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Books & Videos
Show Each Other Forgiveness (Just Like Jesus Said) by Melody Carlson
Secretly Do Good Deeds (Just Like Jesus Said) by Melody Carlson
Love Your Neighbor (Just Like Jesus Said) by Melody Carlson


Books with a Good Message

The Sneeches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
Horton Hatches an Egg by Dr. Seuss
Maisy Cleans Up by Lucy Cousins
The Empty Pot by Demi


Books for Fun

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst


Videos

Dancing for Kids - instructional
Ballet for Boys - instructional
Tap Dogs - inspirational
Born to be Wild - The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre - inspirational



Toys

***This Christmas we will probably concentrate on Legos (the normal ones, not the Duplos)***

Looking for a Veggie Tales playset where they aren't wearing costumes.
Fisher Price Little People Noah's Ark
Charlie Brown playset

Construction type toys

Legos - especially 'open ended' pieces
Gears! Gears! Gears!  Super Set
Bristle Blocks 114 piece set


Pretty much anything from this store


Puzzles

60 pieces in no challenge, so at least 100-250 pieces.  If you know a good source of 100+ piece kid-themed puzzles where the pieces themselves are bigger (around an inch at least), please let me know.  That is our biggest problem right now.  The puzzles that are appropriate mentally are physically difficult to get together.  At this point, he usually dumps 3 60-piece puzzles together to put them together because the pieces are easier for him to handle than the tiny 100 piece puzzles.

Geometric Block Puzzle - smaller puzzle, but looks like it could be played with a lot of ways
Thomas Carnival, Midnight Ride, Moonlight Mission,
I think these puzzles would work, but haven't seen them in person:  Mayday at Singing Creek, Sun and Surf, Faces and Places of the USA, Museum Maze, Peek and Seek Playground, Roller Coaster, 3D National Geographic Relief Map, Central Station Train, Walk with Jesus
, Bon Voyage Cruise Ship Shape, Under the Sea, Rain Forest, Steam Locomotive 3D



Teaching Toys

Base 10 blocks
in wood or plastic
3-D shapes
Unifix & Math Linking Cubes
 



Thomas the Tank Engine


Thomas Holiday Train  Doesn't appear to fit our set, but would be used as a Christmas decoration.

Engines/Cars/Vehicles we don't have:  Spencer, Lady, Henry, Duncan, Murdoch, Douglas, Donald, Diesel 10, Fergus, Arthur, Edward, Big City Engine, Harvey, Breakdown Train, Mavis, Terrence, Aquarium Cars, Rusty, Circus Train, Chinese Dragon, Ivo Hugo with Zoo CarsStephney with Museum Cars, Fire Crew, Ice Delivery, Iron 'Arry &  Bert, Road Crew, Water Works, Trevor, Recycle Cars, Duck, Skarloey, Caroline, Bulgy, Elizabeth, Butch, Gold Prospector, Mike, George, Thumper, D199, Fog Cars, Rheneas and Rock Crusher,

Expansion sets: Figure 8 Expansion Pack, Up & AwayTrack Pack, Ascending / Descending, Cross & SwitchStraight and curved, Switch T Track, Round about turntable, Rail Crossing, Stacking Risers, Straight, Elevated Track Foundation, Ascending, Roadway Pack
 
Buildings & Bridges:  Sodor Cargo Drop, Barrel LoaderMr. Jolly's Chocolate FactoryQuarry Mine Tunnel, Sodor Scrub & Shine, Water Tower, Roundhouse, Clock Tower, Coal Loader, Cargo Transfer Engine Wash, Cranky the Crane, Fire StationFishing Dock, Windmill, Scrap Yard, Mountain Tunnel, Toll Bridge, Sodor Bay BridgeLifting Bridge, Knapford Covered Bridge, Sling BridgeArched Viaduct,

Big Sets:  (may duplicate above pieces) Roundhouse set,
Lift & Load set, Boulder Mountain Set, Let's Have a Race set,



Clothes & Other Practical Things


Clothes:  5T in toddler/baby sizes, XS for kid's sizes.  Can wear some 4T things, but not all.  Hanna Anderson size 110
Shoes:  12w
 
Would love to get him something from Shelly at Tye Dye Dreams  She has helped me out when I really needed it and I want to be able to return the favor.  Plus, I just really like her stuff.