For all those wiggles, tears and tantrums. Or find your zen. Lots more useful tools here.

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,...

Part puzzle, part game – all skill-building. Clever see-through trucks with playful fun faces that develop budding imaginations, spatial planning...

The most creative mini golf set we discovered. The variety of obstacles are stellar for practicing gross motor skills and...

A favorite of Plinkit expert and pediatric occupational therapist, Shannon White. Lacing cards develop finger dexterity (important for handwriting control...

BBQ theme on one side, ice cream on the other. Yes, it’s true! Thank goodness for artful details. Take it...

Cute! A magical home for your child’s imagination. The moveable door adds a sweet element of childhood surprise and is...

A cozy cocoon for swinging and spinning – or getting into that mental “just right space”. Loved by occupational therapists...

Sometimes simple is best for toys that last. True conversation we overheard: Child: “I want this! I play with it...

Learn letters with a classic game. There’s a reason it’s a classroom favorite. Ditto for the numbers edition.

A social and screen-free way of learning letter identification, including phonological awareness and concepts of print. Get moving!

By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...

‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...

Knowing why a child hits is the first step in handling a challenging ‘hitting’ situation. Next, how should you respond...

Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...

Learn why children interrupt, what to say in the moment and strategies for modeling patterns of communication. (It is hard...

“The way we talk to children becomes their inner voice.” -Peggy O’Mara

In the heat of an emotional meltdown, it’s hard to remember what to do. So we use *SKOR* for quick recall....

Acknowledge and promote positive behavior….*Plinkit* with a Marble Jar! You’ll be amazed at the twinkle in your child’s eye each...

We teachers have the good fortune of learning and playing with a wide range of children in class and are...

“Empathy is when you’re able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling.” -Mark Ruffalo, Sesame Street

Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...

Taking time to connect with nature has a long-lasting impact on our health, learning and emotional well-being. Here is what...