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 clever take on the conventional memory game. Players use their sense of touch and fine motor skills to manipulate...
Can your child rescue the arctic animals and move them to safety before the bridge breaks? Develop skills in taking...
Road trip adventures from the comfort of home. Clever patchwork and embroidered details (like awning and curtains) bring play to...
The softest, snuggliest friend with moveable arms and legs that stands and sits. Dolls are wonderful at personifying a child’s...
Design your very own dollhouse! Modular and compact, this unique frame can be opened, closed and re-arranged in multiple ways....
For when you just can’t find the words. Excellent for your personal Helper Green Basket. A Worry Eater can also...
Work through big feelings with this character set. Or try modeling behavior with Jolly Helpers.
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,...
Sorting, classifying, organizing, oh my! This charming stall from the Netherlands is great for practicing early math concepts, communication and...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
We’re often asked, “How do I know if my child needs speech therapy?” First, listen to your instincts. If you...
The parent/caregiver-child separation process is often an emotional experience, and every child and family experiences it differently. Discover answers to...
Knowing why transitions are difficult is half the puzzle. The other half is how to get through them. Teachers go...
“Empathy is when you’re able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling.” -Mark Ruffalo, Sesame Street
We teachers have the good fortune of learning and playing with a wide range of children in class and are...
Tantrums are hard to manage – for everyone. Here’s our checklist for what to do…in the first 5 minutes.
Trying to figure out what to look for in a preschool and which questions to ask when visiting schools? Learn...
Learn the strategies, tools and what to say to manage a healthy separation process between you and your child, especially...
Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...
“The way we talk to children becomes their inner voice.” -Peggy O’Mara
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...