Holiday Gift Guide 2011: For Kids

Playskool Poppin’ Park Eelefun Busy Ball Popper: This super cute lively air-powered, ball-poppin elephant features fun, upbeat music and comes complete with five balls. How fun!

Once the balls pop out of the elephant’s trunk, it’s anybody’s guess where it’ll go! And our cute elephant figure plays 10 tunes.

Easy push-button activation. Includes elephant, stability base, ear attachment, 5 balls and instructions.
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The Brainy Company: The Brainy Company has some awesome toys to help young children develop a love of learning for a lifetime.  Here are some of my Favorites…

Brainy Baby Glowberry Bears: These cute and cuddly talking bears are filled with smiles and words of good cheer! They talk, light up, and also serve as a night light to help your little sleep. If you get both bears they even talk to each other! These are awesome toys and they’d make a great gift. They interact and talk with your child. Their tummy turns into a night light that automatically turns off after three minutes of inactivity. I love these toys!
Flashcar Friends:These unique and adorable wooden vehicle characters have very special cargo – flashcards on academic topics like letters, numbers and more! Each Flashcar Friends vehicle is made of wood, including the flashcards too! Sadie the ABCs School Bus has beautiful, real world images on each of her flashcard inserts that introduce every letter of the alphabet. Whether you roll her around or take her on-the-go, learning the ABCs has never been so fun.
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Dave Ramsey Products for Kids & Teens: If you want a gift that’s fun and educational for kids, check out the selection of Dave Ramsey products for youth of all ages. There are a variety of different age appropriate books, games and more that will teach youth about how to handle money NOW.

Transform their futures with these colorful and entertaining books, audio cds, workbooks, piggy banks & more. From working and saving to giving and spending, these wonderful products will teach real life ‘stuff,’ and they are so fun your children won’t even know they’re learning!
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FIJIT Friends Sage Interactive Toy: You can poke and squeeze Fijit’s soft, tactile skin that enables lifelike movements and fun surprises. Fijit can respond more than 100 built-in phrases and jokes! Recognizes different types of music and perform different dance moves.

This Fijit Friend is made with a durable plastic head, cute removable ears, and a squishy shell that’s a delight to touch. Poke her belly to prompt cool movements and fun surprises. Features voice recognition, beat detection capabilities, and includes her own original songs!
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LEGO Space UFO Abduction 7052: Here’s a Lego set that has a real sense of humor! Protect the farmer from being abducted by the alien UFO.

Includes Alien Defence Unit soldier, farmer with pitchfork and Alien Pilot minifigures, Alien UFO features illuminated tractor beam with light brick and abducting function, Roadblock bricks and flick missile included.
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Pocoyo: Pocoyo is fast becoming the world’s most popular preschooler with a hit television series that airs in the U.S. on Nick Jr. and Univision. Pocoyo’s SwiggleTraks Feature Set (swiggletraks.com ) from Bandai America, new for the Holiday 2011 season, and selected by Parents Magazine as one of the Best Toys for the Toddlers for 2011, is sure to delight fans.

Other toys from Bandai include Pocoyo plush, vehicles and bath toys. DVDs are available from NCircle Entertainment (ncircleentertainment.com), including the NAPPA Gold Award winner Dance Pocoyo Dance.
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Dinosaur Train:Created for 3-6 year olds, Dinosaur Train made its on-air debut on PBS KIDS in 2009. The series features a world of dinosaurs connected by a train line known as the Dinosaur Train.

Each episode is seen through the eyes of Buddy, a preschool-aged Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adoptive family of Pteranodons who go for adventures on the Dinosaur Train to discover and visit with all kinds of dinosaurs in different eras while learning the basic concepts of natural science, natural history and paleontology.