MY MEDIUM SET
Superb gift choice
Simple, Natural Play That Grows With Your Child
Support your child's natural curiosity, creativity, and sensory development with My Medium Set — thoughtfully designed to spark open-ended exploration at every stage of early learning.
Crafted from eco-conscious materials and carefully selected for real-life, real-play moments, this 12-piece set invites babies, toddlers, and preschoolers to imagine, discover, and create—without flashing lights or noisy distractions.
🧠 Why Parents Love It:
✅ Designed to grow with your child — from baby to preschooler
✅ Encourages independent, calm, focused play
✅ Builds fine motor skills, sensory awareness, and creativity
✅ Crafted from natural, non-toxic materials
✅ Includes FREE educator-written Play Guide (valued at $19!)
✅ Easy to clean, easy to love — comes in a cotton or organza drawstring bag
🎁 What’s Included in the 12-Piece Medium Set:
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Wooden Ring – For grasping, mouthing, rolling
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Pom-Pom – Soft, tactile sensory fun
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Mini Tin – For filling, emptying, and sound discovery
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Wooden Peg – Fine motor skill practice
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Doilie – Textural contrast and creative play
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Stainless Steel Pebble – Reflective and fascinating
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Wicker Ring – Lightweight for sensory and motor exploration
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Wooden Star – Symbolic play and early storytelling
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Wooden Egg – Rolling, transferring, balancing
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Golden Bowl – Reflection, nesting, and filling fun
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Stainless Steel Cup – Nesting, sorting, scooping
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Wooden Figurine – Early imaginative and pretend play
(Occasionally, similar size/shape/value items may be substituted based on availability.)
📚 FREE Bonus: Digital Play Guide (Valued at $19)
Your Heuristic Play Medium Set now includes instant access to our exclusive Heuristic Play Made Easy: Play More, Stress Less digital guide.
Written by a fully registered early childhood teacher, it’s packed with:
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50 play ideas tailored to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers
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Conversation starters to ignite imagination
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Praise phrases to build confidence
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Real-life setup tips for stress-free play
💬 What Parents Are Saying:
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"I love how simple and beautiful these items are — and yet my toddler plays with them longer than any noisy toy! Plus the guide made it so easy to get started. Thank you ProjectPlay!"
🌿 Designed for Real Life
✔️ Eco-conscious and baby-safe materials
✔️ Cotton storage bag for easy portability
✔️ Ideal for playdates, visits, or quiet time at home
✔️ Supports New Zealand’s Early Childhood Curriculum
✔️ Perfect for gifts, milestones, or everyday play
Please take the time to read our Terms and Conditions around safe play
ABOUT HEURISTIC PLAY
What is heuristic play?
Heuristic play is an established early childhood approach that gives babies and young children safe, interesting objects to explore freely and in their own way.
Think bowls, rings, fabric, tins and wooden objects — things with different shapes, textures, weights and sounds to grasp, shake, roll, bang, fill, empty and discover.
There are no instructions and no one “right” way to play. The little person leads the way.
What are the benefits of heuristic play?
Heuristic play gives little people the freedom to explore, experiment and figure things out for themselves.
As they handle different objects, children can investigate texture, weight, sound, movement, shape, cause and effect, and how things fit together — while making their own choices about what to explore and how.
Most importantly, there’s no end result they’re trying to achieve. The exploring is the learning.
What age is heuristic play for?
Heuristic play can begin in babyhood and change as your child grows.
A baby might grasp, mouth, shake and drop an object. Later, they may start filling and emptying, stacking, carrying, combining objects and experimenting with what fits where.
Always follow the age and safety information provided with your ProjectPlay collection and supervise play.
Do I need to show my child how to play?
No — and that’s part of the beauty of heuristic play.
Offer a few interesting objects, stay nearby and see what catches their attention. You don’t need to demonstrate what everything is “for” or continually come up with ways to entertain them.
Give them time to explore and let little people lead the way.
PROJECTPLAY PRODUCTS
What’s the difference between The Treasure Tray and The Treasure Bag?
The Treasure Tray is our fuller heuristic play collection, with a wider variety of objects, materials, textures and ways to explore.
The Treasure Bag is a smaller collection — ideal for gifting, taking with you or simply starting small.
Both are thoughtfully created around the same idea: interesting objects, open-ended exploration and plenty of room for curiosity.
Which one should I choose?
Choose The Treasure Tray if you’re looking for the full ProjectPlay heuristic play experience and a larger variety of objects to explore.
Choose The Treasure Bag if you’d like a smaller collection, an easy introduction to heuristic play or a beautiful gift.
There’s no “better” option — just two different ways to bring heuristic play home.
Are ProjectPlay products safe for babies and toddlers?
Safety is considered throughout the selection and development of every ProjectPlay collection, including the materials, construction, size and intended age of individual pieces.
How do I clean them?
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Wood & metal: Wipe with a 1:10 vinegar:water mix, rinse, and air-dry in sunlight. .
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Fabric pieces: Hand-wash in mild, unscented detergent, rinse thoroughly, and line dry in the sun.
ABOUT PROJECTPLAY
Who is behind ProjectPlay?
ProjectPlay was created by Angela, a qualified and fully registered Early Childhood Teacher with more than 15 years’ experience working with babies, young children and their families.
It brings together years of early childhood experience, thoughtfully chosen play products and one pretty simple belief: little people are incredibly capable when we give them the time, space and opportunity to explore.
What is the ProjectPlay Little Library?
The ProjectPlay Little Library is a growing collection of bite-sized, teacher-created guides about play, child development and everyday life with little people.
Drawing on 15+ years of teaching experience and current research, they make big early childhood ideas easier to understand and useful in everyday life.
Do you supply early childhood centres or offer wholesale?
Yes. ProjectPlay works with parents, early childhood services, home-based educators and retailers throughout New Zealand.
For ECE, bulk or wholesale enquiries, get in touch at projectplaynz@gmail.com and tell us a little about what you’re looking for.
Where do you ship?
ProjectPlay is based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, and ships throughout NZ and Australia.
Current shipping options and costs are shown at checkout.
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