I’m so very excited about today’s giveaway AND promotion. That’s right, there’s a discount code and a giveaway today from Mama May i, purveyor of handmade learning toys – yipee! In fact, if you just can’t wait for the end of the post, you can use the code MPMK for 15% off – but do it quick, the code expires October 5, 2012.
Now back to the fun stuff, Mama May i is hands down one of my new favorite shops. Not only are the toys gorgeous and eco-friendly (lots of wood and hand-dyed goodness here), they’re also incredible for open-ended play. The shops’s owner, Jessica, has been creating for as long as she can remember – originally helping her mother with her handmade toy store over 20 years ago. With the birth of Jessica’s children, and all the new little people in her life, she found herself searching for toys that met her educational and design standards.
Inspired by these little explorers, and her understanding of Montessori and Waldorf methodologies, she began making all of her creations with the belief that children make sense of their world through sensing their world. As a result, her handmade learning toys blend the best of developmental psychology and design to offer a unique learning through play experience.
If you’re a regular here then you know these are my kind of toys. So much so, that I just couldn’t resist asking for a few toys for my own little ones to have some fun with. Picking from the shop’s extensive inventory was no small feat (I wanted it all) but I finally settled on three items – the first of which were these If a Tree Falls in the Forest stacking and nesting toys.
As soon as C got his hands on them, he was drawn to their bright colors and graduated sizes. As I watched, he instinctually started sorting, stacking, and ordering. There were so many opportunities for play-based learning with this toy (counting, colors, size, etc.) – I was in heaven. And C was right there with me, building and destroying, lining up and counting for nearly an hour.
Next up was the Colored Cups and Balls Playset. Along with providing more opportunities for color sorting, this one is also great for fine motor development as well as dramatic play (think tools or kitchen utensils).
While we were playing, C made up a game in which we took turns lining up the containers and attempting to scoop all six matching colored balls in without any bouncing out. It’s not quite as easy as it sounds and the game lasted for a good long while.
My last pick was this set of Silkies, which are a collection of six 35″ squares of hand-dyed habotai silk. These are commonly known as “play silks” and you’ll find them in almost all quality preschools and childcare facilities. Both my kids loved playing peek-a-boo and dress up with them at toddler group classes. The large size of the Silkies make them good for so many things – capes, tents, skirts – the dramatic play possibilities are endless. If you’re wondering why there aren’t any photos of these at play, it’s because I’m saving them for C’s upcoming 4th birthday. I’m positive they’ll be a hit.
So have I properly conveyed just how wonderful these toys are? Good! Because here’s your chance to get some of your own. Mama May i is graciously offering up a $100 gift card to one lucky winner and you have 3 chances to enter: visit Mama May i and leave a comment telling us your favorite product and why, like Mama May i’s facebook page and/or become a Mamay May i twitter follower. Remember, your entries aren’t official unless you tell me about them on the rafflecopter below.
One more thing – don’t forget that Mama May i is offering up a 15% discount to all MPMK readers. Just use the code: MPMK.
But don’t wait, it’s only good for 2 weeks (expires Friday, October 5th). Don’t want to shop yet in case you win the gift card? No worries! Jessica has offered to let you apply the gift code towards a prior purchase if you win!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
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I visited the Mama May I site and love the counting acorns…and have long wanted to get my kids some play silks!
The rainbow regatta! My little man is into all things “transportation” – cars, trains and….. boats! So excited to find a new toy site. Thanks!
I love the sensory box and I know my little guy would love the regatta!
The family box for sure!!
I love the Ladybug learning play set!!! But really I’ll take one of everything!!!
Love the story starters & the space matching for big kids and the acrobats & apple lacing tree. Love these ideas
The sensory box and the play silks!
I love the crooked rainbow, great for teaching colors and stacking!
I love the Sensory Box and the Story Starters! Beautiful toys!
This is so great! I love the colored cups and balls because simple, colorful and fun!
i love the family box, the gorgeous silkies and the balance birds. my librarian self is also having a hard time resisting the story starters…. thanks for sharing this new store!
It was so hard to pick just one thing, but I would have to say the family box.
I really like the Rainbow Sorting Eggs. I think my toddler would enjoy them too. The play silks look like they would be tons of fun for her too.
I love the Family Box – love that there are no face and no clothes, just imagination to furnish the details!
Oh my goodness…how I have I never heard of these toys. GORGEOUS. I love them all: the flip mat games, the spool stacking game, the bakery in a box, the sensory bin!! This could be a very dangerous find
Thank you for sharing!!
