Recommendations 4 Books/websites on Developmental Toys?

Updated on February 21, 2008
M.S. asks from San Diego, CA
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Since our baby is the first grandchild, she is getting showered with way too many clothes, shoes, etc enough for a twin! My parents have also started contributing to a college savings account for her too but they still buy clothes once in a while. As appreciative as we are with their generosity, what would be helpful is if they spent less money on clothing and perhaps more on developmental toys. Are there any good books or websites out there to help guide ourselves and the grandparents on which toys are good for which age?

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D.M.

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College accounts (529) and savings accounts are great! Keep encouraging those donations since they'll the the longest lasting! Two things you might consider with the extra clothes: take a photo of her in each outfit, and put in an album (or digital slide show). Baby clothes are just so cute it is hard to pass them up! Babies grow so fast! This way they can be remembered. Then consider donating the outfits you prefer less, or that have been outgrown, to a charity like Goodwill or to a local shelter. They'll appreciate it.

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N.L.

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M., I sell Discovery Toys and would be happy to mail you a catalog if you like. I got involved with Discovery Toys for exactly the reasons you are speaking of. The toys are wonderful. They are great for fine and gross motor skills, are all primary colors & they are very high quality/durable. Feel free to send me a personal message on this site or call me at ###-###-####. Good luck! N.

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M.B.

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I don't know of any specific books but I've found a lot of the Baby Einstein toys are fantastic and Fisher Price also has a lot of great learning toys.
Perhaps if they have an e-mail address, you can subscribe them to the Fisher Price website http://www.fisher-price.com/us/default.asp which offers age and developmental appropriate e-mails once a month with toys, games and activity suggestions. :)
I second the idea of enrollement in Gymboree. We weren't able to afford it this time for our girl yet but my son attended Gymboree in the 90's and he learned so much in just short little classes.

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J.V.

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http://www.discoverytoysinc.com/ AND http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/home/home.jsp are two sites with terrific educational toys. Another fun suggestion is for them to purchase you membership for something like GYMBOREE www.gymboreeclasses.com where you or they can take fun play classes. Or another idea is for annual membership in the San Diego Zoo (if you are close by) http://www.sandiegozoo.org/membership/index.html or annual passes to a local amusement park. These ideas will provide a lot of fun memories especially if the grandparents also have passes.

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