Why read cereal boxes?. . . when you could be learning the planets, the periodic table, the systems of the human body or the states and their capitals? These colorful, wipe-off placemats are a favorite. Since it seems that my children spend most of their time eating, perhaps this is the right place for study! Standard placemat size: 12" x 18". Placemats feature full color front; the reverse side is the same picture outlined in black and white so your child can color or write in the information on the write-on, wipe-off surface.
Giant inflatable globe is 20" in diameter! Learn location of all the countries, oceans and other geographical locations. Brilliantly colored and labeled. Play a game of catch, having the child name the countries or oceans that their right hand lands on when they catch the ball. A fun way to increase geography awareness! Ages 4 years and up.
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Dress little Morning Star for a number of important tribal events. She comes with brightly colored outfits worn by the Shoshone, Kiowa, Apache, Cheyenne, Sioux, and Seminole. 1 doll, 22 costume stickers.
Twenty-three handsomely rendered drawings celebrate the beauty and majesty of America. From California's Big Sur country and the Grand Canyon to bobwhite quail in a Kansas wheatfield and Mount Desert Island off the rock-bound coast of Maine, these handsome drawings capture images of all things great and small.
Here's the classic word game—with a twist! Think of a word and try to stump your opponent. Includes wooden game board with erasable whiteboard, self-storing dry-erase marker and eraser. No loose pieces makes this great to take along in the car or on appointments. Great fun! 9" x 10" size, for ages 6 to adult.
An electronic phonics teaching toy that really is worth the money! It has lots of nice features such as volume control (a must!), high-quality digital Texas Instruments voice technology, light-up letters, and auto shut-off so you don't waste your batteries.
Why I favor this unit over others is that it really does teach, rather than just entertain. The first level of play is the singing of the ABC song, with each letter lighting up as it is sung. (This just happens to be the first step of my phonics program, Happy Phonics.) Play advances to being able to learn to name the letters and a quiz with rewarding sounds for choosing the correct letters to the sounds those letters make. Finally, little beginning reader/writers can try out any combination of 3 letters to make words (over 500 of them!).
This is really fun for a young one learning to sound out letters to form words. I appreciate that when attempts at 3-letter combos that don't make an intelligible word are made, the Phonics Firefly responds with "I don't know that word yet," rather than "wrong!" Also, any borderline words (such as bathroom words) are not recognized.
Uses 4 "AA" batteries, which are included. You will find this a fun way to drill phonics facts without flashcards and workbooks. Start it just as soon as your little one is able to recognize a letter and remember it.
My granddaughter Rebekah is mesmerized by Signing Time and signed beautifully, long before her first word! Wish I'd known about this easy way to communicate when Rebekah's daddy was tiny. Set your little one's day to music as you learn signs through song for everyday events: washing up, getting dressed, going places, getting ready for bed, and more. Babies can communicate with signs long before they can speak, and they are smarter and better adjusted because of it! In fact, research shows that babies who learn to sign have a larger vocabulary, fewer tantrums, stronger parent-infant bond, increased literacy, and better social skills. These fabulous DVDs have magnetic kid appeal, irresistibly catchy music, and delightful animation to captivate your baby, toddler, and preschooler (actually ALL my kids were glued to the tube)—teaching them beginning American Language signs while they watch and participate with their own hands. Set includes two DVD's and 2 song CD's for ages 3 months to 3 years.
Home wouldn't be home without letters stuck to the fridge, now would it? 52 brightly colored wooden magnetic upper + lowercase letters come in a handy divided wooden case. Teaches letter recognition, and can be used for tracing too. Great phonics practice, writing those messages up on the fridge!
Connect the dots by lacing in alphabetical order with these colorful lacing shapes that build dexterity. Great A-B-C practice too! Six large charming animals are easy to hold and lace. Six long laces are tipped for easy "sewing". Excellent quality! For ages 3 to 7 years old.
Play your way to mastery of the letter sounds with this fun game for beginning phonics students. Spin the alphabet wheel and say the letter sound your spinner lands on. Cover three alphabet pictures in a row and you win! Lots of great letter identification and sound practice. Sturdy plastic-coated game boards and spinner. For two to four players, ages 4 to 6.
There's a picture hidden on each page of Calc-u-Draw and the only way to discover it is to work the math problems, mark the numbered dots of each answer and connect the dots to make the picture! My kids think this is very fun! Great to use when you need a break from daily textbook work. Ages 6 to 9 years.
How do you drill a 5-year-old? Fun is the only thing that seems to work happily in my homeschool. This clever game will have your children eagerly doing their math addition and subtraction facts. The game board looks like a swamp with alligators swimming nearby. Players move around the board by doing simple math problems to find out the number of spaces to move ahead. Named as one of the best educational games of the year because it is easy to play and it holds a child's attention well. The game includes a dash of luck, so children can actually beat Mom and Dad. For ages 5 and up, two to four players.
