Teach matching, sorting, problem solving, shape recognition and hand-eye coordination: Beginner pattern blocks: double-sided wood scenes with yellow triangles, red rectangles, green ovals, purple circles and blue squares.

Teach kids to express themselves using puppets. These hand puppets are a playful way to build vocabulary, dexterity, creativity, and imagination!

Stimulate the senses and help develop fine motor skills, sensory learning, tactile exploration (touch) and visual-spatial skills (sight).

Introduce your child to the world of music. Musical instruments help the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words.

Introduce your child to the concepts of whole, part, and fractrions as they slice the fruit into pieces: strawberry, kiwi, lemon, pear, orange, banana, melon slice; wooden knife with red handle -- Sandwich making set: wooden "fixins" to make a sandwich with velcro centers to attach pieces together; breat, bun, burger patty, ham slice, chicken patty, tomato, pickle, lettuce, swiss and cheddar cheese; wooden knife.

Community helpers: soft, squeezable figures of a mail carrier, firefighter, doctor, police officer, and a chef that are great for dramatic play.

Learn how to tell time and concepts such as morning, afternoon and evening with Shape sorting clock: wood clock with moveable wood hour and minute hands; numbered hours are colorful removable wood shapes. Also encourages matching skills and hand-eye coordination.

Introduce your child to the alphabet. This set will help teach matching, fine motor skills and imaginative play. The alpha pops are great for both visual and tactile learners.

Learn pattern recognition, observations, vocabulary, critical thinking, cause and effect, fine motor skills and gross motor skills by exploring trees.

Teach balance, coordination, depth and visual perception using the Riverstones and the playing the Animal playground CD.