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Top Toys for Toddlers in 2008
Toys for toddlers are easy to find, but as a parent, you want to invest in toys that keep your child busy for more than 10 minutes - you want them to stay interested a week later, and those toy finds can be tough!
Here, you're going to learn about the top toddler toys for 2008
Top rated toys for toddlers gain their status for different reasons. Some are just plain fun - delivering an endless supply of giggles and hysteria for your little boy or girl. Others are perfect for developing your child's hand-eye coordination or improving their motor skills. And some are perfect educational toys for toddlers, preparing them for their school years in advance.
As a parent, you want to incorporate a mix of these types of toddler toys in your son or daughter's gifts this year. Will the hottest toddler toys for the 2008 be another Elmo doll? A different type of plush animal? A toy train?
Let's take a look at the best toddler toys of 2008 hitting the shelves this year. It's best to buy them right online because then you're able to find a better stock without having to elbow your way past another parent whose sights are set on the last Tickle Me Elmo the store has to offer, too!
For the Hands-On Mom and Dad:
2008 Sesame Street Dolls for Toddlers
do more than just offer playtime fun. They teach. The Tickle Me Elmo provides more giggles, but the others help your toddler learn essential toddler skils, like potty training and dressing themselves!
Fisher-Price T.M.X. Tickle Me Elmo
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Release Date: 09/19/2006
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Amazon Price: $33.39 (as of 10/06/2008)
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Potty Elmo
Help your toddler learn to go potty with Elmo's help!
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Fisher-Price® Sesame Street Learn To Dress Elmo
Learn to dress Elmo helps your toddler grasp the basics of dressing themselves.
Release Date: 06/12/2006
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Amazon Price: $46.00 (as of 10/06/2008)
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Sesame Street Snuffleupagus 12" Plush Doll
Who else has a Snuffleupagus doll? Nobody! Snuffy has a world of wonderful characteristics that encourage imaginative play.
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Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 10/06/2008)
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Sesame Street - Plush - Oscar the Grouch Hand Puppet
Hand puppets are great for toddlers. You'll watch in amazement as you see your child's true personality shine through.
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Amazon Price: $9.15 (as of 10/06/2008)
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Sesame Street Toys for a Toddler in 2008
Top Toddler Toys Meant Just For Fun!
For years, Sesame Street has entertained children with their assorted group of monsters, muppets, animals and everyday people.Some of the most popular 2008 toys for toddlers have to do with Sesame Street's characters, Elmo in particular. You can't go wrong with Sesame Street toys for toddlers
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Fisher-Price T.M.X. Tickle Me Elmo
Anything that makes noise. Be warned that parents tire of toy noise, but toddlers don't. The classic corn popper, which is the thing they push around with the little colorful balls in a bubble that pop as the wheels turn is a delight for kids!
Sit and ride on toys that play music are also fun favorites. If it plays music or makes noise, it's sure to be a hit. If you want to give something quieter, try the tried and true toys like building blocks.
All toddlers seem to have fun building towers of blocks only to watch them topple. Or give them a set of plastic measuring cups, a couple of colorful buckets, and some floating bath toys for toddlers
for bath time. They will have a great time in the tub filling up buckets, playing with the floating toys and probably getting the bathroom all wet!-
Melissa and Doug Toys for Your Children
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Think back to your childhood and picture the day when you discovered how to put together a project or play a game. What was the common denominator of those experiences? Fun. Yes, fun in learning. Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel Sure you learne...
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2008 Toddler Sesame Street Toys That Aren't Dolls!
are perfect gifts this year for the tiny tots in your house!Fisher-Price Sesame Street Elmo's Learning Fun Laptop
Toddlers love to imitate mom and dad - and all kids grow up with computers these days, so get them learning young on a Sesame Street laptop!
Release Date: 06/07/2007
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Amazon Price: $30.53 (as of 10/06/2008)
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Sesame Street Wood Activity Cube
Old School wooden activity cubes arent just for the doctor's office - they help improve motor skills and hand-eye coordination!
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Playhut Elmo's World Hot Shot Jr.
Don't raise a couch potato! Let your toddler have a basketball-type toy this 2007 Christmas season and shoot the hoops with Elmo and friends!
Release Date: 02/01/2008
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Sesame Street Baby's Purse Playset
My daughter has this and oh boy, does she LOVE it! It's a plastic purse with a mirror/comb, keys, change purse, plastic lipstick and more!
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Fisher-Price Sesame Street Giggle N Go Driver - Elmo
Boys and girls alike will love this steering wheel. It can go with you in the car or stay at home, but toddlers love it!
Release Date: 06/07/2007
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Is Your Tot Into Arts and Crafts Like Mine Is?
What Type of Toys Do You Plan on Buying Your Toddler This Year?
I've made it really easy for you - vote and then click on the hyperlink and you'll be taken to a page dedicated JUST to that type of toy.
For instance, clicking on the Artistic Toys will take you to a selection of shopping items JUST for arts and crafts that are JUST for toddlers!
This can help you make your toddler's gift list!
