Sorting & Patterning

2 years & up. Encourage color and shape recognition while building fine motor skills. In this class set, children connect bolts to cards by matching a bolt's shape and color with the corresponding shape and color on the card. Children then fasten the bolt to the card with the nut. As children get the hang of it, they can continue to challenge themselves because the set comes with cards that have higher levels of difficulty. Bolts measure 2.75".

3 years & up. It's time to shape up with these toss-and-learn bean bags. Each bean bag is a different color and shape - circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, pentagon, hexagon, and star - with its name beautifully embroidered. Bean bags are approximately 4" to 5" in size, just perfect for small hands, and come in a handy cloth drawstring bag. Includes a "Tip Sheet" packed with fun activities that make learning shapes an exciting visual and kinesthetic experience.

3 years & up. Children can explore patterns, symmetry, linear and area measurement, fractions, and problem solving with this set of 250 pattern blocks. Set includes yellow hexagons, red trapezoids, orange squares, green triangles, blue parallelograms, and tan rhombus. Teaching guide and storage bucket are included.

3 years & up. These simple, two-player games take only 10 minutes to play and offer children a hands-on approach to learn basic early learning skills. Perfect for family engagement, or one-on-one with a teacher. Children will learn counting, color and shape identification, sorting skills, and more.

3 years & up. Stack the owls to match the numbers (1-10) on the branch to build early counting skills, one-to-one correspondence, color identification, sorting and patterning, and much more! Includes 25 stacking owls, one branch, spinner, and 10 activity cards. Owls measure 1.75"H; branch measures 13.25"L.

3 years & up. Pattern Blocks and Boards let Kids explore colors and shapes hands-on as they fill wooden boards with colorful wooden pieces. Follow one of the 10 design templates or create your own mosaic using 120 tiles in 6 different shapes. This attribute set develops shape recognition and spatial relations. Matching and mosaics are a great way Includes 10 designs on wooden cards with 120 pattern blocks in 6 different shapes and colors which replicate the patterns. Stores neatly in a durable… More »

3 years & up. This game is all about cars! This set of 36 bright and chunky plastic vehicles features 10 activity cards of 5 games at different levels of difficulty. Help your child or student develop fine-motor skills, patterning and sequencing abilities, spatial orientation, shapes, and colors.Great for playing at home or in small groups. Includes teacher guide.

3 years & up. Squeeze this tool in the middle to open the tweezers and strengthen muscles in little hands and fingers! A perfect picker-upper that also builds the hand strength necessary for good fine-motor skills. Includes 6 tweezers in 6 different colors.

3 years & up. Learn to recognize similar attributes among objects as an important prerequisite to both math and reading. Build kindergarten readiness by gaining skills of sorting items (such as shirt, chair, and pencil) into broader categories (such as clothing, furniture, and writing tools). Includes hands-on manipulatives, books, and a selection of related activities to optimize the learning experience. This kit supports parent involvement and early learning through a variety of interactive… More »

3 years & up. Develop fine motor skills by matching a bee to it's hive using pincers or tongs. With colorful bee hives and cute bumble bees, children move them around using a wooden pincher. This item reinforces color recognition and counting. Contains 6 honeycombs, 6 bees, tongs, and activity guide. Product is made using chemical free, kiln-dried recycled rubberwood and designed with water based non-toxic colors as accent. Each hive measures 2.0" x 2.2" x 1.8".

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. Students can group items or concepts with similar and different attributes by making circles into a Venn diagram or other visual tool. Set of 6 collapsible circles include 2 each of red, blue and yellow. Hoops measure 20".

3 years & up. These highly appealing and tactile eggs will help develop children's comparison and sorting skills. Stimulate both language development and mathematical skills as children sort the eggs by size and weight. Perfect for indoor or outdoor exploration. Contains eight eggs measuring between 1.5" to 3"H.

Pegboards are a great addition to teach beginning math skills. Pegs sold separately.

Easily store essential classroom materials with these Square Plastic Woven Baskets for Classroom Sorting and Organization. This set of square plastic woven baskets provides a convenient, aesthetically pleasing solution for classroom organization. Use these baskets for sorting by items, shapes, colors, and more. Baskets are washable. Measures 5" square and are 2.75" deep.

6 years & up. Interlocking 1cm unit cubes are great for measurement, base 10, linear, and mass activities. Each cube has 3 interlocking sides, 2 smooth sides, and 1 connector side. Cubes measure 1 cubic centimeter and weigh 1 gram each. Set of 1,000 cubes come in 10 different colors and a storage bucket.

4 years & up. Make math hands-on with these manipulative counting cubes! Develop and improve math skills through visualizing grouping, comparisons, graphing, counting, and other functions. Expand users' fine motor skills, motor planning, and hand-eye coordination. Included in the set are 240 cubes, 60 in 4 colors: red, yellow, green, and blue.

3 years & up. The ability to recognize and extend a repeating pattern is important for math, but also crucial for early reading (think of spelling patterns!). With this kit and the related activities, your child will learn to identify, create, and extend patterns. These skills lay important foundations for school readiness. Includes hands-on manipulatives, books, and a selection of related activities to optimize the learning experience. Supports parent involvement and early learning through… More »

Includes three resource books: "Let's Take it Outside!: Teacher-Created Activities for Outdoor Learning", "Learning is in Bloom: Cultivating Outdoor Explorations", and "Preschool Beyond Walls: Blending Early Childhood Education and Nature-Based Learning".

18 months & up. Encourage loose parts exploration, numeracy and scale activities, and sensory play using this set of coconut-inspired Counting Bowls. Made in part using durable Poly+, these bowls are perfect companions for indoor and outdoor adventures, nature collections, and sand and water play. Each bowl features a molded number and corresponding holes for sifting, water exploration, and number recognition. Largest bowl measures 9.8"L x 9.8"W x 4.25"H. Smallest bowl measures… More »

3 years & up. Make play more exciting with a set of Wooden Dominoes in a range of beautiful, nature-inspired colors. Children can stack and match while developing critical thinking skills, recognizing colors, creating patterns and more! Children can line the pieces up and knock them over again and again for hours of fun while experiencing cause and effect in real time. Set includes 168 pieces each measuring 1" x 1.8" x .4".

3 years and up. Learn about the weather without interrupting playtime. This set of Explore the Weather Counters depicts 6 different weather patterns (lightning bolt, snowflake, cloud, raindrop, wind, and sun) for children to investigate. The child-sized pieces are perfect for small hands, and each weather pattern has a different surface pattern to spark sensory stimulation. As they play, children will gain valuable scientific knowledge about the world around them.

3 years & up. Cook up a storm with the Stir & Sort Food Court! The food set comes with 74 colorful play food pieces. Children can create their own unique recipe or choose a dish from the menu cards for some pattern-matching fun. Once the dishes are prepared, it is time to sort the ingredients by color using the included tongs, which enhances fine motor skills and builds hand strength. More games and activities are included in the guide.

2 years & up. Enhance activities incorporating found loose parts with this Loose Parts Stackable Tray. Made from easy-to-clean Polycarbonate, this tray is the perfect addition to nature-based loose parts play in the classroom and outside. The see-through, compartmentalized tray keeps items visible, accessible and organized while encouraging sorting and seriation of loose parts. Introduce an additional layer of sensory exploration using a light source through the clear plastic. Tray measures… More »