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Learning Tree Toys, Books & Games is an Oklahoma City toy store that has brought joy to kids and helped families find developmentally appropriate toys since 1985. Meet co-owner Patti Tepper-Rasmussen in the newest episode of Oklahoma Originals. 🧸🎲📚
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What if a toy store was designed around how kids actually learn and grow, not just whatever happens to be popular on TV? That’s the idea behind Learning Tree (@learningtree.okc), a locally owned Oklahoma City business.

Patti opened Learning Tree in 1985 with her business partner, Kathy Carey. The two ran the store together for 18 years, until Kathy’s passing, and Patti has continued to run the store as sole owner for the past 23 years. What began with toys from 25 companies has grown into a 2,800-square-foot store featuring products from more than 450 manufacturers around the world. Patti and her team choose every toy, book, and game based on developmental milestones rather than commercial trends, so families can find something that sparks creativity, curiosity, and problem-solving. The store is organized by age and stage, and it carries games and puzzles for all ages, because play shouldn’t have an expiration date.

Watch to hear how Learning Tree grew from a small toy shop into an Oklahoma City institution.

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Credits:
Filmed & Produced by: Ben Ehrlich
Music: “If I Didn’t Have You” by Sugar Free Allstars

As always, special thanks to our friends at Oklahoma’s Credit Union (@oklahomascreditunion)

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