Preschool Classroom Materials

4 years & up. This inviting journal supports a variety of skills including fine motor, literacy, and memory. The 32 page journal offers several tips and ideas on journaling, explain how and why we journal, and how to extend the experience for children. The pages have a blank area to encourage drawing and two developmentally appropriate line spaces for the emergent writer. Journals support D'Nealian™ and Zaner-Bloser™ writing styles. Measures 8.5" x 11". Set of 10 journals.

2 years & up. Enhance science lessons and encourage conversations about the life cycles of familiar favorite creatures with this set of 3 Lifecycle Puzzles. Each puzzle features smooth-sanded, nesting pieces that stack into the larger wood cookie. Beautiful, easy-to-understand illustrations show a frog, butterfly, and a turtle at different phases of their life, starting with the egg stage and ending with the adult version of the bug or animal. Sized just right for little hands, this is the perfect educational toy for children.

2 years & up. Turn big building ideas into a big city! These Big City Building Blocks feature an array of blocks to construct tall or short buildings along with trees, bushes, and people to bring the city to life. Each building project supports the development of creativity, gross motor skills, and hand-eye coordination. Blocks are made from natural finished hardwood. Includes: 24 building blocks, 6 people blocks, 2 shrub blocks, and 4 tree blocks.

2 years & up. Build with soft colors of nature, creating organic patterns with friction-fit leaf shapes. Explore symmetry, develop fine motor and spatial skills. Construction activities can be enhanced through light table exploration. A beautiful, subdued, natural color palette and recycled material construction further enhance a child's connection to the natural world. Set includes 10 double-sided activity cards and 96 colorful, interlocking pieces.

3 years & up. Help children learn correct numeral formation through tactile experiences using these durable Tactile Number Cards. These tactile cards include arrows to ensure proper number formation. Simpy have children follow along with the arrows as they trace or practice the number on paper. This activity promotes fine motor skills, number recognition, and sensory learning. Cards measure 3.5"L x 2.5"W.

12 months & up. Encourage early creative expression with a classroom-ready collection of 200 durable jumbo crayons designed to be easy for little hands to grip. Kaplan brand easy-glide crayons provide bold, no-smear color for drawing, crafting, and art experiences while promoting creativity, imagination, fine motor skills, and color recognition. The class pack contains 25 crayons in each of 8 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, and black. Crayons are organized into individual sections by color inside the included corrugated storage box, making it easier to keep a shared classroom art supply sorted and ready for use. The economical jumbo-size format provides early learners with art tools made for comfortable handling during creative projects. With 200 crayons total, educators can keep a generous supply of essential colors available for classroom arts and crafts.

This 17-piece Wooden Block Balance set provides a hands-on STEM experience featuring cubes, rectangles and notched squares to creatively stack on the curved balance board. Explore and experiment by arranging the blocks on each side of the board to evenly distribute weight to achieve a balanced result. Children will develop STEM-based skills such as spatial sense, estimation, reasoning, probability, and the concepts of none, more, less, most, smaller, smallest, bigger, biggest. Included: Balance Board, 8 Cube Blocks, 4 Rectangle Blocks, and 4 Notched Square Blocks.

Birth & up. Support self-awareness, dramatic play, and everyday learning with this acrylic mirror. Crafted with a durable hardwood frame and shatter-resistant acrylic surface, this mirror offers an alternative to traditional glass. Designed for flexibility, the mirror includes removable legs for floor use or can be mounted on a wall to fit your classroom layout. Feet can bee attached for both vertical or horizontal use, allowing the mirror to adapt to different learning spaces and age groups. An added write-on, wipe-off surface on the back provides even more functionality. Whether used in a dress-up area, dramatic play center, or classroom, it helps foster independence, curiosity, and social-emotional development through everyday interaction. Measure 14"W x 48"H.

2 years & up. Encourage nurturing play and real-life connections! The Wooden Doll Bed with Bedding provides children with a meaningful way to explore caregiving routines, empathy, and imaginative role play. Perfectly sized for baby dolls, this beautifully crafted bed allows children to tuck in their dolls, creating familiar bedtime experiences that help them better understand their own daily routines. Constructed from durable wood with a smooth, child-safe finish, this doll bed is built to withstand everyday classroom or home use. The included bedding adds comfort and realism, enhancing pretend play while encouraging children to engage in social-emotional learning and storytelling, helping children develop responsibility, independence, and language skills through play. Ideal for early learning environments, it's a timeless addition to any classroom or playroom. Assembly required. Measures 22"W x 12"H x 14"D. Styles of bedding may vary.

3 years & up. These wonderful Multicultural Stamp Pads to Stamp and Print Realistic Skin Tones are a great tool for self portrait projects. Children will love creating diverse figures for their art projects. These stamp pads help promote creativity, art learning, and crafting. This jumbo stamp pad set is complete with 4 different skin tone colors.

6 months & up. Toddlers will enjoy this smartphone designed just for them. Features 16 icons (each with its own sound), on/off button, and low volume to protect hearing. Requires 2 AAA batteries (included). Available individually or as a set of 2.

