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Pre-School (3-5 years)

These Pre-school toys are perfect for preschoolers age 3 years old, 4 years old, and 5 years old.
Preschoolers learn best through play, and the Preschool mind is primed, ready, and able to learn new things with these handmade goodies. Ages 3-5 is a time where little ones are pushing their boundaries, and are beginning to explore the worlds outside of their own little bubble. They are able to understand simple concepts such as the alphabet, numbers, colors, and shapes and are looking for opportunities to master their quickly growing skills. Cultivate this excitement for learning every chance you get with conversation, song, building, games, toys that strengthen these skills. Allow for some independent play opportunities to explore these concepts through experimentation. You will be amazed by your little one's growing imagination and awed by the words the choose, the stories they tell, the ways they play, and at how quickly they learn.
  • Sensory Box - Explore With Me Sensory Bin Starter Set

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    Sensory Box - Explore With Me Sensory Bin Starter Set

    $45.00

    This Handmade Wooden Sensory Bin or Sensory Box is full of developmental manipulatives. Our wooden box kit is an excellent starter toy for hands-on learning and imaginative play. This is a preschooler toy or toddler toy ages 3 and up, with open-ended exploration opportunities to develop an understanding of physics, gravity, volume, shape, size, sound, how things fit together, similar and different, size relation. Add tactile manipulatives to make it a homemade surprise or seasonally appropriate toy.

     

    Our Maker's Description:

    Introducing the Explore With Me Sensory Box tool kit – an invaluable addition to hands-on learning. Oh how I love the open-endedness of a sensory bin. I love how many different skills can be practiced with a little bit of imagination and a box of "stuff". I always enjoy creating these seasonal boxes, it's a lot of fun for me to make - and how I love watching my little one’s excitement when she sits down to play – it’s like opening a present. It’s therapeutic and just plain fun.

    My little explorer really enjoys playing with different nick-knacks in a tub filled with something tactile - I mean, who wouldn't? It's a great way to add texture to play while exploring a subject through excavation and discovery. Sometimes she mulls through the bin on her own and sometimes we work on it together, incorporating more conversation as she explores. Either way she is learning some very important lessons: physics, gravity, volume, shape, size, sound, how things fit together, similar and different, size relation...the list goes on.

    There are so many ways to use, play, and explore with the contents in this kit. A wooden box is the window to sensorial play and imaginative excavation. Let your little one’s creativity go wild with the pouring, scooping, pinching, placing, picking, poking, and playing opportunities this learning box inspires. Add a smidgen of playful thought and create a unique and magical Explore With Me experience at each and every sit-down. This kit contains the basics and can be used over and over again – just change the ingredients and you can create a whole new learning adventure.

    Some ideas for something tactile:
    Rice
    Uncooked Pasta
    Sand
    Rocks
    Beans
    Beads
    Lentils
    Un-popped Popcorn


    What’s You Get:
    - 1 wooden box measuring ( 8.5" x 8" x almost 2" deep ) to hold all your tools & can be used as the actual “Sensory Bin”
    - 2 different wooden bowls
    - 2 different wooden scoops
    - 2 different wooden canisters with lids
    - 1 pair of wooden tongs
    - 1 muslin pouch to fit inside the box & put your main ingredient in

    The Color Sorting Bowls and Sorting Hearts shown in the last picture are NOT included in this kit. If you are interested in these items they can be purchased separately in our online Mama May I handmade learning toys shop.

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  • Wooden Toy - Classic Ball And Cup Dexterity Game

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    Classic Ball and Cup Dexterity Game

    $9.00

    This old fashioned game will never go out of style. You will find that little ones and adults alike will want to try their hand-eye-coordination and skill at this classic game. “Just one more try…” won’t be enough when it comes to playing with this traditional gem. Enjoy the simplicity of building fine motor skills, understanding physics, and fostering hand-eye coordination with this hours-of-fun, old-fashioned toy.

    *This listing is for ONE of the games, you choose the color from those shown in the picture.

    Each Ball and Cup Game is painted to order. You can choose from one of six colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue Purple. The ball and the cup are painted with a non-toxic plant based paint and then lightly sealed with a beeswax finish. Because they are painted to order, please allow an extra 3 business days.

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  • Family Box - Handmade Wooden Little People Playset

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    Family Box - Handmade Wooden Little People Playset

    $24.00

    Family Box Handmade Wooden Little People Playset reinforces beginner color concepts, size relations, fine motor skills, and open-ended play. This is a great preschooler toy and big kid toy ages 3 and up. 

