It’s often times difficult for little ones to explain their feelings particularly developmentally delayed children and children with a variety of disabilities. The Kimochis Huggtopus Box Set is the perfect way to teach your child how to identify theirs and others emotions in a kid friendly way. The Kimochis Huggtopus Box Set comes with one large plush buddy huggtopus and inside he carries three Kimochi emotions: happy, frustrated and silly. Additional emotion pals can be purchased to add to your childs emotional vocabulary!

I really love the Countryside Collection as a fun indoor toy, it also makes a great toy for more non-conventional families, visitation rooms, doctors offices and playgroups! The Countryside Collection features a large farm playmat and a colt, lamb, piglet, calf, large tree, four fence pieces with a gate, a storybook and more! This fun playset also features animal noises so make sure to grab a few AA batteries for this one because your little one is sure to wear out the sounds quickly as they play around the farm! The mat measures 13”H X 20”W X 7”D.

It’s about time to get out there in that garden and raid your vegetable crops and maybe get a few late flowers planted! Well now your youngest in the household can help with the flowers in the garden too with the Wonderworld Eco-Friendly Gardening Set ! This adorable plush gardening set is eco-friendly made from rubber wood and non-toxic paintsm dyes and lacquers as well as formaldehyde free glue. The set includes a soft carrying basket, 3 bendable and removable flowers, a soft watering can, a wooden shovel and a butterfly net with a wooden handle!

It’s another green thumb kind of day and the DuneCraft Sprout ‘n Grow Greenhouses with peanuts is a great growing experience as well a great learning experience for little ones who don’t know how peanuts are grown! With this cool greenhouse your kids can grow their very own peanut harvest! The kit comes with seeds, a windowsill greenhouse, planting mixture and instructions so you can soon be on your way to harvesting your peanut crop!

Is there a pepper lover in your home? How about an avid gardener? Take a look at the White Box Gardens of Peppers! This fun and educational growing kit comes with a sprouting and growing dome, seed packets, color plant stakes and natural gravel to grow the peppers in! Obviously this isn’t one for the smaller children but it certainly makes for a great growing experience for older children!

a handy tote case which makes for quick and easy storage and when it’s totally put together the puzzle measures 20" x 30". This puzzle is recommended for children ages 4yrs+.

You can find the Ant Giant Lifecycle Puzzle over at Amazon.com. I have not seen this item at a local retail store as of yet.

being too graphic or embarrassing for parents or children. Each five piece puzzle is made from wood making it sturdy, and measure 11.5" x 5.75" x 1" and weighing just over 1lb. These puzzles are recommended for children ages 3yrs+.

You can find the Beleduc Your Body – Boy/Girl 5-Layer Puzzle over at Amazon.com. I have not yet seen this brand of puzzle in any retail stores local to me.

rulebook! This game is recommended for children ages 8yrs and up because of the level of knowledge required to play; however, playing as a family can incorporate younger children in to play as well.

You can find Scrambled States over at Amazon.com. I haven’t seen this one in local stores yet but you can locate it at various online retailers!

as such this proves a useful tool for instilling excitement about potty training in your little ones! This movie reassures children that being a big kid means going to the potty instead of using diapers and with other small children telling them this it is more believable than a parent telling them. This DVD includes everything from a discussion of what pee and poop are to waiting on the potty for them to come to how to wipe afterwards. Although it isn’t particularly pleasant subject matter it really couldn’t be presented in a better way!

You can find "Potty Power – For Boys & Girls" over at Amazon.com. I have not seen this DVD in any local retail stores as of yet.

to identify than an actual emotion) and to convey their feelings of anger without using harsh words or creating hostility with other family members. These magnets are also a perfect tool for developmentally delayed children as well as children with autism. These magnets also come with a list of 9 rules for fighting fair which outline to a child the fact that while it’s okay to disagree there are rules that should be followed to make sure that fighting is fair and not hurtful. Also included in this set is a list of 11 things to do when you feel angry, this is particularly helpful for children with anger management issues and can be put in place with a reward system to help regulate unruly behaviour.

You can find the Connie Coyote’s 3 Magnet Set over at Amazon.com. I have never seen this item before so cannot say for certain whether you will find it anywhere else; however, I am certain you will not find it in larger retail stores yet!