Infants & Toddler Care

2 years & up. Order up! Children will feel like a world-class cook while serving favorite recipes to their friends. A sturdy denim apron has a handy, colorfully designed front pocket and a hook-and-loop tie that attaches at the side for easy access. A matching dish towel, oven mitt, and pot holder complete the set. Machine washable.

2 years & up. Give your children dishes sized for them with these sustainable Soft Colored Eco-Friendly Dish Set for Everyday Use or Dramatic Play. This earth conscious dish set is a great addition to your dramatic play area or at home dishes. Encourage children to set their own place at the table with appropriate utensils. This place setting for four includes 4 each of: plates, bowls, cups, fork, knife and spoon. Dishes are made of durable recycled milk jugs. Non toxic and meet FDA requirements… More »

Keep the mess of sand and water from off the floor. This mat is made of a soft absorbent 100% polyester fabric that will absorb spills. Sand and water is trapped between the fabric and the bonded backing to prevent soak through. Non-skid backing also provides a firm footing. The mat is stain resistant, dries quickly and can be machine washed and dried. Available in two sizes: 45" x 58" and 54" x 72".

18 months - 5 years. Children will love pretending to stop and fill up! Perfect for indoor or outdoor play, your child can pull their car, trike, or imaginative vehicle up to the pump and practice filling up. You will find three weatherproof buttons that make six fun sounds, encouraging imaginative play. The nozzle is stored on the side of the pumper. The Cozy Pump requires two AA alkaline batteries (not included).

2 years & up. Children can experience many fascinating optical discoveries about color, light, reflections, and more with these 5 easy to hold framed panels. Each durable plastic frame measures 7.75" x .625" and contains either an unbreakable mirror, see-thru acrylic colored panel in red, yellow and blue, or a multi-faceted panel for visual explorers. Includes activity guide.

2 years & up. Spruce up pretend meals with this set of modern designed dishes. The updated colors, larger-sized dishes, and chunky, easy-to-hold silverware will make even plastic food look good. The larger size plates, 7"L x 7"W, will fit most play food. Encourages social interaction and builds color identification through dramatic play. Includes set of 4 of each dish item: plate, bowl, cup , spoon, fork, and knife. Dishes meet FDA specifications for food use and are dishwasher safe. 24 pieces.

4 - 12 years. CDC guidelines recommends masks for children in certain environments where social distancing isn't always an option. These disposable masks offer high filtration for improved protection to decrease the transmission of respiratory infections. The pleated style masks have flat, knitted earloops made of polyester and spandex materials (not made with natural latex rubber). The playful design is great for children. Recommended for 4-12 years, with adult supervision. Includes 75, three-ply masks per box.

Ages 2 years & up. These beautifully tactile stones reflect the natural treasures children might discover in the outdoor world. Designed for outdoor learning, investigative play and forest school, the stones are robust for lots of outside adventures! Made from a unique stone mix, they are durable enough to be used in water, soil, mud and clay, and are easily cleaned. Go on a nature hunt and compare with the real things, make imprints in dough and make rubbings using wax crayons. Set contains… More »

18 months & up. Parachute activities promote gross motor functions and imagination. The durable parachute is made of rip-stop nylon fabric, and sewn to last through the toughest play times. Each size includes storage bag. Available in 12' with 8 Handles, 20' with 16 Handles, 24' with 20 Handles, and 6' with 9 handles.

18 months & up. Learning how to sort and count made fun and easy! These brightly colored bowls will help promote early math skills like sorting, counting, matching and sequencing. Bowls come in five colors: Red, green, orange, blue, and yellow. Includes smooth, round disks of each color. The disks measure 1.5" x 0.25". each.

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.

18 months & up. Bring excitement to counting with these Farm Counters. These colorful pieces promote fine motor skills, important early math skills, dramatic play, and color recognition. Use these counters for a visual lesson about addition and subtraction. These colorful animals also double as finger puppets! Have children identify the colors of the animal or the sounds they make. This set includes six each of five animals (cow, horse, rooster, pig, and sheep) and an activity guide. Animals measure 2.25" each.

2 years & up. Watch as your child solves this colorful maze by using the attached magnetic wands to guide the beads along the winding paths. This bug themed maze promotes problem-solving, color matching, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills. For further learning, challenge children to match the beads to the bug of the same color. Encourage children to call out the colors they see and take turns solving the maze.

Birth & up. A set of four reflective mirror surface balls provides a distorted fish-eye lens reflection in which children will want to observe. They will be fascinated to see items placed close to the mirrors including their own faces enlarged and close-up. Made from hard wearing stainless steel, these beautiful, smooth tactile balls are robustly constructed without being too heavy and therefore can be handled by young children with ease. They can be used indoors or outdoors and provides a focal… More »

12 months & up. Tap the balls on top with the toy hammer and listen to the melodies as they roll down or pull the xylophone out and tap directly on the keys to make your own melody. Promotes fine motor skills and problem solving skills. Made of wood, water-based paint, PA, and metal. Exposes little ones to music for the first time. Measures 9.4"L x 5.3"W x 5.9"H.

18 months & up. "Where's the duck?" "Can you find the apple?" This fun, active game helps young children learn the names of colors, shapes, animals, foods, and more while seeking and finding each match. They will build vocabulary, boost memory skills, and find family fun with this perfect first matching game! Includes: 36 large, round "Seek Me" photo cards to scatter face down around the room, and 36 matching "Find Me" cards for a parent or teacher to… More »

Infants and toddlers need caring adults to help them learn emotional competence-how to understand, express, and manage emotions. By supporting their development in the early years, educators can create a strong foundation that will give young children important life skills and resilience. Paperback. 152 pages.

18 months & up. Seashell-shaped manipulatives contain different tactile patterns for sorting, matching, counting, and sensory exploration. Made of eco-friendly composite, each shell has its own grain and slight color differences. Users can use the stones for sensory discovery, imprint making into doughs and sand, or even role play. Includes 36 tactile shells, 2 of each in 6 different tactile finishes, and 3 sizes. Each stone measures about 2".

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 years & up. Add a new dimension to manipulative play with this 96 piece set. Simply clip the edges together to create an unlimited array of constructions. Build people, buildings, animals and more. Explore symmetry versus asymmetry, discover color combinations. Strengthens design, structure and balance skills. Enhance the designs by creating them on top of a light table. Comes with activity card(s).

The increasing concern over the effect of child care on children's lives has focused attention on the quality of that care. Since most out-of-home care is provided in family child care homes, the need has grown for an accessible, reliable, and thorough means of assessing the quality and suitability of such settings. Developed through lengthy field testing, research, and revision, the Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale consists of 32 items, organized under six major headings: Space and… More »

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.

2 years & up. This unique set of engaging woodland footprints is a great way for children to start their woodland explorations! Each set includes a footprint for a fox, squirrel, rabbit, frog, deer, hawk, owl and mouse. Compare, explore, investigate, sort, and match eight different familiar woodland animals by their footprints. Take the stones on a group walk to compare them with any animal tracks the children discover.

In a translation approved by the authors, this is the Spanish edition of the newly revised Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale® (FCCERS-R). Designed for use in family child care programs, this widely used program quality assessment instrument is suitable for programs serving children from infancy through school-age. Following extensive input from users of the original scale, the authors have made many improvements and innovations that will make this program resource even more effective… More »