Fun, engaging ideas to involve the fine motor muscles in your child's hands, fingers, and wrists.

With endless options for variations, sensory bins are large tubs or bins that are filled with a variety of materials such as rice, paper, water, toys, and foliage for children to poke, prod, squish, and squeeze. If kids are bored with once-beloved toys, introduce those toys back into playtime in fun new ways in bins like shiny puzzle hunt and LEGO house painting. You can even use materials found in your pantry to make a green pea smash bin or a cookie...

"Sweeping the floor, scrubbing the table, and other household chores are fun, empowering play for little helping hands! Montessori school teacher Saniyyah Kahalilallah teaches 12 practical life skills in a colorful, step-by-step photographic format specially designed for 2- to 5-year-olds. The interactive skills chart with sliding windows makes it fun for kids to record their daily accomplishments."

Practice lacing and tracing while developing eye-hand coordination with these animal shapes.

"Specially designed to stimulate toddlers and encourage the development of motor skills, this engaging board book will appeal to young children as they learn first words"--

Develop motor skills and read all about animals on safari!

"A game-changing book on child development--and the importance of physical play--for this digital and screen age"--

"The aim of the game is to collect as many points as possible by betting on your ability to successfully complete a series of ridiculous challenges using an assortment of seemingly random objects. All players attempt the exact same challenges, so get ready for the ultimate showdown! Great for kids and adult alike, this fast and funny party game guarantees belly busting laughter by the bucketload!"--Box.

Develop motor skills and read all about Pete the Cat!