Language and Literacy Resources

Grade PreK. This workbook has 300 skill-building pages that give young learners practice with the alphabet, sight words, handwriting, counting, numbers, shapes and everything they'll need to succeed as students. Includes: free stickers and certificate of achievement, instant assessment test to check progress, and a free web link to great learning games. This workbook is teacher approved to support classroom learning. 320 pages.

3 years & up. Expand your classroom's language skills with these Jumbo Language Learning Cards with Real Pictures. These learning cards depict children of differing abilities. Use these cards to have a discussion with your class about diversity and inclusion. These high quality cards are great for promoting empathy, compassion, and understanding. Each set includes eight photos on high-quality cardstock and a teacher guide. Cards measure 17" L x 22" W.

3 years & up. You'll never have to decide between chalk or markers again with these multi-purpose Double-Sided Chalkboard and Dry Erase Board for Classroom Activities. These sturdy hardboards include chalkboards on one side with blank, dry-erase on the other side. With these two sided boards, children can practice math, vocabulary, or writing skills independently. This set promotes fine motor skills. Measures 9"L x 12"W.

Birth & up. Soft and sweet, Nutbrown Hare puppet with his companion board book, will delight children of all ages. The adorable puppet can be used to make up stories or tell the classic story of "Guess How Much I Love You". Hardcover.

4 years & up. Encourage critical cognitive development with these Learning to Sequence Sets. These sets depict a story over a certain number of scene cards (3, 4, or 6) and prompt children to tell the story by arranging the cards in the right order. Interacting with these engaging stories will cultivate sequencing skills that will benefit children for the rest of their lives.

3 - 9 years. The Europe Readers include 9 readers with stories pertaining to the continent of Europe. The continent readers allow emerging readers to read independently for content as they are studying a continent: these readers introduce phonetic elements with the same progression and color-coding as the Waseca Reading Program. The 9 stories in the Europe Readers come with picture cards, text cards, and tyvek books, stored beautifully in the pockets of individual hardcover folios. Includes guide to presentation (download), masters for each Reader story (download), and Europe Readers (includes 9 booklets with 6 picture and 6 text cards for each booklet) with 10 brass icon clips and birch storage box.

3 years & up. These colorful, child-sized pointers are great for focusing attention and keeping students engaged in read-aloud or independent activities. Use for "reading the room", chart reading, or shared reading "big book" activities. Set includes three 15" pointers.

3 years & up. Support literacy for bilingual learners with this set of felt letters. These letters will help children grow their literacy skills in a variety of ways. Children can begin by practicing letter sounds, progress to building basic words when they are ready, or do any number of literacy-related exercises. Activities like these will improve letter recognition skills, increase vocabulary, and establish strong readers.

With this Picture Story Newsprint Paper Roll children can create their own story by writing and drawing. This paper roll promotes creativity, dexterity, and literacy. Half of the paper is lined, and the other is left blank for pictures. With the newsprint paper roll children can practice vocabulary words, writing their names, or even writing a story based on their own unique drawing. With just a blank paper, the options for creativity are endless. Measures 12"W x 500'L.

PreK & up. Set of 24 laminated cards with picture and color clues for children to build three-letter words with Unifix® Letter Cubes CVC Sets. Color illustrations of common objects and animals.

4 years & up. Explore the classic game of Monopoly Junior with a twist! Monopoly Discover includes two levels of play with a double-sided game board. One side focuses on counting and matching, recommended for ages 4 to 5 years. The second side of the board focuses on advanced play, including reading and simple math for ages 6 years & up. Each level includes its own set of Monopoly money and cards appropriate for that level. Includes: 2-sided game board, 6 tokens, 6 Character cards, 16 Title Deed cards, 20 Level 1 Chance cards, 20 level 2 Chance cards, 72 sold signs (12 for each token), 1 die, money pack (90 ones, 90 fives), and game guide. Requires 2 to 6 players.

3 years & up. Celebrate the seasons with this wonderful Seasons Changing Flannel Board Pre-Cut Felt Set. This set is perfect for interactive reading and lessons about how nature changes with the seasons. Children will love recreating the fall harvest with the seasonal accessories. This felt set is designed to be used on top of flannelboards that are at least 24" wide. Washable and colorfast for years of use. Available separately or in a complete set of 4. Washable and colorfast. Flannelboard not included.

