Infants & Toddler Care

This guide provides research-based, simple, easy to use social and emotional strategies for the home and child care setting. Included are reproducible forms and checklists to help programs reflect on overall social and emotional quality of early care and education settings.

6 months & up. Bring the sound of rain indoors with this Rainmaker set. A simple turn creates a combination of sound and color that will captivate inquisitive young ones. Watch and listen as a rainbow of colored beads cascade through the tube recreating the soft sound of gently falling rain. Colors will vary. Each measures 8'H.

18 months & up. Allow children to explore nature with this unique set of wooden blocks. Each block is a peculiar shape that invites and makes balancing and stacking a challenge to conquer. The unique shaped pieces, combined with the unlimited building possibilities, will help develop hand-eye coordination and spatial skills while having fun! This set will also promote fine motor skills and block play. Includes an eco-friendly cotton storage bag. Set of 12 unique wooden shapes.

12 months & up. These colorful Nest and Stack Shapes are perfect for teaching children color and shape recognition. With these exciting toys, children will develop fine motor skills, coordination, counting skills, spatial abilities, and problem-solving skills. Watch as children nest, stack, or sort all while learning important math concepts. Encourage children to identify shapes and colors as they stack the blocks into their self-correcting spaces. Shapes come in hues of red, blue, green, and purple.

18 months & up. Inspire your future builder with this wonderful Toddler Construction Worker Vest & Hat Soft Outfit for Dramatic Play. Young children will love becoming today's essential builders as they pretend to construct grand buildings! This outfit promotes dramatic play, creativity, and imagination. Use this for an interactive lesson about career exploration. The lined, covered-seam fabric vests and hats are enhanced with soft velour and shimmery badges. 100% Polyester. Machine washable.

24 months & up. Early literacy begins well before a child starts school! When learning is incorporated into hands-on activities, games, and story time, even toddlers can begin to identify letters and letter sounds. With carefully selected materials and bilingual activity card(s) targeted towards each stage of development, this kit promotes learning while strengthening the bond between parent and child. An ideal way for caregivers and families to enrich children's learning experiences together.… More »

2 years & up. Introduce children to the fun of scientific discovery with their first microscope. With award-winning design, this Nature View Microscope is an exciting method of introducing STEM learning into the classroom. The three interchangeable lenses offer differing perspectives of the ten detailed nature slides. Encourage children to explore the different settings and become familiar with this beginner's microscope. The base plate rotates for varied viewpoints. Lenses include magnified,… More »

18 months & up. Dress-up as your favorite community helpers - police officer, firefighter or construction worker with these vest and hat sets. Medical vest is reversible to be either a doctor or a nurse. The easy to put on and soft fabrics will make these a favorite in the toddler classroom. 100% Polyester. Machine washable.

12 months & up. With this colorful wooden counter, children will identify shapes, colors and begin working on math skills. This activity involves counting and matching the number of holes within the shape and matching it to its respective dowels. The number of shapes matches the number of dowels it represents. Children will develop fine motor and problem-solving skills. Use this in a fun math lesson and practice basic counting or addition. The Toddler Wooden One to Four Counter is an excellent… More »

12 months & up. With two shapes and nine colors, the Toddler Flower Twist Sorter allows endless possibilities for stacking and sorting. These colorful sorting pieces promote fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, dexterity, color recognition, and shape recognition. Sized perfectly for small hands, these pieces can help children gain confidence in their counting and sorting skills. Children can sort by color, shape, or size with the 7 flowers and 7 gear shapes.

18 months & up. Enrich dramatic play through inclusion with these adorable, multiethnic dolls. Featuring sweet expressions, soft huggable bodies, a one piece romper, and a matching blanket, these cuddly dolls make the perfect friends for little learners. Children will love caring for these dolls, from feeding them to singing them to sleep; the possibilities for play are endless. Multiethnic dolls include African American, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Asian. Dolls are 16" long. Available individually or in a set of 4.

