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Create your own musical instrument. Apologies now for the sweet “music” you’ll hear! Can’t stop the feeling? Try this trumpet,...
Part puzzle, part game – all skill-building. Clever see-through trucks with playful fun faces that develop budding imaginations, spatial planning...
Create fanciful games, spread neighborhood cheer with kind messages or get blissfully lost in large-scale drawings. Did you know that...
A favorite of Plinkit expert and pediatric occupational therapist, Shannon White. Lacing cards develop finger dexterity (important for handwriting control...
Beyond standard blocks. This hideout version builds reasoning and motor planning skills. Versatile for teaching language development concepts like directional...
Clever new take on a traditional game. Fun fact: 3D spatial skills are foundational for engineering and design. Just as...
Notice and wonder. Explore the fine details of this world. Comes with awe-inspiring slide images. Kit it out for older...
Part puzzle, part phonics…all fun. Bonus points for developing fine motor skills.
Teaches cause and effect and sorting, an early math skill. Interactive play with keys creates storytelling and back-and-forth interactions. Beloved...
A very grown-up dining experience; bonus points for building fine motor skills.
Sometimes simple is best for toys that last. True conversation we overheard: Child: “I want this! I play with it...
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Take every opportunity to count…anything, everything! It may feel common sense to us grown-ups, but fluency in talking about numbers...
Learning to count may seem simple, but it is critical to learning well. Here’s how to do it playfully. The...
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...
Imagine a magical world where children are internally motivated to be kind and generous. It’s doable!
Acknowledge and promote positive behavior….*Plinkit* with a Marble Jar! You’ll be amazed at the twinkle in your child’s eye each...
Knowing why transitions are difficult is half the puzzle. The other half is how to get through them. Teachers go...
Learn the Montessori approach to learning language and how to apply it every day.
How do you know if your child is experiencing a developmental “bump”? How do you know if it is time...
Easy things you can do every day to encourage your toddler to use more language. *Note – Suggestions in this article...
Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...
By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...