DIY Zero Cost Fairy Path
Our family is all-in on imaginative play. We love playing dress-up, building castles and forts, playing in the dollhouse and imagining fantastical creatures like mermaids, unicorns and fairies.
Playtime Tips: Sorting Toys
Sorting toys encourage children to categorize pieces based on an attribute like shape, color, or size. We love sorting toys because they foster a feeling of accomplishment and help children learn how to...
Playtime Tips: Imaginative Play
Imaginative play toys help children learn about the world around them. This involves playing with toy versions of real-life or fantasy objects (e.g., play foods, cars, figurines, dolls, dress-up clothes, etc.)...
Playtime Tips: Motor Development
Motor development toys encourage children to move their bodies while developing their fine motor skills (i.e., smaller movements) and gross motor skills (i.e., larger movements). We love motor development toys...
Playtime Tips: Sensory Toys
Sensory toys help children build awareness of their senses (primarily touch, sight, sound) and explore the world around them. We love sensory toys because they build off of a child’s natural sense of...
Playtime Tips: Cause & Effect Toys
Cause-and-effect toys help children understand that their actions have an impact. With these toys, a child’s action leads to a reaction that can be in the form of a sound (musical...
Playtime Tips: Stacking Toys
Stacking toys encourage children to balance and build as they develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. We love stacking toys because they offer endless opportunities for open-ended play and can grow...
A Buy-Nothing DIY WaterTable
You won’t believe how incredibly easy it is to make your own outdoor water table. Your child will develop fine motor skills while learning about volume, properties of water and...
Independent Play and Your To-Do list
If you are like most parents, you have a very long to-do list. With little ones at home, it can feel near to impossible to cross anything off the list-...
The Great Outdoors
When we think of environmental education, we might think about teaching children the names of trees or the effects of pollution. While these are certainly a part of Environmental Education,...
How to Use Visual Mobiles for Newborns
Your little one is changing around the clock during these first four months. Even if they seem like they are just lying around all day, they are actually learning and developing at...
Set Your Play Space Up For Success
In this how-to guide, our Director of Education, Olynda Smith, walks you through the best practices for setting up your play space for newborns, babies and toddlers.