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Meet the Sight Words DVD 3-Pack
I can’t recommend these reading DVDs highly enough. Never has setting my toddler in front of the television been so guilt-free.
Preschool Prep sent the first DVD about a year ago, and I plugged it in recently, thinking it wouldn’t hold the kiddo’s attention. But there he sat, rapt, as words flashed up onscreen, and then little word characters enacted tableaus. A week later, he pointed to the DVD, which had the word “it’s” prominently on the cover, and said, “Watch It’s DVD, mama?”
He learned all the words in the first DVD, and I ordered the other two. If you’d like to give your kid a jump start on reading, but aren’t sure how to best approach the task, these are a fantastic start.
$38 at Preschool Prep Company
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Star Trek: The Original Series
If there’s a new baby in the house, your TiVo won’t be able to keep up with the demand.
$188 at Amazon
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Children’s Coloring Wallet
A small pad of paper and favorite cache of crayons makes lunch a little more pleasant.
$13 at ETC Cards
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Our Feathered Friends
Hank is a little obsessed with chickens as a result of this video, and it’s one I never feel guilty popping in when I need a shower.
This soothing, educational video is narrated by a child and documents a year on an old-fashioned chicken farm. The Children’s Jury awarded Our Feathered Friends Best Documentary at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.
$20 at Choices Video
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First 100 Animals
Babies love photograph books, and this one helps them learn all their animal names. Once they know what an emu looks like, they’ll want to know what it sounds like.
Thank goodness for the Internet.
$9 at Amazon
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Machines At Work
There are two Byron Barton books on this list, but you pretty much can’t go wrong with any of them. This one is for the truck obsessed.
$13 at Amazon
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Who Loves You, Baby?
Peek-a-boo windows and a mirror let your kid see his face on different animal bodies.
$7 at Amazon
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Baby Talk Flip A Face
An extra-simple book about emotions with holes in the center of the pages, so babies can grab and turn pages themselves. Captivating even for newborns.
$9 at Amazon
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Bruno Munari’s Zoo
A wry, beautifully rendered animal book that you may remember from your own childhood.
$18 at Amazon
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Byron Barton’s Dinosaurs
A bedtime book about dinosaurs with a good cadence and pretty illustrations.
$13 at Amazon
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
A pushy pigeon demands to drive the bus, and you teach your kid how to rebuff his increasingly sophisticated pleas.
$10 at Amazon
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Andy Warhol’s Colors
This book uses Andy Warhol’s art to teach your kid about colors, and has a reference guide at the back for curious grownups.
$7 at Amazon
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Goodnight, Gorilla
A mostly wordless book about a gorilla with a sneaky streak. Great bedtime story, and flexible enough that you won’t go cross-eyed reading it a dozen times.
$8 at Amazon
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Custom Line Art Portraits
Kirtsy This
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