Sensory play

Holiday Gift Guide

25+ Holiday Gifts for Newborns to 4-Year-Olds

It’s that time of year again, the lead-up to the holidays – when parents, aunts, and grandparents begin the frantic search for the perfect toy.  Ah, the perfect...

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Play Guide

Promoting and Encouraging Development Through Play

Our professional advisory board and our team have carefully vetted and selected every product we carry. And each product is here for a very specific reason. We are...

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Inside Play

The Best Rainy Day Activities for Kids

As much as we all love outdoor play, sometimes you have to stay inside. Whether it's due to rain, or other types of inclement weather, it can be...

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Education

The Wonderful World of Play - Through the Eyes of a Mom with a Medically Complex Kiddo

Doctors consider my little boy, Magnus, "medically complex." He also falls in the category of "failure to thrive" because of his numerous physical, developmental, and neurological impairments.  Play to Thrive...

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STEAM

Easy STEM Activities with Items from Home

Children of all ages benefit from exploring freely and finding items that help feed their curiosity. Research shows that early childhood experiences in...

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Sensory Play

Sensory Toys We Love (And Your Kid Will Too)

If you're a parent – especially...

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Child Development

8 Toys Suited for Fine Motor Development

Fine motor and hand eye coordination is crucial for child development but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a blast for little hands. Learning to grasp, pick up,...

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Sensory Play

DIY Sensory Play (Featuring Products We Love)

The sharpness of a bitter lemon. The fragrance of fresh rain. The plush feeling of a warm blanket. Everyone relies on their senses to understand the world, but for little...

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Playroom Essentials

Top Items to Have in a Playroom to Encourage Learning

I think most moms have a vision of their ideal playroom. When I close my eyes and imagine the perfect space for my children to learn and play...

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Gift Guides

Bringing Baby Home-Big Brother & Big Sister Gifts

One of my favorite ways to help my children welcome a baby home was to get them a special gift from their new sibling. We’ve had three children...

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Gifts

Best Gifts for Three-Year-Olds

With blossoming personalities and growing curiosities, your three-year-old is absorbing new information every day. As they enter their preschool years they’re testing limits and building a new found...

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Gifts

Best Gifts for One-Year Olds

It can be hard to figure out what to get a one-year-old as a gift. They aren’t yet able to express what they like to play with and...

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Product Reviews

Product Review: Toys Your Toddler Will Love from Clover + Birch

Family-Tested, Family-Approved You’re here because you want to know if Clover + Birch is awesome - we did, too. That’s...

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Open-Ended Play

Best Toys to Spark Imagination

I love watching my little ones play, especially when it’s unstructured. There’s something so magical about watching their imagination come to life. The games and roles they take...

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Montessori

What is Montessori?

Montessori — it's marketed to parents at every turn in today's progressive world. But what is it? And how does it apply to learning? Let's explore the core of...

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Gifts

Best Gifts for 4-Year Olds

When my oldest turned four it hit me harder than any other birthday. I think it’s because I realized his babyhood and toddler years were officially behind us....

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Open-Ended Play

Best Toys for the Wild Child

I’m a mom of three and while each of my children are vastly different they have one thing in common: they’re wild. My kids love to spin, climb,...

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Play Essentials

Our Favorite Non-Tech Toys (and the Benefits)

Flashing lights, funky sounds, and vibrant screens. No, I'm not talking about the hottest new nightclub; those days are long gone. I'm talking about toys. The ones that...

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Wooden Toys

Top Wooden Toys and Why We Love Them

When my oldest son was born six years ago, wooden toys were just starting to break into the play scene. Montessori was just being touched on then, too....

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Sensory Play

The Wonderful World of Play: By A Mom Who's Toddler is Visually Impaired

Painful, yet altogether glorious, isn't it? This parenting thing. This ministry of motherhood. How can both the pain and the glory so closely co-exist?

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