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Smart-e-Bear is an adorable plush bear that brings together plush toys with educational computer learning. As your child plays with Smart-E-Bear they can squeeze his hands or feet and interact with him! The Smart-e-Bear allows your child to conduct their own storytime, play games with their new stuffed toy and even just listen to music with their new pal! The content that is contained inside Smart-e-Bear is completely customizable and as a parent you can log on to the smartebear.com website to download completely new games, stories and music for your little one to enjoy while playing with their new bear friend! New information is
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downloaded to the Smart-e-Bear easily by a USB connection to your PC or Mac and the batteries and USB cord come with the bear so no need to worry about having to go and buy those! Smart-e-Bear already comes loaded with songs, stories and games too! Smart-e-Bear is recommended for children ages 2yrs+.
You can find the Smart-e-Bear over at Amazon.com. You may be able to find this one in local retail stores; however, I have yet to find it at a retail store locally to me.
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If you have an animal lover in your home then the WowWee Alive Plush Robotic Toy’s are a great choice come gifting time! The WowWee Alive Lion Cub featured above has to be my favorite of all of the robotic plush toys they have because it really is the cutest. The lion cub has realistic fur with realistic markings and when he is petted he responds to your touch. The lion cub will open and close his eyes and mouth and he makes realistic lion cub noises. The lion cub will go in to sleep mode when he’s left for more than five minutes, snoring for five minutes before powering himself down so you don’t have to worry about draining batteries or those noisy
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toys that go on forever (anyone remember that dog that yip and flip and just go on forever?) This realistic lion cub will respond to being picked up by the scruff of his neck just like a real lion cub will do and his legs will go limp. The lion cub comes with a birth certificate and measures 16" long. The lion cub is powered by 4 "AA" batteries which are included with him on purchase and he is recommended for children ages 3 yrs+
You can find the WowWee Alive toys at your local mega toystore, or if you store is not yet carrying the WowWee Alive robotic toys you can grab yours over at Amazon.com!
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The ability for children to identify with other children and other people around them is sometimes isolated because of their ethnicity combined with geographical location. The issue of isolation in culture also plays in for children who are adopted outside of their native culture and this sometimes plays in to insecurities and problems identifying with peers. The Hispanic family puppet set by Marvel (sold by Kaplan Early Learning Company) is a wonderful way to ease the transition for adopted Hispanic children, Hispanic children who are somewhat isolated from their culture geographically, classroom environments to help expose other children to
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other ethnicities, as well as being a great tool for child therapists to include in their chest of toys. The Hispanic Family Puppet Set comes with a mother, father, brother and sister, they are all dressed in coordinating clothes that are sewn on to the puppets. The adult puppets are 10" tall and the entire set is recommended for children ages 3 yrs+.
You can find the Hispanic Family Puppet Set over at Amazon.com!
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I previously featured a Disney Store Mickey Mouse camera that was perfect for toddlers; however, it wasn’t that great for the younger members of the family who feel a little left out when it comes to a family trip to the zoo and everyone else has their cameras out. Of course it’s not practical to give an infant/young toddler a functioning camera to play with but the Gund Say Cheese Camera that comes in both blue and pink versions is the perfect camera for the tiniest of family members! The Gund Say Cheese camera features a snapshot sound mechanism to make it sound like real pictures are being taken and it even has a mirror lense to make it look like a
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real adult camera! The Say Cheese camera is surface washable and has a removable lens cap that velcro’s on and off! This realistic but baby safe camera is ideal for family vacations and a great way to include the entire family on a nature walk with camera’s in hand!
The Gund Say Cheese Camera’s are sure to be available in multiple retail locations, however, off the top of my head I can’t think of one for you but you can find these over at 2Blockheads.com on sale for a $3.04 savings!
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Melissa and Doug are well known for making great toys of great quality and the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Picnic Basket Fill & Spill Soft Baby Toy is no exception! With those warm summer days filled with family outings and warm afternoons in the front yard finally here this picnic basket toy also makes the ideal fun toy for interactive summer play! The Melissa & Doug Deluxe Picnic Basket Fill & Spill Soft Baby Toy comes with four soft picnic treats (a soda bottle, a sandwich, a watermelon slice and an ice cream cone) inside a cute plush flip top basket! The sandwich even comes apart in to five seperate pieces so your child can make his
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or her own sandwich to order! The food items included in the basket are all textured and have sounds to stimulate even the youngest picnicers and are perfectly sized for the smallest hands! Each of the pieces of the picnic set are designed to stimulate growth and development of fine motor skills and hand eye coordination! This toy is also perfect for travelling since it doesn’t have small pieces that can get lost in the car! This picnic set is recommended for children aged 6 months to 3 years!
Many stores carry Melissa & Doug products including your larger retail stores as well as smaller mom and pop type shops; however, finding a specific toy by Melissa & Doug may prove a little more difficult since their range of toys is so vast. If you don’t have time to go searching for this one you can always grab it at Amazon.com for $14.65
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