Category: for 4-year-olds

  • LeapPad Ultra

    [amazon_link asins=’B00CS1WDBI’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cda524b4-3f5d-11e7-9c2a-4d2b722af7c0′] We got this second-hand. It’s pretty expensive and we wouldn’t have bought it new. The kids love it, to the point where we have to confiscate it when screen time gets out of hand, and we can use it as a bargaining tool. It’s basically a computer tablet, like […]

  • Flip-Track Mountain

    [amazon_link asins=’B0070C4D86′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’11faf55f-3f5c-11e7-a0ea-8f7f873a0f9b’] We got this used and it may be ‘out of print’ now. It was an enormous hit with our two-year-old and remained so until he was 4 or 5. The tracks don’t fit with any of the other track-based toys we have, and some of the plastic fittings have […]

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schultz

    [amazon_link asins=’B001K2JE9K’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=”]   Our family enjoys watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special every year. The adults get the nostalgia and pleasure of sharing something from our childhoods with the kids, and the kids seem to really like the Peanuts characters. When I was a kid, I read Peanuts every day in […]

  • Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

    [amazon_link asins=’0394800168′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=”] This book is a classic, and an essential book for some children who are beginning to learn how to read. It’s fun for parents and children to read together, but I got tired of reading it after the tenth or so time. It reminds me of the song, “The […]