After School & Summer Learning

Interest Level: K-3. Reading Levels: 0-Q. Brilliant color photos and simple text describe the fascinating lifecycles of 12 different animal and plant species. Illustrations bring essential science vocabulary to life. 12 paperback books, 16 pages each.

5 years & up. It's easy for students to set up and maintain their own ant habitats! Ant Factory, measuring 9" high by 15" wide, provides great lessons in responsibility, basic ecology, and much more! Each habitat includes 24-page guide book with ant care and colony observation hints, water dropper, canal starting tool, and certificate to obtain ants by mail ($4.00 fee required for shipping, handling, and insurance).

3 years & up. Ideal for classrooms, this economical set combines 7 diverse titles for a range of cultural classroom experiences. Paperback. Set of 7 books.

4 years & up. Educate, empower, and inspire with the Love is in the Hair book set. Dedicated to celebrating the beauty and heritage of Black hair, this book set showcases the relationships, experiences, and routines Black and Brown children find through their hair care. From a young boy visiting a barbershop for a fresh cut and a mother and daughter bonding over the nightly ritual of detangling hair, to a girl searching for her bedtime bonnet with her family and a father and daughter finding… More »

Grades K - 6. This inflatable classroom set helps children understand the size and distance relationships of the solar system, while learning about rotation, revolution and orbit through class activities or demonstrations. Includes 23" Sun and proportionate planets and moon with sizes ranging from 5" to 14". Also includes a foot pump, hooks for hanging, and teacher's activity guide. Deflates for easy storage.

Learning to read is one of the major milestones in a child's life, and it's one that parents worry about. This guide gives parents information on how to support their child on his or her reading journey. Now parents of children, aged three to five years old, have the power to ensure their child becomes a successful reader. Available in English and Spanish. Set of 20 guides.

3 years & up. Encourage children to make healthy food choices with this exciting Healthy Meal Choices Pretend Play Food Variety Set. This realistic set includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods. Have your children make a meal and then go over the nutrition and health benefits of each food. This set promotes healthy habits, dramatic play, and interactive learning. All pieces are actual sized, washable, and come in a shopping basket for easy storage.

3 years & up. This magnetic construction set allows children to explore magnetism safety and learn about its attractive and repulsive properties. By incorporating the unique Goobi® tripod design, this construction set enables young builders to create rigid cubical structures with more design possibilities! A valuable STEM learning resource. Introduces children to magnetism, structures, geometry, physics, architecture, and engineering. Improves children's fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination,… More »

3 years & up. Author-illustrator Leo Lionni is well known for his use of colorful and imaginative storybooks. His books contain messages that center around themes of self-discovery, acceptance, friendship, creativity and the beauty of nature. Many stories emphasize the importance of embracing one's uniqueness, celebrating creativity and the power of imagination, working together, helping each outher and valuing relationships with others. Through his stories, children develop an appreciation… More »

3 years & up. Children will delight in the use of both Spanish and English words throughout the books in this set. Set of 8 paperback books.

4 - 7 years. These engaging titles will help young children learn to identify, compare, and consider all of the factors when deciding what their answer will be. Child-centered text and vibrant images combine to clearly explain the properties and uses of items in our world. Set of 6 paperback books.

3 years & up. Explore cultural diversity with this Multicultural Book and CD set. This set of acclaimed read-along books will foster learning and understanding of multiple cultures while keeping children engaged with the beautifully illustrated pages. Includes: "Feast for 10", "Abiyoyo", "Jamaica's Find", and "No Mirrors in My Nanas House". Set of 4 books with CDs.

3 years & up. Creating just got more fun with these bright colored Crayola® Washable Markers 8 Count! These markers are a great addition to any classroom art materials. The markers wash easily from skin and most fabrics, inviting creativity from users and reducing clean-up. This set of markers encourages creativity, color recognition, and fine motor skills. Encourage children to identify the color of the markers as they draw. Markers are non-toxic and made in the USA. Set of 10. Color types… More »

3 years & up. Model and practice empathy with the Walk in My Shoes Mat, Teacher Guide, and Activity Card(s) and 40"L X 60"W mat that rolls easily for storage.  Perfect to help children learn to be more empathetic and appreciate how different people express their feelings. Provide children the emotional tools they need as you demonstrate and practice appropriate responses about feelings and emotions.

