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

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

Beyond standard blocks. This hideout version builds reasoning and motor planning skills. Versatile for teaching language development concepts like directional...

Create fanciful games, spread neighborhood cheer with kind messages or get blissfully lost in large-scale drawings. Did you know that...

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

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

Fuel creativity. Card-swiping machine, scanner, conveyor belt…countless ways to learn and play. Don’t forget your groceries, cart and tote!

Teaches cause and effect and sorting, an early math skill. Interactive play with keys creates storytelling and back-and-forth interactions. Beloved...

Notice and wonder. Explore the fine details of this world. Comes with awe-inspiring slide images. Kit it out for older...

A dollhouse you design yourself. Winner of just about every toy award. Why not build the neighborhood too?

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

All in one – empathy, creativity, language and fine motor skills. Then bring things to life with a (faux) trip...

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

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

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

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

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

Book selection is key in helping your child learn to read. Parents of emergent and early readers are often tempted...

Learning to read is incredibly empowering for a child, but it’s also very complex. There is no quick-fix or shortcut....

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