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Superhero Toys : Cute Plush Superheros for Babies, Toddlers and Kids of All Ages

May6

Looking for Superhero Toys for your child?

These Superhero plush toys are adorable! The brand Funko creates these very cute little superhero “dolls” or “stuffed animals”. Even though they say ages 3 and up, most of the Plushies do not have “small parts”. (I am not, however, endorsing giving these plushies to children under the age of 3).

Superman Plushie by Funko

Superman Plushie by Funko

Get the Funko Plushies Superheroes here (both Marvel and DC heros available).

Nursery Rhymes in French (Comptines) : Les Clipounets

May6

Songs for children in French

Les Chansons Des Clipounets are CDs and DVDs and even an app with comptines (nursery rhyme songs). For ages 1 and up, the DVD is awesome! It has animated videos that illustrates the lyrics of traditional French nursery rhymes, such as Frère Jacques . The DVDs are designed for language stimulation and to introduce sounds, words, and sentences to babies.

Check out the Clipounets website for all of the DVDs, apps and more …

Check out a sample video of the French version of the Itsy Bitsy Spider (or Incy Wincy Spider if you are in Britain;)

Colors Video for Babies, Toddlers and Children of all ages

April22

A great musical video to introduce children to colors. This video for children of all ages shows very basic 2 dimensional images. Writen and performed by A.J. Jenkins.

Animal Sounds Video for Babies, Toddlers and Children of all ages

April22

An awesome song to introduce children to animals. This video for children of all ages shows very basic images of animals, words and features the amazing vodals of A.J. Jenkins.

According to comments by KidsTV123, this children’s musical video is “designed to help learn phonic patterns in English”.

Videos for babies, toddlers and children : “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” lullaby by Super Simple Songs

April20

A different version of a video lullybye of Twinkle Twinkle, video for toddlers, babies, and children by Super Simple Songs. At the time of the publishing of this article, the video has hundreds of millions of views !

It is short and sweet and to the point. The 3D graphics are awesome yet basic and not as overwhelming as some other children’s nursery rhymes videos.

Videos for babies, toddlers and children : “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” a GiggleBellies lullaby

April20

Another great night time video for toddlers, babies, and children of all ages, even moms and dads love this beautiful arrangement by the GiggleBellies.

The vocals of this song are so amazing, for until I checked to see who was singing, I thought it was Dave Matthews! Awesome job on vocals, Patrick Fleming, this is amazing. We are huge fans of you. I was showing this video on YouTube to a collegue and another one heard the song and asked who was singing and wanted your album :)

Videos for babies, toddlers and children : GiggleBellies lullaby “Fly Away with Me”

April4

This is a very cool musical video for babies, toddlers and even older children … Heck, I love even love it!

An original lullaby song with video by the GiggleBellies.

Fly Away With Me

Sing along while watching :

Sign up for the GiggleBellies Fan Club, and get access to free printables, wallpapers and really awesome character lyric sheets .

GiggleBellies Fan Club

GiggleBellies Lyrics

GiggleBellies Lyrics

My son is a huge fan of the Giggle Bellies, we watch their videos on YouTube and have the DVD’s for when you don’t want to sit at a desk. The animation is detailed and is 3D and the songs are beautifully interpreted. We LOVE the GiggleBellies!

Educational videos for babies and toddlers : prepositions

January11

This is a very cool musical video for babies or toddlers. My son loves monkeys so this song is awesome.

Written and performed by A.J. Jenkins, this is another cool video by KidsTV123.

Where’s the monkey?

Interact with your child while watching :

To make watching videos more interactive for your children, act it out with them (preferably with a toy or object they can manipulate).

Act out “Where’s the monkey?” with your child’s favorite sock monkey

Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey

Educational videos for babies and toddlers : Solar System Song

January11

This is a very cool song for babies. My son loves it.

The characters could be cuter but the song is awesome. We love A.J. Jenkins’ voice! Well, we pretty much love every video on youtube by
KidsTV123.

The Solar System Song

Celestial Buddie™!

For even more fun while watching the video with your child - play with his corresponding

Celestial Buddies™!

Celestial Buddies

Celestial Buddies

Google’s Superbowl Ad - French love

February8

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