La Casita Day School Curated Products
Summertime toys!
At La Casita Day School, we love discovering new toys to make learning fun. Check our special selection of curated age-appropriate toys to boost your child's development.
2 to 3 years old
Melissa & Doug Seaside Sidekicks Funnel Fun
Why we love it:
Sand play promotes physical development. Large muscle skills develop as children dig, pour, sift, scoop, and clean up spills with brush and dustpan. Eye-hand coordination and small muscle control improve as children learn to manipulate sand accessories. Sand play also promotes social skills when playing with other kids.
Rain Showers Splash Pond Water Table
Why we love it:
Water Play provides hours of rich and valuable early childhood experiences to develop children's creativity and imagination. It helps children develop eye-hand coordination and math and science concepts. It also enhances social skills and encourages cooperation.
Push and Go Toy Trucks Construction Vehicles
Why we love it:
Play allows children to use their creativity while developing their imagination, dexterity, and physical, cognitive, and emotional strength. Play is important to healthy brain development. It is through play that children at a very early age engage and interact in the world around them. Playing with trucks promotes babies' hand-eye coordination, sensory perception, develop their imaginations and practice cooperative play.
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Julia, Akira's mother.
Akira is just thriving in your school. It's such a blessing to see her run into school now. She is confident & engaged. Your positivity is much appreciated.
4 to 5 years old
6 years old and up
Play-Doh Preschool fundamentals Box
Why we love it:
Sensory tools promote play and allow children to slow down and have fun while using their creativity. Playdough is perfect for strengthening the muscles in little hands. They will use these fine-motor skills later for handwriting, cutting, coloring, etc.
Magna-Tiles
Why we love it:
You can use magnet play to help children increase their language skills by teaching them new magnet-related words, names, and shapes. Magnet play can also help children develop their coordination skills, increase their fine motor skills, and learn a variety of problem-solving skills. The Magna-Tiles brand family is the original and premium magnetic building set on the market providing safe imaginative play that makes math and science fun and engaging for children of all ages.
Magna-Tiles 100 Piece Set
Why we love it:
You can use magnet play to help children increase their language skills by teaching them new magnet-related words, names, and shapes. Magnet play can also help children develop their coordination skills, increase their fine motor skills, and learn a variety of problem-solving skills. The Magna-Tiles brand family is the original and premium magnetic building set on the market providing safe imaginative play that makes math and science fun and engaging for children of all ages.
Tinkertoy
Why we love it:
Building toys allow children to create their own fantasy worlds and stories. Using the imagination boosts cognitive, academic, language and social growth. As they create structures, they also create stories which leads to greater verbal skills including their ability to tell stories.