Rainbow

All the Ways to Play:

  1. DUPLO Classic Set:

    Test those imagination skills by building play scenes with your toddler. Build onto the cars or drive around a small village you create with your little one. Also a perfect first toy for color sorting!
    Functional Language: push, pull, stack, up, down, crash, colors, car, vroom, beep

  2. Montessori Shape Sticks:

    A hands-on way to learn about shapes and colors with your preschooler. Practice following directions by instructing your little one to “sort the circles first,” then help them find all the circles to place into the toy first before moving to the next shape.
    Functional Language: shapes, colors, in, out

  3. Hape Dollhouse:

    This is awesome for imaginative play. It’s wooden, colorful, and comes furnished. Paul absolutely loves his.
    Functional Language: dollhouse, rooms in the house, open, close, sleep, sit, eat, colors

  4. Stacking Spinner Toy:

    This toy is so motivating for little ones! It’s great for stimulating the visual sensory system, working on fine and gross motor skills, and has plenty of opportunities for functional language.
    Functional Language: down, on, up, spin, stop

  5. Shape Peg Puzzle:

    Help your little one complete the puzzle by handing them one shape at a time. Label the color and name of each shape as you hand them the piece. Have them request “more please” before handing them the next puzzle piece. Perfect for toddlers 3+ years.
    Functional Language: “More, please”, shapes, colors

  6. Magnetic Blocks:

    Build, stack, and create with these magnetic building blocks. Younger toddlers (2.5-3 years) will like these blocks because their success rate for stacking and building is high because of the magnetic pull. Your older toddler/preschooler will love all of the different structures and scenes they can build with these blocks!
    Functional Language: build, stack, on top, colors

  7. Rainbow Color Cones:

    Challenge your little one to hold the ice cream cone in one hand, then use the other hand to stack the colored cones on top of each other.
    Functional Language: ice cream, more, eat, yum, lick, stack, colors

  8. Pikler Triangle Set:

    Increase gross motor strength and coordination, as well as incorporating some sensory heavy work as your little one engages with this fun indoor climbing structure. Perfect tools for creating a fun obstacle course!
    Functional Language: over, under, climb, up, down

  9. Silicone Rainbow Stacker:

    This rainbow silicone stacker is great for color sorting & identification, stacking, teaching big vs little, and open-ended play. Pretend the arches are a smile on your face or a hat on your head, then PAUSE and see if your little one to imitate you. Great for ages 12+ months.
    Functional Language: colors, arch, stack, more, big, little

  10. Crawling Tunnel:

    A great toy for working on crawling on hands and knees! Make an obstacle course, use it for hide and seek and peek-a-boo, or roll a ball back and forth through the tunnel.
    Functional Language: tunnel, crawl, “ready, set, go!”

  11. Geometric Stacker:

    Great for shape sorting, stacking, and color sorting. You can introduce this toy as a basic ring stacker around 1 year, then progress to sorting the shapes and identifying the colors as your little one gets older.
    Functional Language: on, off, stack, colors, square, circle, octagon

  12. Foam Climbing Blocks:

    The five different shapes in this set are great to use for working on crawling and climbing over obstacles, walking up and down inclines, and stepping over, too! The foam challenges balance more than walking on solid ground.
    Functional Language: up, down, walk, climb, step, over

How to Set the Play Scene:

You have your rainbow-colored toys, but how do you set them up for play? Our Ways to Play Guides can help with that!

If your little one loves colorful play, be sure to check out our arts & crafts , music & bathtime pages, too!

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