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Visit product page →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. -
Visit product page →These are the perfect little bowls for color sorting. Sort a rainbow of handheld items like marbles, gemstones, rainbow o's, beads, flowers, wooden acorns...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 bowls : Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple
These bowls have been hand painted with a nontoxic soy based pigment. They have been lightly sealed with a combination of organic beeswax and jojoba oil to keep the colors vibrant.
Each bowl measures approximately 2.5" in diameter.
*These bowls are great paired with any of the goodies in the Counting Series - Count and Sort the Seasons throughout the year.
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Visit product page →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. * -
Visit product page →More Rainbow Play - This time for toddlers! A great addition to the color series, this little rainbow set is sure to intrigue and delight your little explorer. Placing the people in the coordinating cup houses is not only a great fine-motor skill builder, it also sharpens color recognition, and fosters imaginative play. This colorful set comes in a drawstring pouch and is the perfect size for toting to the doctor’s office, a restaurant, or grandma’s house.
Each little person measures about 2.5” tall.
Each little cup house is about 1.5” tall.
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.
*Note: Though these pieces are intended for toddler use, if used incorrectly they could pose a choking hazard. They ARE NOT intended for children who still Mouth things. As with ALL toys, children should ALWAYS be supervised while at play. -
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!Visit product page →
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 -
Mama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
Table Talk - Connection Cards - Connection: One Question At a Time
$45.00
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Table Talk - Connection Cards - Connection: One Question At a Time
$45.00
Visit product page →Dinner used to be my favorite part of the day as a family. But spending dinner time as the only grown up made it super easy for me to cook whatever; order in whatever; and let my kids eat whenever. What used to be a time of family-gathering and conversation: sharing our gratitude and thoughts turned into an isolated time for me. I knew I had to bring back family dinners and I knew I needed a ritual to get me there. I created this deck: Connection, One Question at a Time. Connecting Beyond "How Was Your Day?". There are almost 50 cards. We keep them in a bag and draw one or two at dinner time. It's brought us back together. The kids love drawing a card. I love seeing my own artwork - flaws and all - on vibrant backgrounds. I love hearing them engage in questions and curiosities with one another.
The paper is about 18pt and super soft to the touch. Fronts and backs have questions so there are 90 questions in all.
I brought them out to a restaurant for dinner and it was beautiful to be able to bring this ritual with us even on a dinner date. I am SO EXCITED to share these with you! I can envision using them in a classroom for short breaks and open-ended discussion or as writing prompts.
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Visit product page →Mama May I Explore? Why, yes…Most definitely!
Eye-Spy with My Little Eye…is a game I often go to when we are out and about and I need some cooperation. There is something magical about surprises…about finding things you weren’t expecting…about seeing the world, actually seeing the world, when you look out upon it. There is something enchanting about taking notice of things – the big and the small – life’s little details. Boring be the walk without conversation, investigation, or play. My little explorer loves findings things. She loves to discover new sights, sounds…and to collect little treasures from our journeys.
Give your little adventurer the satisfaction of play with purpose in this magical exploration – a traditional game – a scavenger hunt - with some hidden learning built in. Enjoy the journey as a single, a duo, or group – taking in sights and sounds and searching for the magic of everyday things – “hidden” in plain sight.
The Set You Get:
13 Wooden Scavenger hunt cards (for a total of 25 “Things to Find”) created by me
Moleskine journal to jot down your adventures / draw the things you can’t collect
Mini pen for such doodles
Muslin pouch for easy toting and treasure collecting
Though anyone is welcome to participate in this magical find-me game, I have found 4 to be the perfect age for actually getting excited to play the “game” – trying to find the things on the cards; collecting treasures; drawing findings; and investigating our surroundings. Played as a group, however, this makes the perfect something for family fun night - walks…talks…and exploration, because you can play at any age or skill level. -
Visit product page →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.* -
Visit product page →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
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Visit product page →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. -
Visit product page →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. -
Visit product page →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. -
Visit product page →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. -
Visit product page →These little puzzles are sure to intrigue your little one's curiosity. The perfect size for little hands, each wooden put-together will bamboozle and delight young thinkers time and time again.
A great way to build fine motor skills and better understanding of how things go together {8 - 10 months of age}
Four pieces total (there are two, 2-piece puzzles) are conveniently packaged in a little drawstring pouch for easy cleanup and portability. Great for Restaurants, the Doctor's Office or a Distraction on the Go.
Each piece has been lightly sealed with an Organic and All Natural combination of Beeswax and Jojoba oil for durability.
*As with ALL toys, little ones should be supervised while at play* -
Visit product page →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. -
Visit product page →Mama May I Explore? Why, yes…Most definitely!
Eye-Spy with My Little Eye…is a game I often go to when we are out and about and I need some cooperation. There is something magical about surprises…about finding things you weren’t expecting…about seeing the world, actually seeing the world, when you look out upon it. There is something enchanting about taking notice of things – the big and the small – life’s little details. Boring be the walk without conversation, investigation, or play. My little explorer loves findings things. She loves to discover new sights, sounds…and to collect little treasures from our journeys.
Give your little adventurer the satisfaction of play with purpose in this magical exploration – a traditional game – a scavenger hunt - with some hidden learning built in. Enjoy the journey as a single, a duo, or group – taking in sights and sounds and searching for the magic of everyday things – “hidden” in plain sight.
The Set You Get:
13 Wooden Scavenger hunt cards (for a total of 25 “Things to Find”) created by me
Moleskine journal to jot down your adventures / draw the things you can’t collect
Mini pen for such doodles
Muslin pouch for easy toting and treasure collecting
Though anyone is welcome to participate in this magical find-me game, I have found 4 to be the perfect age for actually getting excited to play the “game” – trying to find the things on the cards; collecting treasures; drawing findings; and investigating our surroundings. Played as a group, however, this makes the perfect something for family fun night - walks…talks…and exploration, because you can play at any age or skill level. -
Visit product page →These cute and colorful stars are another addition to our learning Closet. These handheld manipulatives are great for transferring activities, counting, and color sorting and offer a myriad of open-ended play opportunities.
These Counting Stars 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 stars in a drawstring pouch:
3 red
3 orange
3 yellow
3 green
3 blue
3 purple
*This Listing is for the stars only, not the color sorting bowls which can also be found in the shop*
*Each star measures approximately 1". Due to their size, they are not meant for children who still put things in their mouths as they could present a choking hazard. As with ALL toys, children should be supervised while at play.
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Visit product page →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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