One small world invitation ... still getting play after 1 month. As I write this blog post my girls are playing with the small world table, adding in animals to create a much larger small world. We are now over a month into this small world table. I set it up after I had bought the wooden dolls house out of my classroom. I made the most simple additions to the small world this morning and all 3 girls were straight into playing again ...

Read on to find out some of the ways we use our open ended wooden toys - the Grimms weather set, Grimms rainbow and Grapat perpetual calendar, to learn about our world in a playful way. The Grimms weather set and rainbows are a beautiful and hands on way to learn about weather and the seasons. Learning Through Play with Open-Ended Toys We adore our open ended toy collection at our house because of the many ways these toys can be used for play and learning. One of the ways we