Pick just ONE thing?! AH, there are so many! I really, really love the Ladybug Learning Play Set. We are working on number recognition right now and this would be great!!
I love the silkies. Great for RIE learning.
Very excited about this site, have been looking for play silks…
Wow!! It is hard to choose!! I think I’d go with the sensory box at this stage-he’s not quite ready for the beautiful rainbow toys just yet, and the tools that go with the box look so lovely and well-made.
For my daughter I would love the silkies rainbow scarf playset. She loves anything she can “wear”. The colors are so beautiful! She also has a great imagination and would invent all sorts of wonderful things to do with these. Ah, what a dream to win that gift card. Her birthday is in two months! Thanks for doing the giveaway
My little man would love!
It was so hard to choose just one item at the Mama May I store…LOL! I have two twin boys that are very curious and love to explore. The Explore With Me Sensory Box is a perfect toy that allows their imaginations to run wild! LOVE IT;)))) Great for teachers to use in a sensory bin, too!!!!
WOW!!!! I think I’m more excited than my kids would ever be!!! This is awesome! Thank you!!!!
Oops! Me kids would absolutely love the family box! My 2 year old would love the in and out aspect of it and my 6 year old would add faces to them! it would be a win-win! I just love the ladybug play set, its just to cute!!!
Those little pots and the crooked Rainbow!! Soooo colorful and cute!!! Love wooden toys
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My girls would love the family box!
I visited the Mama May I site. I love the acorns so much, but my favorite is the color sorting playmat. I’ve been eyeing it for awhile now.
I love everything they have! What a fun shop!
I <3 the count with me set. thanks for this chance to win and introducing me to this shop!
Love the play silks and sensory box, my lil man would love these.
I LOVE the Explore With Me Sensory Box! My little guy would have so much fun playing with that!
the nesting toys, hands down- my youngest loves stacking things right now.
All beautiful products. Love the family in the box and the flip mat-farm.
I love the family box..adorable
I love the cups and balls, and also the little family. My little guy loves to pour and has just begun personifying things – I think he would love both of them!
My favorite would have to be the colored ball and cup set
Love the site! And love My Nurture Box! Great idea!
Thanks,
Debbie in Alaska
My little man would love bag of bags.
Love the matching monsters!
I LOVE the little people rainbow world. So does my little Lucy.
Love the Just Buggy Crayon Wallet my little guy loves to draw!
I’ve been a fan of Mama May I for quite some time!
Love the color sorting playset…and the crayon wallet a really cute, my lil’ artist could really use one of these!
I like the Rainbow Regatta. I know my son would love it!
Definitely the Ladybug Learning Playset for my daughter…she’d adore it!
Don’t know how I can possibly choose a favorite, but I do love the nature scavenger hunt and the Rainbow Regatta. Thanks for the giveaway!
I think my son would love the sorting eggs.
I really like the family box
Love the lacing beads and the crayon wallets
I love the Explore with Me Sensory Box!
I love the family box – my daughter would have so much fun playing with those!
Loved everything!
I love the playsilks. My daughter loves being a dancing princess. This will make her playtime more fun.
I have been looking for toys like this! My son wants nothing to do with the platicy ones he has
the crooked rainbow and gnomes are adorable but I think the play silks would be the favorite – from peek a boo to superhero capes!!!
I love the story starters! Such a cute idea!
My son would love the cups and balls playset and the silkies!
I love the sensory bin. Thanks so much for the introduction to a great site.
The story starters are my favorite!
definitely the sensory colour sorting set! Love so many but this is my fav!
The rainbow is great!
I like the number blocks, we’re working on numbers right now and it has a lot of great colors!
Ok, I visited Mama May, and I’m in love! How do you choose a favorite item? I think I’d start with the Explore With Me Sensory Box. Because I love sensory bins
There are so many to choose from, but I would say the rainbow. My kids would go nuts for these toys!
I like the Welcome Bees because it can be used to teach colors.
The zoo flip mat looks fun and it is portable
The stacking toys look right up my boys’ alley
I love the sensory box. So cool. But I think the Tiny Tickler would be great to get for my littlest.
We have ordered toys from Mama May I before and love them. She has a sorting box kit that is a big favorite around here!
Thanks for the giveaway! I love the crayon wallet!
I love the story starter kit. My kids would play with that for hours! thanks for the chance
These are so cool! Love all of the colors…. Perfect Christmas gift ideas!
