Create your own musical instrument. Apologies now for the sweet “music” you’ll hear! Can’t stop the feeling? Try this trumpet,...

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...

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

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.

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

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

Build bigger with this bendable, flexible car track system. Undeniably cool – and cerebral.

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

Small fingers love tinkering with locks (plus, it strengthens their pincer grasp and hand muscles). Explore early phonics and learn...

Imagine a world with chalkboard walls?! Build the play structure of your dreams. Or back to basics with Fort Magic.

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’s deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not widely...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imagine a magical world where children are internally motivated to be kind and generous. It’s doable!

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