Welcome to The Connector Play Kit for 4-year olds
Life is full of connections, and your 4-year-old is hard at work trying to figure them out. The more your child understands the “how” and “why” behind what happens in their day-to-day life, the easier it becomes for them to learn to adjust to changes and challenges.
The Connector Play Kit focuses on flexible thinking, an executive function skill that allows your child to investigate, solve problems, and adapt to change. Everything within this Kit is designed to provide fun ways for your child to practice this crucial skill.
The Wooden Modular Village & Pathways, for example, encourages your child to create scenes and stories differently each time they play, using the same materials in a new way. Tools like the Daily Helper Board show your child that different tasks require different amounts of help—there are things “I can do by myself” and things “We can do together.”
Flexible thinking is a skill that must be learned, practiced, and re-learned, and that’s what The Connector Play Kit is designed to help your 4-year-old do. Like all of our Play Kits, The Connector comes with a Play Guide with ways to play, helpful tips, and valuable insights into the skills your child is developing now.
What’s inside
The Connector Play Kit
Wooden Modular Village & Pathways
Connect the 24 pieces of paths, wooden building facades, and more in different ways to create various stories and scenes.
Discover & Inspect Microscope
Explore STEM concepts with this working microscope that magnifies up to 20x and detaches for on-the-go fun.
Image Slide Wheels & Specimen Clip
Examine insects, objects, and more using the Slide Wheels or create your own sample using the Specimen Clip.
Daily Helper Board
Build routines and learn which family tasks require help from others and which can be done independently.
Friends & Swing Set
Bring these play pals (Alia and Jaeyong) and set of swings to the village to develop character play.
Inventor Adventure Pack
Gear up for creative exploration—and fine motor practice—with this reversible pack and its multiple configurations.
‘Charlie Learns Something New’ Book
Learn how to work through the frustration that can happen when trying something new.
The Play Guide
Ways to play, expert tips, development information, and at-home activity ideas during months 49, 50, and 51.
The Connector Play Kit
See how The Connector Play Kit helps your 4-year old’s flexible thinking that help your child think differently as they learn to investigate, solve problems, and adapt to change.
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