Can your child rescue the arctic animals and move them to safety before the bridge breaks? Develop skills in taking...
For when you just can’t find the words. Excellent for your personal Helper Green Basket. A Worry Eater can also...
Beloved French toy company Janod’s version of a beloved preschool toy. Purposeful life activities help children learn in context. From...
A clever take on the conventional memory game. Players use their sense of touch and fine motor skills to manipulate...
Make learning facial vocabulary fun. Great for self-awareness, self-control and self-expression. Another classroom favorite for all mixed feelings.
Proof that math is creative! A unique way to learn math in context. Sorting, matching, organizing – all early math...
A rocket on your back? Let your imagination run wild…literally!
Bring the beloved Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to life. An active way of learning the alphabet. And these magnetic letters – foundational...
BBQ theme on one side, ice cream on the other. Yes, it’s true! Thank goodness for artful details. Take it...
Create fanciful games, spread neighborhood cheer with kind messages or get blissfully lost in large-scale drawings. Did you know that...
Filled with thoughtful details like a moving car lift, a car wash, a helipad and beautifully illustrated European wooden figurines...
An essential for any STEAM curriculum. But these have an undeniable coolness factor. P.S. – STEAM = Science, technology, engineering, arts,...
Encouraging your child to listen can sometimes be very hard (even when you have our trusty checklist of things to...
The reality is we have no control over when our child calms down. Parenting and teaching is not quick and...
Learn why children interrupt, what to say in the moment, and strategies for modeling patterns of communication. (It is hard...
We teachers have the good fortune of learning and playing with a wide range of children in class and are...
“The way we talk to children becomes their inner voice.” -Peggy O’Mara
Conflict is natural for preschoolers who are just learning about peers and group settings – it is expected, healthy and...
Getting to know your child’s imaginary friends is a fun perk of parenting and teaching. Those characters – whether invisible,...
Learning to read is incredibly empowering for a child, but it’s also very complex. There is no quick-fix or shortcut....
Knowing why transitions are difficult is half the puzzle. The other half is how to get through them. Teachers go...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
Are you in the midst of visiting preschools and trying to decipher what to look for in a classroom and...
#1 daily challenge with children: How to get from A to Z without fighting, yelling or throwing a tantrum? Learn why...