     

    Our Maker's Description:

    A whole little world inside a box*…like your little one’s imagination, you will find a world of play, a world of fun, a world of learning. The Family Box will inspire creative play and enchant young story-makers. Each family has six members (one for all the colors of the rainbow) and six coordinated sleep sacks. Entice imaginative thinking while reinforcing beginner color concepts, size relations, fine motor skills, and open-ended play. 

    Each family member is made of natural wood and has one of six colors marked on their bottoms. There are six coordinating sleep sacks made of comfy, cotton fabric. Encourage cognitive problem solving while your little one practices matching sizes or colors and enhances fine motor skills. 

    With a dash of imagination, the play and learning possibilities are endless….

    Stand the little people Shortest to Tallest or Smallest to Biggest.
    Match the colored bottoms to their sleep sacks.
    Tuck the little people into a sleep sack they fit into.
    Count the people in the family.
    Group the "kids" and "grown-ups" or "boys" and "girls"
    Play. 
    Pretend. 
    Learn.

    The tallest peg doll measures a little less than 2.5" tall. Mom measures a little more than 2" tall. and the sister measures a little less than 2" tall. The twins measure almost 1.75" tall each. The smallest wee one measures only a little more than 1" tall.

    - The Family Box contains small parts and is not suitable for children under 3. 
    As with all toys, little ones should be supervised while at play. -

    *NOTE : The box you receive may vary in shape from the one pictured.

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  • Colored Cups and Balls Playset

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    Colored Cups and Balls Playset

    $25.00

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    Colored Cups and Balls Playset

    $25.00

    A Rainbow fun and educational way to play and learn – colors! Your little one will enjoy picking and placing colored balls into their corresponding cups. This little set is great in enhancing fine motor skills and balance while discussing colors, numbers, and simple volume concepts. My little explorer loves to “scoop” and “pour” these cups over and over again. She is especially proud when she matches the colors together appropriately. This open-ended toy provides many different ways to play – tea party, kitchen accessory, rainbow stacker…with these “tools” and a dash of imagination the play possibilities are endless.

    The 6 balls each measure ¾ inch in diameter - The cups measure almost 2 inches ---All have been colored (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet) with certified non-toxic watercolors and lightly sealed with beeswax and jojaba oil.

    The bowl measure 2 ½ inches – The Scoop measures 3 ½ inches --- Both pieces are in their natural wood state

    -All come in a convenient muslin drawstring pouch

    * All of my creations were made with your little one in mind. Each piece was designed to nurture child development through open-ended play. These pieces can be used to broaden your little one's understanding and knowledge of our world and were created as early educational toys. I am inspired by the teachings of Montessori; the natural beauty of Waldorf; and incorporate a myriad of other learning-through-play philosophies when I design. It makes me smile to see my made-with-love pieces being toted for use as preschool toys and in natural play settings. Thank you for helping me support little minds, bodies, and imaginations through engaging, hands-on play and discovery.

    *Note: This toy is not intended for children who still mouth things. The balls measure ¾ inch in diameter. I use this as a “monitored” or “guided” toy with my little one. As with any toy, children should be supervised while at play. *

    *Note: Color Varies from batch to batch depending on the watercolor wash and how the wood accepts it. * 

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  • Art - Animal Action

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    Animal Action

    $29.00

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    Animal Action

    $29.00

    A new game just in time for Spring and big enough for small hands! This game was inspired by my little ones who are always more cooperative getting from point A to point B when they pretend to be an animal. There are 25 different wooden coins with a verb and animal printed on each one. The object is to embody an animal one at a time as you draw them from the pouch. You can play charades and have your family/friends guess which animal you are or you can do a team work exercise and have everyone join in on the animal-action fun! Great for little animal enthusiasts and performers!

    Need to put them to bed for the evening? Tuck them into their drawstring pouch for easy put-away. Or have you little one plop them into an empty tissue box – a game sure to inspire your little one’s growing fine motor skills with a rewarding clink. Clink. Clink.

    Each wooden piece measures approximately 2” in diameter and ¼” thick. They are sturdy enough for toddler-action-play.

    Each set comes with 25 pieces (1 of each different animal friend).X
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  • Wooden Toy - Gumdrop Top

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    Gumdrop Top

    $6.00

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    Gumdrop Top

    $6.00

    This item was featured on MSN Glo !!

    These little Gumdrop Tops are a treasure to keep in your pocket. Don't be fooled by the size of these little sweeties! Though they are small, they offer a great bit of fun and are completely portable, as they fit easily in the palm of your hand. Fun as one, or as a colorful group, these bright drops distract and entertain both little ones and grown-ups alike. They allow little spinners to explore physics while working fine motor skills and dexterity. Watch curious eyes light up with intrigue as the Gumdrop Top flips from ball to stem as it quickly spins!!!