I love the ladybug learning set!,
LOVE the Flutterfly Streamers!! — The ring makes it easy for younger kids to hold on to and the streamers give great visual feedback for movement!
I like the colored cups and balls. My kids love doing that type of activity.
So hard to choose! I would choose the silkies for my kids because I’ve been wanting to get them some. I know my girls would choose the bakery in a box because they love to pretend to make food.
Love the lacing beads and lacing friends – reminds me of the things I used when I was a little girl and would love my little girl to love it too!
So many fun things, love the rainbows…
I LOVE the Rainbow Regatta, my little is so obsessed with all things transportation right now and I think he’d just love them.
My little girl would also love the playsilks, at 20 months she is already so into playing with blankets and clothes and things!
My Little People Rainbow World would be the first thing I buy from this amazing shop!
What great products! I really love them all. I love “there once was a crooked rainbow” because of the bright colors and different things you can do with the rainbow and people.
The silkies would definitely be my second choice!
The stacking birds! Hands down, my fave! But I pretty much liked everything else, too!
rainbow regatta! My kids would LOVE to float these in a creek!
I love the family box and the sensory bean bags.
I like the silkies!
Sensory squares – Mila LOVES tags and crinkly sounds. At 7 months, she also loves fabrics, so the silkies are perfect for her to cuddle with, pass from hand to hand and play peek a boo. .
Oh my gosh, so hard to choose! Thanks for sharing this lovely shop with us. I would choose the Fairy Friends set. My son is really into fairies right now!
We have yet to try your products. They look amazing!!!!
We would love to make some additions to our learning labs.
Thank you for developing these wonderful toys for our children.
I visited the website and it was incredibly hard to pick only one item – the colors and textures are to die for. I’m currently making a wishlist for all of the items that I think my kids would love. The two I’m thinking of in particular are the Flip Mat – Farmyard and the Colored Cups and Balls.
I’ve love those if a tree falls in the forrest stacking cups! I think my 3 year old would looooove them!!!
I love the Chick A Dee Playsets! Especially the blue one! What an awesome store.
I love the rainbow acrobats for my little guy who loves to balance things, I want want want a crayon wallet for my preschooler who insists on taking drawing supplies everywhere and my baby girl is g a grab it gadget in her stocking this year for sure!
We took my 2 year old son on his sailing trip, he is obsessed! He would love the Rainbow Regatta. We are trying hard to get him to figure out his colors, great way to match and learn. I also love the colored cups and balls, my little guy loves to working out his fine motor skills.
I love the Silkies because my son has a lovie make out of the cheap princess sash material. I would love to switch him over to one of these!
Sensory Color Sorting Set
I love that the chips are NOT colored, but the words are. It makes it a little bit more difficult to match by looking only at colors and will help my son start recognizing the words!
I love the little welcome bees! So adorable!! Thanks for the chance to win
I love the sensory beanbags! My almost 4-mo. old would love those!
well it was a tough choice because there are so many awesome things but I love the If A Tree Falls In The Forest…
I love the stacking spools. They’re so colorful and a great shape for chubby little hands to grab
My boys love the rainbow regatta sailboats!! So amazing.
I love the GnomeMan’s Land! These look like so much fun to play with that even I want to play with them.
Ohhh man it is REALLY hard to choose….but I suppose my first choice would be the Flip Mat-Farm. That looks like too much fun and imaginative play to pass up! Plus it’s easy to throw it my purse for on the go fun.
LOVE everything!! But think the Shoot for the Rainbow might top the list.
I love the silkies! My daughter loves anything rainbow colored and has a silky or soft texture. I bet she would love those. Everything is so cute- it is hard to choose!
Story starters for my bigger kids for creative writing & Explore with me sensory box for the toddler. There is something for everyone here!
The colored cups and balls are AWESOME!
I love the Family Box! What a great way for kids to express their creativity!
I like the silks (always a hit in our house!) and the rainbow bowl and scoop. My daughter would love to play with the scoop and colored balls in her kitchen. Very cute.
I love everything! what great stuff!! I especially like the colored cups and balls! So cute!!
I love the silk play scarves!
I love the Story Starters! What a great idea!
Too many choices that I love! The sensory bean bags are great! I also think my daughter would LOVE the flip-mat farm!
I like the story starters. What a fun idea!
I like the family box because there are so many ways to use it!
Love all of the beautiful toys. What a great on-line shop! The Silkies are what caught my eye because I know my girls would have a blast with them. I also love the Sensory Color Sorting Playset. Thank you!
