For small children "Land of Dragons" is an imaginative building game that enhances their motor response skills. Older children can use the blocks too in combination with their own bricks. 27 pieces plus frame. Made of beech wood. Age 2 & Up.
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$60.00
Children will learn to recognize and spell basic words with this colorful 84-piece puzzle! This colorful set of 20 puzzles teaches children to recognize simple words. A great first spelling tool! This puzzle will help children to * Develop hand-eye coordination * Learn how to spell 20 simple words * Improve shape and letter recognition Ages 3?6
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$12.99
$11.99
Being a pirate isn't all imagination play, of course. Pirates are tremendous problem-solvers, puzzlers of the first degree. Puzzles are a precursor to that essential spatial relations skill: treasure map reading. And your little sea captain will love this 100-piece floor puzzle with a classic pirate scene. It is challenging but captivating - come to think of it, just like being the parent of a pirate!
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$11.99
$11.96
Puzzles, like blocks, are one of the toys that experts in child development all can agree are highly beneficial. As the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) website tells us, "puzzles help children build the skills they need to read, write, solve problems, and coordinate their thoughts and actions" as well as develop their mathematical and spatial thinking. Who knew? But what parents everywhere ...
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$17.99
$17.93
There's something delicious about a rainy summer afternoon. Time to take a break from the sun and the rushing about, and curl up with your little ones for some quieter moments. Working on a puzzle is the perfect counterpoint to the raucous adventures of many summer days. For the preschoolers in your midst, we think there is no better beginner jigsaw puzzle than this one. Here's why: this big puzzle ...
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$17.99
Much of Eric Carle's work is so richly textured and thickly painted that you want simply to reach out and feel it, even in paperback reproduction. We can only imagine that your little ones feel the same way. With these clever puzzles from Mudpuppy, you can come pretty close. Rearrange nine blocks to complete six different puzzles, featuring the stars of several especially beloved Carle books. Or you could mix ...
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Because preschoolers can't ever have enough, here's another charming puzzle, this one featuring a numbers and counting theme. Puzzles in and of themselves teach early geometry skills, so this is what we call a toy with a one-two math punch! We count on the folks at Mudpuppy to give us the most visually attractive games and toys possible, and they've done it again here with Stephanie Bauer's delightful animal pictures.
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$17.99
$14.57
One thing we Savvy parents look for in any toy is how long it is apt to hold a child's interest. Melissa and Doug's well-made wooden teaching clock earns particularly high marks in this regard. It captures the interest of young toddlers, and is a valuable tool for teaching number recognition and time-keeping to older preschoolers. The designers have thought of everything! Ingenious visual cues help ...
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$12.99
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Have you noticed that your three-year-old is really into puzzles lately? It's that age when - wow! - she can figure them out all by herself (or with just a tiny bit of unobtrusive help from someone who takes no credit whatsoever). So keep the puzzles coming - in particular, this large-scale, very well made dinosaur scene. It's not too easy, not too hard, and totally absorbing. And if you've ...
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$11.99
$11.18
Preschool years are puzzle years - these kids of ours are putting it all together, piece-by-piece. This game helps children grasp the notion that combinations of letters make up words by asking them to put together picture puzzle pieces with their matching words. For preschoolers who are ready to move beyond reciting the alphabet, this is a great way to introduce and play with letter sounds, and basic spelling. In ...
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$13.95
This Alphabet Train puzzle includes 28 extra thick pieces to keep your little one engaged and learning. The self-correcting pieces make learning the alphabet easy and fun. Measures 120" long.
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$11.99
$11.96
There is a delightful moment in alphabet learning when your little one is so sure that a B is a B that he or she will just frown at the suggestion that a b is also a B. Preposterous. Charming as it is, it does seem that learning both capital and lowercase letters is required for true mastery of the alphabet, and this 52-piece wooden puzzle is a ...
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$14.99
Preferred Choice Creative Child Magazine, 2004. Dr. Toy 100 Best Toys, 2004. Pile these colorful blocks and be amazed! Thanks to their optical effects these beautiful blocks will fascinate children. These blocks transform a child's first buildings into authentic little artifacts of many shapes and colors. Sweet ringing little bell provides incidental music. A fun companion to HABA building blocks. For ages 1+.
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Cost:
$45.00
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