Children learn about gardening and plants through endless hours of open-ended, screen-free, sensory play. Use learning about gardening and plants as a starting point for hands-on, open-ended, self-guided, interactive, and independent play. Our sensory activity kit is earth and insect themed for creative projects that can be reused over and over! Engage your children’s senses while strengthening their fine motor skills, encouraging them to explore their own ideas, and facilitating independent play. Includes 3 colors of modeling dough, 3 shape cutters, 4 insect figures, 10 craft sticks, 15 googly eyes, 20 gems, 1 page of foam shapes, 20 beads, 20 pom-poms, 1 small rolling pin, 6 double-sided activity cards, 1 activity guide and a wooden storage container. The wooden storage bin makes cleanup quick and easy so you can keep track of all the loose parts play! Perfect for any calm down corner, this sensory activity kit promotes independent play and helps build fine motor skills for kids! For over 55 years, hand2mind has encouraged hands-on learning and discovery, driving deeper understanding and helping children unlock their full potential. hand2mind is a pioneer in social emotional development products that help kids manage their emotions and build mindfulness for kids. From kindergarten to middle school, hand2mind has you covered with products designed to enhance learning in the classroom and beyond. Through innovation and creation, we strive to find new ways to encourage students in math practice, literacy activities, STEM education, Social Emotional Learning, and more!
Inspired by the desert, these delightful Colorful Cactus Counters feature a variety of attributes to keep children engaged as they master early math skills! The counters come in six bright colors and six unique cactus shapes, inviting children to sort and make patterns based on cactus type, color, shape, height, the number of flowers or prickles, and more. The opportunities to think creatively about making patterns, sorting, and counting are endless! Once children have mastered counting, sorting, and making patterns, they can use the cactus counters to model addition and subtraction. The Colorful Cactus Counters are a fun, hands-on tool to help children gain a concrete understanding of many math concepts. The included Activity Guide includes teacher-created activities. Colorful Cactus Counters come in a reusable, clear plastic Storage Bucket with a handle of the lid. High-quality, soft, durable plastic children will enjoy handling. This set includes 72 Cactus Counters, a convenient Storage Container, and 1 Activity Guide. For over 50 years, hand2mind has encouraged hands-on learning and discovery, driving deeper understanding and helping children unlock their full potential. hand2mind specializes in math manipulatives designed to help students learn by doing. They supply math counters, rekenreks, abacus, counting cubes and more to help little ones go from counting to 10, 20 and beyond! From early math to middle school math, hand2mind has you covered with products designed to enhance learning in the classroom and the world around us. Through hands-on exploration and discovery, we strive to find new ways to encourage students in math practice, literacy activities, STEM education and m
Get ready for an immersive, star-gazing adventure! Kids look, listen, and learn all about our incredible universe with this kid-tough telescope featuring 120+ amazing images (including images from NASA!) and 13 videos straight from the cosmos. TV host and science expert Emily Calandrelli shares cool audio facts about space and follows up with quiz questions for the ultimate science show-and-tell experience. At Educational Insights we've been helping kids learn through play for the last 60 years. We take great pride in working with experts in many distinct fields—from scientists to teachers to artists—to ensure that our products are always the very best they can be. Our award-winning, best-selling toys and games introduce new interests, unleashing limitless possibilities and passions including Coding Critters, Hot Dots, Design & Drill, Playfoam, GeoSafari, Kanoodle, and BrainBolt.
Build new kindergarten readiness skills, one piece at a time! Get your little ones learning and playing at the same time with the Alphabet Puzzle Cards from Learning Resources. This set of 26 colorful three-piece puzzles helps kids master early alphabet and language skills through brain-teasing puzzle play. Each puzzle features one letter of the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase form, as well as a full-color image of a vocabulary word that begins with that letter; from alligator to zebra, your kids will pick up new language skills as they play. Designed with little ones in mind, each puzzle is self-correcting, which makes it easier for kids to puzzle out the one right answer. Each set of Alphabet Puzzle Cards comes in a sturdy reusable box that doubles as a storage container when playtime is done.