Here's an excellent math teaching tool that the children love. Practice your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts on 8 skill levels, keeping time on your performance so you can race to a better score. Lights and sounds give instant feedback. Adding games are included too, along with a full function calculator mode too. 2 AAA batteries required. For 6-10 years. For older children, choose the Math Shark. What a fun way to excel in math facts!
Yes, just like Bingo but lots more fun! Push down on the tile dispenser and out pop 2 picture tiles. Race to fill your picture card and you win! Energetic and exciting for young ones, ages 3 to 8 years. Zingo helps you think quick and identify shapes and patterns. A wonderful, fast-paced game that young kids love!
Muggins really helps you to think fast, do mathematical figuring in your head, and consider many possibilities—all great skills! A tactile delight with its 1" thick hardwood board with holes and grooves and its brightly colored glass marbles, this is a well-made, sturdy game—a good investment that will last long after all the cardboard games in their deflatable boxes have bit the dust. The object of the game is to get your marbles into a row before the other players do the same. Roll 3 dice and add, subtract, multiply, or divide the dice numbers. Then pop your marble into the hole that corresponds with your answer. Many answers are possible for each roll of the dice. Young children will like using the standard dice. A 12-sided die makes it even more challenging for older players. Because chance enters in with the roll of the dice, even the youngest player, not just the smartest, can be the winner. Recommended for ages 9-adult.
Bonus! Knock-Out Game on reverse side of the wooden board!
I am sure that I am not the only one who has experienced having a teenage clerk stumble through trying to count back change. This is a needed skill, and one that children don't just absorb from daily dealings. This game was my daughter's favorite, but as I played it with her, I realized there is far more here than I bargained for. Presto Change-O will teach your children how to make change, how to count change back, how to be comfortable using the right coins and bills while making purchases, and how to figure out if they are given the right change back. Rather than just being a "luck" game, children get ahead by being able to handle their money well and make change accurately. Includes full-color playing board, play cash and coins, dice, and playing pieces. If you have an ample supply, using real money would make it even more educational. This is a fun, ingenious, educational game that I highly recommend! Ages 6 and up.
Roll the dice and name yPrice! Shop for everything from skateboards to ice cream cones. Take turns purchasing, adding up prices, and making change. The first player to fill his shopping cart wins. Kids roll three dice and determine how much they will spend or earn by the way they read the dice. If I throw a 2, 5, and 9, and if I am buying, I'll want to call that $2.59, the lowest possible price. But, if I am selling, I want to call it $9.52. This calls for some strategy skills. Unlike a lot of shopping games directed to girls in malls, this is a gender-free game where the accent is on the math. Includes game board, coins, bills, calculator, and lots of shopping fun. 1 "AA" battery required for calculator. 3 skill levels, 2 to 4 players, ages 5 to 9+.
. . . when you could be learning the planets, the periodic table, the systems of the human body or the states and their capitals? These colorful, wipe-off placemats are a favorite. Since it seems that my children spend most of their time eating, perhaps this is the right place for study! Standard placemat size: 12" x 18". Placemats feature full color front; the reverse side is the same picture outlined in black and white so your child can color or write in the information on the write-on, wipe-off surface.
This fun, interactive card game teaches vocabulary by teaching 42 Latin and Greek roots. You will be able to decipher over 2,000 English words just by understanding the classical roots. It also teaches nearly 200 vocabulary words. How can a game really do this much? First you learn the roots, then you play at matching them to their English definitions in a simple "Go Fish" style game. Three higher levels of play follow. Level 1 has you creating words by combining roots to make English words and practicing dictionary skills. In level 2, try to outwit your opponent with advanced knowledge. Level 2 is played like rummy, combining three classical roots to expand your vocabulary. For ages 8 to adult.
Here's is a fabulous tool kit for anyone who has ever wanted to make chunky block letters, blobby balloon letters, swirly, curly letters . . . and so forth! A bound-on pouch holds the tools, like fine-tipped markers, a mechanical pencil, eraser, and artist's pencils in 16 different shades to turn your words into distinctively colorful language. Use the included practice paper to trace unique alphabets, or copy them freehand. Includes sticker paper to make your own stickers too! Use the 5 plastic stencils—two complete alphabets plus assorted extras—to act as super-stylish training wheels. For ages 8 and up, spiral-bound.
