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ABC 123 Chunky Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $13.50 (1+)

Beginning puzzlers will love exploring shapes, letters, and numbers with these nine colorful wooden puzzle pieces that stand and stack! The approximately 3.5-inch pieces include A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, and a circle, square, and triangle with one apple, two birds, and three cars. The pieces are easy to grasp. Babies and toddlers will delight in matching pieces to pictures on the sturdy wooden 10-inch by 10-inch puzzle board, discovering colors and patterns, and stacking and counting the shaped pieces. First Play puzzles and toys feature bright colors, bold patterns, and whimsical designs that boost skills while sparking imagination and wonder — right from the start!


Barnyard Animals Large Peg Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $13.50 (ages 1+)

Charming farm friends live in the red barn and are always ready for puzzle play. This extra thick wooden puzzle includes three pieces, with jumbo wooden knobs for easy grasping. Full-color, matching pictures appear underneath each piece. A great activity to encourage hand-eye and visual perception skills.


Basic Skills Board. Melissa & Doug, $25.95 (ages 3+)

This wooden bear is always smiling, but he's happiest when fully dressed! Getting dressed won't be such a puzzle once zipping, buckling, snapping, lacing and tying, and other dressing skills are mastered. Each skill is contained on a separate, removable wooden puzzle piece for easy practice. Develop fine motor and life skills with this great activity.

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Catch & Count Fishing Game. Melissa & Doug, $29.95 (ages 3+)

Catch some laughs and learning with this wooden magnetic play set--complete with working wind-up reel! The 10 magnetic fish are numbered and patterned to enrich matching, sorting, and counting activities, and two wooden rods make collecting them a blast! Kids can use the spinner to play as a game, or just have fun collecting the pieces over and over again. Either way, there's plenty of fun in this sea!


Farm Animals Sound Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $17.50 (ages 2+)

Each happy farm animal "sounds off" in its own voice when its animal puzzle piece is placed correctly in this eight-piece wooden peg puzzle! Your child will enjoy hearing all eight sounds and looking at the full-color, matching pictures under the pieces, while developing matching and listening skills with this captivating multisensory puzzle.


Farm Chunky Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $12.95 (ages 2+)

Have fun on the farm with this extra-thick wooden puzzle. It includes seven easy-grasp, chunky farm animals and a barn. Each piece has a full-color, matching picture underneath. The barn and animal pieces stand upright for pretend play. Encourages hand-eye, fine motor and creative expression skills.

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Fishing Magnetic Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $13.50 (ages 3+)

The ultimate catch-and-release fishing program, this magnetic wooden puzzle game features aquatic animal artwork. Use the magnetic fishing pole to "catch" the 10 colorful sea friends from the game board, then enjoy the challenge of returning them to the depths! A creative way to encourage hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.


Hide & Seek Farm. Melissa & Doug, $22.95 (ages 3+)

Here a chick, there a chick... behind each of the 9 hinged doors on this charming barnyard scene is a delightful, magnetic animal. Learning about animals while improving memory and fine motor skills will keep children busy and having fun on the farm for hours!


Land of Dinosaurs Jigsaw Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $9.50 (ages 5-7)

With a volcano erupting in the distance, this extra thick 60-piece cardboard jigsaw puzzle features a dramatic scene with dinosaurs lumbering on the land and soaring in the sky. Durable and a great value, this puzzle gives a glimpse into a prehistoric times. Bright, sturdy pieces will withstand many uses.

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Latches Board. Melissa & Doug, $29.99 (ages 3+)

Undo a lock or latch, swing open the numbered door and count on finding fun when the picture beneath is revealed on this wooden play board and educational toy! Build fine motor skills while learning colors, numbers, animals and more!


Little Chef Soft Activity Book. Melissa & Doug, $16.95 (ages 0+)

Are you ready to make a sandwich, bake cookies, scoop ice cream, and decorate a cake? All the ingredients for a pretend-play feast are right inside this squeaking, crinkling, lift-the-flap cloth activity book! Melissa & Doug K's Kids cloth books are durably constructed to last through story time, playtime, and the washing machine, too!


Magnetic Wand Number Maze. Melissa & Doug, $20.95 (ages 3+)

Fill each basket with the correct number of red "apples" by sliding the attached magnetic wand over the acrylic cover. Then move the apples to different areas of the maze game to add, subtract, and make child's play out of math! The magnetic wand is attached so it won't get lost; all other pieces are enclosed inside the maze, beneath the sturdy cover. Great for travel!

