With fall fast approaching here in the Northern Hemisphere, it's the perfect time to think about adding some new Jellycat plushies to your child's stuffed animal collection! Jellycat's September/October Look Book is dropping soon, so we thought we would share some of our new favorites with you! Oakley Owl is just...
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When to Change Car Seats for Children: A Comprehensive Guide
One of the most important aspects of safety for your child is keeping them safe while traveling in your car. The value of children’s car seats should never be underestimated, and as your child grows, their safety needs change. For many parents, it can be confusing to know when the...
What Is Open Ended Play and How Does It Help Your Children?
There is a lot of chatter in parenting circles about open-ended toys, but there isn’t often a very good description of what exactly “open-ended” means. Couldn’t a child use any toy in a way that results in play without a specific purpose? The answer to that is both yes and...
5 Ways to Improve Your Child’s Imagination
Having a developed imagination is one of the best skills a child can cultivate. Everyone is born with the ability to imagine – just watching a 3-year-old for any length of time will prove that – but it takes time and effort to cultivate and strengthen an imagination. Children naturally...
5 Benefits of Playing Dress-Up
Children have glorious imaginations that can be absolute poetry in action. They can put on a simple hat and transform into a butterfly, a teacher, a construction worker, a member of royalty, or a ballet dancer – sometimes a mixture of several at once! As hard as it is for...