Early Childhood
Early Education Games and Resources
Effective early childhood education involves engaging students with information and activity for brief periods of time. Learning tools for early childhood include books and other media as well as manipulatives, games, and toys. From memorizing ABC’s and 123’s to learning how to tie shoelaces and master motor skills, young children can benefit from instruction and practice with learning tools and activities.
Books and Other Media
Shop a wide selection of lesson planning books geared towards instructors, and don’t miss the selection of reading and activity books and workbooks designed to engage early learners. Many of the books designed for students capture children’s attention through storytelling, illustrations, or interactive features. With elements that engage, it is no wonder that books such as the Very Hungry Caterpillar, Sheep in a Jeep, and Curious George series are remembered by children well into adulthood.
Some media uses sound to appeal to children. Books that use rhyme help early readers remember sounds and letters or letter combinations. Addition & Subtraction Rap and Division Rap DVDs by Rock n Learn also take advantage of rhyme but use it to teach math. DVDs, and books with cassettes or CDs, use audio to encourage participation as they share information. Students make rapid progress in language learning during early childhood, and foreign language DVDs can introduce them to new languages at early ages. The Spanish DVD: Grades K & Up or Aprendamos Ingles (Learn English) DVD by Rock n Learn are two such DVDs.
Manipulatives, Games, and Toys
Manipulatives, games, and educational toys get children interested, active, and learning. Children can practice recognizing patterns and develop their understanding of size and shape by using manipulatives. Multi Match Sensory Discs by Guidecraft encourage children to use their use their senses, fine motor skills, and color matching abilities. Foam Color Cubes by Teacher Created can be used to help children learn to visually discriminate between colors and develop fine motor skills. Like many manipulatives, Foam Color Cubes can also be used for creating patterns and understanding basic math concepts. Age-appropriate games and toys encourage children to participate in developmental activities in similar ways.
Learning at any age can be fun, and that is a great lesson for children to learn early. The learning tools and activities available here can help them do so.
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Pattern Blocks Wooden, 1cm, 250 Per Pack
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$34.99Set of 250 colorful 1 cm hardwood blocks in storage bucket. Contains 25 yellow hexagons, 25 orange squares, 50 green triangles, 50 red trapezoids, 50 blue parallelograms, 50 tan rhombuses and Teaching Guide.Key Features:Classic, versatile classroom...$34.99 -
Rainbow™ Premier Pentominoes, Pack of 72
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$27.99Rainbow Pentominoes have been specially scored to show the five congruent squares that form each piece. This special scoring helps children visualize area and perimeter easily, and promotes greater understanding as children develop spatial skills. Each...$27.99 -
Link 'N’ Learn® Links in a Bucket, 500 Pieces
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$22.99Kids will have fun making necklaces with this set of 500 pliable links in four colors. Great for building fine motor skills and counting, patterning and sorting activities. Storage bucket and activity guide included. Links measure 1.6" x 0.75"Key...$22.99 -
Beads in a Bucket, 108 Pieces
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$32.99This set of colorful hardwood spheres, cubes and cylinders with laces provides plenty of pre-reading and early math practice. Set includes 108 beads in six colors and two 36" black laces with 1" plastic tips.Key Features:Provides plenty of pre-reading...$32.99 -
Beads and Pattern Cards Activity Set
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$34.99Colorful wooden spheres, cubes, and cylinders provide plenty of patterning practice, a prerequisite for early reading and math activities. Includes: 20 Activity Cards, 108 beads in 6 colors (red, yellow, orange, blue, green and purple). 2 — 36"...$34.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:$34.99Subtotal: -
Plastic Pattern Blocks, .5 cm, Pack of 250
