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Kids can count on this wooden "calculator" for years of play and learning! The Melissa & Doug Abacus is beautifully crafted with a solid hardwood base, and 100 brightly colored wooden beads. The sturdy frame holds 10 thick-coated wires with 10 colorful wooden beads on each -- 100 beads in all. Younger kids can slide the beads back and forth to explore different patterns and colors, while practicing their fine motor skills. Older children can enjoy using the abacus as a visual and hands-on way to learn addition and subtraction and other early math concepts. The beads are sized for little hands, and glide easily across the smooth wires. The counting toy comes with eight extension activities to add to your child's learning experience. With no loose pieces and no mess, it's a great toy to pack in a bag for on-the-go play. The abacus makes a great gift for kids ages three and older for hands-on, screen-free play.

This 21-piece wooden sound puzzle pronounces the name of each number when its piece is placed correctly! Pieces are slightly raised above the puzzle board for easy grasping. Colorful pictures underneath each piece help teach counting and reinforce the relationship between quantities and numerals. This educational puzzle has lots of ways to learn and play! (TIP: Puzzle has light-activated sensors; for best results, expose the sensor by removing a piece in a brightly lit room, then make the sound play by replacing the piece in the board.) 2 AAA batteries required, not included.

Day of Glamour Puffy Sticker Activity Book lets kids tell a sticker story filled with fashion fun! The spiral-bound book contains 10 sturdy background scenes, each one a fabulous backdrop for the characters to shop, relax, or be pampered. Character stickers can be layered with fashion stickers to create stylish ensembles that move with them through the book . . . or lift cleanly away to change outfits again and again. There are 196 stickers in all to fill the 10 reusable scenes, including a fashion boutique, shoe salon, spa, makeup counter, and more. Just open the book to be part of the fashion adventure! This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584)

What will children pretend to bake with this 20-piece set? Anything they can think of! Promote creative play and imaginative thinking with these pretend play baking tools made of premium materials like stainless steel and solid wood, sized just right for little hands and play kitchens. Featuring pretend play oven mitt, measuring cups, mixing bowl, and so much more, this is truly the ultimate play kitchen accessory set!

With 48 wooden pieces (including nuts, bolts, drilled bars to connect, and a child-size screwdriver), this classic building set gives kids all they need to tinker and build! Printed right on the sturdy storage box are building plans for a crane, motorcycle, airplane, and race car to get the fun started. With some imagination and a few creative twists and turns, kids can make hundreds more amazing structures too! Any time kids play with this durable set, they'll be building fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, and hand-eye coordination. Included extension activities guide parents to educational activities that also build early math skills.

Get ready for some DINO-mite fun! Poke the irresistible click-to-count buttons to hear satisfying “clicks” and “pops” as you learn about dinosaurs from A to Z! This sturdy 20-page interactive board book invites kids to pop along as they discover the amazing world of dinosaurs and learn fun facts along the way. Poke-a-Dot® books help encourage language development, counting, and fine motor skills. Patented Pop-a-Tronic™ technology lets kids discover different popping sounds by poking the dots from the front or the back, with pages raised or flat! This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584)

Designed for hours of play and ideal for travel, this wooden magnetic board includes 120 colorful geometric magnets. Younger children will enjoy using the shapes to replicate the 12 geometric pictures included, while older children will enjoy creating mosaic patterns and pictures directly on the magnetic board. This set comes packaged in a convenient, snap-top, plastic carrying case with sturdy handles.

Perfect for mess-free imaginative play, THIS SET DOES NOT CONTAIN REAL NAIL POLISH OR OTHER COSMETICS. The 20-piece play set gives kids everything they need to give and receive pretend manicures and pedicures, with all of the fun and none of the mess! Start by “soaking” hands and feet in the durable bowl, use the empty tube with flip-top lid and the cloth to wipe dry and pretend to moisturize. There are realistic accessories to pretend to file, trim, clean up, and buff nails, and five play nail polish bottles with built-in brushes to “paint” nails! (Mess-free! Colored polish bottles do NOT contain nail polish.) Round out the nail salon experience with fun details like an empty "polish remover" pump bottle, toe spreader, and pretend nail dryer with LED light (2 AA batteries required, not included). Store and display items, including the reusable activity card, in the clear tabletop caddy with color chart! Role playing real-life experiences with Love Your Look play sets is a great way for kids three and older to build confidence, empathy, and self-esteem.