Sooo hard to choose, but I really love the Rainbow Village. What a cool take on the usual blocks and toys!
I love everything! … the tiny tickler, balancing birds, if a tree falls in the forest, rainbow sorting bowls, silkies, spools, acrobats…
I love the large play silks. We have small ones and they get lots of play.
The Rainbow Regatta! We love boats in our family!
What cool toys! I heart most things on the site, especially the Rainbow Village. I can totally see my girls playing with something like that!
What beautiful toys!
i love the rainbow village and stacking town and so would my son, but i think our top choice would be the story starters! we’re big story tellers and this would fit beautifully into our daily story telling. thanks so much!
I love the Crayon Wallets. So awesome!
GnomeMan’s Land is adorable!
Oh my gosh its SO HARD to pick a favorite!! I really like the balance birds! I think my son would love them he is always stack and balance things
I love the set of Silkies the best — I can’t even imagine how many ways my kids would use them, seeing what they do with dishcloths and tissues.
LOVE all their products but the Nature Scavenger hunt is my favorite! My twin girlies LOVE to take walks and this would add another element to our daily evening walks! All the things they could discover!
I like the if a tree falls in the forest stackers. My daughter loves stacking things and would love this.
I think my favorites are the Welcome Bees – seriously adorable!
rainbow regatta. so great for baby #1 due in february. thanks so much!
So many great products to choose from! I think I would go with the Little People Rainbow World to help my kiddos learn their colors!
I love the scavenger hunts! My kids would love to carry those and search for things on our walks. I’m so glad to know about this store now!
What amazing toys! Here’s hoping its my lucky day!
I love the sensory box! i have been wanting to do something like that for quite awhile but hadn’t found the right container yet!
What an amazing site, wonderful toys. Definitely sharing with with my friend. Almost wish I was on twitter so I could follow on every level. The Little Detail Playset would be a huge hit at my house. My children never play with any actual toys so the object with this playset would be right up there alley. They are constant surprising me but what they create, crayons are never just for drawing, they are rocket ships and fences I cant wait to see what happen when they get they’re hand on this. Also I can tell our old memory game is starting to lose it’s appeal so this would be an exciting way to play new games. Plus it’s so beautifully made.
I am loving the cute, seasonal counting acorns!!
I love the Sight & Sounds Cards and the Little People Rainbow World! Omg I love everything on here!
I love the bright colors of all the toys. It will keep my twins entertained and loving the play that they get to experience with these. Love the thought and care it takes to create each piece!
I think I’m in ♥ with this website! I have a 3 1/2 yr old with special needs and there are SO MANY endless possibilities of toys that could help him! I think I would choose the Little People Rainbow World because I’m working on teaching him to say his colors right now and he’s having difficulties with it. It would be WONDERFUL if I won this for his upcoming 4th birthday! I am starting my new website soon and looking for Mom’s who are inventors and I will add hers to my list! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!
It’s so hard to choose a favorite, but I love the Sensory Color Sorting Playset because it seems like a great, fun learning tool! And cute, too!!
I visited that Mama May site, and I love the Ladybug Learning set, such a great way to learn both colors and numbers, and I like the idea of assembling it with a child. Thanks for the giveaway.
So much fun! It is hard to pick, but I would love the different rainbow sets.
I love those stacking and nesting cups, my daughter would LOVE those!
Choices, choices. I like colored cups and balls, sensory color sorting, and shoot for the rainbow.
Oh, I love those balance balls! What a great idea. We opened up a t-ball set from my son’s aunt a couple weeks ago, and the best part was balancing the ball on the tee!
Would love the colored cups and balls set, looks great for fine motor skills and color sorting!
I love the sensory box. Something that’s been on my wish list for a while & this one is beautiful.
Oh, mama! LOVE this new find. The rainbow regatta is looking like a great gift for my little water loving almost 3 year old’s b-day and bakery in a box is another one I love.
Oh WOW!!! The play silks are amazing and also the bakery in a box! It’s so hard to pick just one, all of these are wonderful!
I know my daughter would love the Colored Cups and Balls Playset. She already mimics us in the kitchen, and pouring is one of her favorite activities. All of the Mama May i products look phenomenal, thank you for the opportunity!
I love the cups and balls, as well as the stacking acrobat guys!
My kids would love everything featured here, plus the balance balls and balance birds. What a cool store!
