Let's Play!

This month, you and your toddler will explore:

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cause and effect
When children are encouraged to explore cause and effect, they’re more likely to meet challenges with curiosity and creativity. Blowing bubbles, stacking and knocking down blocks, and making gravity-powered ball runs are a few ways they can build on this skill.

hand-eye coordination
Right now, your toddler is working hard to improve their hand-eye coordination, which they started practicing at just 4 months. Activities like rolling a small ball and fitting rings on a stick give your kid the chance to improve their grasping skills.

problem-solving
As early as 10 months old, your baby was capable of deductive problem-solving. Now, as a toddler, they’re absorbed in scientific discovery, a.k.a., How does this work? Head-scratching challenges like puzzles, shape sorters, and stacking cups are sure to delight your young figure-outer.

color recognition
Identifying colors is a tricky skill to master, often trickier than telling apart shapes and sizes. Try playing a color-based game (like matching similar-colored socks!) to help your child begin to recognize and learn the names of different colors. Although, maybe save chartreuse and cerulean for another year.

fine motor
There’s a reason we’re always hearing about the importance of building fine motor skills. For toddlers, getting those small muscles in their hands and fingers to sync up with their eyes is what’ll let them graduate from tacking blocks to writing words and catching balls.

matching & sorting
These two toddler-centric activities lay the foundation for pattern recognition, which is going to be crucial for building math skills down the line. Your child may be able to match some basic shapes in a shape sorter, which helps reinforce the concepts of same and different. Practice, patience, and keeping things playful are key to learning these challenging skills.

cause and effect
When children are encouraged to explore cause and effect, they’re more likely to meet challenges with curiosity and creativity. Blowing bubbles, stacking and knocking down blocks, and making gravity-powered ball runs are a few ways they can build on this skill.

hand-eye coordination
Right now, your toddler is working hard to improve their hand-eye coordination, which they started practicing at just 4 months. Activities like rolling a small ball and fitting rings on a stick give your kid the chance to improve their grasping skills.

problem-solving
As early as 10 months old, your baby was capable of deductive problem-solving. Now, as a toddler, they’re absorbed in scientific discovery, a.k.a., How does this work? Head-scratching challenges like puzzles, shape sorters, and stacking cups are sure to delight your young figure-outer.

color recognition
Identifying colors is a tricky skill to master, often trickier than telling apart shapes and sizes. Try playing a color-based game (like matching similar-colored socks!) to help your child begin to recognize and learn the names of different colors. Although, maybe save chartreuse and cerulean for another year.

fine motor
There’s a reason we’re always hearing about the importance of building fine motor skills. For toddlers, getting those small muscles in their hands and fingers to sync up with their eyes is what’ll let them graduate from tacking blocks to writing words and catching balls.

matching & sorting
These two toddler-centric activities lay the foundation for pattern recognition, which is going to be crucial for building math skills down the line. Your child may be able to match some basic shapes in a shape sorter, which helps reinforce the concepts of same and different. Practice, patience, and keeping things playful are key to learning these challenging skills.

cause and effect
When children are encouraged to explore cause and effect, they’re more likely to meet challenges with curiosity and creativity. Blowing bubbles, stacking and knocking down blocks, and making gravity-powered ball runs are a few ways they can build on this skill.
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1. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Pull-Back Car

   Made to fit little hands, this car lets toddlers push to roll or pull back to launch the car (and the panda!) further.

2. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Ball-Drop Drawer

   Toddlers can explore problem-solving play by dropping the ball and discovering it in the peekaboo drawer.

3. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Wood Pegboard Set

   Toddlers can practice hand-eye coordination by matching up colors, bars, or beads (or everything all at once).

4. 

   In Essentials + Plus + Deluxe:

   Grownup Guide

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

5. 

   Only in Plus + Deluxe:

   Tap-and-Go Spiral Activity Tower

   With two balls that sound different as they roll and a peekaboo door, this activity tower helps your toddler figure out how things move.

6. 

   Only in Deluxe:

   Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes...

   Touch the parts of your body that match the lyrics as you sing along.