Speaking & Listening Skills

Grades K & up. Transform reading practice into a multi-sensory learning experience. All children will benefit from beginner readers, to children with speech disorders. Increase the opportunity of maximum reading comprehension by involving three senses: sight, sound, and touch. Hold like a telephone and hear the sound amplified through the earpiece. Perfect for every child in your classroom! Available individually or in a set of four. Measures 6.5"W x 1.75"L x 2.75"H. Made in the USA. Colors may vary.

3 years & up. Help children build confidence and achieve success with fun 2-piece puzzles that hone their skills at their own pace. Sturdy, durable 3" x 3" pieces with self-checking design and real images. Available individually or in a set of three.

Grades K - 4. This handheld WhisperPhone® is ideal for helping young learners develop their reading and spelling abilities and for developing new language skills. Perfect for early learners and the tactilely sensitive.

4 years & up. Close your eyes and listen to the sounds from outside. Do you hear a car going by, a cricket chirping, or kids playing in the pool? Fun to play while developing your listening skills. Includes 12 photographic game boards, 120 game tokens and an audio CD. 1-12 players.

4 years & up. Have you ever heard a duck quack, a bee buzz or a rooster crow? Sharpen your listening skills as you listen to the fun farm sounds. Includes 12 photographic game boards, 120 game tokens, and an audio CD. 1-12 players.

4 years & up. Can you recognize a whistling teapot, a ringing telephone or a door opening. Develop listening skills while having fun hearing sounds around the house. Includes 12 photographic game boards, 120 tokens and audio CD featuring common sounds heard at home. 1-12 players.

This Portable Speech Mirror supports the development of speech and language skills. Children observe the reflection of themselves and their peers as they practice forming sounds and words. Use this freestanding mirror as an engaging learning aid for speech therapy practice and encouraging self-awareness. Mirror is lightweight, distortion-free, and made of Plexiglas. Measures 8 1/2 x 11.

4 - 7 years. Explore the look and tone of emotions as kids match narrative statements to photographs of children's faces showing different expressions. To play, students listen to the sounds on the CD and place tokens on the images of their game cards that match what they hear. Each game set includes 12 game cards (5 1/2" x 8 1/2" each) with 8 photos per card, 120 game tokens, an audio CD, and directions in English, Spanish, and French. It also supports NCTM and NAEYC standards.

Grade K & up. The WhisperPhone® Solo is a hands-free, acoustical voice-feedback headset that enables learners to focus and hear themselves ten times more clearly as they learn by processing language aloud. Provide your students with this valuable reinforcement. This unit is fund certified for Title 1 and Reading First, dishwasher safe, reversible for either ear and battery free. Available separately or in a set of six.

4 years & up. Learn how to follow multi-step directions while learning positional words and rhymes. Includes 20 picture cards, 40 double-sided activity cards, and double-sided spinner. Largest objects measure 3"H.

3 years & up. Enhance early language development with rhyming magnets. Children will enjoy matching real images on any magnetic surface. Set includes 30 magnets and storage bag. Magnets measure 3" x 3". Easel sold separately.

Match letter names to letters or match words with beginning letter sounds to letters. Includes (12) 5.5 x 8.5 game cards with 12 letters per card; 180 game tokens; an audio CD; and directions in English. Supports NCTE and NAEYC standards.

4 years & up. Evidence-based discussion meets critical thinking in this engaging photo card set. Even the youngest students will respond to prompts that boost speaking, listening and writing skills. Includes 40 double-sided cards with rich real-life photos on one side and 4 thought-provoking questions on the reverse. Cards measure 8"L x 8"W. Activity guide included.

3 years & up. My Little House multisensory felt book opens into a three-dimensional playhouse! All four panels have Velcro® at the top and along the sides, allowing children to put the house together all by themselves. My Little House takes kids on a creative adventure and promotes developmental language skills while having fun along the way. The 36 felt pieces included with the house are colorful and vibrant. The layout of the book is unique as well. Every element of the inside design of… More »

Expand language skills with these 17'' x 22'' photos! Each set includes eight photos on high-quality cardstock and a teacher guide.

3 years & up. Children will engage with air, land, and water transportation methods while developing valuable literacy and math skills. The included set of language cards will encourage new vocabulary, multiple sorting boards present opportunity for math skill development, transportation figurines inspire interactive play, and 24 tiles with pictures and beginning letter sounds encourage learning at all levels. A 12 page activity guide is included for learning opportunities in all domains.

Perfect for paired reading exercises, this acoustical telephone allows students to work together and help each other learn. Also useful for one-on-one time with parents, teachers, or tutors. Dishwasher safe and battery free. This unit is fund certified for Title 1 and Reading First. Set of 4.

3 years & up. Children will develop literacy and math skills while enjoying hands-on interaction with farm foods, equipment, and animals. This set includes language cards that encourage conversation and expand vocabulary. Multiple sorting boards, and 24 picture tiles promote grouping, sorting, alphabet knowledge, and phonological awareness. A 12 page activity guide is included with numerous learning opportunities in all domains.

A picture can paint a thousand words, and using these photos in a variety of activities can help stimulate the development of both oral and written language skills. Each set has 68 photos. 6" x 8" cards.

Grade K & up. WhisperPhone® Select is a team-based, direct-to-ear product designed to allow a teacher to monitor and model word pronunciation during guided reading activities. Turn the dial to provide easy take-your-turn discrete communication between teacher and student. Select also provides a setting that creates teams of two students for paired reading. Accommodates up to 6 users.

3 years & up. The ultimate conversation starter makes learning about communication fun! The perfect resource to develop listening and speaking skills and large enough for collaborative play, with 8 handsets and more than 70' of tubing. Children can design any configuration they want with the easy-to-use components. For indoor or outdoor use and made from durable plastic that can even be buried in the ground. Washable.

Student's progress easily from one unit to the next, using a combination of pictures and text to discover how English works. It consists of a total of 20 units arranged in groups of five. The first four units have students practice as they learn and contain words and phrases to be learned in that unit, together with pronunciation guide. At the end of each unit a story which uses the language that has just been learned is presented. The fifth unit in each group is designed to reinforce the language… More »

12 months & up. This set of eight puppets are large with extra wide mouths making them easy for everyone to use. Both children and teachers will enjoy giving voices to their favorite animal friends and making up stories for them to follow. Animals included: bear, raccoon, leopard, dog, cat, lion, fox, and rabbit.

3 years & up. Creative play and storytelling all rolled into a beautiful set of wooden toys. Children will enjoy hours of open-ended, interactive play while learning about the popular fairy tale characters in this Happy Architect set. Includes 44 total pieces: 12 plywood pieces (largest approximately 10" and smallest 8") and 32 wooden character pieces printed front and back. Children can use the interactive design of the houses, huts, bridges, and castle to pretend and play and bring… More »