thinkingland imagines and creates tools to encourage play and learning for all ages.  Our work exists at the intersection of play, education, and therapy.  At the present time, we like the lessons cupcakes teach.  Why?  We think they are fun and cute, but they are also great lessons about each of us. 

cupcakes

individual cakes that are both alike and different...like family and friends gathered together to celebrate life and special occasions

Are you inspired by these cupcakes too?  Contact Kyla Easterday by filling out this form if you want to purchase wool felt cupcakes ($65 for box of six with sprinkles for decorating, a stuffed piping bag, and a pretend pot holder), learn more about other thinkingland products, or talk about therapeutic play.

learning experiences

Cupcakes and supplemental props encourage the following key learning experiences:

Sense of Self

- expressing initiative and doing things for one’s self

Social Relations

-Playing and building relationships with others

Creative  representation

- Imitating and pretending

Movement

- Moving with objects

Exploring Objects

- Exploring and noticing how things are the same or different

Space and Quantity

- Experiencing one to one correspondence

- Filling and emptying, putting in and taking out