I LOVE the counting acorns and if a tree falls in the forest. My daughter and I have been out trying to find acorns for the past week and counting is something I’m really trying to work with her on right now. All the toys look wonderful though. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the family box with the little colored sleep sacks for each wooden family member, and the silkies. Beautiful toys!
ohmygoodness , I love it all! I especially know my daughter would ADORE the family box! We are making her a little dollhouse for her birthday & these would be perfect for it!
What an amazing store! I’m so glad you introduced me to it. I work at an art museum teaching classes for toddlers and preschoolers, and I want to use everything from the Mama May i store. One standout favorite–Gnomeman Land. I love the colors!
Wow! such neat stuff! My daughter would love the coins and cubes!
wow, whats NOT to love in this store?? i adore the Silkies, the Crooked Rainbow set, and all the wooden Make a Match games. my kids would absolutely go nuts with these toys – thanks for sharing this shop!
I visited the site and I love the Little People Rainbow World! So cute!
There are so many great things on their website!! But I really like the Silkies. I think my kids would enjoy playing with those.
I love the sensory box!!
I love the crooked rainbow and the silkies. Beautiful shop.
I love the “There Once Was Crooked Rainbow” set! Cheerful, colorful, and open-ended!
I love the homemade toy idea, it inspires me to see what I could create.
I am in love wirh the story starters! It’s an awesome way to encourage creativity, especially for little ones who might need a little help.
This store is amazing! My kids would LOVE the family box.
I love the There Once Was a Crooked Rainbow toy because it is both pretty and looks great for creative play!
What a fun shop!! So glad you introduced me
I love all of the toys but the shoot for the stars rainbow is especially cute!
How does one choose *one* favorite? So many beautiful, creative toys! I love the Fairy Friends set; such bright colors, and the little mushrooms are darling. I also think the Explore with Me Sensory Box is a great tool – so much more attractive than the plastic bin and empty food containers I currently use!
Playsilks are on my list of Christmas gifts to buy. What a great shop, I’ve never seen them before this.
I would love some toys from here!
Love the sensory beanbags. So colorful, stimulate so many senses, and seem like they’d be a great, quality toy for a large variety of ages.
I love the Balance Birds! So pretty they could be used as art around the house after we were done conquering the balance skill with them.
I liked the Mama May facebook page… this could be dangerous! I just LOVE the gnomemans land set. Gorgeous and yummy
Oh my goodness. How to pick just one??? Counting acorns are adorable and the Chick a Dee sets. Love them!
The rainbow regatta is fabulous! I love the gnomeman’s land as well. Can I have one of everything?
What an awesome giveaway! I love the color sorting bowls and buckets and the rainbow village (and..everything else!)
I love them all, so picking one is hard. This set of stacking acrobats is awesome, and at a really reasonable price! http://www.mamamayishop.com/collections/pre-school/products/handmade-wooden-stacking-acrobats
I love the Explore – Nature Scavenger Hunt. I love the idea of something to help encourage my son to explore the world around him.
I love the family box and the colored cups & balls… so much fun!
I love the stack a spool set! I have been looking for some good spools for the children in my class, and these are great! (And if I get these spools, I may be forced to get the color sorting bowls in order to have something to sort the spools in!)
Awesome website! Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite product is the large silkies.
I’ve bought from Mama May I a couple of times and we love the tiny tickler and the flip mat – transportation. The flip mat stays in the diaper bag now for a fun restaurant toy!
I like the “Shoot for the Rainbow” toy because it’s good for construction, color and size learning, and you can play a game with it. I see this as a great toy for a good range of ages and good for both girls and boys.
I LOVE the sensory color sorting playset. I have never seen anything like it. It would be a great quiet activity and one that teaches sorting of both colors and objects.
I love the Explore with Me Sensory Box!!! So cool
I love the family box! I can see my 3yo spending hours dressing and undressing the family. I love the size difference of each “person.”
So much goodness here, but I am drawn to the cubes and coins. My two year old is crazy for this kind of activity right now. Thanks for the chance to win!
Wow, these are amazing!
Ooops, forgot to say which is my favorite… I think it’s the little people rainbow world. I see endless possibilities for play in this type of colorful toy.
I love the family box. So cute!
I visited the Mama May I site – amazing and beautiful – thank you for sharing! love the buckets and counting apples.
Ohh! hard to decide! I love the sensory color sorting playset and the ladybug counting set and colored cups and balls….oh dear.
I love the colored cups and balls playset. Thanks for sharing the site, never had heard of them before.
Forgot to say why, goes along very montessori ideas which we love around here.
