Elementary

This strategy guide for early childhood professionals includes hundreds of research-based strategies and tips to strengthen young children's initiative, self-regulation, and attachment/relationships. The strategies incorporate developmentally appropriate teaching practices in five areas related to social and emotional health: Daily Routines; Environment; Caring Connections; Activities and Experiences; Partnerships between Teachers and Families. It takes readers through a simple five-step approach… More »

3 years & up. Reinforce basic concepts and make learning fun with bingo! Create healthy habits and make learning about foods fun with this bingo game using real images of healthy foods and nutrition. Includes images of fruits, vegetables, sweets, drinks, and carbs. Up to 20 players can play with 30 calling cards and tokens included. Ideal for use in both small and large group settings.

4 years & up. Kit includes a pot, germination bag, seeds, a peat disk, instructions, and three plants: tomato, green bean, and sweet basil. All certified organic.

This Watercolor Brush Set is great for inspiring young artists! Make watercolor painting simple and precise with these high-quality brushes made from all-natural, camel hair bristle watercolor brushes with clean lacquered wooden handles and seamless ferrules. This set of brushes promotes fine motor skills, dexterity, creativity, and imagination. With this set, children can create endless masterpieces. These size 9 watercolor brushes come in a set of 36.

3 years & up. Manimo® weighted plush animals provide children with a sensory stimulation and soothing effect. These plush companions were designed to help children remain attentive and focused during their daily activities. Alleviating excess energy while providing deep pressure sensations. The weighted animals are soft and pliable and can be placed either on the child's shoulders, waist, thighs or stomach to stimulate rest and/or concentration. Recommended usage time is 15-20-minutes,… More »

3 years & up. Enhance your science center with this set of 16 natural assorted loose parts. Pieces vary in size, shape, color and texture allowing children to explore them using different senses. See what makes each piece unique by using magnifying glasses and microscopes to get an up close look. Pieces in the set may vary.

4 years & up. Invite children to explore human anatomy with this 24-piece puzzle. The puzzle depicts both internal organs and bones so that children can investigate multiple dimensions of the human body. Human body puzzles provide a holistic learning experience that combines cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development in a fun and engaging way. It also helps children develop critical-thinking skills as they solve the puzzle and fine-motor skills as they put it together. Measures… More »

3 years & up. Transform a standard school chair into a Wobble Chair with specially designed Wiggle Wobble Feet, enabling kids to have an outlet for excess energy while working. Continuous movement results in alleviating anxiety, hyperactivity and boredom, increasing focus. Kids' concentration grows as they rock back, forth and all around because the continuous movement increases blood flow to the brain enabling greater attentiveness. Simple installation - the Wiggle Wobble Feet snap right on… More »

3 years & up. Explore the tools and vocabulary of measurement that are all around us. Learning the broad concepts of measurement, volume, and size will provide your child with a knowledgeable advantage in math. With this kit and the related activities, your child will practice measuring with standard units (feet, inches) and non-standard units (foot, unit cubes). Children will use the language of measurement while developing an understanding of spatial and size relationships. Includes hands-on… More »

4 years & up. Create snow anytime, in any climate with this Realistic Snow Creation Kit for Science Lessons in Any Season! The enchanting snow lasts for weeks, expands up to 100 times its size, is totally reusable, and looks like real snow! Playing with fake snow provides a tactile experience that enhances sensory exploration, helping children engage their sense of touch. Simply stir the powder into water and watch it turn into fluffy, sparkling, shiny snow! Children will learn about color mixing,… More »

3 years and up. Take young children around the world with our Cultural Diversity Paperback Set. The books in this set use real photographs to introduce children to life in other parts of the world. Children will go to markets, see different types of homes, and much more. These books are a great way to encourage children to look beyond their immediate surroundings and become aware of the world's diversity. Also includes a teachers guide with additional activities that can be used throughout the classroom.

2 years & up. Make learning more visual using these wonderful Practice Early Literacy Flash Card Set with Corresponding Pictures. This set includes everything pre-readers need to practice language and literacy skills! Each set includes flashcards to practice the alphabet, phonics, picture words, rhyming, and sight words. Encourage your children to practice these daily, individually or with a partner.

