Updated on Oct. 24, 2006

Toddlers 1-5 yr
Yingshan Shi, MD,   Caroline Olaleye, MD

My hobbies

My favorite toys, books, music, songs, websites, and .

• Read more books, and read more different books!
• Go to local library to check 10 or 20 books out weekly or bi-weekly.
• Go to bookstore to read books.
• Go to Dollar tree stores http://www.dollartree.com/index.cfm, Where every book is $1:00 (Books are limited there)
• Go to garage sales and you may find good books with average price of $25c to $1.00 each.
• The Borders (Bookstore) located at the corner of 53rd and lake shore at Chicago. Most of book at a bargain price $2.99 to $5.99
• Go to book fair http://teacher.scholastic.com/fairs/warehouse/, you may get significantly discounted books. (Some parents go to the book fair and buy > 100 books once a year.
• Have birthday parties for your kids at bookstore and let kids read books there. Then you buy some their favorite books as birthday gift for them.
• Bookstore gift cards are also pretty good, which allow kids to choose the books they like.
• Ask relatives, grandparents, and friends send books as gifts for holidays, or family special celebrations.

Favorite toys - We like hands-on toys!
Thomas the Tank	Lego			Rescue heroes Engine Road and cars Lego Duplos kitties button toys	Stones Wood blocks Care bears Clay Doll houseDarth Vader Dora dolls Drums Farm animals

Gwen Doll

Wood Blocks: One of the best toys for kids age 0 to 10 year old

15 mo	4 year old		2mo grasp the block 4mo reach the block 6mo hold the blocks in both hands, transfer the block from hand to hand 9mo banged the blocks, pick up the block by thumb & fingers 15mo stack 2 blocks 18mo stack 4 blocks 24mo stack 6 block 36mo stack 8 block, build a bridge 48mo build stairs   shopping: Target, Wal-Mart (not colorful) http://www.gummylump.com/front/f_category.php?id=26
2 & 5 year old	4 year old