| In this article, we will introduce five Top Christmas | | | | Busy Ball Popper. Playskool, a consistent maker of |
| Gifts for Toddlers between the ages of 2 and 4. | | | | quality toys for kids, provides a lively game in Busy |
| These are formative years for your kids and they | | | | Ball Popper. In the game, colorful balls are placed |
| need gifts that will both entertain and educate them, | | | | onto a track and then shoot out the top giving |
| otherwise known as "Edutainment Gifts". | | | | endless joy to your young kids. The Popper clearly |
| The first gift in this Edutainment category comes | | | | meets the entertainment threshold and earns its |
| from Step 2 and is called the Waterwheel Activity | | | | educational status as it teaches your young kids |
| Play Table. Kids love to play with water and the | | | | valuable motor skills. |
| WaterWheel Play Table brings them interactive, and | | | | Our fourth offering is perhaps the absolute best gift |
| safe, water fun while at the same time bringing | | | | for the toddler that indicates an artistic bent. It is |
| valuable cause and effect learning to your children. | | | | for the young Picasso or Monet. It is called the |
| In our testing with kids 2-4, we found they never | | | | Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel. This |
| tired of the WaterWheel. In fact, the older kids | | | | standing easel is a chalk board and dry erase board all |
| seemed to gravitate towards it as well. The kids | | | | in one. We like the imaginative draw of the Easel as |
| are able to load up the WaterWheel and then play | | | | children actively engage their mind by drawing, and |
| many games which involve cups, sailboats, and of | | | | re-drawing objects. This is a definite must to |
| course the water wheel. By performing certain | | | | unearth your child's imaginative powers. |
| actions, the kids are able to create many water-fun | | | | Finally, one of the most sought after gifts this |
| directions and realize how their actions affect the | | | | Christmas 2009 is offered by ZhuZhu Pets and is |
| behavior of the game. The WaterWheel can be | | | | called the Funhouse Set with Hamster. This is for |
| enjoyed by up to 3 kids at a time. | | | | ages 3 and up and is slightly more expensive that the |
| Fisher Price earns the seconds prize for Top Toddler | | | | other offerings as it employs a lot of new |
| Christmas Gifts with their Brilliant Basics Baby's First | | | | technology. This game features Patches the |
| Blocks. Like many Fisher Price toys, this provides | | | | Hamster, an intelligent motorized critter who moves |
| endless entertainment for the kids while teaching | | | | about a Funhouse. Patches talks, explores, naps and |
| them valuable coordinative lessons. In the game, | | | | entertains your kids with various expressions and |
| the children are provided with big, bright, colorful | | | | traits. Your kids are taught valuable lessons in caring |
| blocks that they need to fit in the correct spaces. | | | | and nurturing and will receive endless enjoyment |
| When they have accomplished this, the kids enjoy | | | | from patches. |
| dumping out the blocks and begin starting all over | | | | Each of these gifts is a hot Christmas gift for |
| again. At under $10, this gift provides limitless fun at | | | | toddlers in 2009 and provides both significant |
| a very affordable cost. | | | | entertainment and learning opportunities! |
| Playskool rings in at the number three spot with the | | | | |