The softest, snuggliest friend with moveable arms and legs that stands and sits. Dolls are wonderful at personifying a child’s...
Filled with thoughtful details like a moving car lift, a car wash, a helipad and beautifully illustrated European wooden figurines...
For all those wiggles, tears and tantrums. Or find your zen. Lots more useful tools here.
Design your very own dollhouse! Modular and compact, this unique frame can be opened, closed and re-arranged in multiple ways....
A fun way of learning letter recognition and letter sounds. Party toppers are also dynamite for practicing the pincer grasp....
Make learning facial vocabulary fun. Great for self-awareness, self-control and self-expression. Another classroom favorite for all mixed feelings.
All in one – empathy, creativity, language and fine motor skills. Then bring things to life with a (faux) trip...
Hours of retro fun! A must-have for long car rides. Nifty shutter slides (no little bits mess!) makes this game...
Gorgeous illustrations that pair parent animals with their babies. A must-have counting book that uses rhyming text, lift-the-flaps, peekaboo holes...
With its moveable mouth and Squeeze Me bleat, this delightful Folkmanis puppet can help role-play big feelings, explore perspectives and...
Cute! A magical home for your child’s imagination. The moveable door adds a sweet element of childhood surprise and is...
Early intro to core executive functions – logic, problem-solving and planning. Great for small hands and for developing spatial visualization....
We teachers have the good fortune of learning and playing with a wide range of children in class and are...
Imagine a magical world where children are internally motivated to be kind and generous. It’s doable!
“It’s not about how smart you are, it’s about how you are smart.” -Howard Gardner
Learn why children interrupt, what to say in the moment, and strategies for modeling patterns of communication. (It is hard...
“What is a good resource to understand milestones for my child? At what age should they learn colors? Learn numbers?...
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 –...
“Empathy is when you’re able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling.” -Mark Ruffalo, Sesame Street
The parent/caregiver-child separation process is often an emotional experience, and every child and family experiences it differently. Discover answers to...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
A classroom favorite for cultivating empathy, kindness, community membership and awareness of others. What’s a real superhero? Someone who helps...
Getting to know your child’s imaginary friends is a fun perk of parenting and teaching. Those characters – whether invisible,...