Welcome to The Planner Play Kit for 4-year olds
The Planner Play Kit taps into your child’s growing awareness and offers ways to practice thinking ahead. Through play, your child learns to map out a sequence of steps to reach their goal.
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Welcome to The Connector Play Kit for 4-year olds
The Connector Play Kit focuses on flexible thinking, an executive function skill that allows your child to investigate, solve problems, and adapt to change. Everything within this Kit is designed to provide fun ways for your child to practice this crucial skill.
Welcome to The Examiner Play Kit for 4-year olds
The playthings in The Examiner Play Kit are designed to facilitate critical thinking by making abstract concepts more concrete. Through games and useful tools, harder-to-grasp ideas like empathy, time, and math are broken down in ways that make these tough concepts fun to learn.
Welcome to The Persister Play Kit for 4-year olds
The setbacks and challenges that come with learning are frustrating. See how The Persister Play Kit offers helpful tips and activities on managing frustration and ways to extend learning.
Welcome to The Play Kits for 4-year-olds
Development in 4-year–olds looks different than the “wow” moments your child experienced the last few years. See how they're ready to learn other life skills critical for their success in school and beyond.
Planning ahead: a key skill your 3-year-old is developing now
If your child notices it’s raining and tells you they need an umbrella, they’re showing a small sign of a big cognitive skill that emerges during the 3-year-old year—thinking ahead.
How music can help your child develop impulse control
Musical play can help children practice turn-taking and following directions.
How to introduce your child to the benefits of music (Hint: It’s easier than you think)
Here’s how music can benefit your child’s brain—and 4 easy ways to get started with musical play.
When do children learn to tell time?
Routines, sequences, and using time-related words all lay the groundwork for your child’s developing understanding of time.
Why fewer choices help your child establish independence
Psychologists recommend giving your child only 2 choices at a time when they want to make decisions. Here are some everyday decision-making activities for kids.
Activities to level up your child’s sorting skills
Support your two-year-old's emerging sorting skills, using the Lovevery Reach for the Stars Matching Cards.
8 strategies to help your toddler (and yourself) move on from a tantrum
The root cause of a tantrum is often your child wanting independence but not being quite ready for it. Here's how to handle one when it comes up.
Beyond the bedtime routine — why everyday rituals are important for your baby’s brain
Learn about how predictable sequences in your baby's everyday life help them begin thinking in more advanced ways.
First, next, then—giving your toddler comfort and structure
For toddlers, routines provide comfort, structure, and a way to predict what’s going to happen next. Learn how to establish and maintain toddler routines.