Hi all,

I have a babysitter's kit, and it has a pamphlet with books and dvds that your children would enjoy. Just thought I'd share them...

BABIES & TODDLERS

Books

Pat the Bunny.......By: Dorothy Kunhardt

One Fish, Two Fish,
Red Fish, Blue Fish..By: Dr. Suess

Goodnight Moon......By: Margaret Wise Brown

Who Says Quack?.....By: Jerry Smith

The Snowy Day.......By: Ezra Jack Keats

Brown Bear, Brown bear,
What Do You See?....By: Bill Martin Jr.

The Runaway Bunny...By: Margaret Wise Brown

Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings...By: Mathew Van Fleet

We're Going on a Bear Hunt...By: Michael Rosen

The Very Hungry Caterpillar...By: Eric Carle


DVDs

Elmo's World series

Caillou series

Blue's Clue's series

Baby Einstein series

Baby Mozart

Teletubbies series


PRESCHOOLERS

Books

Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very
Bad Day.....................By: Judith Viorst

Where the Wild Things Are...By: Maurice Sendak

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse..By: Kevin Henkes

Curious George................By: H.A. Rey

Harold and the Purple Crayon...By: Crockett Johnson

Clifford and the Big Red Dog...By: Norman Bridwell

Arthur Adventure series........By: Marc Brown

If You Give A Pig A Pancake....By: Laura Numeroff

DVDs

Bob The Builder series

Dora The Explorer series

Bear in the Big Blue House series

Clifford and the Big Red Dog series

Thomas the Tank Engine series

The Best of Elmo

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh


OLDER KIDS (Ages 5 to 8)

The Last of the Really
Great Whangdoodles.........By: Julie Andrews Edwards

Jumanji....................By: Chris Van Allsburg

Magic Tree House series....By: Mary Pope Osborne

The Littles................By: John Peterson

The Giving Tree............By: Shel Silverstein

Charlotte's Web............By: E.B. White

DVDs

Because of Winn-Dixie

Balto

The Chronicles of Narnia series

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Magic School Bus series

Babe

The Red Shoes

The Secret of NIMH

Phew. That was long. I hope this starts conversation and I hope I've provided some of you moms/moms to be/grandparents/authors/babysitters/nannies with some information and assistance.

daisies110

So what do you think? Was it helpful? ANYONE????

Thanks you Daisies110 it's always nice to be updated about this kind of stuff.
When my son was younger he used to watch the sesami street
I highly recomend it!

Very good! Thank you, Nicolette! Anyone else find it helpful??

that is a very neat list. Thank you

sounds like a good kit. while i agree with most of it, there is some that i am strongly against, i will give you a review. i have only experience with the baby and preschooler, but i will give you my honest opinion.

BABIES & TODDLERS

Books

Pat the Bunny.......By: Dorothy Kunhardt

One Fish, Two Fish,
Red Fish, Blue Fish..By: Dr. Suess

Goodnight Moon......By: Margaret Wise Brown

Who Says Quack?.....By: Jerry Smith

The Snowy Day.......By: Ezra Jack Keats

Brown Bear, Brown bear,
What Do You See?....By: Bill Martin Jr.

The Runaway Bunny...By: Margaret Wise Brown

Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings...By: Mathew Van Fleet

We're Going on a Bear Hunt...By: Michael Rosen

The Very Hungry Caterpillar...By: Eric Carle

ALL of these books are excellent, my baby boy especially loves the very hungry caterpillar. if i may suggest a few more:

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Read me a Book by Barbara Reid

babies also love touch and feel books, with the different textures

DVDs

Elmo's World series- is ok, but the older(1980's) sesame street series is way better, seems to be more stimulating

Caillou series-is great

Blue's Clue's series-good

Baby Einstein series-is ok, but gets annoying after awhile(i guess they all do tho)

Baby Mozart-part of the einstein series

Teletubbies series- this one i strongly disagree with. they do not speak a lick of proper english. i cannot stand baby talk, i always have and always will speak to my babies as if they are equal to me, and i strongly encourage proper english. this is the only one on your list that is not the least bit educational. i cant stand it.

while these are ok, it is suggested that babies under age 2 should watch no tv/movies at all. i do once in a while pop a short vid in if theres something that really needs doing, but in general i think it is best to keep them away from it.
PRESCHOOLERS

Books-all these books are a hit with my preschooler

Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very
Bad Day.....................By: Judith Viorst

Where the Wild Things Are...By: Maurice Sendak

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse..By: Kevin Henkes

Curious George................By: H.A. Rey- a favourite

Harold and the Purple Crayon...By: Crockett Johnson

Clifford and the Big Red Dog...By: Norman Bridwell

Arthur Adventure series........By: Marc Brown

If You Give A Pig A Pancake....By: Laura Numeroff-and all the others in the series- they are a favourite of my preschooler

DVDs

Bob The Builder series- is very good, im all for educational media

Dora The Explorer series-is good, but the repetitveness is super annoying

Bear in the Big Blue House series-this one just does not seem to spark her interest. not sure why.

Clifford the Big Red Dog series-is alright, not the best tho

Thomas the Tank Engine series- daughter love love loves this one

The Best of Elmo- she bored of elmo very quickly.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh- again a favourite.

The Berenstain Bears shows & books are my daughters all time favourites right now. they teach different values and are entertaining.

hope that helps. in general youve got a good thing going.