Educational Toys - Holiday Gift Idea from Child Development Ages and Stages

Reccomended Children's Educational Toys and Gifts
Margie Manion

0-6 months: play mat with objects to bat at, toys that shake, rattle, and roll to experiment with, the Zoom Spoon- encourages positive mealtimes and childrens' literacy (can be found at www.zoomspoon.com)	Band In A Box
Color Sudoku Puzzle	Start your child's Mathmania Club membership today with our special FREE BOOK offer!
Pick-a-Peg Game	Ballerina Magnetic Puzzle
USA Foam Map Puzzle	Light Up Solar System Mobile
Braintwist Puzzle	60 Second Encyclopedia
My First Geology Kit	250 Zoob Pieces

Margie Manion graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a double major in Elementary Education and Early Childhood Development. She taught for several years. Then went on to marry her college sweetheart. They have two beautiful boys who are the the center of their world. Margie taught in the classroom for 4 years until she quit to stay home with her two boys. During this time, as a parent educator with the Parents As Teachers program ashe did a local parenting segment, weekly, with WDAF Fox 4 in Kansas City. She is currently a frequest guest on FNC and is back in the classroom teaching 3rd grade in Liberty, MO, as well as promoting her invention and book (Zoom Spoon and "Zoom Spoon and Finicky Philip the Picky Eater" which can be found at www.zoomspoon.com ).

Margie wants you to know that, "I am very passionate about what I do. I know that parenting is the hardest and most important job in the world! I would like to reach as many parents as possible to help them to take extra steps to make their parenting experience a positive one! There is no such thing as the "perfect parent" it is an ongoing process and it is never to late to try something new!"