Welcome to The Play Kits for 4-year-olds

Do you know why age 4 is sometimes called “The Lost Year”?

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

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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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