365 Kid Crafts
Educational Toddler Toys for 2008
Top Toddler Toys to Stimulate Your Child's Brain
In this age of technology, toddler educational toys are becoming more sophisticated. With this additional advanced technology come more entertaining and interactive toys.You want your toddler to have fun playing, but you'd like her to learn at the same time. How do you do that? The good news is that for toddlers, every experience is a learning one, and all toys teach something - whether it's motor skills, cognitive skills or communication skills.
So, for your toddler gift shopping list, you can be sure that whatever is wrapped for your little one will help her learn in some way. If you want to stimulate your child's brainpower, try some of the great DVD series that are out there now.
Baby Einstein toys
are very popular. Small puzzles with big pieces are great for toddlers, as are building blocks and big Lego blocks. No-mess arts and crafts help your toddler learn to be creative, and develop emotional and cognitive skills.Beginner books stimulate the brain in the areas of communication and sensory skills, especially the ones that combine words, pictures and things your child can touch. How about a colorful shape sorter or pegboard? These help with hand/eye coordination.
Remember that any toy can be a learning toy. Toddler's brains are developing at great speeds and they will learn from everything they see and do.
Look at this selection of non-Sesame Street toys that help your toddler play smart!
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LeapFrog Toys for Toddlers
are booming! With interactive educational lessons from top characters like Dora the Explorer and the Backyardigans, your toddler will stay glued to these lessons for longer than 10 minutes at a time!
LeapFrog Fridge Farm Magnetic Animal Set
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LeapFrog Clickstart My First Computer
Release Date: 06/07/2007
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Amazon Price: $49.46 (as of 10/06/2008)
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LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table
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Leapster L-MAX Hardware (TV Feature)
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LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game System - Pink
Release Date: 06/12/2006
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Top Toddler Toys for Strengthening Motor Skills
Toddlers love toys. Admit it, we all do! But toys are also tools for growth and development for toddlers. When they play, they also learn. With the holidays fast approaching, we've all got little ones on our list.Here are the top toddler toys to strengthen motor skills
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Crayola Color Wonder Ultimate Variety Pack
For developing fine motor skills, creativity and sensory development, good old crayons, markers, finger paints and clay are perfect. Yes, they can be messy, so be with your toddler when he's creating works of art with these materials.
Blocks
Large cardboard blocks, soft blocks, light wood blocks or interlocking blocks are perfect for helping little ones develop motor skills, cognitive skills and social and emotional development, too.
Other toys that are great for toddler development include simple puzzles, pegboards (large, with large pegs), cups, shovels, buckets and things that they can put items in and dump things out of and start all over again. Small, but not too small, cars and trucks are also good choices!
Preschool Fun for Literacy:
Educational Toys for Toddlers That Aren't LeapFrog!
Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Learning Puppy
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Vtech - Discovery Nursery Farm
Release Date: 06/12/2006
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Amazon Price: $44.99 (as of 10/06/2008)
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I Did My Chores!
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The Original Rollercoaster by Anatex
Release Date: 06/12/2006
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Fisher-Price Smart Cycle
Release Date: 05/01/2007
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Amazon Price: $94.46 (as of 10/06/2008)
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Santa Squid Says...
It's Never Too Early to Start Shopping for Christmas 2008!
What will you buy your toddler for Christmas this year? Make sure you sign the guestbook and let me know what to drop in your tot's Squid Stocking this season!Check out this season's hot new releases of toddler toys
, too!And while you're here, why don't you tell Tiffany what you think of her lens and rate it at the top? If you're really feeling in the giving mood, click the Digg or Del.icio.us button on the sidebar to share it with others, too!
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Great lens tiffany. Good job, as usual.
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What a great, well put together Lens. Elmo was always a favorite in our house when the kids were younger. Posted January 21, 2008 |
Just read a blog on this lens. I see how you convert the sales. Excellent Work.
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What an interesting and well presented lens, Tiff. Kudos! Posted December 26, 2007 |
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Michael_Fenwick
Great imagination and learning toddler toys. I have a few ideas for getting them to move on my lens, Radio Flyer lens. 5 stars! Posted December 14, 2007 |
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vinz07
Awesome cool stuffs...I love kids... Posted December 14, 2007 |
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Cute lens. And poor Oscar, he has a unibrow. Posted December 14, 2007 |
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Tiffany, this is one great lens that deserves a five and gets it. Great lens! :) Posted December 05, 2007 |
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Im giving you your 7th stars for a lens well done! Posted November 20, 2007 |
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TammyDickinson
Man, I wish I knew how to do some of things on my lenses that you do here! Very nice! I need to learn some of these 'mysteries' for myself! :D Posted November 12, 2007 |
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Excellent lens! fivers! carrie Posted November 06, 2007 |
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Great lens Tiff. I like what you've done here. Posted November 01, 2007 |
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Aika
wow! there are very cool stuffs. They will surely love it. ^_^ Posted October 31, 2007 |
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Great lens Tiff!! 5 as usual. Posted October 25, 2007 |
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This is a great lens. I love LeapFrog toys! Posted October 24, 2007 |
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