Language and Literacy Resources

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Bigmouth Frog Hand Puppets for Dramatic Play and Interactive Reading. This large, 12 inch puppets has realistic features and an easily moveable mouth. Puppets are great for promoting imagination, literacy, hand-eye coordination, creativity, fine motor skills. Encourage your children to mimic the sound frogs make. The plush material is surface washable.

12 months & up. Add more friendly faces to your dramatic play area with these soft Plush Bigmouth Animal Hand Puppets for Dramatic Play and Interactive Reading. These large, 12 inch puppets have realistic features and easily moveable mouths. Puppets are great for promoting imagination, literacy, hand-eye coordination, creativity, fine motor skills. Encourage your children to mimic the sound of the animals they're using. The plush material is surface washable. Set includes cow, horse, pig, duck,… More »

Grades K & up. Increase sight word recognition, develop phonics skills, improve fluency, build vocabulary, motivate young readers, and provide hands-on reading experiences! It includes 250 self-checking puzzle pieces -- 125 word puzzle pieces (approx. 1.5 inches x 2 inches) and 125 photo puzzle pieces (approx. 2 inches x 2 inches) and a 4-page booklet with directions, teaching suggestions, and games.

3 years & up. Use these American Sign Language Alphabet Cards to familiarize children with the alphabet, beginning sounds, and the ASL manual alphabet. Each card features a letter of the alphabet and real photo on one side and a photograph of the ASL sign on the other. For a fun collaborative activity, go over the cards with your class and have everyone practice together. 26 cards included. Measures 6"L x 8"W.

4 - 6 years. Learning the ABCs is a joy with this BIG, laminated flip chart featuring an easy-to-learn song for each letter of the alphabet! Turn to this sturdy, colorful resource every day to teach phonemic awareness, letter recognition, early reading skills, and more! Includes eye - catching illustrations, ready-to-go lesson plans, instant letter activities, PLUS 26 downloadable songs. Approximately 20"H x 15"W.

Create readers while creating art! Contains activities that reinforce letter recognition and pre-reading skills. 160 pages.

3 years & up. Young explorers can venture around their environment and document their findings in these open-ended field books. Interior pages are blank for drawing or note taking. Blank pages. Set of 10. Measures 8.5" x 5.5".

A unique teaching resource perfect for large groups of children. Playful learning approach and unique educational content teaches children key literacy skills. The 100 plans follow a literacy scope and sequence so teachers can help children develop and practice the literacy skills they need to be successful readers. Each chapter focuses on a familiar early childhood topic, such as friends, feelings, colors, and houses and homes. Paperback. 224 pages.

4 years & up. Learning and recognizing capital letters will become a fun activity with these Lacing Manuscript Letter Beads & Chenille Stems! Each chunky, brightly colored, basic letter bead contains an extra large hole at the side for easy stringing. String together the alphabet, sight words, names and places. Use in arts and crafts projects. The collection of letters features more of commonly used letters and less of those not so common. With 288 in the set, there are plenty for lots of… More »

3 years & up. This two-in-one unit sharpens both pencils and crayons while keeping all the shavings in a container. A translucent housing makes it easy to see when it needs to be emptied. Colors may vary.

12 months & up. This precious owl family is a favorite for story-telling and puppet performances! This beautiful Mother Owl comes with her three adorable owl babies. Children can simulate flight in the Mother Owl by placing their hand into the puppet and placing their thumb in one wing and their little finger in the other wing. The three owl babies are finger puppets who can hide shyly under their mother's wings. Encourages creativity and imagination. Mother Owl measures 10.625"H x 6.25"W x 13"L.

3 years & up. Beautiful full color illustrations under each letter make learning easy and fun! Helps children develop their letter and case recognition, manual dexterity and matching skills. Quality wood construction will last a lifetime. Measures 12" x 18".

