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How to Make Outdoor Play Possible All Year Long

It is so important that children get outside to play. When children step outdoors their senses activate and they experience the world in a heightened state—seemingly more excited...

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Better Builders Emotions Wins 2016 PAL Top 10 Award

Better Builders Emotions Wins 2016 PAL Top 10 Award

Play On Words, the award-winning speech therapy company, announced that Guidecraft’s Better Builders® Emotions received their 2016 PAL Top 10 Award for School Age Toys....

Toddler STEM Toy, Grippies®, Wins Multiple Industry Awards

Toddler STEM Toy, Grippies®, Wins Multiple Industry Awards

Guidecraft is proud to announce that its first STEM toy for toddlers, Grippies® Builders, has received five awards from four distinguished toy review  organizations. Grippies®...

Why Manipulatives?

Why Manipulatives?

“Children must master the language of things before they master the language of words.” —Friedrich Froebel Guidecraft Beehive Lace[/caption] Manipulatives were first introduced into children’s...

Guidecraft’s PowerClix® Magnetic Toy System Wins Top 2015 Oppenheim and Parents’ Choice Awards

Guidecraft’s PowerClix® Magnetic Toy System Wins Top 2015 Oppenheim and Parents’ Choice Awards

  Guidecraft is delighted to announce that its magnetic building toy system, PowerClix®, has earned top 2015 toy awards from two distinguished toy review organizations.  PowerClix®...

Guidecraft Celebrates 50 Years of Making Toy Systems for Change

Guidecraft Celebrates 50 Years of Making Toy Systems for Change

50 years ago a young man named Fred Fein started a business making small, wooden figures in a one room shop in Garnerville, New York....

IO Blocks Minis Make the Perfect Summer Travel Toy!

IO Blocks Minis Make the Perfect Summer Travel Toy!

Just in time for summertime traveling fun, IO Blocks Minis have arrived! Each set comes in a handy portable canister, making it even easier for...