Okay, it was VERY hard choosing just one! I like the sensory box and I know my son would, as well!
and why, you ask?? Oops, I forgot
My son just adores new sights, touches, sounds, etc. I know he would have so much fun learning with it!
Hands down, it is the silkies! I have a 2 year old with a sensory problem. He headbangs and has somewhat erratic behavior and the silks is something I’ve read is really great for imaginative play. I’ve been dying to get some to try with him! I’ve also got an (almost) 6 month old that would enjoy playing with them as well. I would REALLY love to win this to get some!
The colored cups and balls look like they would be fun and educational. I know my kids would love them!
I like the balancing birds!
I love all of the bright colors and quality materials. I have been dyeing the sensory beanbags for my 7 month old.
I love the bucket of silkies. Open ended toys like this are the best! I also love all the wood toys! Down with plastic!
I love the tiny tickler! It’s such a sweet and simple toy
What a cool website full of toy ideas. Love it.
Silkies are my favorite!
I love the Colored Cups and Balls playset, because I can imagine so many ways my boys would play with it, and how they would gain from it – colors, sorting, counting, fine motor skills…
I love the Silkies!!!
Such a fun giveaway! Thanks!
I love the sensory box!
Such adorable toys. I love the colors.
I visited mama may i and i love the Colored Cups and Balls Playset. The colors are vibrant and the shapes are fun for little hands.
I like mama may i on facebook.
I love the ladybug learning play set so colorful and a great counting tool for my daughter.
I love the Shoot for the Rainbow!
The play silks and sensory box are awesome, my daughter would love them!
Loving the Shoot for the Rainbow!
I love the family box– I can easily picture my 1- and 3-year-olds playing side-by-side with it!
I love the Shoot for the Rainbow toy! It’s beautiful and offers so many creative opportunities!
Colored cups and balls play set. My daughter loves exploring by taking things out and putting things back in.
I love the story starter blocks. The family box is pretty cool too.
Hmm, not sure! Maybe the stacking eggs. I think my 1 year old would love them!
Love the Shoot For The Rainbow! My little dude loves rainbows and we’ve actually been considering buying a similar product by another company. Love that this one has matching balls to expand upon the play!
LOVE supporting a momma’s business, and i love the acorns!! SUPER cute!!
Love the ladybug learning playset!
I “liked” them on fb and my favorite product….idk! There are so many I love!!!! (I do like the matching game w/ what looks like monsters on them? My son would LOVE that, lol!!!
I love the Rainbow Regatta but I know my son would love the colored cups and balls.
I love the explore with me sensory box. It is a great tool for sensory exploration. What is nice about it are the tools and it is perfect for one student. A lot of my problems in my classroom with the sensory table is having too many children and the children become too excited and it defeats the purpose of a calming activity.
These are beautiful toys!
This was not my first visit to Mama May I. My kids love the rainbow sorting toy with the scoop and the sensory box, “Explore With Me.” I have my eyes on the Bakery in a Box for the holiday season.
These are great! I love the Family Box!
I love the Rainbow Regatta. They look beautifully made.
I’ve purchased once from Mama May I and yes their craft toys are brilliant. I do love all their products really… but having to pick one now… hmm… I’ll pick the “Explore With Me Sensory Box”. It is so Montessori philosophy in it, helps child develop coordination skills with the variety of scoopers and jars. And the fun thing with it is the so many kinds of things that can go with the sensory box- rice, peas, paper shreds, beads, strings, cheerios, colored sand… so many varieties that you can never run into boredom! I am sure all little ones (and big ones too~) will love spending time concentrating on exploring with this kit.
The colored cups look like something my daughter would love.
Wow! Thank you for introducing this site! I will definitely be ordering! My favorite would be the Family Box! My daughter would love it!
The sensory box looks like lots of fun.
I already have a bunch of items from Mama May I which are all awesome. I love the new fairy playset, but my little girl has a few years to go until she will be able to play with the small parts. There are already several other items on my list for Christmas and Easter though!!
Wait…. I have to pick ONE???
Any of the counting sets in the pre-school section AND the stack a spool!
I am in LOVE with the Balance Birds play set, I love that there is so much color to these toys!!!!
The crooked rainbow! My daughter loves rainbows and this set is amazing!
I also love, love, love the scarves… I know my son would too!
The balance balls look like great fun!
