Fine Motor & Manipulatives

18 months & up. Practice counting and number recognition with the Smart Snacks® Number Pops™. Pop the shell over the matching dots to make a match. Match colors, numbers and practice counting while strengthening fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. Includes 10 pops approximately 4.25"H x 2"W.

3 years & up. Fruity pie teaches early number skills and attributes (colors and fruit shapes). Place the sorting cards into the bottom of the pan to provide visual cues that support student success. Top crust becomes a bowl to conveniently hold counters. Jumbo tweezers reinforce fine motor skills. Includes 60 counters (7 fruits in 5 different colors), durable plastic pie (8.75" diameter), removable divider, 3 double-sided sorting cards, 2 jumbo tweezers, and Activity Guide.

3 years & up. Build fine motor skills while developing a multitude of early math skills with this math activity set. Includes mini muffins to match, sort, count and boost color recognition, number and color die, pair of tweezers, 12-double sized sorting circles, muffin tray, 60 mini muffin counters and activity guide.

2 years & up. Build with soft colors of nature, creating organic patterns with friction-fit leaf shapes. Explore symmetry, develop fine motor and spatial skills. Construction activities can be enhanced through light table exploration. A beautiful, subdued, natural color palette and recycled material construction further enhance a child's connection to the natural world. Set includes 10 double-sided activity cards and 96 colorful, interlocking pieces.

5 years & up. Create your own unique marble run with zany-patterned, magnetic foam pieces! This Tumble Trax™ Magnetic Marble Run by Learning Resources will help hone your critical thinking skills and stretch your imagination as you figure out how to line up the pieces in a way that keeps your marbles moving smoothly down to the bottom of your run. Can you make the marble speed up, slow down, stop, or change direction by rearranging the pieces? Follow the activity cards to guide you as… More »

18 months & up. Immerse your little learner in nature with the LEGO® DUPLO® My First Organic Garden (10984) toy. This 43 piece set is packed full of features to help parents spark conversations about what grows in the garden and introduces kids to the idea of an ecosystem. There's plenty for little fingers to explore, including tomato, carrot and watermelon toys, trees, flowers, wildlife and weather bricks. When playtime is over, everything packs away neatly into the LEGO DUPLO brick… More »

3 years & up. Based upon the beauty of coral reefs, organic growth and organic connections, Coral Connections helps children create environments in a toy-based format. Soft, pliable plastic components feature snap fit and ball and joint connections to easily build horizontally, vertically or in web-like mesh. Sea creatures and a treasure chest help children build their own stories and visual and audible narratives as they construct ecosystems and form connections visually and spatially. Can… More »

3 years & up. These brightly colored graphics, numbers, animals, and colorful designs are fun for children to lace. The easy to grip beads are great for promoting fine motor skills, dexterity, and hand-eye coordination. This set also encourages color, shape, and number recognition. Have children make a pattern on their lace or match a similar design. For further learning, have children call out the numbers, patterns, shapes, or colors they see as they lace the bead. These smooth, chunky beads… More »

3 years & up. Children can begin early exploration of physics, STEM lessons, and architectural design using the Unit Block Marble Run 40 piece set. Rubberwood blocks feature drops, bumps and routed paths that allow for multiple building opportunities. Ten double-sided concept cards provide building inspiration for different block arrangements as well as corresponding lessons related to physics theories. Set includes 4 starter acrylic marbles and 36 block pieces scaled to unit block proportions… More »

3 years & up. The wooden lacing shoes increase children's dexterity and persistence. Ideally, use for early shoe-tying practice. The set of 2 shoes allows you to go through the steps with a child while they follow along on their shoe. Measures 5.9"L x 2.4W" x 3.5H".

Ages 2 years & up. Be transported to the ocean with these beautifully tactile stones that reflect the natural treasures children might discover at the seashore! Designed for outdoor learning and investigative play, the stones are robust for lots of outside adventures! Made from a unique stone mix, they are durable enough to be used in water, dirt, mud and clay, and are easily cleaned. Perfect for outdoor discoveries, compare with the real things, make imprints in dough or sand, and make rubbings… More »

2 - 6 years. LEGO® Education Animals is the perfect way to let preschoolers explore the wonderful world of animals. This Early Learning set comes with 91 LEGO® DUPLO® elements, including 40 wild animals, farm animals and pets, plus 4 double-sided building inspiration cards depicting 8 different habitats, to help children learn what animals need to survive and how they differ. A Getting Started card with 5 activity ideas is also included to promote children's 21st century skills, like… More »

4 years & up. Children will have many hours of fun with this exciting Mega Marble Run! The marbles will disappear inside the columns, roll down the assorted chutes, spin through the paddle wheels, and ring the bell on the wiggly chute. Construction set includes: 3 paddle wheels, 3 vortex, a wiggly bell chute, staircase, 180 degree turn, 2-way chute, and other various pieces. Create simple or complex marble runs with the colorful slot-together plastic pieces.

