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...
A clever take on the conventional memory game. Players use their sense of touch and fine motor skills to manipulate...
An essential for any STEAM curriculum. But these have an undeniable coolness factor. P.S. – STEAM = Science, technology, engineering, arts,...
A truly universal gift. Bilingualism of any language (whether signed or spoken) enhances cognitive processes – like higher executive function,...
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...
Simple is sometimes best. Beloved in many classrooms, children love to measure everything. Develop your child’s numerical literacy by having...
The most creative mini golf set we discovered. The variety of obstacles are stellar for practicing gross motor skills and...
Thoughtfully designed blocks; and on a grander scale.
Can your child rescue the arctic animals and move them to safety before the bridge breaks? Develop skills in taking...
For all those wiggles, tears and tantrums. Or find your zen. Lots more useful tools here.
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...
By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...
Conflict is natural for preschoolers who are just learning about peers and group settings – it is expected, healthy and...
“It’s not about how smart you are, it’s about how you are smart.” -Howard Gardner
Your go-to list of curated learning projects, activities and games that you can do at home to support your child’s...
Taking time to connect with nature has a long-lasting impact on our health, learning and emotional well-being. Here is what...
Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...
Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...
Easy things you can do every day to encourage your toddler to use more language. *Note – Suggestions in this article...
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
Imagine a magical world where children are internally motivated to be kind and generous. It’s doable!