Ages and stages

What to put on the shelf, when a child is ready for it, and what the research does and does not show. Written by the people who pick the toys.

Seven wooden sorting cups in rainbow colors with a matching wooden ball in front of each, on a cream table with small pumpkins, autumn leaves and a garland of rust-orange felt bats.
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Montessori Halloween activities for 2 to 5 year olds

What a 2, 3, 4 or 5 year old can really do around Halloween: pumpkin jobs, sensory play, and the costume-and-fear part nobody warns you about.

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