    Available colors: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange.

    Each top measures approximately 2" from stem to top.

    ---This listing is for ONE Gumdrop Top. Please be sure to choose a color. If you don't I will roll a Rainbow Roller and let the color gods choose one for you!

    *NOTE – This toy is not intended for children who still mouth things as they would be a choking hazard.

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  • Sensory Color Sorting Playset

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    Sensory Color Sorting Playset

    $49.00

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    Sensory Color Sorting Playset

    $49.00

    Color-Sort your world!


    This beautiful color-sorting mat has been quilted together with an array of rainbow colors, 10 in all (pattern and pattern placement may vary from the pictures, but all 10 colors will be there): Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black, and White. It is almost a yard (36”) long and can easily be rolled up and toted around for an indoor or outdoor color adventure. Delight your little explorer’s senses with this bright and playful sorting set. There are 8 different sets of textural manipulatives to organize, categorize, and sort: Ribbon, Paper, Felt, Buttons, Yarn, Rocks, Wooden Coins, and Paint Swatches. Encourage a deeper understanding of color concepts and art while nurturing fine motor skills, cognitive thinking, and problem solving with this beautiful learning toy. 

    All the many pieces of this set come in a drawstring pouch for portability. Have your little one reach into the bag, no peeking, to find something – round, soft, thin, smooth, rough, big, little, square, wooden, bumpy, stringy…..the possibilities to expand vocabulary are endless! Take turns pulling out an item and finding where it belongs on the mat. Watch as the interactive Rainbow Collage unfolds before your eyes. 

    Blue as the sky, as the ocean, as blueberries - Different shades and tints, but all the same “color”. Brown as mud, as tree bark, as an earthworm. Pink as a lollipop, lipstick, or “Pink Sky at Night.” 

    Use this set as a conversation starter to discuss our world of color. 
    Use this set as a puzzle to encourage sorting and organization. 
    Use this set as a game to excite little artists. 
    Use this set to foster new perspectives of how we look at the colors all around us.

    Enjoy playing and discovering our colorful world…time and time again.


    * This Play Set contains SMALL PARTS and is not suitable for children who put things in their mouths. *

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  • Wooden Toy - GnomeMan's Land

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    GnomeMan's Land

    $25.00

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    GnomeMan's Land

    $25.00

    Where is Gnome Man’s Land? Where fantasy and whimsy collide. Peek inside this little wooden slider box and you will find all the tinkerings needed to create, play, and explore the corners of your little ones imagination. These simple wooden rainbow pieces are the cornerstones to inspired play and creative exploration in a land like no other. Construct a mushroom landscape, toppled trees, river stones, toadstools, whimsical hideaways, and more in this open-ended dreamland. With this 19-piece set you can help build fine motor skills and strengthen hand eye coordination while supporting cognitive development and nurturing story-telling skills. Let these little spirits entice and inspire your little dreamer to play, touch, and learn.

    -Match gnome colors to their hats & stones
    -Fit hats onto their little heads
    -Build trees by stacking pieces on top of one another
    -Use as visuals to explore early color concepts, like primary and secondary colors
    -Have gnomes switch hats to better understand complimentary colors
    -Better understand simple math concepts such as one-to-one ratios 
    -Create whimsical landscapes will building fine motor skills
    -Strengthen vocabulary while story telling
    -Foster imaginative thinking through hands-on, involved, open-ended play

    Each little person measures only about 1.75” tall. 
    Each little hat is only about 1” tall.
    Each little stone (or mushroom top) is only about 1.5” diameter.

    Each piece has been hand painted with a nontoxic, water based wash. They have been lightly sealed with a combination of organic beeswax and jojoba oil to keep the colors vibrant and the pieces durable.

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  • Learning Toy - Story Starters

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    Story Starters

    $25.00

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    Story Starters

    $25.00

    Who? What? When? Where? … what about WHY?

    Tell me a story. YOU create the WHY.

    Storytelling is such a simple and beautiful tradition to share with your wee ones. With only the buttons and beeps and sounds of your own imagination, let these Story Starters inspire a journey of mystery, whimsy, and joy between you and your little author. Share in a creative storytelling journey with your little one and help them adventure through creative problem solving, vocabulary building, and memory making. 

