The original Playskool Institute was founded in 1928 by a former Milwaukee, Wisconsin, school teacher named Lucille King. While working at the John Schroeder Lumber Company, King created various wooden prototypes for educational toys aimed at pre-school and kindergarten-age children. Within two years, the company’s Playskool division had a line of some 40 wooden toys, from an elevated sandbox to a pounding shoemaker’s bench. Educational...Continue Reading