Where Is Baby's Belly Button? (Karen Katz Lift-the-flap Book)

Belly button!! Somehow it is A's favourite body part :). I asked for this book in our library when A was 9 month old. But somehow I could never get my hands on this one till today. Today in the library time, we saw this book. My face gleamed and teeth started shining as soon as I saw the book. Finally :)

This is how it goes:
Where are baby's eyes?
Under her hat!
Where is baby's mouth?
behind the cup!
....

And for all these there is a flap. The baby lifts the flap and sees eyes and other parts. I felt it is quite a good book to use from 8months onwards. But at 15 months A already knows most of the body parts mentioned in the book. Also she already knows almost all the objects. So there wasn't much learning for her but It was fun for her. She made me read her this book around 3-4 times, before we picked another one to read.

One more observation was flaps in the book are not very strong and can come out very easily if not handled properly.


I would say its a fun interactive book for babies age 6months+ till 1.5 years(depends on the kid).

Here is the link on amazon:

Where Is Baby's Belly Button? (Karen Katz Lift-the-Flap Books)

Big Board First 100 Words - Roger Priddy

Its been quite some time since I wrote a post on my blog. A wasn't keeping well. So I was busy taking care of her. I also haven't bought A any new toy or book also for sometime.Decided to take a step back, and use the existing stuff a little more. Her toys and books budget allocated for this month will be used next month or may be the month after that. Interestingly we did play a lot and read a lot of new books too. There were some in which she wasn't interested earlier but now loves reading them.

One of the books which she didn't like earlier is

Big Board First 100 Words

I must say this book can't be the first book. It has way too many pictures on one page. Too big size for very small babies.

For a long time,  A only liked books with just one pic per page. But now, she likes books with multiple pics on each page too.

Now about the book:

1. It can't be a babies/kids first book. Babies first book should be one with one pic per page. Its definitely for 12 month + kids.
2. Excellent quality board book
3. Sturdy pages. Very big in size. Size of each page is 11 inch * 11 inch.
4. Bold and bright colors. Will definitely catch a toddlers eye.
5. Has lot of day to day objects. It talks about colors, animals, vehicles, fruits, toys, bath time, bed time stuff etc
6. Has a lot of words with good pictures. So, really good to build their vocabulary

At 15 months, A can identify around 60 images out of this book.

Amazon has a look inside feature available for this book. So in case you want to order, you can see almost the complete book even before ordering.

I am considering buying this book:

 

My Very First 100 Animals

If you have any feedback on this one, please do let me know either by commenting on the post or by mailing me at learningfrommykid@gmail.com

List of toys to be reviewed soon

Toys for toddlers:


Here is a list of toys which I will be reviewing soon. This is the list of toys which we already own, so all the reviews will be based on our first hands experience. If you want any toy to be reviewed which is not in this list, add it in the comments section, i will try to procure that and post review.  I will keep adding more entries in this page as and when we buy more toys.  As and when I am done reviewing a toy, i will remove it from this list. So this is just a list of to be reviewed soon items and doesn't include the ones i have reviewed.
Also, i will always try to post a link to where you can get these online
Once i update the list below with all the toys i have, i will update the recommended age, and also a buy or don't buy from my side

If anyone wishes some item to be reviewed earlier, please post your request in the comments section. or else i pick any random product from this list to be reviewed.

Toys(non-battery):

Skillofun capital alphabet tray with pictures
Skillofun Picture on Alphabet Tray with Knobs, Multi Color
Skillofun Alphabet Picture Puzzle
Skillofun Multi Activity Box, Multi Color
Skillofun Beads Pattern Box, Multi Color
Little Genius Beads - Shape and Pattern
Little Genius Tiger Seriation Big with Knob, Multi Color
Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby's First Blocks
Mattel Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Stack and Roll Cups
Funskool Kiddy Star Links
Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack : This is a flipkart link as product was not available on amazon
Fisher Price Stack & Roll Cups
Fisher-Price Toddlerz Tappy the Turtle 
Ambi Toys Max Pull Along -5 dog
Funskool Wibbly Wobbly Train
Funskool play faces
Kinetic sand waba  or any equivalent: We got this as Christmas gift for A. :) Lets see how she reacts and plays with it.
Mee Mee Knowledge Box
Quercetti Georello Farm Activity Toy
Lego duplo
Sassy Dunk n' Clunk Shape Sorter

Bead shuttle/maze
wooden blocks cart
picture match puzzle (all 4 sides) 
Count from 1 - 100 wooden toy
Melissa and doug picture match puzzle
Little genius ABC
Little genius 123
Little genius abc
Little Genius Birds with Sun
Mother care ELC my first bowling set
Hape shape sorter
Hand puppets & soft toys
Color maze
Fisherprice doodle, scribbler, slate
Barbie - Disney
Toykraft finger painting kit
Piggy bank
Esoft dog
tricycle