    A beautiful collection of hand stamped images inspire the Who. What. When. and Where. While you and your story maker share in the delight of creating the WHY. Each 1” die is gently sanded and hand-stamped with non-toxic, archival black ink. Included inside a treasure tin, is a pocket Moleskine entitled: "My Little Book of Why" to jot down your musings and reflect on past story-making adventures; A laminated Story Telling Symbol Key to help with spelling and ideas; and a miniature, tin-sized pen completes this whimsical Story Starter Play Set. 

    This would make a Birthday Gift, Back-to-School Memory, or Family Fun Night Game.

    *Note – As with ALL toys, children should be supervised while at play. The Story Starter Play Tin is not suitable for children who still mouth things.*

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  • Learning Toy - Make A Match - Toddler - Zoo

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    Make a Match - Toddler - Zoo

    $27.00

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    Make a Match - Toddler - Zoo

    $27.00 $27.00

    It’s about time – Toddler Time! I am proud to announce select Make a Match games are now being offered in Toddler-Sized fun. These substantial wooden pieces are sure to have your little one holding, clicking, clapping, banging, playing and roaring with delight. These adorable animals are seeking a loving Zookeeper to watch over them, hold them, and make animal sounds with them. All in a fun day’s work!

    Need to put them to bed for the evening? Tuck them into their drawstring pouch for easy put-away. Or have you little one plop them into an empty tissue box – a game sure to inspire your little one’s growing fine motor skills with a rewarding clink. Clink. Clink. 

    Each wooden piece measures approximately 2” in diameter and ¼” thick. They are sturdy enough for toddler-action-play. 

    Each set comes with 24 pieces (12 pairs of different animal friends).

    The Zoo Edition includes:
    Zebra
    Penguin
    Iguana
    Panda
    Tiger
    Alligator
    Monkey
    Giraffe
    Turtle
    Lion
    Elephant
    Koala 

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  • Counting - Count With Me

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    Count With Me

    $45.00

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    Count With Me

    $45.00

    Our World is filled with numbers. On signs, in magazines, books, money. You count with numbers. Pay with numbers. Discount with numbers. Paint by numbers. Help your little one better understand this crazy world of Numerals, Numbers, Counting, and Mathematics with this simple wooden Count With Me Play Set. Help deepen your little Mathematician's understanding of numbers 1-10 - both their numerals, written form, as well as what they represent. Stack up the circular coins to show the volume of what each numeral stands for...or lay the in a line - like a graph - to give a pictorial image of what all those numbers mean. Help build you little one's understanding of one-to-one ratios and number recognition while enhancing fine motor skills and playing with mathematics at play time. You can use the number cards as "money" or the coins as "change" while pretending to run a shop or restaurant. Our world is filled with numbers - let your little one explore it with these hands-on, open-ended play pieces.

    Each play set comes with:

    - 10 Number Boards - with both the numeral and number words written on them to support number recognition
    - 55 circular coins that can be stacked for better number comprehension - what does five look like stacked? What does 5 look like laid out flat? --- Enough coins to visualize all the Number Boards simultaneously
    - A wooden box for easy clean up and storage

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    - Each Number Board measures approximately 3" square
    - Each circular coin measures approximately 1" in diameter

    *All the pieces are left in their natural wooden state. I suppose you could paint them if you wanted to, but I would suggest using all the same color so that when little ones are relating the numbers to one another they can more easily visual the difference between them.

    The pieces in the Count With Me Play Set are small and could pose a choking hazard. Children should always be supervised while at play.

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  • Rainbow Bowl

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    Rainbow Bowl

    $19.00

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    Rainbow Bowl

    $19.00

    Let your little chef’s imagination grow with this beautiful Rainbow Bowl. Each set comes with a lidded, round canister, a scooper spoon, and 12 multi colored balls to scoop, pour, transfer, and sort. Encourage a deeper understanding of early color concepts and physics while building dexterity, fine motor skills, and coordination with this beautiful toy. Let the kitchen creations begin with this open-ended play set.

    Each 5/8” ball has been colored with a nontoxic washed and lightly sealed with a combination of beeswax and jojoba oil.

    The canister measures about 3" wide by 2" tall and the scoop is about 3" long. Both pieces have been left in their natural wooden state.

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  • Learning Toy - Rainbow Roller

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    Rainbow Roller

    $7.00

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    Rainbow Roller

    $7.00

    Have you ever been stuck at a restaurant, waiting for your food, with a restless little one in tow? This pocket-sized rainbow colored die will turn that antsy wait into a happier delay, while creating a wonderful learning opportunity. All you have to do: Grab it and Roll. Try to find something around you the same color as what this rainbow colored block reveals. Take turns rolling. See who can find the matching item the fastest. This unstructured toy lends itself to an endless array of gaming possibilities. Let your little one’s imagination lead the way to learning and play!

