Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Curiosity and Learning Play
8
items Kids learn best when they can get hands-on and create! Let’s bring play and fun into the building experience. These toys are especially great for older kids.
Sections
2
Tinker And Build!
Sensory Curves and Fine Motor Skills
Tinker And Build!
Encouraging kids to tinker, create, and build with their hands not only strengthens fine motor skills but also problem solving. Building hands-on skills, sparking imagination, and practicing mindful breaths growing strong, focused, and curious littl...
Have a Minecraft lover? This magnet block set is perfect for older kiddos! Endless play, sensory, and lets them use their imagination.
What stands out the most is how creative kids get with it. One minute they’re building simple cubes or towers, and...
150 PCS Magnetic Blocks STEM Toy for Kids
Montessori Play in mind!
It has a very Montessori feel: hands-on, calm, and focused on exploration. The kids naturally start experimenting, adjusting pieces, and building more complex paths. And because everything is magnetic, cleanup and modificati...
Magnetic Tiles Road Set - Montessori Toy
This is so fun! Teaches construction concepts and science!
What I liked most is how much experimenting it encourages. You try something, watch the marble go through, realize a turn needs adjusting or the slope needs tweaking, and then rebuild—it’s v...
AOSITE 234PCS STEM Marble Run Toy for Kids
Let’s put physics into play!
The magnetic track pieces snap onto the board easily and stay in place surprisingly well, even when building taller or more complex runs. The pieces are bright, sturdy, and feel like they’ll hold up to plenty of experime...
National Geographic Magnetic Marble Run - 75-Piece STEM Set
Sensory Curves and Fine Motor Skills
Exploring how kids experience the world through their senses while building the small muscle skills in their hands and fingers. Supporting sensory curiosity and strengthening fine motor abilities helps children gain confidence, independence, and coor...
An oldie but a goodie!
It’s also great for kids’ developmental play: stacking logs builds fine‑motor skills, patience, spatial awareness. When I used it with a child, I noticed they were more engaged than with a plastic block set maybe because the ...
Wondertoys 208 Pcs Wooden Log Set - Ages 3+
Right away you notice it’s more than just a toy: the feel of the play‑sand under tiny fingers, mixed with the smoothness of plastic dinos and the roughness of faux rocks, makes for a rich sensory mix.
From a developmental standpoint, I noticed the b...
Creativity for Kids Dinosaur Dig Sensory Bin
Remember that fish game we had as kids? It’s like that, but cooler!
The small fish promote fine motor control and dexterity, while the letters and colors support cognitive skills like letter recognition and color sorting. Play can be structured or o...
Coogam Wooden Magnetic Fishing Game Toy
The foam pieces are soft, squishy, and super satisfying to mold, perfect for kids who love sensory play. Each block offers the same calming, tactile experience Impresa toys are known for.
Great for creative building, fidgeting, or stress relief, the...
Impresa Monkey Foam Giant Blocks - 5-Pack