Infants & Toddler Care

2 years & up. Are you ready to care for a pet? In addition to being a cuddly companion, this New Sprouts® Puppy Play! helps teach children about the responsibilities associated with caring for pets. Tending to this precious puppy encourages imaginative play, role-playing, and builds early vocabulary and social skills. Puppy measures 6"H. Includes: 1 plush puppy, 1 dog bed, 1 dog bowl, 1 bone, 1 brush, and 1 can of dog food.

2 years & up. What fun it would be to find dinosaur bones in a sand table! Perfectly sized for toddlers, this set of 12 bones comes in 4 different lengths, the largest one 4.75" long. Use for sorting, measuring activities, and sand play. The smooth surface makes them perfect for sensory experiences.

2 years & up. Watch as your child solves this colorful maze by using the attached magnetic wands to guide the beads along the winding paths. This bug themed maze promotes problem-solving, color matching, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills. For further learning, challenge children to match the beads to the bug of the same color. Encourage children to call out the colors they see and take turns solving the maze.

The increasing concern over the effect of child care on children's lives has focused attention on the quality of that care. Since most out-of-home care is provided in family child care homes, the need has grown for an accessible, reliable, and thorough means of assessing the quality and suitability of such settings. Developed through lengthy field testing, research, and revision, the Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale consists of 32 items, organized under six major headings: Space and… More »

2 years & up. Be inspired with the unique selection of breads from around the world. Children will enjoy turning the outdoor kitchen into a bakery and create their own bread delights! The stones are made from a durable stone resin and can easily be cleaned. The set of 8 includes: saffron, bun, pretzel, croissant, challah, bagel, fougasse, and poppy seed bread. Measures 2" to 3".

2 years & up. Encourage hand-eye coordination and dexterity, while promoting early counting skills with these six 8" tall, multi-colored Giddy Buggy Pins. Can be used both indoors and outdoors. Set them up, roll the included ball, and knock them down.

2 years & up. Ten elephants link together tail to trunk. Each blanket is color coded to match the one that comes next in the sequence. Each elephant blanket also displays a number. Reinforces number recognition, sequencing and color matching. 5 large and 5 small elephants. Large elephants measure 4.25"L x 2.25"H.

2 years & up. Use the Count 'Em Up Popcorn set as a way to introduce number recognition and counting. Includes 15 jumbo popcorn pieces to count into 5 different-size bowls. Nest for easy storage. Largest bowl measures 2.25"H x 4.75" in diameter.

2 years & up. Build with soft colors of nature, creating organic patterns with friction-fit leaf shapes. Explore symmetry, develop fine motor and spatial skills. Construction activities can be enhanced through light table exploration. A beautiful, subdued, natural color palette and recycled material construction further enhance a child's connection to the natural world. Set includes 10 double-sided activity cards and 96 colorful, interlocking pieces.

2 years & up. Learn all about construction vehicles and emergency vehicles as you complete each colorful puzzle. These durable wooden puzzles feature 9 pegged vehicle pieces that are easy for little hands to grab and manipulate into the corresponding holes. Puzzles help develop children's fine motor skills and problem solving skills. Includes an emergency vehicle puzzle with 9 pieces and a construction vehicle puzzle with 9 pieces. 11.6"W x 8.2"W

2 years & up. Six hardwood stacking squares feature inset colored acrylic windows for stacking, sorting, building, sequencing and creating imaginative, colorful constructions! Doubles as a stand-alone manipulative or an addition to hardwood block construction. Hardwood frames, rounded corners and edges, and inset acrylic windows. Largest square measures 7"W x 7"D x 2"H. 6 pieces.