    Turn any of our colorful play sets into a game with the Rainbow Roller! (Play Sets listed under the "Toys" heading in the shop.)

    This listing is for ONE 1.5" cube. Each of the six sides has been hand stamped and hand painted with a nontoxic, soy based pigment. The cube is then lightly sealed in an organic beeswax and jojoba oil.

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  • Counting - Counting Acorns

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    Counting Acorns

    $27.00

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    Counting Acorns

    $27.00

    I have been trying to add seasonal counting tools to our Learning Closet hence these cute and colorful acorns were made. These handheld manipulatives are great for transferring activities, counting, color sorting as well as a myriad of open-ended play (perhaps to make a "hay corn pie" as my little one always does!)

    These Acorns have been hand painted with a nontoxic water based wash. They have been lightly sealed with a combination of organic beeswax and jojoba oil to keep the colors vibrant.

    Each set comes with 18 acorns, measuring approximately 1" each, in a drawstring pouch:
    3 red
    3 orange
    3 yellow
    3 green
    3 blue
    3 purple

    *This Listing is for the acorns only, not the color sorting bowls which can also be found in the shop.

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  • Learning Toy - Rainbow Sorting Buckets

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    Rainbow Sorting Buckets

    $28.00

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    Rainbow Sorting Buckets

    $28.00

    These are the perfect little buckets for color sorting - especially the fall Counting Apples. Sort a rainbow of handheld items like marbles, gemstones, rainbow o's, beads, flowers, wooden acorns, stars, hearts, mushrooms, and apples...the possibilities are endless. Help your little one learn the colors of the rainbow while enhancing fine motor skills and sharpening color recognition. Use your imagination to explore your own colorful ideas. 

    Each set comes with 6 buckets : Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple

    The colorful buckets measure approximately 2" and 2" wide and have been hand painted with a nontoxic soy based paint. They have been lightly sealed with a combination of organic beeswax and jojoba oil to keep the colors vibrant.

    *This product does NOT include the Counting Apples seen in the pictures however, they can be purchased separately from the Counting Collection.

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  • Simple Snow Scene

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    Simple Snow Scene

    $6.00

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    Simple Snow Scene

    $6.00

    This is such a simple but sweet way to play with the winter season. A wooden snowman and a wooden tree create the perfect snowscape in a pretend world. 

    Each set comes with 1 snow person and 1 wooden pine tree in their natural state. You can paint them, color them, or leave them in them alone to simply enjoy! Use some fluffy fill to create a snow scene or have your little one draw a backdrop for a snowy day. 

    It's a great addition to a Sensory Bin
    Or Puppet Play area

    Each piece measures a little less than 3" tall.

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  • Learning Toy - Peekaboo Acorn Play Set

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    Peekaboo Acorn Play Set

    $35.00

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    Peekaboo Acorn Play Set

    $35.00

    Mama May I Fan inspired!

    This Peekaboo Acorn Play Set is the perfect addition to you Fall nature table or sensory bin. Each hand-painted acorn nests inside a cup with only its little hat poking out. Have little ones take turns playing peek-a-boo to match each color pair. Your little naturalist will giggle when playing this three-dimensional version of the classic concentration game. This play set is a great way to reinforce color identification and explore how things fit together, and go together, in a hands-on way.

    Each set comes with 12, hand-painted acorns; 2 of each red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. They have been painted with a non-toxic, soy based paint and sealed with beeswax and jojoba oil. Each acorn measures approximately 1” x 1.5”

    This set also comes with 12 natural, wooden cups for nesting the acorns inside. Each cup has been sealed with the same beeswax and jojoba oil blend.

    All the pieces come in a muslin drawstring pouch for easy clean-up, toting, and storage.
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  • Counting Hearts

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    Counting Hearts

    $19.00

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    Counting Hearts

    $19.00

    LOVE is in the air! - Just in time to brighten up your Winter. These colorful hearts are the perfect Valentine for your little love. These handheld manipulatives are great for transferring activities, counting, color sorting, differentiation tasks as well as a myriad of open-ended play (or to hand out as "wishing hearts" on Valentine's Day!)

    These Hearts have been hand painted with a nontoxic water based wash. They have been lightly sealed with a combination of organic beeswax and jojoba oil to keep the colors vibrant.

    Each set comes with 18 hearts, in 3 different shapes each, in a drawstring pouch:
    3 red
    3 orange
    3 yellow
    3 green
    3 blue
    3 purple

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