The softest, snuggliest friend with moveable arms and legs that stands and sits. Dolls are wonderful at personifying a child’s...
A clever take on the conventional memory game. Players use their sense of touch and fine motor skills to manipulate...
Make learning facial vocabulary fun. Great for self-awareness, self-control and self-expression. Another classroom favorite for all mixed feelings.
Work through big feelings with this character set. Or try modeling behavior with Jolly Helpers.
Sorting, classifying, organizing, oh my! This charming stall from the Netherlands is great for practicing early math concepts, communication and...
Filled with thoughtful details like a moving car lift, a car wash, a helipad and beautifully illustrated European wooden figurines...
Gorgeous illustrations that pair parent animals with their babies. A must-have counting book that uses rhyming text, lift-the-flaps, peekaboo holes...
Spark conversation and make sense of the world. Practice social skills over a cup of tea. Sure to warm any...
Learn letters with a classic game. There’s a reason it’s a classroom favorite. Ditto for the numbers edition.
Small fingers love tinkering with locks (plus, it strengthens their pincer grasp and hand muscles). Explore early phonics and learn...
With its moveable mouth and Squeeze Me bleat, this delightful Folkmanis puppet can help role-play big feelings, explore perspectives and...
A very grown-up dining experience; bonus points for building fine motor skills.
By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...
Encouraging your child to listen can sometimes be very hard (even when you have our trusty checklist of things to...
Learn why children interrupt, what to say in the moment, and strategies for modeling patterns of communication. (It is hard...
Children experience emotions just like adults, but they need support and guidance to: 1) Understand their emotions; and 2) Make...
Knowing why a child hits is the first step in handling a challenging ‘hitting’ situation. Next, how should you respond...
In the heat of an emotional meltdown, it’s hard to remember what to do. So we use *SKOR* for quick recall....
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...
How do you know if your child is experiencing a developmental “bump”? How do you know if it is time...
Are you in the midst of visiting preschools and trying to decipher what to look for in a classroom and...
Some children are naturally drawn to learning letters, while others may not begin to learn letter identification until they are...
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Knowing why transitions are difficult is half the puzzle. The other half is how to get through them. Teachers go...