Learning toys LEARNING TOYS Motor Skills

Use colorful cords to trace pictures (or create your own) on a self-stick surface again and again! Thread a six-inch or 12-inch cord into the easy-grasp drawing tool, slide a picture under the window with a hook-and-loop surface, and trace to draw! Cords cling to the surface and all materials store in the take-along case, making it a take-anywhere mess-free activity! The set includes 39 colored cords, cord drawing tool, six double-sided pictures to trace, and a take-along storage case.

The PAW Patrol™ pups are ready to go, go, go! Use the attached magnetic wand to move pieces through four unique self-contained mazes: Construction Counting, Adventure Bay Racetrack, Firehouse Fun, and Recycling Pick-Up. Pieces are under a sturdy see-through cover, so there’s no mess, making this a great developmental-skills activity for travel or playing at home. 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. 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)

This busy wooden train is just what's needed to transport a new cow or take cans of milk, fruit and vegetable crates to market. Your young engineer's imagination will be engaged by the colorful engine and the three interchangeable cars. Hours of fun will be provided as your child loads and unloads the train cars and pretends to steer the train.

Here a chick, there a chick...behind each of the 9 hinged doors on this charming barnyard scene is a delightful, magnetic animal. Learning about animals while improving memory and fine motor skills will keep children busy and having fun on the farm for hours!

Practice your letters and build fine motor skills at the same time! This value-packed learning set has a shaped lacing board for every letter of the alphabet. Each one features a colorful illustration on one side and a label on the back, complete with oversize uppercase and lowercase letters. Use the cards as flashcards, match the lace colors to the borders, or string together the entire alphabet—there are lots of ways to learn and play!

This wooden Car Carrier has a big job to do: delivering four colorful cars to their new homes! The Melissa & Doug wooden truck features an easy-fold ramp with an upper and lower level. Kids can extend the lower level, and drive their cars up onto the ramp, then lift it up to hold two of the cars when it's time to roll out. Kids can sort and sequence the wooden cars by color to inspire playful counting, and sequencing activities. Car- and truck-loving kids will love discovering endless play possibilities as they roll this wooden truck toy all around the house and to the ends of their imaginations. The tough vehicles have sturdy wooden chassis and smooth-rolling wheels, so they'll stand up to countless deliveries and road trips. And maneuvering the ramp is easy to do, great for fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and so much fun! Designed to engage playful preschoolers and young children, and constructed with care to withstand their harshest treatment, this play set is made of durable, child-safe materials and is safety-tested to our most rigorous standards. It makes a great gift for preschoolers and kids ages three and older for hands-on, screen-free play.

Ding Dong! Fun is at the door of this soundly-built wooden doorbell house. It features four different electronic doorbell sounds, four unique locks with matching keys, and four pose-able play people. So many fun features in this little charming play cottage! Parents will like the fact that the keys are attached to the little house so that they won't get lost, and the sturdy attached handle allows this exciting house party to go wherever children go! It makes a really wonderful unique gift for kids ages three and older.

You can count on the Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads set to make a bold statement! The dramatic beads feature a variety of shapes, bold colors, and two extra-long laces, making stringing beads extra special. The shapes are designed for little hands to grasp, and the laces are thin enough to allow the beads to slide easily. Twenty-seven hand-painted wooden beads feature the numbers one to ten as numerals, and as countable dots to add counting fun to this lacing activity. It lets kids practice counting, shape recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine-motor skills, and creative expression. The set allows adults and children to explore multiple playing activities together. Parents or grown-up kids can ask the child to sort the beads by color, identify each color for the child, and repeat the activity until the child can identify all the colors independently. Parents can also encourage beginning counting skills by asking the child to count the number of beads of each color with them and repeat the activity until the child has mastered counting one group of beads. The set is an exceptional gift for kids ages three and older for hands-on, screen-free play.

Unlock, unlatch, open the hinged panels, and count on finding fun when the pictures beneath are revealed! Kids will delight in discovering what's hiding behind the locked and latched panels on this wooden play board and educational toy in one. They can seek out a specific picture, race to open and close the doors, or tell a story inspired by what they find. A great way to build fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while learning colors, numbers, animals, and more!

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.

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.

Unhook the latches to open the barn doors and see who is inside, then close the doors and buckle up the barn again! This beautifully crafted sturdy wooden barn is brightly painted both inside and out. It features five brass-hinged doors with working latches and locks, and pictures of farm animals on the inside of each door. There’s even a brass handle on top to take the fun wherever kids go! The set comes with four approximately three-inch-tall flocked play figures-- a cow, a pig, a goat, and a horse --that fit in the barn. Great for fine motor development, as well as color and animal recognition; encourages creative play.

Over and under, then looping it through…look what I can do! Few things will give your child more satisfaction than mastering shoe lacing and basic tying skills. This brightly colored wooden high-top sneaker will make practicing these skills enjoyable while it helps your child reach this developmental milestone. The wooden tying shoe is made of high-quality, hand-painted, durable wood and it's sized right for little ones, measuring a little over eight inches long and five inches high. The lacing shoe comes with an extra-long lace making it easier for little hands to maneuver and tie. The developmental toy is fun to play with while helping kids practice fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, and gives them a feeling of accomplishment and independence. The Melissa & Doug Wood Lacing Sneaker makes a great gift for preschoolers ages three months and older, for hands-on, screen-free play. Melissa & Doug products provide a launch pad to ignite imagination and a sense of wonder in all children so they can discover themselves, their passions, and their purpose.

This giant hauler comes stocked with six unique cars and unlimited play possibilities! Lower the upper deck to let the fleet of race cars roll off of the truck and race around - kids will be building motor skills as they play. With a variety of colors, designs, and numbers on the sides, they'll naturally be sorting, sequencing, and grouping, as well, building important cognitive skills too. But ask any kid what's so great about this big truck full of race cars and they'll give you an even better answer: It's huge (2.5 feet when extended) and super cool!

This all-in-one service station is truly full service! Park the two included wooden cars in the parking garage with movable elevator or pull them through the car wash. Don't forget to fill up at the gas pump before getting the cars serviced at the garage with sliding doors. This play set for ages 3+ encourages fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, problem solving, and imaginative play. The built-in handle makes it the perfect take-along toy!