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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 89 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1789
Category: Book
Author: Trish Kuffner
Publisher: Meadowbrook
Studio: Meadowbrook
Manufacturer: Meadowbrook
Label: Meadowbrook
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 508
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0671317741
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.5
UPC: 038332168693
EAN: 9780671317744
ASIN: 0671317741
Publication Date: November 1, 1999
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Product Description
365 fun, creative activities to stimulate your toddler every day of the year.This book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for one-and-a-half to three-year-olds using things found around the home. It shows parents and day-care providers how to: - Prevent boredom during the longest stretches of indoor weather with ideas for indoor play, kitchen activities, and arts and crafts projects.
- Stimulate a child's natural curiosity with entertaining math, language, and motor-skills activities.
- Encourage a child's physical, mental, and emotional growth with ideas for fun music, food, water, and outdoor activities.
- Keep toddlers occupied during long car trips or cross-town errands.
The Toddler's Busy Book is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. It should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching toddlers.
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Great, simple activities for toddlers August 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this book to quell my daughters' incessant pleas to "play with me," because I had rapidly run out of games to play. The book is full of simple, common sense ideas for toddler activities. As I was reading the book, I found myself thinking, "Now why didn't I think of that?"
The book is divided into sections such as "Rainy Day Play," "Outdoors Play," "Music and Movement," "Out and About" (for activities in the car), and "Seasonal Crafts" (decorations for holidays, including Hannukah and Kwaanza, and homemade gift ideas). Most of the activities require some preparation beforehand, but it is minimal. The book also contains a list of items that the author suggests you keep handy.
In the first chapter, before getting into detailed activities, the author describes some general ideas (e.g. a rainy day box, a chore jar, a baker's box for the kitchen during meal preparation, etc.) that don't require a great deal of supervision (although, it is emphasized that toddlers in general require supervision). The author also gives suggestions for organizing activity times, arranging activities for your babysitter to do with your children, and taking advantage of unexpected free time in order to do activities with your children.
The majority of the activities are extremely practical. Some projects allow a great deal of hands-on interaction between parents and children, while other activities foster independent play. I have a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old, and I have found that most of the projects and activities keep my children occupied for at least 30 minutes, if not longer.
 Toddlers can actually DO this stuff! August 20, 2008
I appreciate this book because it's full of ideas that are actually for twos and threes! Most "toddler and preschool" activity books I've found are over a toddler's head, but not this one.
We love all the different ideas.....some are worth hours of play and some just 5 minutes, but the book is full of great ideas!
My 2 yr old has had so much fun with all the activities I've pulled out of this book. It's saved me on rainy days!
 not that useful June 20, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Most of the suggestions in this book were not useful to me. Many of them were totally obvious. First, quite a few were different versions of "make a box of toys for a rainy day", or different versions of "gather kitchen tools, tupperware, pots and pans". Second, a lot of the activities take a lot of time to prepare and then keep the kid entertain for just a couple of minutes. Third, some suggestions are just home-made versions of very cheap toys that I just rather buy than spend so much effort and make a mess at home preparing them. In this class you'll find home-made playdoh, bubbles, stacking cups, markers, puzzles, etc. Overall I found this book a waste of money and time. Not a single original idea that I could use.
GREAT, Fun Ideas June 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book! I just pulled it out again because my 21-month-old daughter and I have gotten into a little bit of a rut. There's been a lot more TV time than I like. Going through here again to pick out some activities, I've noticed so many new things she wouldn't have enjoyed or understood when I bought this book several months ago. Things I dismissed at the time for this reason will now be perfect for her age and current interests. That's the best thing about "The Toddler's Busy Book." There is almost too much to do in there. There are simple ideas and more complex ones with some real planning involved. But since toddlers have a short attention span and are always challenging you to find fun and interesting new things, the vast resources in "The Toddler's Busy Book" will help keep activities fresh and exciting for your toddler (and you)!
Cute everyday ideas for Moms May 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a fulltime nanny, this book was a good idea to purchase for new ideas for art, music, and waterplay. A lot of the ideas in the book are simple solutions for full-time mothers, so I have to disregard a big portion of the book. There are tons of different cute ideas though that I just can't use at the moment (For things like bedtime, cooking, etc) but I will hold onto for when I am a mother. I've been playing a lot of little games from this book with the toddler I work with everyday using different variations. Mainly, this book jumpstarted my own creativity, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who has to live with a toddler 24/7.
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