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Manipulatives & Kits

Kaplan's extensive set of manipulatives offers a creative solution to promoting sorting, problem solving, and design. Products include lacing beads, snap and lock blocks, tangrams, manuals, and much more.

Wooden Dominoes
Item: 301411
Status: In Stock
$29.95
3 years & up. Make play more exciting with a set of Wooden Dominoes in a range of beautiful, nature-inspired colors. Children can stack and match while developing critical thinking skills, recognizing colors, creating patterns and more! Children can line the pieces up and knock them over again and again for hours of fun while experiencing cause and effect in real time. Set includes 168 pieces each measuring 1" x 1.8" x .4".
Sorting & Counting Set
Item: 302641
Status: In Stock
$59.95
3 years & up. Make early math fun with this hands-on learning set! Kids can sort, count, stack, build patterns, compare, measure, explore shapes, practice adding and subtracting, and boost their logic and reasoning skills-all through active play. This set is packed with goodies: 60 links, 6 sorting bowls, 2 clear spinners, 36 transport counters, 36 silly monster counters, 72 stacking counters, 50 GeoStix, 60 linking cubes, 60 pattern blocks, 2 tweezers, 12 double-sided activity cards, and an activity guide full of ideas to get started!
First Sorting Set
Item: 302639
Status: In Stock
$26.95
18 months & up. Make early math extra fun with this first sorting kit! Packed with 132 chunky, easy-to-hold pieces - including colorful bears, fish, and basic shapes. This set is perfect for little hands and big imaginations. There are no small parts, so it's safe for young children to explore colors, counting, classifying, and sorting with confidence. Plus, it all packs away neatly with the handy lid when playtime is done!
Translucent Tangram Tiles - 250 Pieces
Item: 301348
Status: In Stock
$49.95
3 years and up. Create captivating geometric designs with the Translucent Tangram Tiles. These tiles come in a wide variety of shapes and colors that offer children many possibilities. They can either use the included inspiration cards or come up with an idea all their own. Either way, children will develop valuable shape recognition skills and learn the basics of creating geometric patterns.
Magnetic Wood Cookie Counters - 21 Pieces
Item: 301403
Status: In Stock
$49.95
18 months & up. Increase children's confidence with counting and number recognition using these nature-inspired Magnetic Wood Cookie Counters. Made in part using Poly+, this set is durable enough for both indoor and outdoor numeracy activities. Each piece has a black magnetic backing that enables convenient use on blackboards or whiteboards. Set includes pieces marked with numbers 0 through 20. Each piece measures 2" in diameter x .5"H.
Patterns and Sorting School Readiness Math Toolbox
Item: 63190
Status: In Stock
$45.95
3 years & up. Early math introduction just got easier! Children will develop beginning math skills such as observing attributes, creating patterns, and matching and sorting objects. The materials in this toolbox engage children in math activities with eight activity card(s) and a set of manipulates that provide hands-on examples of a variety of math skills. Includes 152 pieces.
KEVA® Contraptions 200 Plank Set
Item: 52468
Status: In Stock
$69.95
7 years & up. Construct tracks of tunnels, funnels, ramps, and chutes, then set the ball rolling and watch your creation come to life. The open-ended, no rules play promotes experimentation, creativity, and problem solving, which are key mental skills for aspiring young engineers and architects. As children build through trial and error, they gain an early understanding of physics and engineering concepts like balance and structural stability. No glue and no connectors means structures are vulnerable to collapse, but this teaches children to build with care, honoring fine motor skills and dexterity in the process. Set includes: 200 pine planks, 2 KEVA® balls, and an idea booklet.
Wooden Mosaic Set with Grid
Item: 300567
Status: In Stock
$52.95
3 years & up. Children will love to create their own mosaic with the Wooden Mosaic Set with Grid! Use one of the 20 designs that are included in the set, or encourage them to design their own pattern. Set features a wooden grid to help keep the shapes in place. Includes 50 squares and 56 triangles made from FSC® certified beech wood, 1 wooden grid made from FSC® certified plywood, and 10 double-sided work cards. Wooden grid measures 10" x 10".
240 Unifix® Cubes
Item: 11066
Status: In Stock
$42.95
4 years & up. Make math hands-on with these manipulative counting cubes! Develop and improve math skills through visualizing grouping, comparisons, graphing, counting, and other functions. Expand users' fine motor skills, motor planning, and hand-eye coordination. Included in the set are 240 cubes, 60 in 4 colors: red, yellow, green, and blue.
Backyard Bug Counters - 72 Piece Set
Item: 43592
Status: In Stock
$25.95
3 years & up. These colorful counters turn sorting and counting activities into exciting adventures. With these textured Backyard Bug Counters, children develop fine motor skills, sensory learning, color recognition, and important early math skills. Use these counters in a lesson about addition and subtraction to give children a visual of the concepts they are learning. The counters are made of soft rubber and come in 6 colors packed into a reusable plastic tub. Suggested activities also included. Set of 72.
Leaves and Seeds Counters - 144 Pieces
Item: 302054
Status: Out of Stock
$19.95
3 years & up. Bring the wonders of nature into early learning with these Leaves and Seed Counters! Designed to spark curiosity and build foundational skills, this colorful set features 144 counters in a variety of leaf and seed shapes found in nature. Perfect for practicing early math concepts, these counters support counting, sorting, patterning, and color recognition while helping develop fine motor skills through hands-on play.
Unifix® Cubes Math Manipulatives - 100 Pieces
Item: 9718
Status: Out of Stock
$18.95
PreK & up. Unifix® Cubes are great for teaching young learners about numbers, patterns, place value, operations and early fractions. This colorful set of cubes come in 10 standard colors. This is a great starter set and Unifix® Cubes hold together firmly and come apart easily for years of use. Ten assorted colors, 100 pieces.