Beyond standard blocks. This hideout version builds reasoning and motor planning skills. Versatile for teaching language development concepts like directional...
A favorite of Plinkit expert and pediatric occupational therapist, Shannon White. Lacing cards develop finger dexterity (important for handwriting control...
Part puzzle, part game – all skill-building. Clever see-through trucks with playful fun faces that develop budding imaginations, spatial planning...
A clever take on the conventional memory game. Players use their sense of touch and fine motor skills to manipulate...
Proof that math is creative! A unique way to learn math in context. Sorting, matching, organizing – all early math...
Simple is sometimes best. Beloved in many classrooms, children love to measure everything. Develop your child’s numerical literacy by having...
Next-level Magna-Tiles – in little cubes! Strengthen visual-spatial skills and hand muscles, both critical for early handwriting. Building with magnetic...
Good old-fashioned fun and cheer. These delightful stickers are brilliant for adding a splash of sunshine + happy to anything...
A dollhouse you design yourself. Winner of just about every toy award. Why not build the neighborhood too?
A rocket on your back? Let your imagination run wild…literally!
A must-have staple for every dress-up bin. Bonus fun with this and this. (Fantastical storytelling not included.)
Teaches cause and effect and sorting, an early math skill. Interactive play with keys creates storytelling and back-and-forth interactions. Beloved...
Many parents are eager to teach their children basic number concepts at a young age. For a 2-year old, exposure...
Learn the Montessori approach to learning language and how to apply it every day.
Learning to count may seem simple, but it is critical to learning well. Here’s how to do it playfully. The...
Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...
Simply saying “Share!” holds little meaning for children. Young children are egocentric and concrete thinkers. Their experience of the world...
Are you in the midst of visiting preschools and trying to decipher what to look for in a classroom and...
‘Sensory processing development’ is vital to understanding how children learn. It is deeply studied among early childhood experts, but not...
“Empathy is when you’re able to understand and care about how someone else is feeling.” -Mark Ruffalo, Sesame Street
Trying to figure out what to look for in a preschool and which questions to ask when visiting schools? Learn...
Tantrums are hard to manage – for everyone. Here’s our checklist for what to do…in the first 5 minutes.
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....