Smart Play Smart Toy Index
      purchasing, 34
teethers
      for babies (first six months), 48-49
      benefits of, 45
teething rings
      benefits of, 55
telephones
      for preschoolers, 115
      for toddlers (two to three years old), 81
television
      viewing, restricting, 164-65
      and violence, 230-31
tents for preschoolers, 115
tepees for preschoolers, 115
thank-you notes, 33
threading cubes, 75
toddler (one- to three-year-old), 59
      activities typical of, 64
      birthday (passing first), 60-62
      birthday (from second to third), 75-83
      developmental milestones, 84-86
      home-toy factory, 65
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      mental milestones, (two and one-half years), 87
      playing with other children, 62-64
      toys organized in categories, 65, 76
      traveling and toys, 62
      See also baby; older child; preschooler;
           primary schooler; special needs
toddler toys (one to two years old), 65-87
      active/creative/educational categories, 65
      additional recommendation, 75
      art supplies, 65-66
      balls, 66-67
      bath toys, 67
      blocks, 68
      books, 68
      dolls, 69
      pails and shovels, 70
      pounding sets, 70
      push-pull toys, 71
      puzzles, 72
      ride-on toys, 72
      ring stacks, 73
      shape-sorting boxes, 74
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