Part puzzle, part game – all skill-building. Clever see-through trucks with playful fun faces that develop budding imaginations, spatial planning...
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...
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...
The most creative mini golf set we discovered. The variety of obstacles are stellar for practicing gross motor skills and...
Teaches cause and effect and sorting, an early math skill. Interactive play with keys creates storytelling and back-and-forth interactions. Beloved...
Pretend, play and learn – math! A playful way to sharpen number and arithmetic skills.
All in one – empathy, creativity, language and fine motor skills. Then bring things to life with a (faux) trip...
A must-have staple for every dress-up bin. Bonus fun with this and this. (Fantastical storytelling not included.)
A cozy cocoon for swinging and spinning – or getting into that mental “just right space”. Loved by occupational therapists...
A gem of a toy. The decorative accents build focus and fine motor skills; the recipe cards develop matching skills,...
Getting to know your child’s imaginary friends is a fun perk of parenting and teaching. Those characters – whether invisible,...
Many of us are eager for our children to learn to write. It takes practice but it also needs to...
Book selection is key in helping your child learn to read. Parents of emergent and early readers are often tempted...
By learning why young children hit – learning what is developmentally going on in their brains when they hit –...
Whether a young child practices prewriting skills or an older child works on sight words, salt / sand trays are...
Learning to read is incredibly empowering for a child, but it’s also very complex. There is no quick-fix or shortcut....
‘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...
Knowing why a child hits is the first step in handling a challenging ‘hitting’ situation. Next, how should you respond...