Thoughtfully designed blocks; and on a grander scale.
Create fanciful games, spread neighborhood cheer with kind messages or get blissfully lost in large-scale drawings. Did you know that...
Create your own musical instrument. Apologies now for the sweet “music” you’ll hear! Can’t stop the feeling? Try this trumpet,...
The most creative mini golf set we discovered. The variety of obstacles are stellar for practicing gross motor skills and...
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...
A gem of a toy. The decorative accents build focus and fine motor skills; the recipe cards develop matching skills,...
Teaches cause and effect and sorting, an early math skill. Interactive play with keys creates storytelling and back-and-forth interactions. Beloved...
Can you stack a log…using a stick?! Strategy + fun in a small footprint. A unique approach to improving spatial...
Part puzzle, part phonics…all fun. Bonus points for developing fine motor skills.
For your rock n’ roll star. More awesome beats here and here to self-regulate those wiggles. PS – It’s a...
(Beautiful) bingo with a twist. Bonus fun – it’s multilingual! And for those times you can’t stop having fun with...
Learning to count may seem simple, but it is critical to learning well. Here’s how to do it playfully. The...
Easy things you can do every day to encourage your toddler to use more language. *Note – Suggestions in this article...
Take every opportunity to count…anything, everything! It may feel common sense to us grown-ups, but fluency in talking about numbers...
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...
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...
Knowing why a child hits is the first step in handling a challenging ‘hitting’ situation. Next, how should you respond...
Conflict is natural for preschoolers who are just learning about peers and group settings – it is expected, healthy and...
Knowing why transitions are difficult is half the puzzle. The other half is how to get through them. Teachers go...
Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...