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Title: The Toddler's Busy Book by Trish Kuffner ISBN: 0-671-31774-1 Publisher: Meadowbrook Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for new AND veteran moms alike
Comment: Parents know that it doesn't take expensive toys and gadgets to entertain a toddler. Any old box or wad of tissue paper will do!
When Trish Kuffner put together "The Toddler's Busy Book", she was keenly aware of this fact, being a mother of five herself. Within the over 500 pages, you will find a multitude of ideas for keeping your little darlings busy and entertained, without spending a fortune. In fact, many of the items used in this great book can be found lying around the house.
Ms. Kuffner includes sections on organizing for a toddler, how to plan your activities, what to keep on hand for quick crafting fun, and even ideas for a weekly activity planner. Chapters include topics such as rainy day play, kids in the kitchen, water play, outdoor adventures, and ideas for keeping kids busy on long car rides. You'll also find a large array of favorite nursery rhymes and finger plays, and great ideas to help develop a love for music in your child.
There's an entire section dedicated to crafts and activities, another for birthdays and holidays, and a useful section containing recipes for all types of homemade play doughs, clays, paints, and more. Many of the ideas in this book are so simple, you may find yourself saying "Why didn't I think of that!". Kudos to Ms. Kuffner on creating an excellent resource for parents of busy little toddlers!
Rating: 5
Summary: a blessing for caretakers of young, energetic children
Comment: I was home with a sick toddler and a cranky youngster the day this book arrived, and it saved me. The first page I flipped to had an idea for a simple game that I put together in two minutes and had us all laughing for twenty. Bless you, Trish Kuffner!
This book is nicely organized. A chapter of introduction helps you plan, supply and mentally prepare for those long days when you are running out of ideas. The author writes with humor and affection. Subsequent chapters are organized into Rainy Day Play, Kids in the Kitchen, Water Play, Outdoor Adventures, Out and About, Nursery Rhymes and Finger Plays, Early Learning Fun, Music and Movement, Arts and Crafts, and Holidays. Most activities are simple to set up, generally using about three or four household items. Appendices list recipes for basic paints, doughs, glues and clay; a list of activities for a Crazy Can (a random drawing of activities that aren't messy and need little supervisoin so you can, for example, get dinner ready); best toys for babies and toddlers; best books for same; and resources. The index lists projects (but not materials, which would be helpful in later editions).
The book subtitle, 365 Creative Games and Activities to Keep Your 1-1/2- to 3-Year-Old Busy, sells the book short, as I've used these ideas successfully with older children as well.
For those of us who are not good at dreaming up artsy fun things-to-do, this book is a wonderful resource. For those of you who *are* good, you will probably still find some fun ideas in this well-organized, friendly guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: It Keeps My Crew Busy
Comment: There are so many ideas to choose from. I bought one for the grandparents and they love it as well. The kids seem to enjoy almost all of the crafts and even their dad gets involved. If you wanted to, you could figure out something to do for every day of the year...now that's incredible! Thanks so much Trish! Also recommended: for family and parenting tips for toddlers and beyond, Mommy-CEO, revised edition, by syndicated family expert, Jodie Lynn. She is a real mom just like Trish and loves kids. Together they make a perfect gift idea for Mother's Day and birthdays. Both are amazing and stand out in today's family books because they are POSITIVE!
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Title: The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers by Vicki Iovine ISBN: 039952438X Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: What to Expect the Toddler Years by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee Eisenberg Hathaway ISBN: 0894809946 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Toddler Play (Gymboree) by Wendy S. Masi, Dr. Wendy S. Masi ISBN: 0865734356 Publisher: Creative Publishing International Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Preschooler's Busy Book by Trish Kuffner ISBN: 0671316338 Publisher: Meadowbrook Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure andWell-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old by Harvey Karp, Paula Spencer ISBN: 0553802569 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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