At age 3, your child is beginning to understand that they’re a distinct individual. They may start to use the pronoun “I” and express strong preferences about everything from food to clothing. They’re likely more aware now of both their own emotions and the feelings of others. You may see them role-play different feelings during pretend play as they practice ways to cope with big emotions.

Letters and numbers are starting to make more sense to your child, too. Through play, you can help them explore letter sounds, counting, and sequencing, all concepts that will eventually help them read, write, and do math.

The 3-year-old Play Kits are designed to help you guide your child through all these new discoveries. These open-ended playthings, puzzles, games, and real-life tools all support your child’s development during the “year of the self.”

The Observer Play Kit

Months 37, 38, 39

Help your new 3-year-old take ownership of their everyday, build emotional intelligence, and practice early STEM skills through open-ended play.

• Gain confidence through decision making and planning ahead
• Practice spatial concepts with interchangeable building components  
• Identify and process emotions
• Encourage independence and self care

The Storyteller Play Kit

Months 40, 41, 42

Help your child build a positive association with reading and math through puzzles, problem solving, and imaginative play.

• Discover letters and their sounds
• Build early engineering understanding by creating a space all their own
• Explore changing emotions through imaginative play 
• Practice being a helper with a practical life tool

The Problem Solver Play Kit

Months 43, 44, 45

Support your curious three-year-old’s interest in STEM fundamentals like color blending, measuring, and 3D puzzles.

• Learn to count and understand numbers visually
• Play scientist with a real working color lab
• Practice working as a team with a fun cooperative game
• Measure everyday objects with a tool made just for them

The Analyst Play Kit

Months 46, 47, 48

Challenge your (almost) four-year-old to use precise fine motor skills, solve new sensory and STEM puzzles, and cook with fractions—all with fun, hands-on play.

• Make simple snacks using real cooking tools that introduce fractions
• Translate 2D pictures into 3D objects 
• Discover color theory with an award-winning puzzle 
• Build hand strength and fine motor skills with an early sewing activity 

FAQs

How much are the 3-year-old kits?

The Play Kits for 3-year-olds are priced the same as The Play Kits for toddlers and older children: $120 per Play Kit.

How often do they ship?

The Play Kits for 3-year-olds will ship in the same cadence as The Play Kits for toddlers and older children: every 3 months.

Are there Book Bundles for the 3-year-old Play Kits?

Yes, each of the 3-year-old Play Kits has a Book Bundle option that can be added. The books in each Book Bundle are designed to meet your child’s current developmental needs and include relatable topics about real-life experiences.

If I’m on my last 2-year-old Play Kit, will I roll right into the 3-year-old Play Kits?

Yes! As a current subscriber, you’re all set. Your subscription will continue without any disruption to your Play Kits schedule. You can prepay for the full year to save up to 10% for 3-year-olds Play Kits.

We had a Play Kits subscription, how do we start it back up?

Reactivating your subscription is easy! First, log in to your Lovevery account and click on “Account Settings.” Then under “Manage Subscriptions,” you will have the option to “Reactivate” your subscription. By clicking “Reactivate,” you will see a confirmation page where you can opt to reactivate on a pay-per-kit basis or prepay for the full year to save up to 10%. If you need assistance logging into your account or reactivating a subscription, please contact us.

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We designed the 2-year-old Play Kits to support your child through all the new skills they’re so eager to explore. The playthings and books in these four kits give your child opportunities to practice problem-solving and planning ahead, fine-tune their motor skills, experiment with weight and balance, and yes, work through those big feelings, too

The Helper Play Kit

Months 25, 26 27

Encourage your 2-year-old’s natural curiosity and eagerness to help with practical life activities and tools, so they can build confidence in their new skills.

• Support your child’s budding independence
• Find security in routines
• Practice fine motor precision
• Build resilience and problem-solving skills

The Enthusiast Play Kit

Months 28, 29, 30

Encourage sensory exploration and early STEM learning as your 2-year-old refines their grasp, coordinates their movement between both hands, and explores the natural world.

• Find and fit geometric shapes
• Balance liquid and solid volumes
• Practice grip and two-handed play
• Engage in pretend play with pals

The Investigator Play Kit

Months 31, 32, 33

As your 2-year-old’s executive functioning skills emerge, support their working memory, self-regulation, and planning practice with movement, games, and puzzles.

