Math

Play is learning! But play in the early years is endangered by the emphasis on push-down academics, mounting parental expectations, and pressures on early childhood teachers to prepare young children for the rigors of kindergarten and beyond. With all of that, gains made by play experiences, including readiness skills and social-emotional development, have fallen away. Young children learn best through play. This book helps educators understand the different types of play and the rich opportunities… More »

3 years & up. These three Math Toolboxes provide engaging, hands-on math experiences that support seven different math skills. Each Toolbox comes with eight interactive cards and the materials necessary to use them. Extended learning activities are suggested as children master the basic skills.

2 years & up. Encourage your children to practice fine motor activities with this exciting Rainbow Color Hexacus™ for Stacking and Building Block Play. With the Hexacus™, children can balance, stack, nest and create a wide variety of patterns and shapes. The 12 hexagonal pieces promote critical thinking, problem solving, and color recognition. The activity guide includes over 100 examples from easy to more complex designs.

3 years & up. Glitter shapes have lots of sparkle on light tables, in windows or used in outdoor play. 7 colors in 3 different shapes, each offer a fun way to understand basic geometry and create patterns or sequences. Shapes also have a small hole to allow threading. Acrylic shapes are approximately 4" each.

Grades 2 - 6. Make learning and teaching place values easy with this set of manipulates. Promotes visual and kinesthetic learning to children as they build and come to an understanding of math concepts. Ideal for use in classrooms and in other learning centers. Includes 100 yellow unit cubes, 10 green ten rods, 10 blue hundred flats, and 1 red thousand block.

Includes three resource books: "Let's Take it Outside!: Teacher-Created Activities for Outdoor Learning", "Learning is in Bloom: Cultivating Outdoor Explorations", and "Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood Education and Nature-Based Learning".

3 years & up. These 4" magnetic numbers are molded from natural rubber foam with a soft textured feel. The safe embedded magnet allow these to stick to whiteboards, refrigerators and other magnetic surfaces. Includes number 0-9.

3 years & up. The ability to recognize and extend a repeating pattern is important for math, but also crucial for early reading (think of spelling patterns!). With this kit and the related activities, your child will learn to identify, create, and extend patterns. These skills lay important foundations for school readiness. Includes hands-on manipulatives, books, and a selection of related activities to optimize the learning experience. Supports parent involvement and early learning through… More »

4 years & up. These playful bunny pets bring early Stem concepts to preschool learning through 100% screen-free coding. Children can code along with their new pets' storybook adventure, and help the hard-working Bopper and spunky Hip & Hop have a playtime they'll never forget! Each storybook coding challenge unfolds in the Coding Critters' fun playset-Can you code Bopper to grab her carrot, pull Hip in her cart, or push Hop on the fun log swing? In addition to following along with the storybook's… More »

4 years & up. Make math hands-on with these manipulative counting cubes! Develop and improve math skills through visualizing grouping, comparisons, graphing, counting, and other functions. Expand users' fine motor skills, motor planning, and hand-eye coordination. Included in the set are 240 cubes, 60 in 4 colors: red, yellow, green, and blue.

4 years & up. Learning doesn't stop at the classroom door! Expand curriculum into the outdoor environment with the Out and About With Math Kit. This kit provides a variety of learning experiences that enable teachers to reinforce curricular concepts in a fun, hands-on way. Children will explore and build number sense and other fundamental skills crucial to math success, as well as number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, understanding sets, and number order. The stackable box provided… More »

2 years & up. Engage your children with this exciting Color Sorting and Matching Ducks with activity cards. Children will love sorting the ducks by color or using the pond cards for a simple patterning game. This activity promotes fine motor skills, color recognition, sequencing, and patterning. Encourage your children to call out the colors of the ducks as they use them. Activity cards range from easy to hard. Includes 10 double sided cards and 24 fabric ducks. Cards wipe clean and ducks are machine washable.

4 years & up. 3" molded foam dice with softly rounded corners. Great for any game or math activity! Set of 2.

2 years & up. This set of six Tongs are great for developing and refining fine motor skills. Children will learn how to control their hand muscles while they grasp, hold, move, and release items. These tongs help develop small hand muscles and finger strength that's needed for handwriting and cutting with scissors. Experimenting and playing with tongs encourage children to explore and investigate, while they develop motor skills and even build nerve connections in the brain. Tongs are 6" long.

PreK - Grade 2. Math takes on a new dimension with these colorful favorites! 168 soft rubber counters include 48 dinosaurs, 36 fruits, 36 vehicles, and 48 farm animals. Farm animals come in two sizes to emphasize relationships. Includes a round sorting tray. Expand the kit with our other counter sets!

6 years & up. Develops logic and spatial perception while kids learn to be tactical. Players take turns placing pieces on their board, each starting from their corner. Each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners! The goal is to get rid of all your pieces. The game ends when all players are blocked from laying down any more of their pieces. Includes one game board with 400 squares, 84 game pieces in four bright translucent colors, and an instruction guide.

4 years & up. Match and learn with this fun twist on classic domino games! Children will strengthen literacy and math skills and will also learn to identify different emotions with this set of dominoes. Perfect for classroom activities or for family engagement. Set includes 3 game tins: Emotions Dominoes Game, Rhyming Words Dominoes, and Ten Frame Dominoes Game. Each game tin includes 28 dominoes.

3 years & up. Placing different objects within the box to retrieve provides a wide range of tactile experiences from basic shape recognition to texture, size, and object discrimination. Chalkboard on one side and a write/wipe board on the other. Hardwood box has permanently attached, soft vinyl flaps at both hand openings. Feely objects are not included. Measures 10.75"L x 7.75"W x 6"H.