Holiday Shopping List for Kids

December 17, 2007 | By Kristen | In Activities, Chaos of Life, Cool Finds

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We made our trip to see the pediatric behavioral optometrist today to have Taylors vision checked for the tracking issues that we think may be causing some of her reading difficulty.

While waiting I picked up a copy of their Holiday Shopping List, a suggestion of about 40 toys that are safe (your perception of safe may vary) and good for vision. I also noticed that most are also good for fine motor skills. I give complete credit to Vision Care Specialists in Southboro, MA for this list- for the full list click here and print it out!

However, I am proud to brag that this list features “good ole toys” that are the type of toys I like to buy anyway so I have a majority of these for the kids but did get the kids a few of the ones on the list we didn’t have yet. GOOD LUCK!

Lite Brite
Battleship- I spend many hours playing this against my six year old
Chalkboard- really, what can be simplier and let the imagination wander? Put this together with the “Harold and the Purple Crayon” book set and some fun chaulk and you have a perfect gift.
Tinker Toys
Erector set
Dot to Dot Coloring Books
Jigsaw puzzles
Indian beads for threading
Painting by Number
Toss Across (tic tac toe)
Memory
Checkers
Tiddlywinks- Oh I miss my grammy who I spent hours playing this game with!
Lincoln logs
Legos - we spend many family nights filled with building legos
Operation- we have the Simpsons version
Dance Dance Revolution
Finger Paints
Connect Four
Ring Toss- they have an affordable good indoor set in Oriental Trading
Card Games- crazy eights, old maid and uno are my favorites
Action Darts Velcro Board and covered balls- hmmm, I wonder if those foam dart guns count?
Dominoes

They had several more but I thought those were my top choices since they are winners in my family.

What about Rummikub?? MY personal all time favorite even though my husband tends to kick my butt most nights, I still love this game and my kids are getting good with the numbers.

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