EVERYDAY PLAY NOTES / REVIEWS
Before you add to the toy box.
Clear, research-based toy reviews to help you choose for your child and your home.
Wikki Stix Doodler: a pocket-sized invitation to make
A bend, a loop, a little squiggle: Wikki Stix asks for very little ceremony.
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Chuckle & Roar Seek & Find Bear: a bear for little noticing games
Finding one tiny object can be enough of a game.
Read the reviewMelissa & Doug Water Wow! Farm: a little farm, ready to reveal
A cow appears, then a patch of the farm around it.
Read the reviewMelissa & Doug Primary Lacing Beads: choose a colour, thread a little
There is a pleasing rhythm to choosing one bead and deciding what comes next.
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Potato Head Create Your Family: a wonderfully mixed-up family
A nose in an unexpected place can start a whole conversation.
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Learning Resources Farmer’s Market Color Sorting Set: a little market on the kitchen table
The pretend shop can open with just two baskets and a few foods.
Read the reviewLearning Resources Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog: a small home for colourful quills
Spike makes the place for each quill easy to see.
Read the reviewHABA Orchard Game: gather the fruit before the raven is ready
A shared race against the raven gives Orchard a clear little story.
Read the reviewPeaceable Kingdom Where’s Bear?: where could the little bear be?
Hiding a figure under a box is a small idea with an easy invitation: have a look together.
Read the reviewPeaceable Kingdom Count Your Chickens: a shared job for the whole table
A first game does not need one person to beat everyone else.
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Melissa & Doug Let’s Explore Scavenger Hunt: three things to spot are enough
A walk can become an adventure when someone notices something small.
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Melissa & Doug Pretty Petals Watering Can: one little drink for one plant
A child-sized watering can offers a lovely small job: carrying a little water to a plant that needs it.
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