5 years & up. Coding can be fun with Botley® 2.0 and his 78-piece activity set. Children as young as 5 can learn to code with 100% screen-free play. Botley® 2.0 can move in six different directions, play music, and even put on a light show. Botley® 2.0 has 16 fun interactions-transform Botley® into a train, police car, ghost, and more! You can even test your memory with the lights and sounds game of Botley® Says! Your little coders can build sequences of up to 150 steps,… More »

4 years & up. Use these wonderful Amazing Architectures and Structures Around the World Book Set for an interactive lesson about building great structures. From skyscrapers up high to tunnels down below, children will enjoy learning about how and why these structures are built. This book set promotes literacy and early vocabulary. Encourage children to ask questions or talk about the structures they have seen in person. Set of 6 paperback books.

Grades 2 & up. Hands-on Investigation Kit supports building a variety of real-world models that demonstrate science and technology concepts. Students will explore through hands-on investigation 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class levers along with fixed, movable and combination pulley systems. Includes building instructions for 8 different models with real-life photo and key facts. Complete set includes K'nex rods and connectors in a sturdy, divided case, teaching resource CD (with teaching notes, building… More »

3 years & up. Roll your way into a good time with this marbulous-marble run! The durable, transparent pieces allow children to visually track the entire course of their marble as it makes its journey through several fun twists and turns. This Transparent Marble Run promotes fine motor skills, spatial relationships, logic, and STEM skills. The colorful pieces can fit together multiple ways, so children can design them differently each time. Have children drop the marbles in at different points… More »

3 years & up. Inspire crafts and scientific discovery with this Natural Stones and Minerals kit! This rock collection box includes more than 210 individual pieces and 11 different types: River Pebbles, Polished Stones (black, white, assorted), Tiger's Eye, Gemstones, Amethyst Points, Amethyst Clusters, Iron Pyrite, 2 Agate slices (large and small). An ideal addition to sensory bin, little geologists will love to sort, classify and identify the various stone characteristics! Use this kit to start… More »

4 years & up. Literacy and Math with Zoo Animals. This exciting set will provide your kindergartener with plenty of entertaining educational options when learning about the 26 letters of the alphabet and numbers 0 through 20. An 8-count pack of crayons and a finger fidget are also included to make learning more hands on. A safari animal puppet is also included. Activity card(s) included.

5 years & up. Engage your children as they learn through play with this exciting Mind Games Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Activities Set. Children will enjoy challenging their minds with a variety of collaborative games. This set promotes literacy, vocabulary, collaborative play, and fine motor skills. Includes Word Hangman, Mastermind, BananaGrams, and Scrabble®. Set of 4 games.

Grades 2 & up. Hands-on Investigation Kit supports building a variety of real-world models that demonstrate science and technology concepts. Students will explore through hands-on investigation concepts such as gearing up/down and increasing speed/force as they build crank fans, egg beaters and more. Includes building instructions for 6 different models with real-life photo and key facts. Complete set includes building materials in a sturdy divided case, teaching resource CD (with teaching notes,… More »

4 years & up. Join these playful dinos in early coding fun! This 15-piece Coding Critters set features interactive pets Rumble and Bumble along with a playset including a cave, slide, volcano launcher, and more. Play fetch, hide and seek, and other fun games with the pet playset or create your own coding stories and challenges. When you are not coding, you can pet, feed, and take care of Rumble just like a real pet in Play Mode. Read along and explore the coding adventures in the full-color… More »

4 years & up. These playful bunny pets bring early Stem concepts to preschool learning through 100% screen-free coding. Children can code along with their new pets' storybook adventure, and help the hard-working Bopper and spunky Hip & Hop have a playtime they'll never forget! Each storybook coding challenge unfolds in the Coding Critters' fun playset-Can you code Bopper to grab her carrot, pull Hip in her cart, or push Hop on the fun log swing? In addition to following along with the storybook's… More »