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Memory Game. Melissa & Doug, $17.50 (ages 5+)

Choose from among seven fun themes, slide a card into the gameboard and start looking for matches. This handy memory game includes one game board, seven double-sided game cards and a two-player scoreboard. There are no loose pieces and everything conveniently stores in the board. Great for travel!



Old MacDonald's Farm See & Hear Sound Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $17.50 (ages 2+)

Join Old MacDonald and his friendly barnyard friends as they help each other complete this classic childhood song. Pegs help children two and older easily grasp and manipulate the eight adorably illustrated pieces (farmer, cow, pig, horse, chickens, ducks, dog, and sheep). Match the pieces to the pictures on the beautifully carved and illustrated wooden puzzle board to hear Old MacDonald start the song ("Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!"), and each animal complete its part (for example, the pig sings, "And on that farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-O [...etc.]"). Directions and lyrics are included on the puzzle so kids can sing along!

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Pets Chunky Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $13.50 (ages 2+)

Happy pets play in the yard on this extra thick wooden puzzle that includes eight easy-grasp, chunky pet pieces. Each pet animal can stand upright for pretend play and has a full-color, matching picture underneath. Encourages hand-eye, fine motor and creative expression skills.


See-Inside Alphabet Peg Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $10.95 (ages 3+)

This wooden peg puzzle includes a piece for each of the 26 letters in the alphabet. A colorful picture under each piece shows an image beginning with the same letter, helping to develop letter recognition and pre-reading skills! Also encourages hand-eye, fine motor, and visual perception skills.


Shapes Peg Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $10.95 (ages 3+)

This wooden peg puzzle includes eight colorful shape pieces. Each shape is identified by a label underneath the piece and by adorable animal illustrations on the puzzle board! Encourages hand-eye, fine motor and visual perception skills.

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Suspend Junior. Melissa & Doug, $22.98 (ages 4+, for 1-4 players)

The Junior version brings this blockbuster balance game for younger kids. Game play is easy: Simply set up the frame, spin the spinner, and balance the color-coded pieces to create an incredible hanging structure. Race against your opponents to be the first to run out of pieces — but watch out: One wrong move and the whole structure could fall! This thrilling game is perfect for young players — there is no reading required, and the skills to succeed grow with every game. Kids learn how to balance and counterbalance, take smart risks, and foresee consequences, all the while having lots of fun!


Vehicles Chunky Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $12.95 (ages 2+)

On the road, on the rails, by sea, or by air, imaginations travel far and wide with this extra-thick wooden puzzle. Featuring nine easy-grasp, chunky vehicle pieces that can stand upright for pretend play, each vehicle has a full-color, matching picture underneath. Encourages hand-eye, fine motor, and creative expression skills.


Vehicles Sound Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $16.95 (ages 2+)

Place a vehicle puzzle piece correctly in the puzzle board and listen to it toot, beep or rumble! Eight great sounds and a full-color, matching picture beneath the eight wooden pieces.

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The Wheels On the Bus See & Hear Sound Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $16.95 (ages 2+)

The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round... and kids will play with this puzzle over and over! Lift the six pieces of the school bus to reveal different pictures underneath that show what's happening, and to hear the different verses of the classic children's song. Sing along as the wipers go, "swish, swish, swish," the horn goes, "beep, beep, beep," and more! The lyrics are on the back of the sturdy wooden resting board to help kids learn the words. Shaped wooden pieces with durable plastic pegs are easy for small hands to grasp, making this a perfect preschool puzzle (ages 2+) that helps with fine motor skill development, as well as auditory processing.


Wonderful World of Peekaboo Soft Activity Book. Melissa & Doug, $15.99 (ages 0+)

Playing peekaboo is more fun than ever with this crinkling, squeaking, lift-the-flap cloth book filled with jungle animals, flying friends, and more. Take a peek to see what you can find! Melissa & Doug K's Kids cloth books are packed with low-tech, high-impact novelties, and durably constructed to last through story time, playtime, and the washing machine, too!


Zoo Animals Sound Puzzle. Melissa & Doug, $16.95 (ages 2+)

Listen to the voices of eight favorite zoo animals when the puzzle pieces are correctly placed in the puzzle board! Each animal piece has a matching full-color picture beneath. Eye- and ear-catching puzzle enhances matching and listening skills.

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