Let's Look!

This month, you and your toddler will explore:

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color recognition
Young children still have difficulty properly identifying colors, so whether sorting blocks or socks, help by giving the words to colors: These socks are yellow. Those blocks are green.

hand-eye coordination
Right now, your toddler is learning some amazing sleights of hand-eye coordination. Holding crayons, grasping spoons, and stacking blocks (around three at a time!) are just the beginning.

fine motor & grasp
Time to pull out those big crayons. Because the more your toddler practices using the small muscles in their hands and wrists — whether they’re scribbling, grasping, or turning pages — the stronger their fine motor and grasping skills become.

cause and effect
Your toddler’s newest superpower? Making things happen all by themselves! As they experiment with cause and effect (Hmmm, what happens when I pull all the utensils out of the drawer? Oh! They make a big sound!), try to meet them with humor and encouragement — it does wonders to keep the learning going.

independent play
Playing with your toddler is important (and fun), but supporting their solo play is crucial, too. It helps them build self-sufficiency and confidence, it teaches them to problem-solve, and it widens their imaginations. And bonus: It gives you some downtime. Happy baby, happy grownup!

problem-solving
When your toddler does puzzles, they’re not just honing their hand muscles — they’re also working out their noggin. And remember, although it’s tempting to fit that cow piece in for them, your child learns more when they figure it out themselves. So moo-ve over, grownup!

pretend play
Toddlers love imaginary play — from dressing up their stuffies to “baking” mud pies to throwing make- believe tea parties where you’re the special guest. And fine-motor activities like these do double duty by building their hand-eye coordination, too.

stacking & balancing
Set a young child in front of a stack of blocks or sorting shapes, and they’ll get busy! These time-and-toddler-tested toys do wonders to develop finger and brain dexterity.

color recognition
Young children still have difficulty properly identifying colors, so whether sorting blocks or socks, help by giving the words to colors: These socks are yellow. Those blocks are green.

hand-eye coordination
Right now, your toddler is learning some amazing sleights of hand-eye coordination. Holding crayons, grasping spoons, and stacking blocks (around three at a time!) are just the beginning.

fine motor & grasp
Time to pull out those big crayons. Because the more your toddler practices using the small muscles in their hands and wrists — whether they’re scribbling, grasping, or turning pages — the stronger their fine motor and grasping skills become.

cause and effect
Your toddler’s newest superpower? Making things happen all by themselves! As they experiment with cause and effect (Hmmm, what happens when I pull all the utensils out of the drawer? Oh! They make a big sound!), try to meet them with humor and encouragement — it does wonders to keep the learning going.

independent play
Playing with your toddler is important (and fun), but supporting their solo play is crucial, too. It helps them build self-sufficiency and confidence, it teaches them to problem-solve, and it widens their imaginations. And bonus: It gives you some downtime. Happy baby, happy grownup!

problem-solving
When your toddler does puzzles, they’re not just honing their hand muscles — they’re also working out their noggin. And remember, although it’s tempting to fit that cow piece in for them, your child learns more when they figure it out themselves. So moo-ve over, grownup!

pretend play
Toddlers love imaginary play — from dressing up their stuffies to “baking” mud pies to throwing make- believe tea parties where you’re the special guest. And fine-motor activities like these do double duty by building their hand-eye coordination, too.

stacking & balancing
Set a young child in front of a stack of blocks or sorting shapes, and they’ll get busy! These time-and-toddler-tested toys do wonders to develop finger and brain dexterity.

color recognition
Young children still have difficulty properly identifying colors, so whether sorting blocks or socks, help by giving the words to colors: These socks are yellow. Those blocks are green.
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1. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Wood Car & People

   Fitting shapes and peg people into the car lets your toddler experiment with hand-eye coordination.

2. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Wood Color Blocks

   Identify and mix up translucent colors by stacking, balancing, and letting light shine through five shapes.

3. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Balancing Crayons

   Three chubby crayons double as creative stacking toys that build your toddler’s grasping strength.

4. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Star-Drop Maze

   Drop the star into the maze for a wiggly demonstration of cause and effect.

5. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Grownup Guide

   Over 20 pages of research-backed guidance, development milestones, and activities to try at home.

6. 

   Only in Plus + Deluxe:

   Color Wheel Racers and Ramp

   The back-and-forth ramp lets toddlers learn about cause and effect with two cars and two optical illusion wheels.

7. 

   Only in Deluxe:

   I Thought I Saw a Dinosaur!

   Play hide and seek with a dinosaur as you push and pull the sliders to find it.