Educationing with Toys

Old-Fashioned Wooden and Education Toys
Traditional toys are making a come-back, thanks to Waldorf and Montessori schools of education theory that promote using toddler play time as learning opportunities. These old-fashioned toys are designed to be manipulative and to encourage a three-year-old preschooler to use reasoning skills, logic and imagination.
Wooden Jigsaw and Board Puzzles
Three-year-olds are at [...]

For most 5 year olds this is the age when formal education begins. Many start learning in a classroom environment for the first, which can be scary for many children. Up until this point many children have spent most of their time with their parents and not a complete stranger for the day. This is [...]