Imagine a world with chalkboard walls?! Build the play structure of your dreams. Or back to basics with Crazy Forts.
Strategy + socialization + fine motor skills. Great for developing pre-writing and pre-math skills.
A gem of a toy. The decorative accents build focus and fine motor skills; the recipe cards develop matching skills,...
Teaches cause and effect and sorting, an early math skill. Interactive play with keys creates storytelling and back-and-forth interactions. Beloved...
Improve core strength, balance and coordination. An essential in many classrooms. Equally fabulous at free play as it is for...
Sometimes simple is best for toys that last. True conversation we overheard: Child: “I want this! I play with it...
There’s a hero in all of us. Outstanding details in this playset. Or, go (almost) larger than life with this...
We searched high and low for the ideal indoor bowling set – sturdy pins, weighted (but soft) ball…and this one...
A reversible puzzle? So clever! One side is set in Spring, the other in Fall – both have delightful patterns...
Learn about the history and traditions surrounding piñatas (did you know they date back 700 years?), then make your own...
Next-level Magna-Tiles – in little cubes! Strengthen visual-spatial skills and hand muscles, both critical for early handwriting. Building with magnetic...
Pow! Inspire oral language development and storytelling, both key to literacy development. A great self-directed activity with multiple learning outcomes....
Help your child to control their thoughts by making Mindful Minutes a routine. Your step-by-step guide on why, how and...
Getting to know your child’s imaginary friends is a fun perk of parenting and teaching. Those characters – whether invisible,...
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...
As parents and teachers of young children, we encounter ‘power play’ in a variety of ways – some children like...
Make a go-to place for your child to find comfort and safety when their internal engines feel out-of-sorts. Whether you...
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Your child may not want to learnt to read – *yet*. It’s completely normal and natural. Reading is hard. Reading...
Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...
Learn at what age you should expect that your child can practice skills without prompting and strategies for encouraging your...
Here’s a practical tool and script to support your child’s self-regulation and emotional awareness – it provides a shared language to signal...
Get flustered in the heat of the moment when your children fight? Use these three key phrases to stop sibling...
If you’re looking for a didactic list, here’s a theoretical, academic sequence for teaching your child to read. Just remember...