Look out - it's a bubbling Reactor Pod eruption! Start your seismic science adventures off right with the Beaker Creatures Bubbling Volcano Reactor from Learning Resources. This crazy creature twist on the classic toy volcano turns opening your Beaker Creatures pods into an event - drop the included Reactor Pod into the volcano, add water, and trigger the bubbling reaction! Then, extract your creature and see which one of the creature collectibles you discovered - there are more than 100 to collect! The Beaker Creatures Bubbling Volcano Reactor doubles as a working volcano science kit, and includes a guide with five fizzing, foaming experiments you can perform over and over again. Summon the Chaotic Cauldron, make your own geode, trigger a bigger volcano eruption, and more! Each set also includes a classification card to help identify your creature, and a mini-poster filled with cool quiz questions inspired by real-world science facts!
Practice number recognition, order and simple equations with jumbo magnetic numbers that every student will love. These durable, plastic numbers are brightly colored and BIG - easy for little hands to handle. Set includes 30 numbers and 6 operation symbols in 6 colors and plastic storage tub.
Skye the Unicorn is the robot unicorn toy ready to teach your preschooler early coding skills through fun, imaginative play. Use Skye’s magic coding wand to cast a coding spell that can make Skye dance, light up, and more! You can even design your own endless coding challenges with Skye’s 22-piece interactive play-set.
Help kids hone their critical thinking skills even when you're on the go. The Mental Blox Go! set combines the boredom-fighting fun of a traditional travel activity set with the trusted educational challenges from the experts at Learning Resources. Contained within the sturdy, travel-friendly carrying case is a 16-piece puzzle ready to tease brains and challenge critical thinking skills during long flights or short road trips. The set also comes with a puzzle book filled with 10 different types of challenges, including games and activities designed for both one and multiple players - over 30 challenges in all targeting different skills and subjects. Some might require knowledge of math or number sequences, while others might lean more on problem solving and imaginative play. At the end of each play session, the pieces pack neatly back into the three-piece carrying case, making even quick game sessions a snap to clean up.
Take aim at new preschool alphabet skills every time you blast! Kids build school-ready language skills during fast-paced rounds of Alphablasters! Letter & Spelling Game from Learning Resources. The rules of this skill-building preschool alphabet challenge are as simple as they are addictive—each round, players draw a card, aim the air cannon, and blast their ball in hopes of knocking down the letters needed to complete their word. The player with the best aim (and spelling skills) wins! While it’s easy to play, this alphabet game for kids also helps build all kinds of essential language skills—double-sided letter cards help kids master uppercase and lowercase, while double-sided word cards introduce them to more than 50 vocabulary words. Designed for 1-4 players, this educational toy for 4 year olds comes with multiple fun ways to play—test yourself with solo play, challenge a friend with head-to-head contests, or turn classroom spelling lessons into a fun group game. Alphablasters! makes a great addition to collections of educational indoor games and preschool activity sets in homes and classrooms!
Hop on board with math learning fun! The Hundred Activity Mat is an oversize version of the familiar hundreds board that is ideal for engaging kin-esthetic learners.
Great for imaginative play and classroom participation, children can play school, do board work, make pretend presentations and more with these 15" blue, green, and red pointers. The opportunities are endless! Also perfect for teachers to use during shared reading with our big books.
With so many ways to build and play, the Design & Drill Bolt Buddies will keep your little builder busy, busy, busy! Kids use a real, working, kid-safe drill to build the Rocket, then drop the Bolt Buddy astronaut and his and Puppy pal into the cockpit and blast off into pretend play fun! Imagination meets construction play with this snap-together Rocket with 6 parts, kid-friendly power drill, 7 bolts, and two Bolt Buddy figures. Drill requires 3 AAA batteries. Drill patent pending. By playing with Educational Insights Design & Drill building toys and vehicles for kids: preschool and toddler boys and girls aged 3 4 5+ years old who can use their creative minds to play with a classic twist on a take apart toy with many assorted colorful pieces. This educational construction building set is a great way for kids to learn early math and science concepts, an important part of STEM educational learning. It makes a great birthday and holiday gift for kids, providing hours of building kit action-packed fun! At Educational Insights we've been helping kids learn through play for the last 60 years. We take great pride in working with experts in many distinct fields—from scientists to teachers to artists—to ensure that our products are always the very best they can be. We see the limitless possibilities that you see in your child. Our award-winning toys and games help moms, and all those who mom, ignite the spark within and build their confidence so they can build their world. Our award-winning, best-selling toys and games introduce new interests, unleashing limitless possibilities and passions including Coding Critters, Hot Dots, Design & Drill, Playfoam, GeoSafari, Kanoodle, and BrainBolt.
