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The 1st Annual @iVillage 2011

Stuff We Love Awards!

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USA Wooden Map Puzzle $14.99

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More about the featured products:

Slice & Bake Apple Pie

Presenting Apple Pie as easy as 1-2-3-4! With four easy steps, your little chef will be proud to assemble and present this All-American dessert sensation! Place the bottom crust in the pie plate, fill with the apple slices, then put the top crust into place…”bake” and serve…easy as pie! The set comes with all the ingredients, an oven mitt, wooden knife, pie server and the pie plate.
$19.99
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Tiered Special Occasion Cake
Your little host will be proud to present these three layers of “delicious” yumminess. This fabulous cake can be topped with a bride and groom for a formal pretend wedding or with a flower bouquet to celebrate any special event. Serving and assembling this confection is easy with all the wooden layers, a selection of toppings, a server and decorative cake plate included in the “bakery” box.
$24.99
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Here are ten good reasons to play with your food! These unique activities use 4 bread-shaped gloves, which can self-stick to 14 sandwich filling layers, and 20 sandwich cards. Race to match the sandwich on the picture card in Fast Food or try to toss a sandwich filling onto a bread glove in Service on the Fly. Inspiring children to burn calories while improving memory and matching skills will put fun on the menu every time. Instructions include variations on many of the games to extend the fun.

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Melissa & Doug Car Carrier Wins Disney Family Fun Toy of the Year

Family Fun says, “The simplicity of the foot-long Wood Car Carrier was
a big plus for parents: no batteries, no noise, no excessive
packaging. Young testers flipped the loading ramp
up and down (over and over and over) to move the four
cars on and off the notched beds.”

This fantastic truck is ready to spark the economy by picking up and delivering four colorful cars. Its “easy-load and lower” ramps provide two levels for the new vehicles. Your little trucker will love “hitting the road” with this wooden six-wheeler! $19.99

TOY OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNING CAR CARRIER

The greatest travel innovation since the wheelie bag! Trunki allows children to scoot along on their luggage through the airport or train station. This lightweight, sturdy, carry-on sized suitcase serves as luggage, riding toy, and transport for kids on the go! At home, Trunki may be used as a convenient kid-friendly storage bin too! Features include a tow strap, carry handles, secure catches, integrated wheels and stabilizers to prevent toppling over. Holds up to 100 lbs.

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Enhance imaginative play with our NEW bulk fruit and vegetable play food bundles! What’s a grocery store without a produce section? Now you can have a great assortment of healthy pretend play fruits and vegetables – in bundles of six – to add to the play value of your lemonade stand, grocery store, pretend pantry, or farm!

Molded from real fruits and vegetables, these glorious play food bundles offer great visual appeal to your market, lemonade stand, or play kitchen!.

Made of durable plastic, these 6 pack bundles of fruits or vegetables will add “bundles” of fun to many pretend recipes and stores!

Each Play Food Bundle: $11.99 – $17.99

Bundles of PLAY FOOD Available in these Fruits & Vegetables:

• LEMONS Play Food Bundle
• CARROTS Play Food Bundle
• CORN Play Food Bundle
• TOMATOES Play Food Bundle
• PEPPERS Play Food Bundle
• NECTARINES Play Food Bundle
• APPLES Play Food Bundle
• BANANAS Play Food Bundle
• ORANGES Play Food Bundle
• PEARS Play Food Bundle
• CUCUMBERS Play Food Bundle

Combine these bundles with our Lemonade Stand / Grocery Store:

Change the awning from Lemonade Stand to Grocery Store:

The Straight Edge: Learning Mat Placemat Sets

Introduce your children to a variety of activities and information with these exciting double-sided learning mats. Each set includes a set of wipe-off crayons in a rainbow of five bright colors and easy-clean instructions are printed on each mat! A regular #2 pencil may also be used to write on these mats.

Parenting Tip:
Bring a learning mat (with included wipe-off crayons) the next time you take your child out to a restaurant for dinner. It will help to occupy them while you wait for your meal!

SHOWN ABOVE:
Alphabet/Numbers Placemat Bundle:
Present your child with this set of three double-sided mats that introduce the alphabet, numbers and counting in a fun and engaging way. Using the five included wipe-off crayons, play becomes active learning, and mastering these important academic skills becomes as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Other Learning Mat Sets Available:

Basic Skills Placemat Bundle

Fun Themes Placemat Bundle

Advanced Subject Skills Bundle

Math Skills Placemat Bundle

Make & Serve Apple Pie
Presenting Apple Pie as easy as 1-2-3-4! With four easy steps, your little chef will be proud to assemble and present this All-American dessert sensation! Place the bottom crust in the pie plate, fill with the apple slices, then put the top crust into place…”bake” and serve…easy as pie! The set comes with all the ingredients, an oven mitt, wooden knife, pie server and the pie plate.
$19.99

Extended Activities:

• Ask the child to make one extra-stuffed piece of apple pie by stacking the apple slices on top of each other. Count each apple slice as it is put into place. Place a top crust piece on the apple slices and serve to someone special.
• Ask the child to cut the apple into slices with the wooden knife while counting to the number four. Now ask the child to place an apple slice on each of the pie slices, and count to four once again.
• Count the pie slices with the child while guiding them through subtraction problems.  For example, you might say, “If you take one pie slice away from these four pie slices, how many are left? Four take away one is three! What if we take away two pie slices?” Encourage addition skills by adding pie slices. This can also be repeated to introduce fractions.
• Ask the child to place an apple slice inside one of the four pie slices, and then cover all four with the top crust pieces. Shuffle the pie slices with the child watching. Ask the child to  guess which slice has the apple contained inside it.
• Ask the child to tell a story about the use of the apple pie she/he is making. Is there a special party, holiday or event where it will be served?

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What other fun ways do you think you could play with this toy? Please leave your comments. We’d love to hear from you!