2002 TOY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRESCHOOLERS*
Compiled by Ingrid H. Smith, OTR Multi-Sensory Toys Musicblocks-Neurosmith Imagination Desk-Leap Frog Teaching Telephone-Learning Resources Talking Cash Register-Summit Talk n Learn Alphabet, Numbers-Fun Years Teaching Keys Keyboard-Fun Years Search n Discover Book-VTECH Phonics Writing Desk-Leap Frog Learning Time Talking Clock-Ready, Set, Grow Fine Motor Coordination Pre-Writing Bilateral Strengthening Stacking Cups Shelcore MagnaDoddle-Tyco Playdough Fun Factory-Playskool Great Hits Tee Ball-koosh Jr. Toss Across-Mattel Big Ten Bowling Set-STATS Magnetic Alphabet Desk-Fun Years Color Wonder-Crayola Grow to Pro Basketball, Baseball-Fisher Price Take Apart Tow Truck-Fun Years Preschool Winnie-the-Pooh Learning Fun Clubhouse-Fisher P. Form Fitter-Playskool Magnetic Numbers and Letters-Preskool Jack-in-the-Box-Shelcore Paint n Swirl-Imagination Battat Fishing Set-Imaginarium Wood Blocks-Melissa and Doug Farm Friends Fuzzy Puzzle-Melissa and Doug Blo Paints-Color Workshop Dress-up Kids-Woodkins Take along Tool Kit-Melissa and Doug Lace and Trace Form-Melissa and Doug Jigsaw in a Box-Melissa and Doug Lite Brite Cube-Hasbro Space Shuttle Water Game-Pavilion Crayola Crayon Maker-Crayola Model Magic-Crayola Crayola Trace n Draw Projector-Crayola Get Ready Teddy Dress Bear-Read, Set, Grow Zany Doodler-Zany Brainy Stack and Spin Race-Sesame Street Portable Easel Set-Adica Chubby Brush-ALEX Glitter Glue Pens-ALEX Scratch Magic-Scratch Art Tall Stacker Pegs and Peg Board Set-Lauri Latches Board-Melissa and Doug Games for Fine Motor Coordination and Perceptual Skills Perfection-Milton Bradley Cootie-Milton Bradley Wheels on the Bus-Milton Bradley Hi Ho! Cheerio!- Parker Brothers Sequence for Kids-Jax Ltd Puppy Racers-Hasbro Pop-up Pirate-TOMY Old MacDonald Had a Farm-Hasbro Mr Mouth-Milton Bradley Kerplunk-Mattel Hungry Hungry Hippos-Hasbro Puttin Score-Pavilion Laughing Limbo-Pavilion Pizza Party-Winning Moves Games Egg n Spoon Race-International Playthings Fishin Fun-Ravensburger Step on it!- University Games Husker Du? -Pressman Twister-Milton Bradley Race to The Roof-Ravensburger Ice Cream Scoops-Fisher Price Constructional Toys Tinker Toys-Hasbro Lincoln Logs-Knex Kids Knex-Knex Transforming Timmy-Megablocks Jack Stone-Lego Imaginext-Fisher Price ABC, 123 Learning Cubes-Ready Set Grow Big Builders-Fisher Price Magnetic Geomag-Plast World Build n Race Marble Speedway-Mind/Moti Sensory and Gross Motor Toys Silly Putty- Binney and Smith Koosh Ball-Koosh Cosmo Jumping Ball-Imaginarium Sit n Spin-Playskool Playchute-Pacific Play Tents Tent & Tunnel-Pacific Play Tents Whale Playland-Moose Mountain Fun-Ride Scooter-Hot Wheels Up and Down Roller Coaster-Step 2 Splat, Gak Splat-Hasbro Liqualoons-Flying Colors Skweez, Gooze-Nickelodeon Floam-Roseart Air Dry Clay-Blue Sky
*Approximately 18 months-5 years developmental age Toys in regular font can be found in TOYs R Us, and italicized toys in Zainy Brainy

OLD McDONALD HAD A FARM

D G D D A7 D Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh D G D D A7 D And on that farm he had a cow, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh D D With a moo moo here and a moo moo there D D D Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo D G D D A7 D Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh Song Format: Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh And on that farm he had a animal name, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh With a animal noise twice here and a animal noise twice there Here a animal noise, there a animal noise, everywhere a animal noise twice Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-eye-ee-eye-oh Animals to use: dogs, chicks, pigs, roosters, ducks, cats, whatever
In the 1917 book, Tommy's Tunes, a collection of World War I era songs by F. T. Nettleingham, the song "Ohio (Old Macdougal Had a Farm)" is pretty close - -though with a slightly different farmer's name and refrain: Old Macdougal had a farm in Ohio hi-o And on that farm he had some dogs in Ohio hi-o With a bow-wow here, and a bow-wow there, Here a bow, there a wow, everywhere a bow-wow. Another variant was published in Vance Randolph's Ozark Folksongs in 1980. One was "Old Missouri", a version that names different parts of the mule rather than different animals: Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho, And on this mule there were two ears, he-hi-he-hi-ho. With a flip-flop here and a flip-flop there, And here a flop and there a flop and everywhere a flip-flop Old Missouri had a mule, he-hi-he-hi-ho.