Language Skills

Birth & up. Encourage your children to expand their imagination with these diverse, friendly companions. The Cuddly Playdate Friends promote fine motor skills, social-emotional development, and dramatic play. These friends are a perfect addition to any interactive storytime. Each soft, huggable doll comes with their own little animal friend, a removable two-piece outfit, and shoes. The material is washable and dryable on low heat. For an extra activity have children point out the color of the… More »

2 years & up. This set of stones will help children express their emotions when they cannot find the words to do so. Choosing an image that represents their emotion will enable them to explore how they are feeling, what triggered their response and how it can be managed constructively. Being able to do so will encourage healthy self-regulation, support children's development and their engagement with others. Size approximately 1.75".

2 years & up. A complete assortment for toddlers to learn alphabet, shapes, colors, counting, and more. Children will develop skills with number, alphabet, and shape identification, 1 to 1 correspondence, vocabulary, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, matching, and sorting. Includes 59 items and a guide.

6 months & up. Infants and toddlers love imitating, and this smart phone has fun buttons to push and slide, just like a real phone. Lights and sounds offer lots of learning fun with music, colors, numbers and letters. Promotes pretend play, fine motor and early language skills. Batteries included. Assorted colors include grey, blue and pink.

Birth & up. Five plastic sleeves that fit 4 x 6 pictures, a great way to show family photos for early recognition and separation anxiety. Can also be used to include pictures of classroom activities, social emotional lessons, colors, animals, etc. Surface wash only. 8"L x 6"W x 1.5"D.

6 months & up. Infants and toddlers love imitating, and this smart watch is jumbo size for little hands. Watch has a dial to spin, a soft band to grip, and buttons to push. Lights and sounds offer lots of learning fun with music, colors, numbers and letters. Promotes pretend play, fine motor and early language skills. Batteries included.

1 year & up. Infants and toddlers love imitating, and this kit includes some of the latest child technology to pretend with and learn from. Watch, phone and tablet have lights and sounds with lots of extras in music, colors, numbers and letters. Promotes fine motor and early language skills. Batteries included. Includes 3 pieces. Colors of play devices will vary between pink, blue, green, and grey.

2 years & up. Crafted from long-lasting sustainably sourced rubber wood and non-toxic paints, these double-sided tiles make early language learning a fun and tactile experience. You will find uppercase letters on one side with an object on the other that begins with the corresponding letter. Encourage letter recognition and early phonics. Tiles measure 2" x 2".

1 year & up. Infants and toddlers love imitating, and this smart tablet looks just like the real thing. 3 levels of play for children to explore, pretend and play. Multi-color lights flash along with music. Lots of learning fun with music, colors, numbers and letters. Promotes pretend play, fine motor and early language skills. Batteries included. Assorted colors include grey, blue, gold and pink.

2 years & up. Garden themed foam pegboard comes with 27 flower and bug pegs of different lengths. Stack a butterfly, dragonfly, ladybug or bee on a favorite flower for fine motor and hand-eye coordination practice. Perfect for sorting and patterning, colors are represented in easy to count groups of 3 and 5.

2 years & up. Rubberwood puzzle pieces are easy to grasp and fit together while learning early counting and colors. Each piece is numbered on one side and has the number spelled in English and Spanish on the other side. Completed puzzle is approximately 10" and comes with a wooden storage tray for easy clean-up. Includes 15 pieces.

2 years & up. Chunky Eco-friendly rubberwood puzzle pieces are numbered 1 through 10 to practice early counting and color skills. Completed puzzle is approximately 6" and comes with a wooden tray for easy clean-up and storage. Includes 10 pieces.

18 months & up. Toddlers build gross motor, shape recognition, and early language skills with this matching game. Place a learning card in the pretend camera and hide matching cards for children to find. Includes clicking pretend camera, 20 large cards, 20 small cards and guide. Includes 46 pieces.

6 months & up. Mirari® means wonder, and these special Mirari® toys are sure to encourage discovery and play! Each of these toys offers different, stimulating, learning activities. This unique set of keys offers stimulating textures, eye-catching light-up buttons, and animal sounds that match the keys. Learn 3 animal sounds. Included are 3 replaceable LR44 batteries that power the lights and sounds behind the buttons. Individual keys measure 3.6"L. This special phone works just… More »

2 years & up. Bright, chunky puzzle pieces help teach children their colors with English words on one side and Spanish on the other. 6-piece puzzle is made of Eco-friendly rubberwood and store in their own wooden tray. Pieces range from approximately 1 1/2" - 4". Includes 6 pieces.

2 years & up. Bright, chunky puzzle pieces help teach children their colors with English words on one side and Spanish on the other. 6-piece puzzle is made of Eco-friendly rubberwood and store in their own wooden tray. Pieces range from approximately 1 1/2" - 4". Includes 6 pieces.

2 years & up. A playful way to practice fine motor skills and letter learning. Eco-friendly rubberwood animal shapes for each letter of the alphabet fit together to form one long puzzle, or can be used as open-ended block play pieces. Pieces range from approximately 1 1/2" to 3 1/2". Comes with a wooden tray for easy clean-up, storage and display. Includes 26 pieces.

18 months & up. Smiling llamas help children learn to recognize and match letters and colors. Llamas pull apart and snap together with ease, helping kids build coordination, hand strength, and other fine motor skills. Uppercase and lowercase letters on the side of each llama match and snap together, and the whole set comes in a container for easy storage.

3 years & up. Worry no more! These tactile stones have been designed to soothe, calm and help children focus. A range of textures, shapes, and natural colors stimulates many senses of users. Stones are made out of stone and are durable enough to weather the outdoors. The set includes 12 stones: two each of six designs measuring between 2"-3"each.

2 years & up. Cuddly, colorful teddy bears teach new words to children - and they do it in two languages! Nine titles give children an early start to learning a foreign language while they are learning their own. The left-hand page gives picture-caption word in English and the right-hand page gives the Spanish equivalent. Paperback. Set of 5.

12 months & up. Each book is illustrated with realistic and comforting photographs. Children from various families, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds experience friends in their many wonderful forms. The simple text and engaging photos invite and encourage discussion between adult and child as they have fun exploring the images together.