Part puzzle, part game – all skill-building. Clever see-through trucks with playful fun faces that develop budding imaginations, spatial planning...
Beyond standard blocks. This hideout version builds reasoning and motor planning skills. Versatile for teaching language development concepts like directional...
For all those wiggles, tears and tantrums. Or find your zen. Lots more useful tools here.
A favorite of Plinkit expert and pediatric occupational therapist, Shannon White. Lacing cards develop finger dexterity (important for handwriting control...
Create your own musical instrument. Apologies now for the sweet “music” you’ll hear! Can’t stop the feeling? Try this trumpet,...
Create fanciful games, spread neighborhood cheer with kind messages or get blissfully lost in large-scale drawings. Did you know that...
It’s impossible to stop gawking! Use the inquiry approach with this intro to science. Works well with The Big Book of...
For your rock n’ roll star. More awesome beats here and here to self-regulate those wiggles. PS – It’s a...
Pretend, play and learn – math! A playful way to sharpen number and arithmetic skills.
Fill-in-the-blank coloring books that are just the right size for little hands. Perfectly packable.
A play + learn system that develops memory, concentration, visual perception, logic, language and math skills. Developed in Germany; used...
Master everyday skills with these clever stuffies. Strengthens fine motor skills with real-life finicky accessories – buttons, zippers, laces, buckles,...
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...
“What is a good resource to understand milestones for my child? At what age should they learn colors? Learn numbers?...
Knowing why a child hits is the first step in handling a challenging ‘hitting’ situation. Next, how should you respond...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
“It’s not about how smart you are, it’s about how you are smart.” -Howard Gardner
Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...
Taking time to connect with nature has a long-lasting impact on our health, learning and emotional well-being. Here is what...
Learn the Montessori approach to learning language and how to apply it every day.
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Many parents are eager to teach their children basic number concepts at a young age. For a 2-year old, exposure...
Imagine a magical world where children are internally motivated to be kind and generous. It’s doable!
Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...