The Toddlers Busy Book | 
| Author: Trish Kuffner
Publisher: Meadowbrook
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  87 reviews
Sales Rank: 2071
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 508
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.4 x 1.1
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 82 more reviews...
 not that useful June 20, 2008
1 out of 2 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
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.
Worth the $10.00 Investment April 11, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As some people have said in the 1-3 star reviews, many of the ideas in this book are no-brainers we could have come up with on our own. I cannot deny that fact, and yet I must say 'kudos!' to the authoress for writing the ideas down and earning an income for her brood as a result! That said, I loved the book. I checked it out at our library and my severe impulse to underline things and fold down pages caused me to realize that I must buy a copy. And as for being able to come up with the ideas on my own, I have three sons between the ages of 7 months and 4 years and simply don't have time to look around for creative ways to keep them all busy. Call me lazy, but I'd rather shell out $10 (or in my current state whip out my library card) and save time. The book is not only great for a quick pick me up for bored children (days and days of rain in the midwest, anyone?) it also has so many tidbits for ME, like gentle reminders that though stressful at times, being a mom is one of the most rewarding experiences in my life.
A wealth of ideas...that take preparation. March 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For the money, I thought this was a good book. It is not, however, a book full of "instant ideas." Many of them have to be prepared ahead of time. I think this book also assumes that you have a designated play area for your child, where paints and play-doh are okay to use. (And if you don't have an area like that yet, make one.) Still, there are tons of good ideas that will keep your child entertained. I've already used a couple of the rainy day activities with my 2-yr-old son and we've had fun. And many of the craft ideas, once they're set up or assembled, can be used many times or make permanent toys, which saves you from having to buy news ones all the time! All in all a good buy.
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