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Montessori Toys for Skill Development (Not Just Pretty Wooden Toys but also they are pretty...)

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Montessori toys aren’t just wooden toys or neutral aesthetics—they’re thoughtfully designed tools that introduce one new skill at a time. A true Montessori material “isolates the difficulty,” meaning it limits frustration, builds confidence, and help...
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Infant+

 
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Encourages gross motor movement; Babies will love to crawl by the bright colors and be happy to hear the sounds of the spinning drum
Spinning Drum
 
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Designed to provide a multi-sensory experience, stimulating different senses like sight, touch and hearing.
Sensory Balls in Woven Basket
 
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Good for hand-eye coordination, concentration, focus and spatial awareness
Rocking Stacker
 
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The high-contrast black and white cards are specifically designed to capture a young child's attention and stimulate their developing visual system
Black & White Cards w/ Mirror
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1-2 Year Old+

 
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Develops Object Permanence Understanding
3 in 1 Multi-Function Box
 
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Learn Colors, Shapes, Fine Motor Skills and Tracing, depending on how you utilize. My daughter is still using these at 4 for tracing!
Wooden Knob Shape Puzzles
 
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This simple manipulative refines hand-eye coordination, fine-motor and color-matching skills.
Guidecraft Screw Block
 
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Offer experiences in eye-hand coordination, practice with different finger grasps and an experience/ test in “crossing the mid-line.”
Wooden Colored Discs on Colored Dowels
 
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Imagine my surprise when my son's teacher told me one of his favorite activities is rolling up these play mats lol
Handmade Children Playing Mat Rug (Large)
 
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Teaches your toddler to notice similarities and differences and to learn to categorize. Through comparing objects, children can determine attributes such as bigger or smaller.
Shape Matching Toy
 
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This sorting box is designed with 3 different learning sorter games that grow with your child.
Wooden Shape Sorter
 
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Practice precise hand movements while sending information to the brain as well as develops hand, wrist and finger control - also known as "refined hand movements".
Push Object Permanence Box
 
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10 wooden cubes painted pink and width graduated in increments. Develop child's visual perception. Prepare, indirectly, for mathematics by giving the child experiences in comparison, grading and seriation with the cube.
Pink Montessori Tower

3 Year Old+

 
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These blocks aid preschoolers in learning math concepts, shape recognition, and logical thinking while enhancing focus and cognitive development
Wooden Cylinders Block
 
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Encourages the development of hand-eye coordination, as well as visualization and process.
Lacing Game
 
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Allows children to identify and explore the parts of plants while developing children's finger muscles
Montessori Tree Puzzle
 
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Child places pegs into the holes next to the number while counting aloud, first with help, then alone. When the count is complete the child pulls the knob on the side of the box and the pegs come tumbling down.
Counting Peg Game
 
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Helps children learn to distinguish between different shades and colors
Color Tablets