Macaroni Kid on Rent the Toychest

We have all been there. Your kids absolutely must have a certain game or toy. They are so excited to tear open the packaging and play for hours with their latest treasure. Then the toy goes into the black hole of toys, like the bottom of the toy box, or to the toy wasteland known as the garage.  All the while, you are shaking your head wondering why you spent so much on a toy with which your kid hardly played.

Former preschool teacher and Puget Sound Area resident, Karen Whittier, has a solution with an added bonus!  Rent the ToyChest allows parents and caregivers to rent toys from two to four weeks through Rent the ToyChest’s online store that rents premium, high quality toys for preschool-aged children (3-5 yrs). Ms.Whittier also personally delivers to your South Snohomish delivery address. AND, these toys are quality, educational and fun!  Board games, Melissa & Doug wooden toys, imaginative play sets,  building sets and more, including Karen’s special Aromatherapytm dough!

These are  toys that will electrify your child’s imagination and foster imaginative play, promote fine and gross motor, sensory, cognitive, and emotional development. Wow! All of that from a toy!  As a preschool teacher with over twenty years of experience, Ms.Whittier is a huge proponent of  play-based learning.  Mr. Rogers, wasn’t just a character on a children’s television show – Fred Rogers was a respected educator who also knew the important of learning through play, with which Ms. Whittier agrees,  “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning,” he said. “But for children, play is serious learning.”

Encouraging learning through play, with thoughtful and purposefully chosen toys and giving caregivers the ability to do so without breaking the bank is what inspired Ms. Whittier to create Rent the ToyChest. Ms. Whittier explains her philosophy about the importance of play-based learning on her website and that it is at home that children begin to learn, with their parents are their children’s first teachers.  Parents and caregivers have the opportunity to choose from a variety of age-appropriate toys to help their children with  many hands-on activities for enriched, play-based, learning opportunities that will create memories to stand the test of time.

How does it work:

1. FIND IT  Look through the ToyChest to find which toy or toys you’d like rent.
2. RESERVE IT  Reserve a date for delivery.  Rent the ToyChest delivers to neighborhoods of the Greater Seattle area & South Snohomish county.
3. PLAY WITH IT  Rent the ToyChest gives three different rental options, choose which rental period works best for your family.
4. RETURN IT  To return, place the toy(s) in the same box they were delivered and Rent the ToyChest picks up on the prearranged day.

You can find more information on how to rent, as well as look through the variety of toys available (make sure to check out the section on themes for enriching play!) on RenttheToyChest.com. Take a look and don’t forget to play today!!