1. The Best Toys to Encourage Talking, from a Speech-Language Pathologist

   [EDITOR'S NOTE: For more on learning through play, visit our Skills at Play page for more information about this initiative, which labels our website and toy packaging with skills-based callouts designed to help parents and caregivers easily identify which skills our various developmental and learning...

2. Our Favorite Play Food Toys for Kids

   Playing with pretend food is practically baked into every child’s DNA—as soon as babies can sit up in a high chair and throw cereal, kids realize food can become something to play with!  That’s why many kids gravitate towards pretend...

3. Toy Spotlight: Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter

   There’s so much delicious fun to serve up with Melissa & Doug’s selection of pretend play foods, it’s hard to know where to begin sometimes.  Luckily, we’ve got a helpful tip to get your kids cooking in the pretend kitchen—start...

4. How to Stock a Play Kitchen in 7 Easy Steps

   When it comes to creating play spaces for your kids, it’s hard for parents and caregivers to even know where to start, because there are so many options to choose from. That’s why the play space experts at Melissa &...

5. Best Holiday Toys & Gifts for 2-Year-Olds

   If you’re looking for a few ways to inspire creativity and excitement with colorful, hands-on, and age-appropriate toys for the upcoming holiday season, we hope you’ll find this list of gift ideas for 2-year-olds helpful! We’ve chosen some of our favorite top toys...

6. Top Toys Every Grandparent Should Have

   Whether you’re a grandparent who provides child care on a regular basis or one who sees the grandkids a couple times of year, it’s important to have a select number of engaging toys on hand when they come to visit....

7. Toy Spotlight: Cool Scoops Ice Creamery

   There’s something about enjoying ice cream that just makes people really happy! That’s why we created this brand new Melissa & Doug Cool Scoops Ice Creamery wooden ice cream play set for kids—it taps into that universal joy, while fostering...

8. 5 Fundamental Skills You Can Teach Kids Through Play

   Board certified behavior analyst Erin Ross shares her tips for skill-building play Not sure what to do with your little one during playtime? Many parents say they aren’t good at playing with their young children, that it’s boring, or they...

9. Skills At Play!™: A Guide to Toys That Teach Important Developmental Skills

   Kids are doing more than just having fun while at play—they’re also learning and developing valuable skills that will serve them well for school and for life. Melissa & Doug’s Skills at Play!™ is designed to help parents and caregivers...

10. The Power of Pretend Play

    Open-ended play is essential for children’s healthy growth and development. It’s so important, pediatricians are even writing prescriptions for it! That’s why at Melissa & Doug we are so excited to be partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an...

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