I love the bag of bags in the baby section! Working as an infant teacher at a daycare I can see the children exploring these and enjoying the beautiful colors and diverse textures
I love the family box although all of their toys are pretty awesome
I like the Little Details Playset, because they remind me of one of my favorite games I had as a child that was very similar. How I loved stacking all of the strange shaped pieces!
I like the building toys.
There Once Was a Crooked Rainbow is something I know my granddaughter would enjoy playing with.
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Hard to chose, but I think my favorite is the shoot for the rainbow kit!!
Love the balance birds and flutter fly ribbons
I like the explore with me sensory box
Ok, so I’m a new mom as of 3 months ago and I’m still discovering the world of baby/toddler toys …. and can I just say I fell in LOVE with Mama May I. Oh my gosh, I wish I owned the store. So I can’t say which my boy likes the most, since it’s all new to us at this point, but I’m looking forward to trying some out and seeing which is his favorite.
so it’s more inconvenient to get things from the States, so my little guy will have to wait till our next trip back to the US to try out these awesome toys. But I can’t wait.
I love the discovery that comes along with every toy. I’m a very creative person myself so it’s important to me to see my kids engaging their imagination and creativity as they play and learn. I love the sensory bin – I can just imagine the endless possibilities. Although for my little guy at this stage he would like the fidgets – bright colors and textures. He loves grabbing and holding material objects (not toys yet).
Unfortunately I am living overseas right now
I would love the Stack a Spool for Toddlers. My daughter is loving to stack things right now!
I visited the Mama May I site and I love the play silks. There are infinite uses in imaginary play. They can be a cape, a river, a flag, a skirt, a babydoll sling.
I love the color sorting bowls!
Oh my gosh I seriously love all of the products! I could never choose just one fave!
Gorgeous! Makes me wanna just get busy playing with them.I have no idea what we’d choose–I’d consult the little guys for that!
I love the color sorting, baking box and color match! Such cute and vibrant colors! How inviting!
Play silks, play silks, PLAY SILKS!!
Make a Match Nature could be used in our family often!
Definitely the play silks for our house! There are so many forts and tents being built with lots of knights and superheroes running around. The play silks would be amazing.
Beautiful items! I love the attention to details, especially in the Fairy Friends Set and the Ladybug Learning Play Set…and more, hard to choose just one!!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Christine W.
Their toys are great …I love their Rainbow Regatta!
Love these – they would be great for my toddler!
The toys are great I would get my son the explore with me sensory box and for my daughter I would get some play silks or the clothes pin color match.
I visited the Mama May I site and I love the Ladybug Learning Playset. My toddler is working on colors and numbers, so I love that this set includes “learning” about the two through play. Plus it is really cute.
Oh, man. There are too many great things to choose from! I think my daughter would get a kick out of the colored cups and balls playset.
I love them all, but my favorite is the play silks!
So hard to choose! I think my daughter would love all of them!
I truly love everything – but if I had to choose, it would be the colored cups and balls playset. I’ve had three girls up till now – and it has been easy to find toys to develop their interests – however, my little one is a boy and right now he is so interested in putting things into something – taking them out -and then starting all over. He is definitely a hands-on learner and he can occupy himself HAPPILY doing this sort of thing for quite a while. He would absolutely love this (and, truthfully, all of their wonderful toys).
Thanks for sharing!
Sumayyah
I’ve had my eye on the crooked little rainbow! I could see my kids playing with it in SO many different ways!
I really love all of these toys, they are wonderful! After looking around the website I must say my favorite toy is the colored cups and balls set. I am a 12-24 month old teacher at a daycare and I love any toy I can use with my students to develop their motor skills. The students also love the challenge!
I would love any of these toys for my classroom!
The sensory box is beautiful! I also know that it’s something my children would adore! Thanks.
love the stacking and nesting toys!
I am a toddler teacher and this is exactly what I want in my classroom!!
Liked Mama May I’s Facebook page!
I love the acrobats…they are something I have never seen and can think of several ways my son & daycare kids would play with them. The colors are wonderful.
Oh my word, Mama May I’s toys are stunning! I need the rainbow village…. I mean, my 15 month old needs it. Gorgeous!
I love the family box and the lacing beads. Awesome store!
love the family box for my preschooler.
I love the counting acorns!
Love it all! Especially the silkies or flutterfly streamers for my girl and the make a match coins for my son.
The silkies are beautiful, and I love the family box.
I love the bakery set–probably because we just gave my daughter a kitchen for her birthday.
I can’t pick just one…love them ALL! But, since my daughter’s favorite activity is sticking things inside other things, I guess I’d have to pick the colored cups and balls. She would adore it!
