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Our goal is to help every parent feel confident. Our play products are designed by child development experts and distilled to their simplest, purest purpose: to be exactly what children need at each stage.
Playtime with purpose
Our story
The creation of Lovevery began with Jessica, Rod and an idea.
Jessica- Passionate about giving babies the best and healthiest beginning in life. As founding partner, she helped to build Happy Family into a top organic baby food company. Confident that she was giving her babies the best nutrition, she started to become curious about what each of her three children’s brains were craving.
Rod- A builder of companies and movements with environmental and social impact. He was masterful at making things happen and generating results. Meanwhile, Rod was experiencing fatherhood times two, with his twins!
Jessica and Rod have known, trusted, and respected each other for many years. Rod is married to Andrea, Jessica’s life long best friend.
The idea behind Lovevery began after Jessica read a doctoral dissertation titled Current Research Findings on the Neurological Development of Infants. (Such a nerd, right?)
Through reading the study Jessica learned that the human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells, all of which are present at birth but have few links between them. Babies brains develop by constructing an intricate communication network. The network’s structure is formed by experiences children have in the first 3 years of life. The research revealed the more you expose babies to how the world works, the richer the neural networks become. Jessica’s takeaway was that early development experiences wouldn’t just happen on their own, she had to create them.
Jessica wanted to share what she had learned with other parents. This desire gave her the idea to create a second baby company, this time focused on brain development. The hard part would be bringing that idea to reality, she would need help. The moment that Rod said that he would co-found the company, it all became real!
Jessica and Rod created Lovevery, a company that offers products and information which help create developmental experiences in the lives of new babies and families. Lovevery helps parents feel confident that they are giving their little ones just what they want and need every step of the way.
Advisors and key research
We know that you are the expert on your baby. Lovevery brings academics, researchers, and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines together for a holistic approach that is simple, accessible, and relevant to you and your baby.
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Dr. Gillian Starkey
Gillian is a professor of Human Neuroscience in the Center for Psychology at Goucher College. The goal of her research is to understand how the brain supports and reflects developing math skills as children progress.
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Dr. William Staso
Will is the author of Neural Foundations and Brain Under Construction, the original surveys of published research in the field of baby brain development including applied methods for tailoring play by developmental stage.
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Dr. Ariel Kalil
Ariel is a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, where she directs the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy and co-directs the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab.
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Jody Malterre
Jody has owned and managed multiple Montessori schools and worked as a master teacher trainer of Montessori methods in both the US and China. Jody is also a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer for both teachers and parents.
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Dr. Zelana Montminy
Zelana is a positive psychologist and author of bestselling book 21 Days to Resilience. She creates resilience curriculum for youth and schools worldwide, and is a go-to parenting authority in the media.
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Kylie D’Alton
Kylie is passionate about bringing Montessori into the home and is the author of the popular blog howwemontessori.com.
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Rachel Coley
Rachel is a licensed Occupational Therapist and creator of CanDo Kiddo. Her expertise is infant and toddler development and her passion is supporting families.
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Dennis and Nancy Dunn
Dennis and Nancy are the creators of the Growing Child. The Dunns engaged child development experts from across the country to write their series of science-based development publications covering the first six years of growth.
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Dr. Evelyn Johnson
Evelyn has coauthored more than 50 research articles and three textbooks on different approaches to childhood learning. She is the Scientific Director at the Lee Pesky Learning Center.
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Shael Polakow-Suransky
Shael is the president of the Bank Street College of Education. Prior to this, he was Chief Academic Officer and Senior Deputy Chancellor at the New York City Department of Education.
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Dr. Brandi Biscoe Kenner
Brandi is a cognitive developmental psychologist, founder and CEO of Choice-filled Lives Network, and an Affiliated Research Scientist with Yale University's Haskins Laboratories. Her work focuses on the cognitive and cultural mechanisms that underly language, literacy, and social-emotional development, as well as bridging research-to-practice connections in early childhood settings and systems.
In the News
Where to Get Those Rainbow Toys Every Celebrity Baby Has: Lovevery
The brand, whose Instagram-friendy Play Gym was an instant hit in 2017, expanded to subscription boxes that arrive every two months with thoughtfully-designed, stage-appropriate toys designed in partnership with child development experts, plus booklets on ways to engage your baby both with and without the toys.
Mommy Tried It! How Lovevery Play Kits Made Work-From-Home Parenting A Little Easier
I have always been a fan of Lovevery’s Play Kits, but my love for the brand has grown by leaps and bounds since quarantine and the terrible twos hit. I recently had the opportunity to try The Investigator Play Kit, which is designed for toddlers who are 31 to 33 months. And y’all, it’s everything that your work-from-home routine is missing.
The Power of Play: Best Toys and Games for Staying Home A LOT
On this session of Live.Work.Thrive, we are discussing the Power of Play and how we can help our kids get the most from playtime – without needing loads of toys. Micaela Birmingham, our moderator, is joined with guests Roberta Golinkoff, Professor, Author and play expert whose research has been funded by none other than LEGO and Jessica Rolph, Co-Founder and CEO of Lovevery, known for an innovative age and stage play kits of materials that help babies practice important skills for their developing senses.
The Absolute Best Learning-Based Subscription Box for Babies and Toddlers
We're not here to talk you into spending money, but hear us out on this one. We've reviewed a lot of subscription boxes for kids, and Lovevery is our absolute favorite. Lovevery boxes are packed full of stage-based play essentials that are handpicked by experts for babies and toddlers up to age three.
Lovevery’s Genius Play Kits For Kids Get High Marks From My Family
It’s widely held that the first three years of any child’s life are crucial to brain function and emotional development (amongst many other things). Which is why the stimulation a child receives, the language they hear and the activities they engage in are are so important, even from birth. And while there are plenty of great and educational toys out there for kids of all ages, nothing receives higher marks from me and my family than Lovevery's Play Kits.
