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Alphabet Puzzle
by Melissa and Doug
For ages 2 to 5 years
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 (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)
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 (read more)
Block Puzzle
by Mudpuppy
For ages 2-6 years
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 (read more)
Sea Animals Floor Puzzle
by Crocodile Creek
For ages 2-6 years
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 (read more)
Land of dragons puzzle game
by HABA
For ages 2-4 years
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 (read more)
Jigsaw Blocks Fantasy Land
by HABA USA
For ages 2-4 years
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. (read more)
Melissa & Doug Alphabet Train Floor Puzzle
by Melissa and Doug
For ages 3-6 years
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. (read more)
Dinosaurs - 48 Piece Puzzle
by Melissa & Doug
For ages
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 (read more)
Puzzle Pairs Simple Words
by eeBoo
For ages
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 (read more)
Counting Creatures Floor Puzzle
by Mudpuppy
For ages
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 (read more)
Melissa and Doug Pirate's Bounty 100 piece floor puzzle
by Melissa & Doug
For ages
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: (read more)
Fridge Wash & Go Magnetic Vehicle Set
by Leap Frog
For ages 1-6 years
The toy looks like a tiny car wash with a magnetized space to stick two of the 10 included vehicle halves. I stuck the "car wash" base and all its respective vehicle (car, fire engine, airplane, (read more)
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