Originally printed in 1890 under the title, What to Do and How to Do it, the boys' edition was the precursor to the Boy Scout manual and is packed with intriguing projects to keep any boy or girl fully interested! Even though these books are unchanged in the last 100 years, the projects and adventure suggestions are fascinating for modern day children. For girls, there are lots of old fashioned crafts, toys, gifts, cornhusk and flower dolls, recipes, decorations, perfumes, wax and clay modeling, oil and watercolor painting and games. For boys, you will find plans to build 16 kinds of kites, to construct a water telescope or a hot air balloon, or to camp out without a tent or in a hut made from pine boughs. Build 10 kinds of boats, learn to imitate bird calls or make a squirt gun with astonishing accuracy. The contents are divided up into Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter projects. Reading level, 10 years-teen. Enjoyment level for projects: 4 years-teens. (Note: there is a bit of magic true to the customs and play of the turn-of-the-century.) Paperback, 450 pages each.
I've never found anything more effective or fun for really teaching U.S. geography in a meaningful way! Our children choose and play this game on their own above all other games. The beauty of Snapshots is that all ages can play together, and your knowledge of geography grows by leaps and bounds each time you play. The object of the game is to take seven USA vacations. You can drive, fly, take a train, or a cruise ship—depending on what cards you are dealt. Watch out though, as bad weather or airport closings may block your plans. Players travel from state to state, learning as they go. When they reach their vacation destination, all players learn more about national landmarks and tourist spots from a "snapshot" picture postcard that includes interesting facts. Game includes USA map, gameboard, plenty of picture "postcards," weather and travel cards, 6 plastic cars, and illustrated instructions. For ages 6 and up
This oversized US Floor Puzzle measures 2.5 ft x 1.5 ft. With the pieces shaped like the states of the US, the puzzle offers a great geography lesson. The pieces are also twice the thickness of the average jigsaw puzzle adding the sturdiness and quality to last a lifetime. Ages 6 and up. Completed size: 2.5 ft x 1.5 ft, pieces are twice the thickness, 55 pieces.
Introduce children to geography with this inflatable globe. True-to-life colors for mountains, deserts and forests. Clearly marked cities, capitals and countries. Durable vinyl constructions. 12" diameter. Repair patch included. By Replogle, known for quality globes.
GeoBingo is a new twist on a classic game and a new way to make geography fun! The goal of GeoBingo is to get 5 countries in a row on one of the 8 GeoBingo Boards. 50 country cards, representing the world's most populous nations, show each country's capital, land area, population, and geographic location. Made in Germany.
Find your way through over 30 countries in this fantastic fusion of learning and fun! Learn about countries and cultures plus get to know the shapes of countries. Each page is ready to color, too, and is of quality thick paper suitable for markers. Each maze ends at the capital city of that country! Just in case kids lose their way on their world travels, solutions are included! Paperback 9 x 12" book, 43 pages for ages 8 to 11 years.
Race the world learning geography as you play! Open one of the two big world map game boards, collect your country cards, and start the sand timer. Then you're off, joining other racers in a mad dash from country to country, across oceans and continents. A popular game for ages 8 and up.
Balance the world on your fingertips with this lightweight inflatable 12" clear globe! Great fun for geography studies. Toss the ball and have whoever catches it identify the place their hand first touches. Good to familiarize young children with the globe, and an inexpensive globe for older students.
Nothing like doing it yourself to really learn! This game depicts colonial life with amazing accuracy. Become a colonial character and move your piece around the board, from shop to shop, collecting the goods on your shopping list as you visit the cooper, the silversmith, and other tradesmen in colonial America. Top quality!
Winner of the Parents' Choice Classic Award, this highly educational game really only takes 3 minutes to play. That is my kind of game! Build a trail across America from state to state to win the race. You can't help but learn geography, states and capitals, and more. Game includes four 11" x 15" U.S. maps, 50 state cards, a sand timer, and rules. For two players, 8 years through adult. Also includes State Secrets, a clever strategy game for 2-4 players. Learn about cities, states, and natural features of the USA. A fun one!
We all want our children to be geographically aware, and this superb puzzle provides a fun, challenging, entertaining way to teach continents, oceans, countries, capital cities, and borders of the nations of the world! Each country is cut right on its own border lines, creating a unique puzzle piece. Tests proves geography skills soar after putting together this puzzle. Large 3 ft. x 2 ft. puzzle contains over 600 pieces! Great for the whole family-the ultimate geography lesson!
If you are looking for practice in mapping skills and USA geography such as states, capitals, rivers, mountains, seaports, and more, then this is the game for you! Roll the dice and answer the geography question on the card by searching the USA map. Right answers race your horse and rider forward on a race track. "Tickler" questions add extra challenge. I love the fact that the instructions are so simple. This game is so easy to play, and yet full of learning value that keeps interest high! Ages 8 to adult, 2 to 4 players. Recommended by National Geographic . . . and me!