2 years & up. These tactile stones offer an engaging, multi-sensory way for young children to practice correct letter formation. Each stone is carefully engraved to provide important sensory feedback. Starting at the green dot children will enjoy tracing each letter shape with their finger - over and over again - building important motor-memory skills. The set contains 26 letter stones, 3.5" - 6" long, and an activity guide.

3 years & up. This Baby Turtle hand puppet is bright green, plush, plump, and huggable. He has movable feet and mouth, and can also hide inside his shell. Measures 10"L x 7"W x 3"Tall.

3 years & up. Encourage your children to practice their writing and vocabulary words with these Dry Erase Sentence Strips for Practicing Writing and Sentence Formation. These sentence strips promote literacy, dexterity, fine motor skills, creativity, and imagination. Encourage children to identify the color of the marker they have as they practice writing letters, numbers, vocabulary words, or simple sentences. Eraser and pens are not included. Pack of 30. Ruled 1.5" with red baseline and .75" dotted midline on dry erase side.

12 months & up. Each set of 4 delightful puppets will engage children's interest while expanding language skills and creative expression. This set includes a Yellow Labrador, Tabby Cat, Ginger Cat, and Black and White Rabbit hand puppets. Each puppet is approximately 8"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

2 years & up. Make early literacy sweet with these ABC Lacing Sweets. These pieces have a lowercase letter on one side and an uppercase letter on the other. Children can string them along one of the included laces to make words or create pretty color patterns. Adults can join in the fun by suggesting words and helping children make them.

Printed on sturdy tagboard that performs well with inks, pencils, and crayons. Ruled 1.5" with .75" dotted midline on one side, and a single line ruled on the opposite side. Use for teaching basic skills, word wall activities, tags, and more! Set of 100 white sentence strips measure 24"L x 3"W each.

3 years & up. Introduce your children to more sight words with this descriptive Step 2 Sight Word Book Set for Early Literacy and Vocabulary Skills. Sight words are necessary for early literacy development as they help children read more fluently and write with more efficiency. With this set, children will add eight new words to their repertoire, and review previously taught words. Set of 8 books.

3 years & up. Bring wildlife interactive story time with these wonderful Friendly Wild Animals from Different Climates and Countries Felt Set. Children will love identifying familiar animals or mimicking their sounds. This felt set promotes literacy, exploration, color recognition, and fine motor skills. Encourage your children to follow along reading stories with these animals or create their own. The set Includes 14 animal mothers and their young with a total of 22 precut pieces, each measuring 1"H to 7"H.

3 years & up. This Baby Black Bear hand puppet features soft fur, a sweet face, and movable head and arms. Measures 5"L x 6"W x 9"Tall.

4 years & up. Build vocabulary in a fun, engaging way with the Fox in the Box Positional Words Activity Set. This set has 40 activity cards that tell children to put an animal (depicted on a small card) in the proximity of an object (a tree, a chair, a fox, or a hat). This activity will familiarize children with the function and meaning of positional words and further them along the path to literacy.

3 years & up. The Beginning Word Builder is a great group activity for practicing spelling, reading, and identifying words. The Beginning Word Builder is designed to grow with children as their literacy skills develop and encourages critical thinking skills to investigate vowel-consonant (VC), consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC), and consonant-vowel (CV) words. Word and picture cards attach to the top of the word builder for easy access to prompts. Includes 1 Word Builder, 8 Lowercase Letter Rings, 1 Blank Dry-Erase Ring, 1 Write 'N' Wipe Card, 1 Dry-Erase Marker, and 60 Double-Sided Cards.

3 years & up. Countdown with Pete as he loses his buttons one by one. These colorful felt pieces help retell the story of Pete the Cat by creating colorful visual representations of Pete and his buttons. This soft felt set offers the opportunity to review sounds for sensory learning and basic math problems for STEM learning. This set is a perfect prop for interactive reading. Includes 14 felt pieces along with an activity guide.