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What to Gift a 3-Year-Old (Toys and Books That Actually Get Played With)en

What to Gift a 3-Year-Old (Toys and Books That Actually Get Played With)

These are the things my son and his friends played with on repeat, and the books we read on repeat, when he was 3. Some of them are still in rotation a year later.

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What to Gift a 4-Year-Old (When It Feels Like They Already Have Everything)en

What to Gift a 4-Year-Old (When It Feels Like They Already Have Everything)

My son is now 4.5, and this is the age when finding a gift for a 4-year-old gets tricky. Preferences change fast. They move from Duplo to "real" Lego. And it feels like they already have everything.

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