Learning Materials for Toddlers (1–3 Years)

Infant Toddler Dressing Frame: Snaps

This Montessori frame allows toddlers to practice fastening and unfastening snaps. It strengthens finger muscles, promotes coordination, and introduces sequencing skills.

Why parents and teachers love it

Snaps are a common clothing fastener. This frame provides children with repeated, hands-on practice in a safe way.

Why children love it

The sound and feel of each snap “clicking” closed is rewarding and engaging for little hands.

Details

• Wooden frame with durable snap-closure fabric
• Encourages independence and real-life skill practice
• Dimensions: 28.5 x 29.7 cm (11.2 x 11.7 in)

Infant Toddler Dressing Frame: Velcro

This Montessori dressing frame allows toddlers to practice opening and closing Velcro straps. It is an excellent first step in dressing skills because Velcro is simple, quick, and rewarding for little hands to master.

Why parents and teachers love it

Parents and Montessori educators appreciate this frame as it introduces children to fastening in an easy, frustration-free way. It builds independence, focus, and fine motor strength, preparing children for more complex fasteners later on.

Why children love it

Children enjoy the satisfying sound and feel of pulling Velcro apart and pressing it back together. The immediate success motivates them to repeat the activity again and again.

Infant Toddler Dressing Frame: Buttons

This Montessori dressing frame helps toddlers practice buttoning and unbuttoning, an important skill for self-dressing and independence.

Why parents and teachers love it

It offers structured, repeated practice in a safe, controlled way, building the foundation for daily dressing routines.

Why children love it

Children love the feeling of accomplishment when they can fasten and unfasten buttons by themselves.

Details

• Solid wooden frame with fabric and child-sized buttons
• Strengthens fine motor skills and concentration
• Dimensions: 28.5 x 29.7 cm (11.2 x 11.7 in)

Infant Toddler Dressing Frame: Zipper

This Montessori dressing frame gives toddlers the opportunity to practice zipping up and down. It helps them master an essential self-dressing skill while strengthening fine motor control and coordination.

Why parents and teachers love it

It builds independence and patience while making dressing easier in everyday life. Perfect for classroom or home use.

Why children love it

Children enjoy the satisfying motion of zipping and unzipping, which gives them immediate feedback and success.

Details

• Solid wooden frame with durable fabric and a child-sized zipper
• Supports fine motor practice and self-dressing
• Dimensions: 28.5 x 29.7 cm (11.2 x 11.7 in)

Infant Toddler Dressing Frame: Buckling

This Montessori dressing frame is specially designed for infants and toddlers to practice the everyday skill of opening and closing buckles. It helps little ones strengthen their fingers, improve hand–eye coordination, and build independence through repetition.

Why parents and teachers love it

Parents and Montessori educators value this frame because it allows children to practice a real-life skill in a focused and structured way. It supports concentration, patience, and confidence while preparing children for self-care.

Toddler Nut & Bolt Activity Board – Montessori Fine Motor Tool

The Toddler Nut & Bolt Activity Board is a hands-on wooden material that introduces toddlers to twisting, turning, and problem-solving. Designed with three securely mounted bolts and removable nuts in bright primary colors (red, blue, and yellow), it helps children strengthen hand–eye coordination, dexterity, and concentration.

These blocks give construction a new twist with screw-together shapes that won’t come tumbling down.

Fine Motor Skills: Promotes dexterity, hand/eye coordination, and manipulations.

Problem Solving: Introduces logic, matching, spatial relationships, critical thinking, and an understanding of cause and effect.

Includes 9 basic nuts and bolts in 4 bright colors and shape.

Non-toxic finishes and child safe materials.

7.02 x 2.34 x 7.02 inches

Age: 24+ Months

The hammer bench from the Lifestyle series impresses with its robustness and clear-cut functionality. The color scheme supports the technical character of this extremely popular toy.
•  Age recommendation: 2+ 
•  Material: Wood 
•  Number of Parts: 7 
•  Measurement: 8 x 3.5 x 3.4 inches.

Made in Europe.

 

Hammer Bench – Classic Montessori Material

This timeless Montessori hammer bench is one of the very first materials introduced to toddlers in Montessori classrooms, starting around 18 months. It invites children to practice focus, coordination, and controlled movement. By striking the colorful pegs with the wooden mallet, toddlers strengthen their hand–eye coordination, build fine motor skills, and enjoy the satisfaction of purposeful activity.

Why parents and teachers love it

Parents value the durability and safe design made from solid European wood. Montessori teachers use the hammer bench as a classic Practical Life and motor activity, offering children a productive way to release energy while practicing precision.

Montessori Toddler Exploration Set (1-2 years)

Give your toddler the joy of real movement, discovery, and problem solving with the Montessori Toddler Exploration Set. Specially curated for 1-2 years, this set supports gross motor control, balance, hand-eye coordination, and deeper thinking skills in the second year of life.

Set of 3 Mini Plush Dogs – 3 Colors

This adorable trio of plush dog companions includes three different colors – brown, white, and dark brown. Made of ultra-soft fabric and free from metal parts, each dog has a soft loop for safe hanging. Perfect for strollers, baby gyms, mobiles, or backpacks.