Preschool Classroom Materials

3 years & up. Come and explore with bears, birds, and their friends with this exciting, versatile set. Children can improve their fine motor skills through pushing and pulling the felt items on and off the board. Set includes 60 precut pieces for storytelling, color recognition, counting, patterning, sorting, and more. Set also includes eight-page lesson guide.

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 using wax crayons. Set contains eight stones; a shell, crab, jellyfish, lobster, nautilus shell, seaweed, starfish and whelk shell. Stones measure approximately 2.25".

3 years & up. Dip and dab, roll and paint and experiment with different textures creating original artwork every time. Using a dab sponge requires children to grasp and manipulate the sponge, which helps strengthen hand muscles and improve fine motor skills. Children can experiment with colors, shapes and patterns in a freeform and expressive way. Freeform painting allows preschoolers to express themselves without the constraints of specific instructions or patterns. Kit includes: 6 bowls, 12 plain rollers, 10 each of 3 sizes of brushes, 6 floppy brushes, 6 patterned rollers, 2 plastic paint trays with 4 angled wells, and 9 familiar shapes sponges.

2 years & up. Get your classroom moving with this very exciting Wiggles Jiggles & Giggles Classroom Gross Motor Activities. This CD will fill many hours with active movement and fun, expressive dancing. This CD promotes gross motor functions, listening skills, and collaborative learning. Ensure your children have enough space to move around before beginning.

Birth & up. Babies will enjoy listening to the delightful melodies on the Cheerful Baby CD! Music nourishes a baby's developing brain. Enhance active listening skills and spatial awareness with recordings that are designed to stimulate and energize playtime. By playing music, you can help build a strong foundation for cognitive and sensory development.

2 years & up. This ten piece tile set makes learning numbers in Braille as easy as 1-2-3. The vibrantly colored set features numbers 1-10 and the corresponding Braille cells. Each tile features one side with the numeral and corresponding Braille cells and the other side features impressed leaf illustrations to help children count. Children can trace the indentations on each tile and learn to count with their fingers while counting out loud.

2 years & up. Build key foundations for letter formation with these natural looking stones, each one with a different pattern. As kids trace over the patterns from left to right, learning how to make shapes, the stones provide the sensory feedback needed to take the first steps in writing. Develops fine motor skills and the language necessary to talk about shapes and patterns. Also use them to make impressions in clay or dough, or use with sand, rice, and paint as part of a sensory tray. The durable rocks are suitable for indoor or outdoor use and wash off easily.

3 years & up. Take your dolls for a stroll with this realistic stroller design, inspired by those made for real babies. Lightweight, foldable, and easy to store, it's perfect for playtime and convenience. Designed with two protective closures to prevent pinched fingers during folding, it offers added safety. The generously sized seat comfortably fits dolls from 14" to 17" long. Fully expanded, the stroller measures 17.7"L x 11"W x 24.8"H.

2 years & up. Bring the outside camping adventure inside and let children experience the joy of a traditional camp experience! Huddle around a pretend rock pit and roast marshmallows, make s'mores, tell stories, and more. Includes rock pit, 3 flames, 5 logs, 2 sticks, 2 marshmallows, 4 pretend cookie graham crackers, and 2 pretend chocolates. Made from canvas and polyester. Measures 19.5" in diameter.

Big book by some of children's favorite authors: Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle.

2 years & up. This durable plywood truck is a great addition to any classroom, playroom or block play area. Large birch plywood vehicle features natural-toned, screened artwork and soft plastic, non-skid wheels. Easily incorporate this durable truck into any block play area for enhanced dramatic play and builds. Ships fully assembled. Truck measures 7"L x 9.5"W x 6"H.

3 years & up. This little masked bandit will come to life with a little imagination and its movable head and arms. Measures 10"L x 5"W x 4"H.

3 years & up. Let's make some noise with these fun sound shakers! These sturdy wooden boxes are easy to grip. Have children shake the wooden cubes to hear each unique sound and find its match. To self-correct, simply look through the provided translucent-colored, acrylic base. These Peekaboo Soundboxes develop matching, concentration, fine motor, sensory, problem solving, and cognitive skills. The set includes 12 soundboxes with six unique sounds and a storage base.

2 years & up. Encourage children to explore their creativity as they build and discover basic engineering skills. My First Polydron Gears Set is ideal for introducing younger children to the concept of STEM, using gears. Assemble structures using squares and add gears by simply pushing them into place. Once connected, turn one gear and see the rest of them rotate! Not only do the gears mesh together on a flat surface, but also at an angle of 90 degrees. Features 36 durable, lightweight plastic pieces suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Includes: 5 squares with large hole, 13 squares with 4 small holes, 18 gears and 5 work cards with building ideas for inspiration.

2 years & up. Bring excitement to your interactive reading time with these Walking Adventure Interactive Reading Time Puppet Story Props. This wonderful set of props promotes imagination, creativity, fine motor skills, color recognition, literacy, and early vocabulary. Encourage children to describe the character and identify the friendly animal finger puppets. This fun and creative storytelling set includes six animal finger puppets and a lively red-headed main character. The props are surface washable.

2 years & up. Perfect for early learners to experience art while building fine motor skills, learning about animals, and expressing themselves through color. Great for making clay impressions and sun catchers. 6 rubbing plates, 8.5"L x 11"H. Includes idea guide.

3 years & up. Introduce children to the ever changing weather with these exciting Weather Basics Early STEM Learning Books with Photos. This set of books discusses different facts about weather and displays high quality photos of the weather. Encourage children to discuss their favorite weather conditions. Use these books to talk about safety during different weather conditions. Paperback. Set of 6 books approximately 24 pages each.

3 years & up. Learn all about proper nutrition with this Nutritional Food Activity Kit. Kit can also be used to learn counting, colors, pretend play, and more. The learning and dramatic play possibilities are endless! Included: 3 double-sided activity card(s), 5 sorting baskets with a mixture of 25 color-coordinated fruits and veggies, and a plastic box with lid.

There are so many things to see down by the station; engines, buses, taxi's and more. Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child.

18 months & up. Rain or shine it's always the perfect time for a cookout with the New Sprouts® Hamburger and Hotdog Cookout! playset. This 19-piece set includes two plates, forks, cups, hotdogs on a bun, corn on the cob, a carrot, lettuce, tomato, chips, condiments, and an ice cream sandwich for dessert! While they enjoy creating their own meals, kids develop essential skills such as fine motor coordination, social interaction, and communication through fun, interactive play.

3 years & up. This collection includes their newest Fun & Games. Greg & Steve create environments that educate, motivate, enrich and entertain. Hours of 'learning to play, playing to learn! Songs include "Zip-a-dee-do-dah', "I've been Working on the Railroad", "Join in the Game", The Tree Little Pigs Blues" and much more. 12 songs in all.

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.

12 months & up. Gear up to take flight from water with this versatile seaplane! Your child will be traveling through exotic, undiscovered lands with this eco-friendly plane. There is a cockpit where children can place a small action figure. Just like a real seaplane, the toy is designed to float in water. Measures 5" H x 9" W x 9" L.

2 years & up. This durable plywood truck is a great addition to any classroom, playroom or block play area. Large birch plywood vehicle features natural-toned, screened artwork and soft plastic, non-skid wheels. Easily incorporate this durable truck into any block play area for enhanced dramatic play and builds. Ships fully assembled. Truck measures 7"L x 9.5"W x 6"H.