• Build concentration, language, and memory skills
• Strengthen gross motor skills
• Learn lessons in liquid conservation

The Free Spirit Play Kit

Months 34, 35, 36

Your child is almost 3 years old! Age 3 is sometimes called “the magic year,” a time when language blossoms, independence and curiosity grow, and social-emotional skills start to sharpen. Embark on this special stage together with play essentials to support their growing skillset.

• Fit shapes and contrasting colors together
• Early exposure to numeracy
• Practice problem-solving and balancing skills
• Engage in imaginative play
• Build real-life skills

FAQs

How much are the 2-year-old kits?

The Play Kits for 2-year-olds are priced the same as The Play Kits for toddlers and older children: $120 per Play Kit.

How often do they ship?

The Play Kits for 2-year-olds will ship in the same cadence as The Play Kits for toddlers and older children: every 3 months.

Are there Book Bundles for the 2-year-old Play Kits?

Yes, each of the 2-year-old Play Kits has a Book Bundle option that can be added. The books in each Book Bundle are designed to meet your child’s current developmental needs and include relatable topics about real-life experiences.

If I’m on my last 1-year-old Play Kit, will I roll right into the 2-year-old Play Kits?

Yes! As a current subscriber, you’re all set. Your subscription will continue without any disruption to your Play Kits schedule. You can prepay for the full year to save up to 10% for 2-year-old Play Kits.

We had a Play Kits subscription, how do we start it back up?

Reactivating your subscription is easy! First, log in to your Lovevery account and click on “Account Settings.” Then under “Manage Subscriptions,” you will have the option to “Reactivate” your subscription. By clicking “Reactivate,” you will see a confirmation page where you can opt to reactivate on a pay-per-kit basis or prepay for the full year to save up to 10%. If you need assistance logging into your account or reactivating a subscription, please contact us.

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Inside you’ll find a fresh new take on the Pinkies Up Tea Set and the all-new Emotion Match Mirror & Card Set designed to help your child recognize and name emotions—a big step toward building empathy.

The Pinkies Up Tea Set with its teapot and cups holds liquids for enhanced pretend (and pour) play. We’ve also added placemats with place setting graphics to encourage “setting the table for tea time.” By including two placemats, we’re inviting your child to engage in two-person early social and pretend play. The teacups have new handles to allow for a secure grasp and to help your child develop their palmar pinch (and for an even better “Cheers!” experience ).

A key part of emotional intelligence is being able to recognize what people are feeling by their facial expressions. With the addition of the Emotion Match Mirror & Card Set, your child will be able to work on and practice this skill. Each card depicts 6 different emotions—from sad and disgusted to surprised and happy, and more. Using the mirror, they can try to match their face to the expression on each card. Exploring emotions in a playful way allows the opportunity for you and your child to have simple but important conversations about emotions: “This is how I look when I’m angry.” “What are some things you do when you’re angry?”

These thoughtful updates were made with you and your child in mind. Our Play Kits for toddlers focus on helping your child practice, refine, and grow key developmental skills with unique playthings that are interactive and engaging We are happy to offer subscribers who received the previous version of The Enthusiast Play Kit (within the last 90 days) $15 toward new items, available in our Subscriber Shop. Please check your email for access.

Why we update our products

Our product update philosophy helps us deliver on our core value: “driven to innovate.” 

We are continually listening and learning. While each new product is the result of more than 30 touch points, we learn the most from you—and the hundreds of thousands of families who bring Lovevery products into their homes. Thank you for welcoming us into yours.

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The Enthusiast Play Kit

The Enthusiast Play Kit will help lead the way through purposeful play. Each of the playthings will help your child understand shapes, practice balance, play pretend, and develop fine motor skills.

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For example, whether your child doesn’t know any letters yet, knows all the sounds they make, or is somewhere in between, they can play (and win!) the Montessori Movable Alphabet Game. The “prize” is a matching Montessori Language Object—our play studies found these really motivate children and encourage them to continue playing. 

Tools to handle frustration will benefit your child now and as they grow. The Calming Circle and Breathing Activities Guide teach mindful breathing techniques. In calm moments, you and your child can practice taking slow “belly breaths.” Knowing some breathing activities will help your child feel more prepared to work through difficult emotions. 

