Before I start with Letters K through O today, I wanted to remind you that in honor of my ABC series, HearthSong is giving away a wooden marble runaround! Click HERE to enter this awesome GIVEAWAY-ends this Friday, January 11th!
- KEYBOARD- If you don’t have room for a full piano, get a small keyboard. My three oldest LOVE to play with our keyboard when I rotate it out.
- KEYS- we have this really neat key set from Lakeshore Learning, but we also have sets of keys that I made from old keys that the kids, especially MBug likes to play with
- KEYS WITH HOUSE
- KITCHEN SET & KITCHEN ACCESSORIES- I am very blessed to have a hubby who is VERY handy. He built our kiddos this kitchen set last year. MBug (currently 2.5 years) plays with it almost every day in some way. If you don’t have a hubby who can do this, I would definitely go wooden with one. It will last so much longer!
- KITCHEN UTENSILS- tongs, scoops, medicine droppers, cups, ladels, etc. There are all sorts of fine motor things you can do with these…and they’re already in your kitchen!
- LACING- cards or these neat, little animals are great for hand-eye coordination and fine motor
- LAPTOP- We have two pretend laptops that are a hit with all the kids when I pull it out!
- LEGOS- A BIG hit at our house and a great way to sneak in some fine motor work! I just found these awesome Lay-N-Gos. What a cool idea. I may just have to invest in one as we have TONS of LEGOS!
- LETTERS- anything with letters: puzzles, foam letters, books… you name it!
- LIDS- save those bottle lids; any and every size or color for some sensory play and math concepts
- LINCOLN LOGS- need I say more?
- LINKS
- LITE BRITE
- LITTLE PEOPLE- we have quite a few of these sets and while my boys didn’t play with the Little People, MBug sure does. She’d rather play with just the people!
- MAGNADOODLE
- MAGAZINES- cut out pictures, use for sorting, talking about feelings, find letters or words, such an open-ended activity…and use old copies that you were going to recycle
- MAGNETIC TOYS- Here are some of my favorite magnetic toys: magnetic dress up set, magnetic wooden vehicles, magnetic puzzles, Leap Frog fridge toys, construction set: large and small, Creator Block sets, magnetic letters and numbers, Magformers (we got some of these for Christmas and we’ve had a blast putting them together!) the list could really go on and on…there are so many options out there.
- MAGNETS
- MAGNIFYING GLASS- you can get a basic one (like we have), a tabletop tripod glass (I’d love to have one of these!), or one for those crawly critters
- MARACAS
- MARBLES/MARBLE RUN- BE SURE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY FOR THE HEARTHSONG MARBLE RUNAROUND-ends January 11th!
- MARKERS- anything Crayola or washable!
- MARSHMALLOWS
- MAT- something to tumble, or learn on, or DIY
- MEDICINE CUPS
- MEDICINE DROPPERS- great for fine motor!
- MICROWAVE- we have this one
- MIRROR
- MUFFIN TINS- these are very open-ended and are great for sorting
- MUSIC- get up and dance! My kids LOVE music. Some of our favorites are Jana Alayra, Greg & Steve, Hap Palmer, and Cedarmont Kids collection.
- NERF GUN
- NESTING TOYS- You can use cups from your cabinet, Tobbles or some nesting and stacking cups like these
- NEWSPAPER
- NOODLES
- NUMBERS- Our favorite toys for learning numbers are: Counting Cookies, DUPLO set, magnetic number molds, and lacing numbers
- NUTS
- NUTS and BOLTS- We have these and we also have this design and drill set, which my three oldest enjoy playing with
- OATMEAL- great for sensory play or spread out into a cookie tray and use for “writing” letters or numbers with fingers
- OCEAN ANIMALS
- OCTAGONS
- OIL
- OVEN- cook something together or use the pretend oven in the kitchen set
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