Toys(battery):
Fisher-Price Kick and Play Piano Gym, Discover 'N Grow
Vtech apple (town one)
Vtech learning bus
Vtech globe
leapfrog musical activity table
leapfrog discovery ball
leapfrog leappad
little tikes trumpet
vtech baby mobile
vtech toto laptop
vtech phone
Mitashi Sky Kidz SK 42 Fun Tunes
Moshi monster
hexbug

List of books to be reviewed soon

Here is a list of books which I will be reviewing soon. This is the list of books which we already own, so all the reviews will be based on our first hands experience. If you want any book to be reviewed which is not in this list, add it in the comments section, i will try to procure that and post review.  I will keep adding more entries in this page as and when we buy more books. As and when I am done reviewing a book, i will remove it from this list. So this is just a list of to be reviewed soon items and doesn't include the ones i have reviewed.
Also, i will always try to post a link to where you can get these online
Once i update the list below with all the books i have, i will update the recommended age, and also a buy or don't buy from my side

If anyone wishes some item to be reviewed earlier, please post your request in the comments section. or else i pick any random product from this list to be reviewed.

Barney's Treasure Hunt
Thomas the Tank Engine Counts to Ten
ABC Zoo
Dogs by Emily Gravett
Smelly Nelly (Finger Puppet Books)
Guess How Much I Love You
The Gruffalo
My Charming Board Books: ABC
My Charming Board Books: Fruits 

From Head to Toe Board Book - Eric Carle
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes... (Baby Board Books)
Phonics (My First Board Book)
Room on the Broom: Activity Book
100 Shapes and Colours (First Picture Word Book)
Little Mermaid (Fancy Story Board-Books)
Step By Step ABC.123.Colours
Peter Pan (Pop-Up Fairy Tale Books)
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises (Bright & Early Board Books(TM) 

365 Animal Stories and Rhymes (365 Stories)
Barbie: Learn Your Numbers 1 to 20
Baby Touch and Feel Puppy Love

Dr. Seuss's ABC (Big Bright & Early Board Book)
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff : A very nice book to introduce shadow play

Remember the Magic Word  : A nice book to get your kid to say please
Remember your Manners
Mary had a little lambWinnie the Pooh: Weather
Duck got stuck
Peter pan pop up book
Spot the difference book
Let's Read!: What the Ladybird Heard
Dora the Explorer Alphabet Adventure (Nickelodeon Learning)

Sleep Tight! (Sesame Street)
Double Magic Animals

Aim the bucket

Good for age: 14 months +

Skills developed: hand and eye coordination, motor skills,

What you'll need: Bucket and balls

Detail:
Keep the bucket at some distance from you. Sit with your kid. Take one ball at a time and aim the bucket. When the ball enters the bucket, show that you are happy.. Clap.. Then give the next ball to the kid. She may just throw it.  Don't lose patience it will take some time for her to get the idea that ball has to be put in the bucket. Take few more balls one at a time and aim the bucket. If the kid is not able to put the ball in the bucket, reduce the distance to the bucket and try. She will eventually get the idea and will learn.

Note:
Ensure the balls are soft and easy to handle.

If you already have the balls, use them. Else you can consider buying thses:

Intex Fun Balls, Multi Color
12 Pcs SET OF SMILEY FACE SQUEEZE BALL

Hand actions

Good for age: 14 months (but older and younger kids might enjoy it, too!)

Skills developed: hand and eye coordination,  imagination, vocabulary increases

What you'll need: just yourselves.

Detail: Make your kid sit facing you. Show her your tongue and say "aaa" . See is she copies. If she does, cheer her up.

Then try clapping and say clap. If she also does the same, give her a kiss.

Then try more complex actions like
"flap your wings like pigeon"
"turn your head"
"bend your neck"
"Raise your shoulder"
"Wave your arms like a monkey"
 "Clap like a seal"
"thump your chest like gorilla"
"wiggle your toes"
"Feeling shy? Cover your face"

If she is not copying you, don't get disappointed. Try it some other time. She may just laugh. That is actually a good sign as this shows she is interested. Keep repeating. Eventually she will copy. By this activity you can teach action, birds name, animals names, body parts and most importantly relation between each of those.

After sometime you copy her.

We used this book too while doing this activity.

From Head to Toe Board Book - Eric Carle

It has picture of animals doing various actions. You can do it with or without the book. 
The book does add extra fun to the activity. We have the paperback version of the book.
Adding few pics for your reference: