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  • Less is more - an interview with Montessori experts Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike
    Less is more - an interview with Montessori experts Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike
    Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike are internationally recognised Montessori specialists and bestselling authors. They have written books such as "The Montessori Baby", "The Montessori Toddler" and "The Montessori Child". Simone is originally from Australia and lives with her family in Amsterdam. Jun...
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  • Advent calendar made easy: 1 product - 24 Advent days
    Advent calendar made easy: 1 product - 24 Advent days
    When thinking about this year's Advent calendar inspiration, we came up with something very simple and at the same time very special. For adults, the pre-Christmas period is often associated with stress and lots of planning. What suffers as a result is the time spent together, which is actually the ...
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  • To play is to grow: Children growing beyond themselves
    To play is to grow: Children growing beyond themselves
    There are countless options when it comes to furnishing a child's room and everyone has a well-intentioned tip up their sleeve. Tips on colour schemes, organisation systems and which trendy toys should not be missing. You can take many different approaches, but the most relevant and important guide ...
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  • Every little step counts - sustainability in everyday family life
    Every little step counts - sustainability in everyday family life
    What do parenthood and sustainability have in common? Perhaps even more than you might think at first glance, but one thing in particular: they require us to throw our theoretical perfectionism overboard, listen to our intuition and then just do it. And what's the result? Relaxed parents, happy chil...
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  • Learning to speak through play - interview with speech therapist Patricia Pomnitz
    Learning to speak through play - interview with speech therapist Patricia Pomnitz
    It's posts like "Language fun with building blocks" and "How many toys does my child need?" that have caught our attention on Patricia's Instagram channel @sprachgold. The speech therapist and therapy scientist speaks straight from the Grimm's soul. It's only logical that we want to find out more ab...
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  • Classic all-rounder - our large Rainbow
    Classic all-rounder - our large Rainbow
    We have around 600 great products and yet there is one that stands out and is immediately associated with our brand: The large Rainbow. And anyone who thinks you can just take it apart and then put it back together again to make it look nice on the shelf is underestimating it by far. Its versatility...
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  • Not just for kids - How children AND adults benefit from play
    Not just for kids - How children AND adults benefit from play
    Have you ever wondered if you were buying the toys more for the kids or yourself, and then instantly felt a bit embarrassed? The truth is we all have an inner child that deserves our time and nurturing too!
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  • Get some fresh air - 9 ideas for outdoor play
    Get some fresh air - 9 ideas for outdoor play
    Are you coming to play outside? Children not only love playing outside, it's also incredibly good for them. In order to develop in a healthy and balanced way, both physically and mentally, playing and exercising in the fresh air should be part of every child's daily schedule. There are countless way...
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  • Go beyond the frame, little Building World! - Our new items 2024
    Go beyond the frame, little Building World! - Our new items 2024
    People love stories, they fill the world with meaning. We look for them and we find them all around us. For us at GRIMM'S, telling and being told stories is one of the essential components of an imaginative childhood, alongside free play and creative building. And that's why such special stories are...
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  • We celebrate nature: seasonal table made easy
    We celebrate nature: seasonal table made easy
    Some people remember them from their own childhood, others are just getting to know them through their own children: Seasonal tables. They are a small patch of nature in the home that defies the hustle and bustle of everyday life and the fast pace of life and reminds us to pause for a moment every n...
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  • More awareness for people with disabilities - #Lassmalwirsein
    More awareness for people with disabilities - #Lassmalwirsein
    Once a year is World Down Syndrome Day. Always on 21 March, because people with Down's syndrome have the 21st chromosome three times! However, as people with this one extra chromosome are part of our society every day of the year and this should be just as natural as for anyone with one chromosome l...
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  • How to Montessori with GRIMM'S - Play and activity ideas
    How to Montessori with GRIMM'S - Play and activity ideas
    Do you want to support your child with age- and development-appropriate Montessori ideas while keeping an eye on the overflowing toy shelf and your household budget? Then make yourself comfortable with a hot cup of coffee now, because in this magazine article, you will find out how to harmonize all ...
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  • From nagging in the morning to the Montessori method
    From nagging in the morning to the Montessori method
    Alone. No. Away, Mum! The one- and two-word sentences my then one-and-a-half-year-old repeated every morning made me seethe inside. "Why can't we leave the house like normal people?" I thought angrily and without realising it: That's exactly what we were doing. My daughter was behaving like an avera...
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  • Wrapping gifts sustainably: 7 ideas
    Wrapping gifts sustainably: 7 ideas
    A mountain of presents under the Christmas tree is nice, but a mountain of wrapping paper waste at the end of the evening is not necessary! However, because we are of course delighted when our GRIMM'S products end up under your Christmas tree and make children's eyes sparkle, we have collected ideas...
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  • Open-ended play: Our 5 best tips for free play
    Open-ended play: Our 5 best tips for free play
    Open-ended play: what sounds like a trend actually describes nothing less than the actual core and the original idea of children's play. Free play needs no guidelines, no goals, no end. Children have a deep-seated impulse to play and learn for life along the way. And we can easily support them in th...
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  • GRIMM'S X NEON: Colours that make us shine bright
    GRIMM'S X NEON: Colours that make us shine bright
    Neon colours are special colours. They are full of light and they can also make us shine, because colours have a proven influence on our emotions. The idea of natural wooden toys with bright neon accents shows how well the greatest possible contrasts can harmonize with each other and create somethin...
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Elke Grimm