Time and Space Educational Books, Toys

Wedgits

by Imagability

For ages 2+ years

I know, you've heard it so many times before: your children will be so engrossed with this toy that you'll watch in amazement as they play quietly together for 30 minutes at a time.... You are (read more)

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Explorer Globe

by Leap Frog

For ages 3+ years

This globe is one of those all-too-rare toys that truly works for absolutely all ages. We haven't met anyone yet, little person or grown-up, who isn't engaged by its tricks and educated by its (read more)

Shape Sorting Clock

by Melissa and Doug

For ages 1.5+ years

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 (read more)

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Magnetic Calendar

by Melissa and Doug

For ages 3+ years

Preschool on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gymnastics on Tuesday, playdate on Thursday. And don't forget the birthday party on Saturday. The schedule of a mere three-year-old can sometimes be too (read more)

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Standard Unit Blocks

by Melissa and Doug

For ages 2+ years

These are your plain old, basic building blocks. They look a lot like the ones you probably played with as a kid. No improvements needed. Indeed, they are so basic that many of us overlook them as (read more)

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World Map and USA Map Floor Puzzles

by Crocodile Creek

For ages 3+ years

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 (read more)

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Bead Sequencing Set

by Melissa & Doug

For ages 3-6 years

Stack the durable, brightly colored wooden beads on five hardwood dowels in sequence to match the design on one of the pattern cards. This Bead Sequencing Set builds complex reasoning skills as well (read more)

Baby Animals Puzzle Pairs

by eeBoo

For ages 2-4 years

Beautifully illustrated by Saxton Freymann for eeBoo, Baby Animals Puzzle Pairs is a delightfully simple puzzle activity for tots. Match pictures of mother animals to the correct baby animal to make (read more)

Peg N Lace Geoboard

by Anatex

For ages 3-6 years

Busy hands eagerly create attractive designs with this wonderful Peg 'N' Lace Art activity. The uniquely shaped peg with four holes allows children to creat 3D designs by lacing through each peg in (read more)

Actual Size

by Steve Jenkins

For ages 2-6 years

Steve Jenkins (What Do You Do with a Tail Like This ?) returns with another inventive, involving picture book--this time inviting young readers to see how they measure up against a variety of (read more)

Tangoes Jr.

by Rex Games

For ages 3-6 years

Tangoes Jr. brings the fun, creativity and problem-solving challenges of Tangoes to a unique toy desgined specifically for kids. With a large playing surface, seven magnetic puzzles pieces and (read more)

Me on the Map

by Joan Sweeney

For ages 3-6 years

"Using the premise that simple drawings can be maps, the book begins with crayon drawings of the floor plans of the girl's room and house. The concept becomes progressively more complex, as her (read more)

Chicken Soup with Rice

by HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS

For ages

This 1962 Maurice Sendak gem was the beloved favorite of its day - think the passion that a child of the '70s and '80s had for Shel Silverstein's silliness and cross it with the diligence that same (read more)

365 Penguins

by Jean-Luc Fromental

For ages

For the older preschooler who has all the days and months down pat, you can present the least intuitive calendar concept of all: that there are 365 days in a year. (Oh, you're right; the absolutely (read more)

Here Comes the Year

by Eileen Spinelli

For ages

One of the loveliest parts of teaching preschool children about the calendar is how they turn their wonderfully detailed attention to the flow of the months and the seasons and the way the weather (read more)

Dog Days: Rhymes Around the Year

by Jack Prelutsky

For ages

We do revere Jack Prelutsky's poems, even if they haven't been as close to our hearts for as long as, say, Sendak's Chicken Soup with Rice. And when Mr. Prelutsky turns his talents towards the (read more)