Language and Literacy Resources

3 years & up. Hands-on learning that's easy, educational and fun! Colorful individual cards teach letter and number formation as children develop the fine motor skills necessary to learn to write letters and numbers. Also included in the Numbers & Counting set, are early educational activities such as counting, math concepts and simple shapes. Twist, bend, or simply press down -- no glue, no mess, and endlessly reusable! Buy the individual card sets, or buy both sets together, as a kit. Scent-Free. Made in the USA.

3 years & up. Make reading more engaging with this bright colored Freddy Frog Soft Felt Set for Interactive Reading and Storytelling. Children will enjoy following along with the story and assisting Freddy Frog with getting dressed. The high quality, felt figures and two fun stories help children learn how to dress for winter fun. This set encourages fine motor skills, imagination, creativity, and literacy. Includes 14 pieces.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Bigmouth Horse Hand Puppets for Dramatic Play and Interactive Reading. This large, 12 inch puppets has realistic features and an easily moveable mouth. Puppets are great for promoting imagination, literacy, hand-eye coordination, creativity, fine motor skills. Encourage your children to mimic the sound horses make. The plush material is surface washable.

3 years & up. Have your children follow along to this familiar story with this detailed Children's Favorite Classic Stories Three Pigs Felt Set. This felt set follows the Three Pigs as they outwit the Wolf. Encourage your children to move the felt pieces along as the story progresses. Set includes 17 pre-cut flannel figures, a house that has "peek-in" doors, the classic story, and 4 reproducible coloring sheets. Made in the USA.

3 years & up. Step back in time to the Jurassic era with this exciting Friendly Dinosaur Prehistoric Felt Set for Interactive Reading! This set of realistic dinosaur figures includes a volcano scene for creative storytelling. Use this set for an engaging lesson about the dinosaurs and other early creatures. Encourage children to describe or write about the creatures they see. Made in the USA. Set of 12. Figures range from 4"H to 10"H; background is 14"L x 24"W.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Bear Hand Puppet for Dramatic Play and Interactive Reading. This plush puppet has realistic features and easily moveable arms. Puppets are great for promoting imagination, literacy, hand-eye coordination, creativity, fine motor skills. Encourage your children to mimic the sound bears make. The plush material is surface washable. Measures 8"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

7 years & up. In this unique word game, players use tiles to create words crossword-style. The first player to use all their tiles is the winner. With multiple ways to play, this game is perfect for beginning spellers, as well as more advanced players. No pencil, paper, or board required.

3 years & up. Discover a world of weather and how to dress for it! This set covers weather during each season and includes 3 labels to track weather: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Set contains 7" Wally figure, assortment of felt clothing, 4 seasonal scenes, bilingual lesson guide and sequencing strips, felt thermometer, and 18 weather-related icons. Made in the USA.

100 sentence strips for our pocket charts, 24"L x 3"W, 0.5" ruled.

4 years & up. Improve your child's literacy and vocabulary skills with these exciting Rhyming and Learning First Words Dominoes Game. Children will love to learn and match the dominoes as they try to win the game. Each domino is complete with a photographic element to correspond with the word. These dominoes promote individual learning, logic, and reasoning. This dominoes set includes 28 dominoes with a tin for easy storage. Purchase as a set or individually.

Grades K - 2. Enhance early grammar and reading skills with sturdy, interlocking cards that cover parts of speech, capital letters, punctuation, building sentences, and more. Tailor activities to different learning levels. Includes grammatically color-coded cards (55 word, 4 punctuation, and 27 photo cards), game ideas, sample sentences, and teaching suggestions. Supports NCTE and NAEYC standards.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Bigmouth Cow Hand Puppets for Dramatic Play and Interactive Reading. This large, 12 inch puppets has realistic features and an easily moveable mouth. Puppets are great for promoting imagination, literacy, hand-eye coordination, creativity, fine motor skills. Encourage your children to mimic the sound cows make. The plush material is surface washable.