3 years & up. Use these Soft Foam Color Coded Magnetic Uppercase and Lowercase Learning Letters to introduce the alphabet and early literacy skills to your children. These color-coded letters differentiate consonants from vowels. Children can start basic word building, practice letter sounds, and increase vocabulary. This set includes two sets of both upper and lowercase letters for a total of 104 letters. Bucket is included for easy storage. The approximate height each letter is 1.75"

4 years & up. Make learning the alphabet even more fun with this exciting POP for Letters™ Practicing Alphabet Recognition and Early Literacy Skills Game. This popcorn themed alphabet game promotes letter recognition, collaborative play, early literacy skills, and fine motor skills. Simply draw a letter from the popcorn box and identify the letter and sound. Be careful not to pull a piece that says "POP". You'll have to put all your pieces back! Includes 100 die-cut popcorn pieces… More »

3 years & up. Support bilingual learners with this unique set of magnetic foam letters! Start basic word building, practice letter sounds, and increase vocabulary. Both sets include Spanish accent marks (tildes) to assist with correct pronunciation. Play and practice to build early literacy. Each set includes 54 letter tiles and each letter measures 1.75" high.Choose to buy both together as a set, or purchase individually.

3 years & up. Improve your child's literacy and vocabulary skills with these exciting Rhyming and Learning First Words Match and Learn Puzzles with Engaging Images. Children will love to learn and match the puzzle pieces as they try to complete the set. Each piece is complete with a photographic element to correspond with the word. These puzzle pieces promote problem solving, collaborative learning, critical thinking, and fine motor skills. These match and learn puzzles include 24 self correcting puzzle pairs.

3 years & up. Develop phonemic awareness and vocabulary with this set of 16 visually appealing rhyming pebbles. The colorful illustrations provide children with a fun way to learn sounds and phonics. Durable stones provide a fantastic tactile way for children to learn as they sort and match eight rhyming pairs. Pairs address the following sound families, -ag, -an, -ap, -at, -ing, -og, -ot and -ug. Stones measure 2".

4 - 6 years. Sandpaper Letters are an excellent resource for tactile learners, as well as reinforcing fine motor skills for younger learners. It is a useful resource for home or classroom learning activities, and helps students with special needs by providing sensory input to their literacy skills. Includes 26 uppercase letter cards and 28 lowercase letter cards.

3 years & up. Set of 26 alphabet soup cans will feed every child's curiosity. Promote school readiness with activities that support alphabet awareness, letter recognition, early phonics, and reading. Contains 26 durable cardboard cans with 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, and 5 photos in each, along with an activity guide. Each card is die-cut and made to last.

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. Ladybug Letters game has 26 two-piece puzzle sets that fit together to create each ladybug, resulting in the correct alphabet letter match. When you turn the ladybug over you will find a photograph that begins with the beginning letter sound. Great way to introduce the alphabet and word building. Includes: 26 two-piece ladybug puzzles, 26 two-sided leaf letters, and game instructions.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Owl Hand Puppet for Dramatic Play and Interactive Reading. This plush puppet has realistic features and easily moveable arms. Puppets are great for promoting imagination, literacy, hand-eye coordination, creativity, fine motor skills. Encourage your children to mimic the sound owls make. The plush material is surface washable. Measures 8"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

2 years & up. These clever pebbles are an ideal tool for building interest in letters and sounds in a wide variety of contexts. Appeal to children's natural instinct to explore, investigate, sort and collect. Looking and feeling like real rocks, these pebbles are great for learning in the sand, in the water and outdoors. Ideal for early word building. Each set includes a storage container and teacher's guide. Set of 26 pebbles. Pebbles are approximately 1.5" in size.

3 years & up. Make learning more fun with this fantastic felt farm! Includes 7 animals, a barn, a garden, and Old MacDonald himself. Set has 10 pieces and a six page lesson guide with rhymes and activities. Guide includes English, Spanish & French. Felt pieces are pre-cut.