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Gifts for babies & toddlers

Sarah loves Fisher-Price Little People – the Fun Sounds Farm, and Builders sets like this one are a great precursor to Duplo and LEGO
Little Tikes Cozy Coupe
A crawl-through play tunnel like this one from Melissa & Doug
Play kitchen (Sarah has one from Step 2 similar to this)
Standing easel (Meagan loves this one from One Step Ahead)

Gifts for preschool & little kids

The expensive-but-so-worth-it Magna Tiles
LEGO Duplo starter sets like this one
Schleich plastic animals like these dragons
Inexpensive knock-offs of more expensive brands, like Li’l Woodzeez and Our Generation
Doll house (Sarah loves this one from Melissa & Doug)
Play silks from Magic Cabin
Puppet theater

Gifts for big kids & teens

Other great stuff we talked about

7 ways to survive playing board games with your kids (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
Meagan’s interview with Sarah Mackenzie on the Read Aloud Revival podcast
The Overdrive app that connects you to your local library for digital lending, and the Kindle Lending Library for Amazon Prime subscribers
Rebrickable, the site for LEGO lovers that provides instructions for new creations based on the sets you already own

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Gifts That Go The Distance: Episode 28