3 years & up. Children can build wild animals or create imaginative creatures using the Snap Block Animals set. Chunky, beechwood blocks lightly painted in natural shades, with a matte finish, are complete with metal snap hardware. Metal snaps hold tight for additional dramatic play opportunities using built block creatures. Set includes 33 blocks and 5 double-sided build cards.

2 years & up. The diversity fastening doll offers children many ways to practice fine motor skills. Through zippers, buttons, snaps, buckles, and shoe laces, children will learn to undress and dress themselves. This doll will also assist students in developing respect for diversity of genders and races. This doll can also help users learn about their community and others around the world. Machine washable. Clothing styles may vary.

With safely rounded corners and a powder-coated finish, this unique weaving frame serves as a creative focal point both indoors and out. Natural items found out doors enhance sensory experiences, fine motor development, and opportunities for patterning, color recognition, math and problem-solving skills. Frame measures 48"W x 36"H.

3 years & up. Squeeze this tool in the middle to open the tweezers and strengthen muscles in little hands and fingers! A perfect picker-upper that also builds the hand strength necessary for good fine-motor skills. Includes 6 tweezers in 6 different colors.

2 years & up. Toddlers will delight in joining the building site team with the action packed LEGO® DUPLO® Town Construction Site playset! Includes 3 construction vehicles and 3 hardworking construction workers. To boost the fun, the cement mixer features flashing lights and a realistic siren. Bring in the boulder with the bulldozer, grab it with the crane and carry it to the chute where in slides down into the cement mixer. Reward the construction workers with pizza for a job well done!… More »

3 years & up. Never has building been so wild than with these colorful and different bricks. Designed to snap together right side up and upside down to create a unique pivoting action. The set contains large and small Flexiblocks®, Flexiwivels, Flexiwheels, axle blocks, Flexilinks, and Flexibears. 373 piece set. Made in the USA.

3 years & up. Preschoolers are sure to enjoy this LEGO® DUPLO® 3-In-1 Tree House! With 3 different scenes, this fun set features countless play possibilities; a 3-story treetop play area with a slide, a cozy tree house and a pretty garden scene. Playset includes a diverse range of characters - a grandma, 4 kids and 3 animals, plus lots of accessories for teaching self-expression, group-play skills and social role-play. Packed with additional accessories, the tree house comes with toy… More »

2 years & up. These beautiful stones offer a tactile and visual way of introducing young children to letter formation. Each stone is carefully engraved to provide important sensory feedback to help young children develop the movements needed for writing each letter. Starting at the green dot, children will enjoy tracing each letter shape with their finger, building important motor-memory skills. Stones are tough enough to be used in sand, water and outdoors, opening up exciting opportunities… More »

18 months & up. Introduce toddlers to colors, shapes and letters with the LEGO® DUPLO® Classic Alphabet Town playset! Features all of the letters of the alphabet, a drivable car, and girl, boy and dog figures. Not only will toddlers start to recognize the alphabet and colors, but they will also get to explore new and interesting shapes. Playset includes 87 pieces. With all bricks lined up, building model measures over 12" H x 20" W x 3" D.

12 months & up. Celebrate diversity in a unique way with this fun set of magnetic people blocks. Encourage children to explore a world of possibilities by building one-of-a-kind characters and modern families. With over 2,000 possible combinations, you can make a unique character by using one block for the head, body, and legs. Up to eight combinations can be made at one time with the magnetic blocks. Twenty-five big cards are included to play five games, starting conversations and creating… More »

3 years & up. This set of three over-sized lacing boards, in three geometric shapes, features plastic translucent centers and plastic tipped laces in assorted colors. The easy-to-grasp lace frames make them great for developing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and sequencing skills. Encourage children to create their own patterns or follow along with the colorful designs inside the box. Use these lacing boards for an alphabet lesson, and afterward have children lace the first letter… More »