On the night before Christmas, all through the town…there could be heard many loud popping sounds! Poke the irresistible buttons to hear satisfying “clicks” and “pops” as you count down to Christmas. This sturdy 20-page interactive board book invites kids to experience the joys of Christmas Eve as they pop their way to Christmas day! Poke-a-Dot® books help encourage language development, counting, and fine motor skills. Patented Pop-a-Tronic™ technology lets kids discover different popping sounds by poking the dots from the front or the back, with pages raised or flat!

This amazing set includes everything needed for railway fun: a spacious roundhouse engine shed, dozens of track pieces in curves and straights, trees, workers and even traffic signs; multi-piece trains; magnetic-tipped cranes; switches and a T-junction for changing course; suspension bridge, trestle bridge and roundtable, too! A tremendous value! Mix and match it with other train sets--it's compatible with all popular wooden railway systems.

This wooden set contains 45 mix-and-match pieces to assemble Mama, Papa and Baby Bear. It's fun to change their expressions and their clothing to express their every mood. The wooden box has compartments for easy storage and the box lid conveniently serves as a puzzle board. Great for story telling fun!

A dramatic prehistoric scene comes to life when the wooden jigsaw pieces are assembled! Brightly illustrated with dinosaur details, this 24-piece puzzle comes packaged in a sturdy wooden tray for puzzle-building and easy storage.

There’s plenty of room to get playtime adventures rolling and let imaginations race to the rescue in this roomy and exciting fire truck play tent! The large, sturdy fabric playhouse for kids three and older stands nearly four feet long and more than three feet tall, giving plenty of space for multiple kids to play. The fire truck exterior is covered with vibrant, full-color artwork showing hoses, dials, lights, and firefighting equipment. This unique play space is packed with playful details, such as a back door flap that rolls up, a roof flap that opens, gas cap that flips up, mesh fabric in the windows, and durable floor material. A reusable checklist attaches to the outside of the fire truck! The play tent is easy to assemble and easy to pack away in the handy take-along storage tote.

Suit up for exciting PAW Patrol™ missions! This exciting kid-sized Pup Pack backpack has lots of pockets for exploration and rescue supplies, including binoculars, rescue whistle, and pretend play pup treats in a pouch. Slide one of the four double-sided mission cards into the PupPad and use the red lens on the 3-in-1 tool to find items hidden on the fold-out mission map and activity guide! The 15-piece play set is a great way for kids three and older to explore their imaginations on PAW-some missions. PAW Patrol™ is always ready to help, inspiring preschoolers with a blend of teamwork, adventure, and humor as they develop social, emotional, and developmental skills through play.

Dive into an underwater adventure with the Melissa & Doug Beneath the Waves Search and Find Floor Puzzle! This jumbo 48-piece puzzle measures over 4 feet long when assembled and features a vibrant ocean scene filled with colorful marine life and hidden objects to spot and count. A visual guide is printed right on the puzzle to make search-and-find play easy and fun—no reading required! This interactive puzzle is a wonderful addition to any collection of preschool toys for kids and is just right for birthday gifts, holiday gifts, or special occasions. Melissa and Doug kids puzzles are Montessori inspired preschool learning activities that strengthen spatial awareness and fine motor skills as they bring their imagination to life! For even more meaningful developmental play, combine this with other Melissa and Doug pretend play toys for kids that love preschool learning activities like jigsaw puzzles, & games like the Secret Decoder Deluxe Activity Set & the Hungry Pelican, for endless learning adventures. For 35+ years, Melissa and Doug has crafted imaginative preschool toys and durable wooden toys built to nurture childhood wonder, with everything from a life-sized grocery store playset to a play kitchen playset and play food to serve plush toys & puppets, to costumes, arts & crafts, and road trip activities for kids. It’s the kind of kid-powered play that builds independence and confidence!