The accompanying Play Guide for The Persister Play Kit offers helpful tips on managing frustration, ways to extend learning with the playthings and tools, and DIY activities. 

What’s inside
The Persister Play Kit

Montessori Movable Alphabet Game

Expose and practice early letter recognition and sound skills with this fun multiplayer game.

Montessori Language Objects

Create motivation for letter and sound practice with playful objects that match the words found on the cards.

Path Builder Marble Maze

Correctly identify, match, and orient multiple pieces to create a successful pathway using trial and error.

Draw, Trace & Erase Board

Freeform draw and trace words on the wipeable board to form the visual and muscle memory needed to write—with on-the-go tote.

Calming Circle

Use this supportive and satisfying tool to hold and manipulate while practicing the flow of each breathing exercise.

Breathing Activities Guide

Learn seven different breathing techniques to use with the Calming Circle that help manage big emotions.

‘Jilly & Jett’ Book

Understand difficult emotions that come up and see how Jett uses the Calming Circle to work through them.

The Play Guide

Ways to play, expert tips, development information, and at-home activity ideas during months 55, 56, and 57.

The Persister Play Kit

The Persister Play Kit supports your 4-year old’s frustration tolerance with tools and games that motivate them to revisit challenging tasks, and build the strength to persist. Learn more!

Learn more

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The playthings in The Examiner Play Kit are designed to facilitate critical thinking by making abstract concepts more concrete. Through games and useful tools, harder-to-grasp ideas like empathy, time, and math are broken down in ways that make these tough concepts fun to learn.

Understanding how other people feel is hard—for adults, too The Show, Tell & Think Empathy Game is an interactive game that helps your child build an understanding of how other people feel by providing three ways to practice taking someone else’s perspective. 

It’s also hard to be a child and not understand when different events in your life are happening. The Plan Ahead Week Board makes it easier for your 4-year-old to visualize what happened, what’s happening, and what will happen soon. 

Early math concepts can be confusing and frustrating to understand. The Modeling Sand and the Unit Block Builders & Activity Cards add sensory play into the mix so your child can see and feel quantity and numbers, combining and dividing. Research has found positive effects of multisensory activities on young children’s math learning.*

Every Play Kit includes The Play Guide. It offers prompts, questions, and activity ideas to help you support this “Why?” phase.

What’s inside
The Examiner Play Kit

Plan Ahead Week Board

Use this visual representation of the week to understand ‘past,’ ‘present,’ and ‘future’—with magnetic tiles to customize.

Rhyming Rings

Organize the pieces by sound, then identify which ones rhyme to form a ring or rhyme family.

Modeling Sand & Wipeable Mat

Use modeling sand to mold and shape for sensory play with the organic canvas mat that keeps the fun mess-free.

Unit Block Builders &
Activity Cards

Explore number units and solve puzzles using the sand, molds, and wooden block board.

Show, Tell & Think Empathy Game

Engaging prompts have your child act out scenes, retell a story, or imagine what they might do in a situation.

Time & Compare Stopwatch

Set the number dials and digital display on this tool to track and compare how long it takes to finish activities.

‘The Appropriate Game’ Book

Isabel and Luis learn what words and actions are appropriate for their family in different situations.

The Play Guide

Ways to play, expert tips, development information, and at-home activity ideas during months 52, 53, and 54.

The Examiner Play Kit

The Examiner Play Kit encourages critical thinking skills to help your 4-year old gather the information they need to make informed, logical decisions. See what’s inside!

Learn more

Learn more about the research
Eissa, M. A., & Al Huseini, H. H. (2013). Effect of multisensory approach on increasing math skills children with mild intellectual disabilities. Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 2(3), 73-82.

Jordan, K. E., & Baker, J. (2011). Multisensory information boosts numerical matching abilities in young children. Developmental Science, 14(2), 205-213.

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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.

Learn more

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The Planner Play Kit taps into your child’s growing awareness and offers ways to practice thinking ahead. In the Rover Route game, for example, your child must navigate around rocks and rovers to collect a gemstone and return it safely to their home base. Through play, your child learns to map out a sequence of steps to reach their goal.