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$21.99Use this set of 250 blocks, in six shapes and six colors, to explore patterns, symmetry, linear and area measurement, fractions and problem solving. Teaching Guide and storage bucket included. Grades PreK-8.Key Features:These blocks provide students with...$21.99 -
Alphabet Lacing Cards
Melissa & Doug
$37.99Practice your letters and build fine motor skills at the same time! This value-packed learning set has a shaped lacing board for every letter of the alphabet. Each one features a colorful illustration on one side and a label on the back, complete with...$37.99 -
Prehistoric Playground Dinosaur Rug
Melissa & Doug
$37.99Bring to life the prehistoric giants who walked the earth millions of years ago with this sturdy, colorful dinosaur play rug! Durably made to look great for countless playtimes to come, the woven rug with a skid-proof backing comes with four flocked...$37.99 -
Round the Construction Zone Work Site Rug & Vehicle Set
Melissa & Doug
$37.99Get to work all around the construction zone with this sturdy, colorful construction site rug! Durably made to look great for countless playtimes to come, the woven rug with a skid-proof backing comes with three wooden construction vehicles and features...$37.99 -
Round the Speedway Race Track Rug & Car Set
Melissa & Doug
$37.99Race the cars around the track, to the pit stop, past the cheering crowds, and all the way to the winner's circle! With this rug, there are lots of ways to learn and play. The rug is made with durable material and is machine-washable. Skid-proof backing...$37.99 -
'Round the Town Road Rug & Car Set
Melissa & Doug
$37.99This colorful road rug comes with four cars to drive on its looping streets and lanes—and its varied terrain also makes it ideal for trains, chunky play figures, and vehicles of all kinds! Durably made to look great for countless playtimes to come,...$37.99 -
Counting Caterpillar
Melissa & Doug
$18.99Kids love counting with our colorful caterpillar! This cheerful character encourages young learners to work on number and color recognition as they develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. They can sort by numerical order, do beginning math...$18.99 -
Add & Subtract Abacus
Melissa & Doug
$24.99Ideal for the classroom or the playroom, this classic toy gives kids lots of ways to explore numbers, colors, and patterns! Just slide the two double-sided wooden boards into the base, then encourage kids to solve equations by lining up the correct...$24.99 -
My First Daily Magnetic Calendar
Melissa & Doug
$27.99What is today? For a child, that simple question can have so many answers--and this daily calendar helps satisfy them all! Kids will feel a greater sense of control and responsibility when they help post the day of the week, date, weather, and special...$27.99 -
Take-Along Farm Play Mat
Melissa & Doug
$32.99Take the fun along with you with this versatile, colorful play mat and farm friends set! The mat, with a non-skid backing, features an illustrated farm scene in bright, eye-catching colors. The nine soft fabric animals and farmer figures crinkle, rattle...$32.99 -
Take-Along Town Play Mat
Melissa & Doug
$32.99Take the fun along with you with this versatile, colorful play mat and vehicle set! The mat, with a non-skid backing, features an illustrated town and road scene in bright, eye-catching colors. The nine soft fabric vehicles crinkle, rattle or squeak and...$32.99 -
Flip Fish
Melissa & Doug
$24.99Nurtures early childhood development in three key skill areas: physical, cognitive, and social. Promotes constructive play and effortless learning, keeping interest high and new skills flourishing throughout the baby and toddler years!Key...$24.99 -
Take-Along Shape Sorter Baby and Toddler Toy
Melissa & Doug
$27.99More than a shape sorter--this is an on-the-go activity center! Using nine plastic shapes and the padded carrying case, children can lift crinkly flaps, identify the pictures, match the shapes, and drop the textured blocks through the sorter . . . then...$27.99 -
Musical Farmyard Cube Learning Toy
Melissa & Doug
$27.99This "farmyard" is full of noisy animals and compact enough to take anywhere! Four animals sound off with their animal songs and play a lively melody when their noses are pressed. Or babies can grasp the padded handle and bump the block against the floor...$27.99 -
Pull-Back Vehicles
Melissa & Doug
$32.99Wheel them back to get new skills speeding ahead! The "rev up" mechanism inside each of these four cars and trucks makes it easy for babies and toddlers to get big acceleration with just a little input: Pull back one of the soft vehicles--then release to...$32.99