I visited the site and I like the family box set. My daughter would have so much fun putting them all to bed.
I like the Rainbow Regatta because my kids would love the colors and it would be people to play with.
These toys are so neat.
flutterfly streamers. because i can see my kids running around with these and squealing!
I love the rainbow ring crayons. Those would be perfect or my one year old!
I love the silkies because I feel like they would last FOREVER! I feel like my 6 month old would like them now for sensory reasons and peakaboo and the shed still like them in years or tents/dress up!
These are amazing products (I’ve never seen this website before). That farm flip-mat would be a HUGE hit in our home.
The family box is exactly ehatnove been looking for for my three year old!
The rainbow forest & ladybug playset!
I love the Nature Scavenger Hunt, Ive been meaning to do that for ages.
So many amazing things on that site, thank you for introducing me to the world of Mama May!
I came across your shop through pinterest, your stuff is adorable!
Love the story starters kit – so many different ways to use it, great for lots of ages, and very portable!
The silkies – my daughter would LOVE these!
The sensory box and family box look really cool.
I love the family box! We would have such a great time!
I visited Mama May i, but have to say I have coveted her toys for a long time now. It is very hard to choose just one, but today I am feeling the Silkies. Children love them and the bright colors are lovely.
Hard to choose…I think the playsilks are my favorite. They’d be so fun for so many ages.
I love the silkies and the story starters.
I love the colored cups and balls, but I can’t pick a favorite. There are so many great things there! Thanks!
I’ve always LOVED Mama May I’s toys! I especially love the sensory coloring sorting kit in her shop. I would LOVE to have that. My son would also love the Tree stacking cups.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/89009593/sensory-color-sorting-playset-montessori?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=sensory&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all
The sort apples, but there are so many great items
I love the sensory bean bags and the silkies – my daughter has two play silks that she loves and she’s only 15 months. I’m excited to see her use them more as she gets older!
I love the family in a box and the rainbow regatta! They are both totally awesome toys I’m certain my little boys would love. Thanks for introducing me to this store!
My son loves the colored cups and balls!
Counting bowls, filled with adorable counting acorns!
My boys would love the sensory box!
What beautiful products! My favorite is: http://www.mamamayishop.com/products/ladybug-learning-play-set
I absolutely love the family box and can see my toddler and I dressing the little wood people together while I’m nursing our soon to come newborn! But there are so many wonderful toys its hard to choose!
I love the Make a Match sets and the nursery number art!
If A Tree Falls In the Forest Set is my FAV! My son would love it because he loves to stack and sort!
I visited the Mama May I website and liked on facebook- we love the sensory color sorting playset- looks like fun!!
The sensory box looks awesome! If A Tree Falls in the Forest always looks amazing, what neat toys!
Amazing products. Can’t decide if my fav is the cups/balls set or the sensory box. Both would be right up my kiddos’ alley. Love em!
I love the handmade sensory color sorting playset. It’s one of those purchases that has many purposes!
If I had to choose – which I loathe doing – they all look wonderful for my 3yo and 7mo old I’d say the Sight & Sound Cards or the Shoot for the Rainbow set OR Colored Cups & Balls.
I love the idea and the design of the toys. It’s very functional and suitable for kids. Also the color is so lovely and the most important is educational toys. Love it!
I would just love to have the sensory box for both of my girls. They would love it!!! And some of the sorting toys to go in it!!
I love the colored cups and balls playset… and so would my son and daughter!
I love the flutterfly streamers! Perfect for outdoor princesses and dancers alike.
I like the rainbow regatta and the crayon wallets which would go great with my daughter’s purses!
Love the Gnoneman’s Land and the acrobats, but seriously, I could buy it all! So cute!
Love the sensory box and all the and stacking sets!
That should say all the sorting and stacking sets! I love how open ended they are and how they are colorful, fun, and educational.
I love the chickadee playset in blue and the sensory box!!
Love the my little nursery box at Mama Mays! Perfect for tiny learning hands! I have a 22 month old baby boy who is now learning what his nose is really for and every time he sees a flower, real or fake he smells it. This is such a clever way to teach about nature, colors & coordination but what I really love is that it also teaches gentleness. Something else we are currently learning
The colored cups and balls look great. My lo loves pouring things these days
Make a Match Toddler Zoo= we love matching, and animals!
the rainbow people
Love all the different unique learning toys. Would love to use them for my 1 yr old and 4 yr old.