Huge 46" x 30" laminated wall maps are made by National Geographic. Set of 2 detailed political maps includes both a world map plus a USA map to hang on your school room wall. These are shipped rolled in a tube (not folded). Top quality!
I love these award-winning jigsaw puzzles that make learning world geography a snap! Each piece of the jumbo-sized GeoPuzzle is cut on the country's borders, so it is easy to learn while putting the puzzle together. Just as effective for adults as it is for children. 70 pieces, 17 x 17 in.
Follow My First Book of Drawing with this fun volume to further enhance children's motor skills and reasoning. This increased level of difficulty will refine children's motor skills and further sharpen their reasoning and critical thinking skills.
Your maze-lover will delight in this continuous 28 page maze with ingenious holes to permit passage from page to page! Watch out—you can fall backward through a hole to the previous page. Don't give up: there is a solution (actually more than one solution). Guaranteed to occupy, amuse, confound and enthrall maze fanatics! Paperback, 8 1/2" x 11" book, 48 pages.
Popular as a Victorian parlor game, this old-fashioned letter game is our family's tradition whenever we get together for holidays! It is my personal favorite and the game I always want to play. I must admit I am a bit biased, having reigned as the "Anagrams Queen" until my children grew into smart teens who could beat me at it. My sister always provides a huge challenge to keeping that title as well! The game is very simple and can be learned in minutes. Letter tiles are flipped over one by one, and as soon as a word comes to mind, you can claim it. All players are thinking and searching for words at the same time. This is a truly educational game, reinforcing good spelling and teaching vocabulary! Players are also studying everyone's already-created words to see if the addition of a few more letters would make a new word to claim as their own. This takes brainpower and is incredibly fun and challenging. Game set includes letter tiles, plastic storage tube, and full instructions on many game variations. (Product packaged with the title "Snatch-It".) Highly recommended!
I have fond memories of this old fashioned game that gave me my first glimpse of classic literature and the authors who wrote the books. Each card deck features the works of 13 different writers for 52 cards total. (Note: spade, diamond, jack, heart symbols on cards.)
Kids beg to play Over and Out, a very easy and fun card game in which you add or subtract card numbers, trying to stay under the "tip top" card number, such as 33 or 55. Strategy cards add a twist to make this one very fun educational game! Ages 7 through adult, for 2 to 8 players.
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Are unalienable rights from outer space? How long is four score and seven years? When a flag is spangled is that good or bad? These wonderful books make important historical documents meaningful. Each book translates the work of a primary source into a language kids (and myself) can understand. Each book details what the primary source says in easier language, what it means, and the background story with lots of photo illustrations and interesting facts. The "Why Do I Care?" section condenses all the important points of the document into good reasons that we have it! Also includes a timeline, vocabulary words, a glossary, related internet sites, other children's books on the topic, and more. 32 pages, paperback. Vital information for young and old!
Teach your children all about freedom with this wonderful activity book about liberty, faith, being involved, self reliance, freedom of choice, work, government-of-for-by the people, leadership, ingenuity, and responsibility! Includes games, puzzles, mazes, songs, connect the dots, word search and coloring pages focusing on the theme of patriotism. Also covers origins of the tea party.
Notebook style book with lay-flat plastic spiral binding, bright white quality paper sturdy enough for even markers and watercolors. Stiff easel style back allows you to display it while teaching. Manufactured in the U.S.A. with soy Ink, non-toxic inks, paints & dyes. 32 pages for ages 5 to 11 years.
Oh my—this is great! A full unabridged audio compilation of American songs, poems, stories, speeches, and other source documents tell the story of America and the story of freedom! Many of the recordings are the originals, while others are performed by actors and politicians. This is that rare production that is best savored over time, as one listens one day to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, followed by Ronald Reagan's "Farewell Address," and the next by the letters between John and Abigail Adams. This unique program will serve as an audio-textbook to students of American history of all ages. Includes 3 audio CDs.
This DVD will introduce you to those eternal principles of freedom that link Gods perfect law with man's best law. They are the foundation upon which any good government must be built. These concepts were understood before our Founders wrote the Constitution. The loss of this wisdom has allowed secularists to misinterpret, miss-teach and cause grave problems in our nation today. No soldier can perform effectively until he has prepared for involvement. He cannot even train for his job, let alone, join the fight, until he has completed basic training. If he fights without the necessary training, his heart may always be in the right place, but his effectiveness will be limited at best. Often, "good" people, because of the things they do not understand, help the enemy. This DVD is a first step toward being prepared to help maintain liberty and morality. Learning these fundamental principles is the root training for every freedom fighter, teacher, and parent. Even many who are experienced, well educated, and presently involved have not fully learned these basics. This knowledge gives us a beginning standard by which to measure political proposals, ideas, policies, programs, and politicians.
