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,...
Part puzzle, part game – all skill-building. Clever see-through trucks with playful fun faces that develop budding imaginations, spatial planning...
A clever take on Memory. Pair number symbols with magnitude concepts (learn to count!) using uniquely illustrated artwork from 10...
Create fanciful games, spread neighborhood cheer with kind messages or get blissfully lost in large-scale drawings. Did you know that...
Beyond standard blocks. This hideout version builds reasoning and motor planning skills. Versatile for teaching language development concepts like directional...
Thoughtfully designed blocks; and on a grander scale.
For all those wiggles, tears and tantrums. Or find your zen. Lots more useful tools here.
Can your child rescue the arctic animals and move them to safety before the bridge breaks? Develop skills in taking...
Simple is sometimes best. Beloved in many classrooms, children love to measure everything. Develop your child’s numerical literacy by having...
A clever take on the conventional memory game. Players use their sense of touch and fine motor skills to manipulate...
A truly universal gift. Bilingualism of any language (whether signed or spoken) enhances cognitive processes – like higher executive function,...
Some children are naturally drawn to learning letters, while others may not begin to learn letter identification until they are...
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...
By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...
“What is a good resource to understand milestones for my child? At what age should they learn colors? Learn numbers?...
Learning to count may seem simple, but it is critical to learning well. Here’s how to do it playfully. The...
Conflict is natural for preschoolers who are just learning about peers and group settings – it is expected, healthy and...
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Power struggles and harried mornings for both parent and child are normal, and yet not a fun way to start...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
#1 daily challenge with children: How to get from A to Z without fighting, yelling or throwing a tantrum? Learn why...
How do you know if your child is experiencing a developmental “bump”? How do you know if it is time...