• Babies (Explore & Listen) - Babies love to explore their senses and are soaking in all the experiences and information around them. These blocks are safe for little hands to grab and explore to learn more about the world around them. Even before your little one is talking, they aretaking everything in. Use the images on the blocks to spark conversation and tell stories. This supports language skills and encourages connection.
• Toddlers (Stack & Seek) - Toddlers are learning cause and effect and noticing their own abilities in the world, gaining confidence in their own abilities. These blocks can be used to help little ones practice fine motor skills by stacking blocks on top of each other. Knocking them down is half the fun-and helps teach cause and effect, and lets those big feelings out! Use the footprints blocks to put along the floor, hide the last block at the end of the trail. Encourage your little one to follow the footprints until they find the hidden block at the end.
• Little Kids (Match & Storytell) - Social play and learning are becoming more important our our Little ones are venturing out into daycare and Pre-School. Help your child solidify their early emotional learning by matching creatures with their feeling, footprint or acting out emotions-multiple options for mix and match fun. Try using 3-5 blocks to tell a story. Put the blocks in the bag and pull them out one by one-this can provide parents with insights and kids space to process feelings and experiences with new friends .
• Big Kids (Challenge Storytelling & Feel) - Big Kids benefit from the advanced emotional engagement and problem-solving. At an age where peer interactions and school life bring complex emotions, these blocks offers a tool to process early emotional learning. Big kids can use 5 blocks in the bag and pull them out one by one. Using the images on the blocks to tell a story. To make it a bigger challenge have each person in the group add to the story by choosing a new block and adding the next part or Choose a story “theme” to stick to (like “tell a silly story”) using all the blocks.
• Created By A Therapist - Created by two moms, a therapist and an educator, Slumberkins products use evidence- based techniques to support caregivers and educators in building a foundation of social emotional wellness in children.