Ages 2 years & up. Be transported to the ocean with these beautifully tactile stones that reflect the natural treasures children might discover at the seashore! Designed for outdoor learning and investigative play, the stones are robust for lots of outside adventures! Made from a unique stone mix, they are durable enough to be used in water, dirt, mud and clay, and are easily cleaned. Perfect for outdoor discoveries, compare with the real things, make imprints in dough or sand, and make rubbings… More »

6 months & up. The unique textured design of these eggs allows little hands to easily grip them. Children will love the soft sound these eggs make as they shake them up! The colorful bumps provide sensory and tactile discovery for an enjoyable music experience. These eggs promote fine motor skills, music and rhythm learning, color recognition, and sensory learning.

2 years & up. The Green Island is a challenging stacker puzzle that creates a beautiful island oasis when complete! Measures approximately 5.25"L x 5.75"W x 7.25"H when assembled.

18 months & up. Encourage children to answer questions, match items, and play a memory game with this Mommy & Me Matching Game. With this realistic photo set of round cards, children will soon be able to recognize which babies go with which mothers as they match these cards to each other. For extra learning have children identify the animals that might live in the same area. This set includes Farm, Safari, and American Wildlife animals. Includes 58 cards for 29 matching sets.

12 months & up. Stack soft foam blocks to create simple shapes and add chunky accessories to make the city come to life. Includes wood-like and color blocks, people, cars, stop light, trees and bushes. Wood-like blocks measure 1.375" thick. 29 piece set.

2 years & up. Unscramble the confusion of emotions with this innovatively designed figure set! With the Eggspressions Figure and Book Set, children can learn to communicate their feelings effectively. This set features 6 wooden eggs - 5 with expressions and one without an expression for children to add their own. It also includes a book with activities to help children identify their feelings and develop communication skills. Made with wood sourced from environmentally sustainable forest and… More »

In a translation approved by the authors, this is the Spanish edition of the newly revised Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale® (FCCERS-R). Designed for use in family child care programs, this widely used program quality assessment instrument is suitable for programs serving children from infancy through school-age. Following extensive input from users of the original scale, the authors have made many improvements and innovations that will make this program resource even more effective… More »

12 months & up. Provide endless hours of challenging fun for little ones with the Wooden Telephone Shape Sorter. This versatile 3-in-1 toy made of robust wood features not only a shape sorter, but a pull toy and a number pad, as well! Babies and toddlers will have so much fun discovering the assortment of brightly colored shapes and learning how to match them to the correct slot. Features 6 shaped blocks, perfectly sized for little hands. Designed to teach children early problem solving by identifying… More »

18 months & up. Help your children gain confidence in their walking with this Bright Colored Frolicking Frog Pull Toy for Practicing Gross Motor Skills. This pull toy is perfect for promoting gross motor skills, color recognition, exploration, sensory development and fine motor skills. Children will delight as their friendly frog companions hops up and down as they pull it along. Encourage your children to take this walking companion with them as they build the necessary muscles to walk independently.… More »

12 months & up. Toddler Kindness books play a crucial role in nurturing the social and emotional development of young children. It teaches them important life lessons about empathy, compassion and positive relationships. Toddlers are highly impressionable, and they often imitate behaviors they observe. Toddler Kindness books provide positive examples of behavior, such as sharing, helping, and comforting others. Encourage positive relationships, emotional regulation, social skills and modeling… More »

10 months & up. Beautiful smooth solid beech wood loose parts in seven colors of the rainbow, with a natural finish to show the grain of the wood. Ideal for developing open-ended exploration skills, counting and sorting, stacking and sequencing, pattern-making and learning about color. Great for any loose parts collection and heuristic play resources. Spools measure 2". Includes 21 pieces.

2 years & up. The diversity fastening doll offers children many ways to practice fine motor skills. Through zippers, buttons, snaps, buckles, and shoe laces, children will learn to undress and dress themselves. This doll will also assist students in developing respect for diversity of genders and races. This doll can also help users learn about their community and others around the world. Machine washable. Clothing styles may vary.

2 years & up. Toddlers will be fascinated as they build with the blocks and watch them move. The building is limitless with these colorful bricks. Designed to snap together right side up and upside down to create a unique pivoting action. This novel brick set will provide hours of fun to your little. Includes 120 large Flexiblocks®.