Our 10 favorite toddler gifts this year, the ones we would buy again, picked from every Sprocket & Sprout gift guide. For ages 2 to 4.

Screen-free toddler gifts under $25: blocks, puzzles, pretend play and books that get played with long after the holidays.

The best books to give toddlers: read-aloud classics and favorites that hold up to a hundred readings. For ages 2 to 4.

Stocking stuffers for toddlers that actually get used: mess-free coloring, stickers, bath fun, play dough and more. For ages 2 to 4.

Gift ideas for 3-year-olds: art easels, doctor kits, play dough, balance bikes, first science sets and more. Picked by two parents.

Family gift ideas that toddlers can play too: cooperative first games, puppets, floor puzzles and screen-free listening. For ages 2 and up.

It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff, with pictures by Felicia Bond, stars the mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Mouse paints faces on pumpkins, and each face shows a different feeling. It's a sweet, simple way to talk about emotions.

Draw a giant number 8, then fill it up with eight things! Your little one counts out pom-poms, blocks or mini pumpkins and sets them right inside the big number. It's a simple way to connect the number they see with how many it means.

We're ending pumpkin week with a cheesy, warm quesadilla that looks like a jack-o'-lantern. Your little one helps sprinkle the cheese and picks the face, then you cut it into a pumpkin shape. It's a fun lunch or snack that's ready in minutes.

Pumpkins are a kind of squash. For a very long time, many Native American peoples, including the Haudenosaunee, have planted squash together with corn and beans. They call these plants the Three Sisters, because they grow best together and help each other.

Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht, with pictures by Jarvis, follows a family on a trip to the pumpkin patch. They pick the perfect pumpkin, take it home and scoop it out. The rhymes are bouncy and the pictures are full of fall color.

Today your little one turns mini pumpkins into art with lines, dots and patterns. Washable paint and dot markers make it easy for small hands, and no two pumpkins come out the same.

A pumpkin has a hard outside, but what's inside? Under the skin, called the rind, is the thick orange part we eat, called the flesh. In the middle is the stringy pulp and lots and lots of seeds.

Gift ideas for toddler boys ages 2 to 4: trucks, trains, tools, dinosaurs and ride-ons. Every pick works for any little one.

Peel a clementine, add a little green stem on top and you have a pumpkin you can eat! It takes one minute to make, and your little one can do most of the peeling.

Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino brings the classic fall rhyme to life with bold, happy pictures. Five pumpkins sit on a gate, and one by one they say something new before they all roll out of sight. It's short, rhythmic and perfect for counting.

It's Letter H day, so snack time is all about the /h/ sound, like honeydew. Your little one builds a big H on the plate and then eats it. Hummus, honeydew and ham: hooray for H!

H is our eighth letter! It makes an /h/ sound at the start of words like horse, house, hat and honeydew. To make it, open your mouth and breathe out, like you're fogging up a window.

Write letters all over a whiteboard, call one out and watch your little one wipe it away! Wipe Out is a fast, silly letter game that uses this week's letter H plus the letters we've learned so far, A through G.

Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie by Jill Esbaum is a bright photo book that follows a pumpkin from a tiny seed all the way to the dinner table. Real photos and a few simple words on each page make it a great first science book for pumpkin week.