4 years & up. Develop early storytelling skills by completing 16 different picture stories in the 3-scene set, 12 different picture stories in the 4-scene set and 8 different stories in the 6-scene set. Sort, think and arrange the colorful cards to construct different picture stories. Flip the cards over for self correction. 48 cards in each set.

3 years & up. Encourage your children to practice their writing and vocabulary words with these Dry Erase Sentence Strips for Practicing Writing and Sentence Formation. These sentence strips promote literacy, dexterity, fine motor skills, creativity, and imagination. Encourage children to identify the color of the marker they have as they practice writing letters, numbers, vocabulary words, or simple sentences. Eraser and pens are not included. Pack of 30. Ruled 1.5" with red baseline and… More »

Grades 1 & up. Spark brainstorming and imagination with these writing prompt cubes. Students can use cubes in both creative storytelling and nonfiction writing activities. With different writing prompts on each side (36 prompts total), foam cubes offer a variety of ideas for individual or group writing projects. Cubes wipe clean and are quiet when rolled--perfect for centers. Activity guide included. Cubes measure 1.625".

4 years & up. Make learning the alphabet even more fun with this exciting POP for Letters™ Practicing Alphabet Recognition and Early Literacy Skills Game. This popcorn themed alphabet game promotes letter recognition, collaborative play, early literacy skills, and fine motor skills. Simply draw a letter from the popcorn box and identify the letter and sound. Be careful not to pull a piece that says "POP". You'll have to put all your pieces back! Includes 100 die-cut popcorn pieces… More »

3 years & up. Write or draw, then wipe it away without a trace. These 5" x 7" marker boards are perfect for reading or writing centers. Set of 5 boards.

Grades K & up. Enjoy two great games in one since each side of the double-sided answer mat features a different skill. Build instant word recognition with the two unique word sets included within. Perfect for use with the entire class or just small-group instruction. Included are 36 double-sided game cards, 720 tokens, 100 calling cards, a double-sided answer mat, and a game guide. Supports NCTE standards.

Grades 1 & up. Help your students concentrate on what they read by adding a bit of surprise to the lesson. Students answer the questions before reading (red cubes), during reading (blue cubes) and after reading (green cubes). Can make for a lively discussion. Each cube measures 1.625" x 1.625". Set of 6 cubes total.

3 years & up. Use these American Sign Language Alphabet Cards to familiarize children with the alphabet, beginning sounds, and the ASL manual alphabet. Each card features a letter of the alphabet and real photo on one side and a photograph of the ASL sign on the other. For a fun collaborative activity, go over the cards with your class and have everyone practice together. 26 cards included. Measures 6"L x 8"W.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Bigmouth Lion Hand Puppets for Dramatic Play and Interactive Reading. This large, 12 inch puppets has realistic features and an easily moveable mouth. Puppets are great for promoting imagination, literacy, hand-eye coordination, creativity, fine motor skills. Encourage your children to mimic the sound lions make. The plush material is surface washable.

3 years & up. With 21 stunning photographic images of families and individuals, this diverse flannel set will inspire children to talk about the unique features of themselves, their families, and families in various cultures. Machine or hand washable, dry on low heat or lay flat to dry.

3 years & up. Make reading more engaging with these Jumping on the Bed Felt Set with Lesson Guide for Interactive Story Time. Children will love following along with the classic story 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Encourage children to move the pieces of the felt set along with the different monkeys in the story. The set includes nine pre cut felt figures along with a lesson guide in three different languages: English, Spanish, and French.

3 years & up. Celebrate the seasons with this wonderful Seasons Changing Flannel Board Pre-Cut Felt Set. This set is perfect for interactive reading and lessons about how nature changes with the seasons. Children will love recreating the fall harvest with the seasonal accessories. This felt set is designed to be used on top of flannelboards that are at least 24" wide. Washable and colorfast for years of use. Available separately or in a complete set of 4. Washable and colorfast. Flannelboard not included.