 2 years & up. Bring life to any block play community with the vibrant Discovery People - Rainbow. With bright rainbow hues, these simplified people shapes will enhance dramatic play opportunities during traditional block play and seamlessly complement the rest of the Discovery collection during light and sensory exploration. Each set includes 16 solid figures: 8 tall figures and 8 short figures in assorted colors. Taller figures measure 1.3"W x 2.8"H.

18 months & up. Children can nurture and cuddle their dolls in soft comfort as they interact and build social emotional skills. Encourage children to role play, explore, and practice their nurturing skills through swaddling and cuddling dolls and more. Includes a set of 4 - 18" x 18" blankets in four pastel colors. Machine washable.

2 years & up. Bring life to any block play community with the vibrant Discovery People - Natural. With a natural gradated color scheme, these simplified people shapes will enhance dramatic play opportunities during traditional block play and seamlessly complement the rest of the Discovery collection during light and sensory exploration. Each set includes 16 solid figures: 8 tall figures and 8 short figures in assorted colors. Taller figures measure 1.3"W x 2.8"H.

12 months & up. This item is a stacker, a sorter, and a geometric puzzle all in one! Introduce children to early math, shape recognition, and encourage fine motor skills with this stacker. Children will place the colored block onto the corresponding shape peg and can count how many of each color they have stacked from one to five. This stacker consists of a base with 5 pegs (in the form of a circle, rectangle, triangle, square, and a pentagon) and 15 colored manipulatives with corresponding… More »

2 years & up. Get to know healthy fruits and vegetables from the inside out with these exciting Healthy Foods Inside and Out Puzzles. These puzzles feature real images revealing what the inside of the fruit or vegetable looks like underneath each puzzle piece. These self-correcting puzzles promote fine motor skills and problem-solving. Use these puzzles in an interactive lesson about healthy eating habits. Set of 2. Measures 9" x 12".

Pack of 20 LAP™-D Bilingual Scoring booklets.

2 years & up. Make friends with children from around the world, mixing and matching the chunky puzzle pieces to make many different combinations. Each friend is dressed in clothing that recognizes a different culture -- China, India, Native American, Africa, Mexico, and the USA. Each 3-piece child measures 6"H x 3"W. Set of 6 puzzles.

18 months & up. Encourage children to get a closer look at the world around them with a Two-Handed Magnifier. Molded from the new Poly+ material, this easy-to-hold waterproof magnifier is the perfect companion for every indoor and outdoor adventure. Solid glass lenses are scratch resistant and protected by overmolded soft touch plastic. Set includes 2 magnifiers. Each magnifier measures 8.3" x 5.1" x .8".

18 months & up. Encourage children to get a closer look at the world around them with a Tabletop Magnifier. Molded from new Poly+ material, this safe and durable waterproof magnifier is the perfect companion for every indoor and outdoor adventure. Solid glass lenses are scratch resistant and protected by overmolded soft touch plastic. Set includes 2 magnifiers. Each magnifier measures 7.3" x 7.3" x 6.1".

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Provide a snug and secure fit for baby's comfort. 100% cotton jersey compact size fitted sheet is extra soft and has full elastic edges for a perfect fit. Jersey crib sheets offer a warm, tee shirt like feel for extra comfort. Machine washable and dryable. Sheets measure 38"L x 24�W x 3�H and fit 3� mattresses. Includes 4 crib sheets.

12 months & up. If we have 1 blue, 1 green, and 1 orange stacker, how many stackers do we have? Introduce children to hues of red, green, and blue while they count, stack, sort, or mix and match the colors. These wooden stackers are durable and are sure to stand the test of time while the child continues to develop their cognitive and motor skills.

12 months & up. If there are 3 blue counters and 2 green counters, how many total counters do we have? Start your math, color, and coordination skills early with this color-coded counter. The base of the counter features numbers and matching numbered posts, with 16 color-coded stack-able pieces. You can COUNT on this sturdy wooden toy to last for years!