Smart Play Smart Toy Index
purchasing, 34
teethers
for babies (first six months), 48-49
benefits of, 45
teething rings
benefits of, 55
telephones
for preschoolers, 115
for toddlers (two to three years old), 81
television
viewing, restricting, 164-65
and violence, 230-31
tents for preschoolers, 115
tepees for preschoolers, 115
thank-you notes, 33
threading cubes, 75
toddler (one- to three-year-old), 59
activities typical of, 64
birthday (passing first), 60-62
birthday (from second to third), 75-83
developmental milestones, 84-86
home-toy factory, 65
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mental milestones, (two and one-half years), 87
playing with other children, 62-64
toys organized in categories, 65, 76
traveling and toys, 62
See also baby; older child; preschooler;
primary schooler; special needs
toddler toys (one to two years old), 65-87
active/creative/educational categories, 65
additional recommendation, 75
art supplies, 65-66
balls, 66-67
bath toys, 67
blocks, 68
books, 68
dolls, 69
pails and shovels, 70
pounding sets, 70
push-pull toys, 71
puzzles, 72
ride-on toys, 72
ring stacks, 73
shape-sorting boxes, 74
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