdivisions
- All our old construction vehicles and tools
- A tea set and medieval castle at the museum
Audio:
- Two Little Sounds (Hap Palmer)
- A children's cello compendium (I'll dig up the title)
- Henry Mancini
- Big band swing
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2 yrs. 9 mos.
Reading Eggs (learn to read website)
Golden Books (favorite- Farmer Jones Animals)
Peter Weatherall (on Youtube)
Daniel Tigers Neighborhood (PBS), strawberry shortcake, carebears
Whiteboard & Markers
Wet on Wet painting watercolor from tubes
acrylics & cheap canvasses
Candyland board game
Magnetic Mighty Mind
jumping on the bed,
playing in the mud,
weeding the garden,
keeping a ladybug in a cage.
dolls, kitchen set, cars, hackeysac
kumon tracing, then kumon letter games workbook
stirring eggs, oil, and water for brownie mixes
Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar
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Update -- AGE: 20 months (new media only)
Books:
- Anything William Steig (especially "Pete's a Pizza" and "Dr. de Soto Goes to Africa")
- Anything Robert Munsch
- Mouse Makes Words
Video:
- DARPA robotics and android technology
- DVD with music for the story "Zin, Zin, Zin A Violin"
IPad/computer media:
- Starfall all-access website
Toys:
- Tempera paints
- Water colour mixing with food colouring
- Play Doh
Audio:
- Rockabye Baby compilations of rock music on xylophone (EG Foo Fighters, Tool)
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Thanks for the Bugs And Numbers/Buttons rec.
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Thanks for the Bugs And Numbers/Buttons rec. You're welcome.
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Just coming back to say REALLY thank you for Bugs and Numbers! Miss 3yrs is in love. My kids aren't super mathy and it's exactly at her level at 3.5yrs. She can already do a lot of things but not all the way through most games so it's probably not going to last that long but it's enthralling right now.
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Just coming back to say REALLY thank you for Bugs and Numbers! Miss 3yrs is in love. My kids aren't super mathy and it's exactly at her level at 3.5yrs. She can already do a lot of things but not all the way through most games so it's probably not going to last that long but it's enthralling right now. Oh, I'm so glad! The original recommendation came from another Davidson poster. I love this place.
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Update: AGE 21mos (new media only) Books: - An oldie but a recent favourite is Dr. Seuss' "Fox in Socks" - Tony Mitton books, including "Ocean Odyssey" - Musical Max - Jazz Baby - Philemon Sturges' version of the Little Red Hen - Anything by Syd Hoff (Sammy the Seal, Albert the Albatross) - Anything by Mo Willems (especially "Let's Go for a Drive", "Should I Share my Ice Cream", and "Watch me Throw this Ball"). He finds these hilarious. Other media: - This play dough recipe in every rainbow colour: http://musingssahm.com/2012/02/easy-homemade-playdough-recipe --> Note 1: We bought several different cookie cutters from Bulk Barn, and I let DS cut the dough with a standard flatware knife --> Note 2: Use pastry/00 flour and add 1 Tbsp of glycerin for a terrifically malleable, moist dough - Gardening (independently): weeding, turning soil, watering plants. We live in the city, and I'm seriously considering volunteering our time at a community garden.
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Great resources above.
Just wanted to add Here Comes Science DVD by They Might Be Giants (warning, you should skip it if your family disapproves of evolution discussions) and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on PBS and Netflix.
Daniel Tiger has really been wonderful for helping my son deal with emotional growth, learning social skills, and even potty training. It is just a sweet natured show that my son really responds to well. I found he has been responding even more to it at he gets closer to 3.
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