Play is the work of the child, but it doesn’t have to be hard work for the parent. Here, we categorize our ideas by the ‘superpowers’ they help build—from Fine Motor skills and STEM logic to the emotional magic of Literacy and Imaginative play. Explore activities designed to nurture your child’s growth through the toys you already love.
Grapat loose parts are a great resource for open-ended play. If you are unfamiliar with them, you may probably think, “And what do you do with them?”. Well, I hope I’ll be able to answer by showing you all the ways we’ve come up with playing during the past years. Loose parts play is a […]
The Way to play road is an incredible open-ended toy that allows your children (and you) to create toy roads and worlds. It is a flexible race track made from child-safe rubber, fantastic for endless fun. We love to play with it at home, and it has been one of our favorite play activities this
Worried about handwriting? Start with stickers. Peeling builds the exact muscles needed for holding a pencil! Sticker books for kids are a great resource to have around or give as gifts! They keep them entertained, help them work on fine motor skills, help them learn new things; I think they are great. And not just
Grimm’s – or Grimms Spiel und Holz – is probably famous worldwide because of its wooden rainbow. It is a fantastic open-ended toy that is an excellent addition to family play. But they create much more than the rainbow. One of our favorite Grimms toys is the Grimms semicircles. It is a perfect complement to
Cars awaken fascination in kids and adults alike. They are one of the most loved toys in a child’s playroom (and garage 😉). The wheels that go, their colors, and their shapes just grab their attention from an early age. They can be more box-shaped, round-shaped, and even triangle-shaped. Would you like to learn how
Ever wanted to make a peg doll but didn’t know where to start? Are you looking for easy peg doll ideas? Then you are just like me. One day, I bought a bunch of wooden peg dolls to start making some crafts, and then I realized it wasn’t as easy as I thought. I’ve had
Space is a fascinating subject, and for toddlers, it is even more mesmerizing. It is so abstract, so strange, and so captivating at the same time. The moon, the planets, the rocket ships, the astronauts are all exciting. My 3-year-old son is absolutely in love with anything space-related. So I thought I’d share with you
It was my daughter’s 6th birthday recently. She was so happy! I feel she has grown up a lot in just so little time. And from the look of her birthday gifts, I see her interests have shifted and grown. So I’ve put together this list of 6 year old girl birthday gift ideas that
Have you ever created flat lay designs with Grimms Rainbow? They are really fun to make, aren’t they? At home, we went a step further and started building with the Rainbow Semcircles, and we had a lot of fun with them as well. But when Grapat loose parts came into our lives and our play,
Grapat mandala has been one of our most significant discoveries this summer. We did have some Grapat loose parts like coins and hoops, which we used to create some designs, but we’ve upped our game with the Mandala parts. They are so beautiful to look at, to feel them, and to play with them. It
My son is now crazy about space. He is 3 and is fascinated by rockets, planets and space. My husband is thrilled because it has always been a passion of his and he can’t wait to watch with him Cosmos with Neil deGrasse Tyson. (If you haven’t seen it, it is fantastic and so well
+75 Grimms Rainbow ideas to make the most of your large wooden rainbow! Towers, flat designs, ball runs, animals, colour activities & more! We love it!
My daughter will be turning 6 in a couple of weeks. Oh my! What an amazing year. I feel like we have lived it intensely but at the same time it has flown by so fast. We’ve read a ton of books together this past year, and before we blow the candles, (and while I
Elephants are some of the most amazing animals on our planet. They are native from Asia and Africa and are the largest land mammals weighing up to 9 tons (like 3 orcas or like 5 hippos or like 9 rhinos). These magnificent animals have been celebrated in many cultures as a symbol of strength, wisdom
I’ve always enjoyed going to the movies. My husband and I would go with our friends on Friday nights to see the latest releases before we were ever married. We loved it. Our movie nights have changed; they are not night-outs but night-ins after the children have fallen asleep. But when our daughter was 2
My son started playing with cars a lot just before he turned 3 years old. He had a garage and liked to see the cars go down the ramp, but he wanted to know where they could go next. He’d ask us to create tracks so he could play and make his cars go around.
I was going through our little library the other day, and I realized we have quite a Julia Donaldson book collection at home. We love her books. Particularly the ones she does in partnership with the fantastic illustrator Axel Scheffler. Those are our favorites. We discovered Julia Donaldson’s picture books when we moved to London.
Grimms toys came into our life 3 years ago, and I’m so happy they did. It all started with a wooden rainbow and 12 colorful friends. We discovered a new way to play and learned much more than we expected. These beautiful open-ended toys give wings to everyone’s imagination and creativity (from little children to
Bilibo is a fantastic innovative, and versatile open-ended toy that will blow you away. It looks so simple (and, to be honest, quite strange the first time you lay your eyes on it) that you can not imagine all the things you can do with it. The Bilibo seat and its mini version, with its
Have you ever played with colored rice? Kids love it! I saw many people playing with colored rice on Pinterest, and I always thought it looked beautiful and fun. I thought it would be complicated and time-consuming. But it’s actually really easy, quick, and cheap to make. There are many creative possibilities to explore, from
