Official URL: www.schoolzone.com
Age Range: 2+
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The Busy Puzzle People set by School Zone is an awesome learning tool for the young pre-school age group. To quote the handy Parent Guide that comes in the box with the set, it is a “great way to learn� about different occupations, what they do and the tools [...]

Calafant makes high quality cardboard toys in the shapes of an: airplane, racecar, horse drawn carriage, dinosaur, steamship, spaceship, house, police car, camper/van, and fire engine. The first part of the play is coloring the toy with markers (6 of which are included) or painting it with paints and decorating it however your child sees fit. The second half of the play is weeks or months of imaginative make believe play.

Toddlers are obsessed with stacking, shape sorting, color matching and patterns. This toy from the Italian brand Quercetti satisfies all of those needs, with less frustration than other traditional stacking toys. A soft flexible mat and lightweight plastic pegs make this a safe toy. The rounded shapes and accessible design make it easy to clean, and the colors are attractive to younger children. The Geokid Daisy is a great, colorful open-ended play toy.

Bu-Lou and Hooligan are not sock puppets despite resembling them. They are sock creatures. Overstuffed lovable empathetic sock creatures, each with a story of their own. Bu-Lou is a floppy-limbed blue striped dog with a shy smile, and Hooligan is a happy-go-lucky chicken-esque sock toy with a laid-back attitude.