Rope is a tool, not a toy… but gosh, it is fun to play with. And if you’ve ever watched a toddler discover a piece of rope, you’ll know exactly why. Kids are drawn to rope because it taps into so many play schemas at once: trajectory (swinging, flicking, throwing), connection (tying, looping, fastening things together), and even transporting (dragging items along). It’s open-ended, it moves in unpredictable ways, and it lets them experiment with cause and effect in a really satisfying, hands-on