18 months & up. Make building a captivating experience with this collection of Click Builders. Young children can design an infinite number of structures, which will improve their fine-motor skills, creative-thinking skills, and problem-solving skills. The transparent colors will also teach children about color patterns-especially if they play with these builders on a light table. This set universally connects with other builders. Smallest block size is 1.25". 72 piece set.

This set of 90 colorful cards feature an array of photos from all food groups and cultures. Foods are identified in both English and Spanish. Use these cards as a foundation to learn and discuss nutrition. Photo Cards measure 4.25" x 5".

18 months & up. Encourage children to get a closer look at the world around them with a Tabletop Magnifier. Molded from new Poly+ material, this safe and durable waterproof magnifier is the perfect companion for every indoor and outdoor adventure. Solid glass lenses are scratch resistant and protected by overmolded soft touch plastic. Set includes 2 magnifiers. Each magnifier measures 7.3" x 7.3" x 6.1".

18 months & up. Identify letters, make simple words, and build motor skills with the block-like shapes in the Bark Block Alphabet Letters set. Includes the 26 letters of the alphabet and 10 others commonly used in words. Made from Poly+, these letters are durable enough for both indoor and outdoor play and play with sand, dirt, water, and other messy substances. Includes 36 faux bark pieces. Each letter measures approximately 2"L x 2"W x .5"H.

18 months & up. Integrate early STEM learning into playtime with the Twisty Tools Nuts and Bolts Set. This set comes with 84 pieces that children can connect to one another in lots of interesting ways. To fit the nuts onto the bolts, children must figure out which nuts and bolts have matching patterns and designs. This quest will strengthen children's matching skills, shape recognition skills, and pattern recognition skills. Largest piece measures 1.7"L x 4"W. Smallest piece measures 1.5"L x 1.5"W x .8"H.

2 years & up. Encourage experimentation and curiosity with an authentically inspired set of Big Bones. Exploration of big bones can be an engaging and educational experience for young children, sparking their curiosity about the natural world and fostering a deeper understanding of anatomy, history and science. Children can take this easy-to-clean, weighted set outside for exploration with messy materials like dirt, mud, or water, or use inside during loose parts activities. A variety of lengths encourages the discovery of size relationships, counting, and patterning.

18 months & up. Whether you are happy, sad, upset, or afraid, these four Emotion Figurines are excellent props to express yourself. This set of four expressive dolls will allow children to role-play, identify feelings and expressions, and build upon their social and emotional skills. These easy to grip figurines are the perfect size for small hands and great to use in interactive discussions about emotions. Encourage children to identify the emotions each figure is expressing. If they are too shy to express themselves, have children use the Emotion Figurines to identify how they feel.

18 - 36 months. What do you want to be when you grow up? Children will pretend to be a doctor, construction worker, chef, police officer, mail carrier, or firefighter while wearing these detailed dress-up shirts. Each of the shirts have colorful, printed designs representing an occupation children see in their community. Hook-and-loop closures allow children to practice dressing and undressing, encouraging independence. Promote an understanding of different careers in the classroom by encouraging dramatic play for toddlers with these fun, engaging costumes. Machine washable.

3 years and up. Children will love helping with a set of cleaning tools sized just right for them! Made from solid birch, this realistic set features real bristles and overmolded handles that are comfortable for little hands to hold. When clean up is done, children can hang the tools using the included storage stand. Set includes a broom, mop, duster, handheld broom, and dustpan. Stand measures 10"L x 10"W x 30"H.

4 years & up. Compatible with most major brands of brick blocks, this table features bright, primary colored building plates which are compatible with smaller sized standard brick blocks, and a center drawstring net bag for brick storage. The net bag is top-shelf dishwasher safe and can be used to sanitize the bricks. Made of hardwood, this durable table is easy-to-assemble and measures 32"L x 32"W x 18"H. Made in the USA.

2 years & up. Enhance your manipulative center with our super sturdy maple block table. Perfect for interlocking building blocks.The 27"x 27" detachable mesh bag can be used for storage and washing the blocks as well. With the small grid, this table is LEGO® compatible. Blocks are not included. Measures 17"H x 27"W x 27"D.

18 months & up. Encourage children to get a closer look at the world around them with a Two-Handed Magnifier. Molded from the new Poly+ material, this easy-to-hold waterproof magnifier is the perfect companion for every indoor and outdoor adventure. Solid glass lenses are scratch resistant and protected by overmolded soft touch plastic. Set includes 2 magnifiers. Each magnifier measures 8.3" x 5.1" x .8".

3 - 8 years. Imagine engaging your students with 26 zoo animals that spring to life in 3D augmented reality! Classrooms alive™ will enhance your current curriculum by creating a magical, zoo-themed learning experience with a full suite of our early learning products. Our Zoo animals interact with your students as they learn the foundations for reading, writing, and math. This ties in an element of science as your kids go on an imaginative tour through our zoo. Includes: Learning alive™ Zoo Keeper Edition, Zoo Keeper Lesson Plans, Alphabet Classroom Rug, My Letters alive® Journals (set of 20), My Math alive® Journals (set of 20), and Assessments for Guiding Instruction.