recommended for older children, reviews of this game show that children as young as 3-4 are able to pick up facts and knowledge as they grow making this an ideal board game to keep around over the years to reinforce a strong basis of history and geography.

The Great States game is carried selectively through stores but you may be able to locate this one through your local toy megastore, failing that you can always pick this one up from Amazon.com !

playing and teething with the rattle and being inspired by nature and made by hard wood the rattle is not one of those toys that new parents have to panic about handing over to their new baby. Encouraging play by stimulating senses is a huge part of childhood development and through natural products such as those created by Sassy’s Earth Brights infants get to expand their horizons safely as well.

Sassy’s Earth Brights toys and developmental tools are available through Amazon.com and are all very reasonably priced so they can easily be incorporated in to baby welcoming gifts as well as picked up as an after thought!

a high and low switch on the power cord so you can control exactly how bright that starry starry night gets! The Star Egg Nightlight’s measure 8.5"H x 6"W and weigh 2lb each, they are handcrafted from glossy ceramic earthenware and have a stainless steel base.

The Star Egg Nightlight is available from Giggle.com as well as Amazon.com (however it is currently unavailable via Amazon’s seller). I have yet to see this one carried anywhere else; however, that isn’t to say you won’t be able to find it with some good searching!

stepping stone or you can paint it for them for a more finished look either way you go this stepping stone looks gorgeous and is a very personal gift. This stepping stone kit is recommended for children ages 3 and up but only with parental supervision which I think we can all agree is going to be necessary anyway with plaster and paint involved! KazooToys.com also carries other designs of the personalized stepping stones so if bugs aren’t for you take a look at the other designs available!

The customizable stepping stones are available from multiple online retailers and some smaller retail crafty stores; however, I found this one over at Kazootoys.com for $26.00 and it ships the very next day after ordering.

health and personal hygeine with the tracks "Achoo" and "I Gotta Go Potty." Not only are "Moey’s" songs upbeat and snappy enough to get any grumpy toddler out of a fresh morning funk but the stories behind them are actually taken from "Moey’s" experiences with her young son which makes them easy for both parents and kids to relate to. "Moey" herself is an award winning off-Broadway songwriter who not only puts her efforts in to creating amazing songs to really get kids moving but she also teaches 300 children every week at various locations in Manhattan! This woman knows kids and it really shows through the enthusiasm in her voice as she sings her catchy tunes and ends up getting everyone in the car moving to the beat!

"Moey’s Music Party" is available for order from CDBaby.com and other various online retailers, or you can directly download it right now for $8.90 from Buy.com. "Moey" was also kind enough to send me one extra copy of this CD so it’s up for grabs for all Kidazy readers! All you have to do to enter to win is leave a comment on this blog entry and a commentator will be drawn at random on Monday May 19th and have their copy of "Moey’s Music Party" shipped straight to them!