Another skill needed for planning ahead is time management. Even though your child wants to understand it, time is confusing and abstract. The Plan & Prepare Clock is a working clock that includes 5-, 10-, and 15-minute time increment bars that attach to it. These bars give your child a visual, tangible way to track time passing. 

Inside the Play Guide you’ll find helpful tips on how to help your child practice predicting outcomes, along with ways you can model your own time management. You’ll also find expert tips and activities that you can do with things around the house to bring fun and learning to your child’s play as they transition to a 5-year-old.

What’s inside
The Planner Play Kit

Plan & Prepare Clock with Mini Clock

Use the time increment bars to visually track time on this real working clock—set the mini clock to compare to the big one.

Energy-In-Motion Wooden Ball Ramps

Discover the fun of physics with this modular set of 6 wooden ramps, and form hypotheses about what will happen.

Rover Route

Create a path for the Rover using visual planning and sequencing in this pre-coding game.

Flex-Four Pattern Match

Explore shape manipulation by moving the flexible color links to align in different patterns to match the cards.

Subitizing Dominoes

Practice subitizing, the ability to identify the number of things by quickly looking rather than counting.

‘Savy’s Scavenger Hunt’ Book

Encourage empathy by learning about the effect our reactions can have on others.

The Play Guide

Ways to play, expert tips, development information, and at-home activity ideas during months 58, 59, and 60.

The Planner Play Kit

The Planner Play Kit helps your child learn to experiment, predict, and plan ahead as they learn to connect their actions to outcomes. See what’s inside!

Learn more

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To some parents, it can feel a little bit like an in-between phase. But the idea of a “lost” year couldn’t be more wrong. In fact, this year is a critical time of growth and learning. 

This is the time to build an important skill set known as executive function. These skills are among the biggest predictors of academic achievement, and your child will use them for the rest of their life. They help us stay focused, persist through frustration, organize and plan, and regulate emotions. 

Your child was born with the capacity to do these things, but development doesn’t happen on its own. Executive function must be learned, practiced, and re-learned. Each of The Play Kits for 4-year-olds includes tools and playthings to build flexible thinking, critical thinking, frustration tolerance, and planning ahead.

The Connector Play Kit

Months 49, 50, 51

Support flexible thinking with playthings that help your child think differently and make new connections as they learn to investigate, solve problems, and adapt to change.

• Practice flexible thinking 
• Investigate objects from different perspectives
• Build independence and routines
• Strengthen precise fine motor skills
• Create, adapt, and act out new stories

The Examiner Play Kit

Months 52, 53, 54

Encourage critical thinking skills by helping your child examine abstract concepts—like time or how others feel—and gather the information they need to make informed, logical decisions.

• Practice critical thinking 
• Develop phonological awareness 
• Visually build and deconstruct numbers
• Understand elapsed time 
• Nurture empathy

The Persister Play Kit

Months 55, 56, 57

This Play Kit supports your child’s frustration tolerance with tools and games that motivate them to revisit challenging tasks, and build the strength to persist. 

• Practice managing frustration 
• Develop visual spatial processing skills
• Build precise fine motor skills 
• Identify letter forms and letters to sounds 
• Learn mindful breathing exercises

The Planner Play Kit

Months 58, 59, 60

‘Thinking ahead’ is a skill your almost-5-year-old is ready to start practicing. This Play Kit helps your child learn to experiment, predict, and plan ahead as they learn to connect their actions to outcomes. 

• Practice thinking ahead 
• Understand the concept of time 
• Reach a goal using logical reasoning
• Predict and hypothesize 
• Learn to quickly identify number patterns

FAQs

The Play Kits

The Play Kits by Lovevery are thoroughly tested, baby safe, eco-friendly and Montessori inspired. Give your child the best start with our stage-based play toy subscription boxes.

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By joining the Lovevery Research Community, you can help guide our creation process in ways that best fit your interest and availability. Whether you live in the Boise area or not, you can influence future products through surveys, interviews, product testing, and more.

The Lovevery Lab: learning through play

Are you local to the Boise area? Sign up to participate in on-site product testing for a chance to visit The Lovevery Lab. Opened in September of 2021, the lab has expanded the ways we can connect with and learn directly from Lovevery customers. Since then, our product research team has welcomed more than 600 families who have helped test new playthings and inspired improvements to existing ones.