3 - 6 years. This favorite game is ideal for non-readers. The game teaches color recognition and matching while reinforcing the lesson of taking turns and being a gracious winner or loser. Includes 4 gingerbread pawns, gameboard, card deck, and instructions in English and Spanish.

2 years & up. Therapy Play Sand is a combination of play therapy and art therapy. The mosaic pieces offer expressive therapy that works well with children. This Therapy Sand is certified non-toxic This clean, coarse sand has no fine dust particles, is easy to mold when wet and offers a wide range of applications in the class or at home. Made from a specific type of silica-deficient rock.

3 years & up. Discover the wonders of water! This 19-piece Splashology! Water Lab features waves of water-ready activities that introduce aspiring scientists to the concepts of volume, buoyancy, flow, and more with every splish and splash. Kids can dive into seven splash-filled experiments or explore all of the splashes and bubbles of each piece with parental supervision. Ride the waves with the Floaty Boat tray, squirt streams of water with the Splash Syringe, or turn your sink into homemade… More »

5 years & up. Take your children on a journey to the world around them with this set of National Geographic Nonfiction for Young Readers. This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginners reads features the magnificent images of National Geographic. These images are accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. Children will love reading abou subjects such as animals, plants, rocks, and mummies. Encourage your children to write about what they read… More »

4 years & up. Your little scientist will cling to the Very First Magnetic Kit! Kids will explore the power of magnetism by comparing magnetic versus non-magnetic objects. Play magnet games and discover if a magnetic force can travel through water, cardboard, or sides of a glass jar. Includes: Magnetic wand, Giant horseshoe magnet, 2 Plastic-encased block magnet, 3 Ceramic ring magnets, 20 Metal-rimmed counting chips, 10 Magnet marbles, and an Activity booklet.

5 years & up. Write using the world's best pencils! High-quality pencils with a smooth, satin finish to enhance writing comfort while an exclusive graphite core formula provides an extra smooth performance. Crafted with premium wood, these top quality pencils feature latex-free erasers to provide easy, clean corrections without smudging. PMA certified non-toxic. Included: 72 #2 HB Pencils.

3 years & up. This modeling compound is clean, pliable, and air-dries to a firm resiliency in 24 hours! It's soft, lightweight, and extra easy to mold. This container has 2 pounds of white compound. Made in the USA.

2 years & up. This beautifully crafted set of tactile stones is engraved with faces showing 12 common emotions. Children learn about feelings by watching others. Using these emotion stones give children an activity to promote emotional development. These stones include happiness, fear, sadness, surprise, anger, confused, shyness, and more. These stones are durable in sand and water, indoors and out, providing opportunities to explore emotions across different environments. Set of 12 stones measure… More »

3 years & up. A soothing glow makes Pawz a comforting and encouraging companion for mindfulness and calmness. Auto-adjusting lights guide children in breathing patterns or activities. Color and light changes encourage focus and reduce anxiety or stress. Timer can be set for 5, 15 or 30-minute intervals for other learning activities, games or quiet time. Includes activity guide and USB cord for easy recharging. 4"H.

4 - 8 years. Help children grow critical math skills such as adding, subtracting, probability, place values, and time. Included is a full activity guide that will engage hands-on learning. Sets of math manipulatives will make learning easy by providing visuals for abstract math concepts. This kit is perfect for small group or independent learning. Kit includes 1030 pieces and activity guide with included worksheets.

5 years and up. Find what you need before time runs out! In the I Spy Dig In Game, each player gets a card with 6 objects on it and must retrieve them from the bowl before everybody else. Players have 15 seconds to dig for the objects with both hands. After all players have gone, everyone digs at the same time, but they can only use one hand! The first player to find all 6 objects on their card wins the round, and the first player to win 3 rounds wins the game.

4 years & up. High-quality, right- or left-handed scissors have corrosion-resistant stainless steel blades. Assorted colors. Set of 12 scissors. Colors may vary.