An ideal gift for your beginning reader to inspire their love of books, reading and creative storytelling. And for those...
Next-level Magna-Tiles – in little cubes! Strengthen visual-spatial skills and hand muscles, both critical for early handwriting. Building with magnetic...
Beautiful. Handmade by Balinese artists in collaboration with a Brooklyn design firm. A fun way of building hand-eye coordination, motor...
Very cool, very S.T.E.A.M. Bring 2D concepts into large-scale 3D. Foster creativity, experimentation and patience using modular + magnetic constraints....
Re-imagine ‘school’. Packed with thoughtful details and accessories, this playset will creatively nurture your child’s feelings, ideas and dreams for...
Pow! Inspire oral language development and storytelling, both key to literacy development. A great self-directed activity with multiple learning outcomes....
A perennial classroom favorite. The simplicity of the blocks maximizes open-ended creativity. Excellent for improving concentration and staying focused –...
A puzzle and play set all in one! Fun fact: 3D spatial skills are foundational for engineering and design.
An ideal platform for S.T.E.A.M education and spatial + kinetic awareness. Praised by the Wall Street Journal for how it...
Hands-down, the coolest coloring book..and the longest in the world (!!) Hours of downtime fun that cleverly folds into accordion-style...
Get flustered in the heat of the moment when your children fight? Use these three key phrases to stop sibling...
We teachers have the good fortune of learning and playing with a wide range of children in class and are...
At around age 4, you may see all sorts of dramatic language changes – talking back, harsh tones of voice,...
For many children, kindness needs to be explicitly taught. Parents and teachers only need a few prompts to help their...
One of the most frequent questions we get from parents is, “How do I get my child to listen?” It’s...
ABCs, colors, numbers, sight words…parents have heard of the ‘push-down’ of academic skills – that Kindergarten has a lot of...
Siblings fight – it is normal and expected, and you can handle it. But sometimes, stepping outside of the normal...
If you’re looking for a didactic list, here’s a theoretical, academic sequence for teaching your child to read. Just remember...
One of the most frequent complaints we get from parents is around whining. We get it – even as teachers....
When your child starts demonstrating behaviors that show they are trying to ‘fit in’ or wants to ‘belong to a...
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Keep your child safe from danger and empower them to be safe. Teach your child to protect themselves with important...