How to join the Lovevery Research Community

Wherever you are, you can influence design, inform research, and explore new playthings by joining the Lovevery Research Community. Choose the research opportunities that work for your family—you’re welcome to participate in as many or as few as you like. 

Sign-up takes less than 5 minutes—just answer a few questions about yourself, your child, and the type of research you’d like to participate in. Our researchers will share opportunities to participate as soon as they’re available—we’re looking forward to meeting you and your child soon

Ways you can be part of Lovevery’s work and mission

• Home visit by Lovevery researchers

Research community members local to Boise, Idaho, may sign up for an in-home visit lasting about one hour. Members of the Lovevery research and product innovation team will observe your child’s natural play and gather feedback from you.

• Product testing in your home

Would you love to test new playthings but are outside the Boise area? Sign up for in-home product testing. To date, we have teamed up with Lovevery families in the United States, Washington, D.C., and Europe.

• Interviews and Focus Groups

Help us better understand both you and your child’s needs by participating in either one-on-one interviews or focus groups. These are global opportunities which can be conducted virtually and range from 15 to 60 minutes.

• Online surveys

One of the most flexible ways to participate in the Lovevery Research Community, online surveys are available to Lovevery families worldwide. Most consist of four to five questions and take only a few minutes to complete.

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As you know, our Play Kits are staged by a child’s age. This works for many families, but I know firsthand that it’s not ideal for every child, especially children with disabilities and learning exceptionalities. 

My brother Rob has an intellectual disability. Growing up, I remember seeing how he lit up when he played and learned in ways that worked for him. The “right” play for Rob was never tied to his chronological age—it was about matching his specific abilities with his unique interests, like pouring water at the sink and reading picture books. Instead of an “age-based” approach, Rob thrives with a “skills-based approach.”

I’ve always wanted Lovevery to provide those “light up” moments for children who are developing on their own unique timelines…so today I have an announcement that’s incredibly special to me:

Lovevery is launching our new Disability Support Service!

How the Disability Support Service works

• You can message a Disability Support Specialist directly. They’ll ask insightful questions to get to know your child and their development goals and unique interests.

• Next, the Specialist will suggest the perfect Playthings for your child. Your new Lovevery play essentials will include a customized Play Guide, with innovative ideas to engage your child.

• If you’d like to subscribe, the Specialist will help you create a flexible, customized delivery schedule for your Play Kits. 

• We invite you to keep in touch, and continue the conversation to build on your child’s progress.

Lovevery’s Disability Expert Council

To advise us as we launch this first phase, we’ve recruited a Disability Expert Council with clinical, academic, and lived experience of disability.

Lovevery’s Disability Support Specialist

I’m also thrilled to introduce our Disability Support Specialist, Maral Amani. Maral is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with deep knowledge of child development and a warm, compassionate approach.

Maral might suggest:

• Sequencing Lovevery’s Let’s Map It Out Routine Cards from The Helper Play Kit to make a “transition path” for a 9-year-old child who’s on the autism spectrum and who thrives when she knows what to expect in her day
• Creative ways to place the Black & White Card Sets in The Looker Play Kit to engage a 3-year-old child with a visual impairment 
• Innovative pairings of Lovevery items, such as reading the ‘How I Feel’ book from The Explorer Play Kit while playing with the Wooden Emotion Dolls from The Observer Play Kit to engage a 6-year-old child’s interest as they work on emotional regulation and expressive language
• How the Slide & Seek Ball Run from The Babbler Play Kit can help motivate a 5-year-old child with cerebral palsy to increase his hand dexterity and core strength through play

Each suggestion is customized to your child’s interests, goals, and abilities—a skills-centered approach that supports their development on their own unique timeline.

More Playthings, books, and resources to come

We know that thousands of families, therapists, and educators already use Lovevery Playthings to support children with disabilities, neurodiversity, and learning exceptionalities. In the future, we’ll be launching even more Playthings, books, and parent resources that are disability-focused. I’m excited that this service makes Lovevery accessible to even more families.

Cofounder + CEO
@jessicarolph

Communications with Lovevery’s Disability Support Specialist do not create a provider-patient relationship and should not be considered, nor used as a substitute for, medical or therapeutic diagnosis, care, or advice. Please always defer to the guidance of your child’s doctor or licensed counselor or therapist.

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