Preschool Play

3 years & up. Prepare young children for a confident start to preschool with the Time for Preschool Kit, a hands-on preschool readiness kit designed to make early learning playful, engaging, and approachable. Created for children ages 3 and up, this take-home preschool learning kit helps families support early skill development through multisensory activities, creative play, counting practice, pre-writing experiences, and interactive family engagement.  The kit includes a clear vinyl backpack, crayons, a book, a puzzle, a journal, single Playfoam, kid counters, and an activity calendar, giving children a fun and convenient collection of preschool readiness materials. Each activity encourages curiosity while helping children explore textures, strengthen fine motor skills, build early writing confidence, practice problem-solving, and develop excitement about going to school. Contents may be substituted with developmentally appropriate items that serve the same purpose.

3 years & up. The perfect cleaning helper, this set of cleaning supplies stores nicely in its own plastic tote. It includes all the essentials for cleaning and a checklist to keep you on task. This pretend play cleaning set lets kids spray, squirt, squeegee, scour, and scrub using either real water or their imaginations. The spray bottle, scouring powder can, and soap bottle can be filled with water, making it perfect as a bath toy. The nine-piece set also includes supplies to keep things shining like a soft cloth, a scrub brush, a sponge, and a rubber-tipped squeegee! There's even a reusable checklist that helps kids learn what items work best to clean different household objects and areas. Promotes fine and gross motor skills and encourages imaginative play. Not for use with real cleaning materials.

3 years & up. Make clean up easy with this exciting Wooden Housekeeping Stand with Accessories for Dramatic Play Activities. This set of housekeeping accessories is the perfect addition to any dramatic play area. Children will love pretending to sweep, mop, and iron. This set promotes dramatic play, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and responsibility. Includes a mop, broom, bucket, dust pan, iron, paper towel holder, and wooden stand. Fully assembled. Measures 20"H x 22"W x 16"D.

3 years & up. Strengthen memory, reasoning, and problem-solving skills with the Shadow Matching and Memory Game. This engaging game encouages children to match familiar objects to their corresponding shadows while building important cognitive and visual discrimination skills. As children compre shapes, identify silhouettes, and make visual connections, they develop critical thinking, concentration, memory retention, and observation skills through hands-on gameplay. The interactive matching format encourages children to think carefully about object characteristics and visual differences. Perfect for individual exploration or small-group learning, this game supports collaborative play, turn-taking, and communication skills. The set includes 2 double-sided boards and 36 matching tiles, perfect for use with 3-4 players.

3 years and up. Fill your classroom with foamy fun! This 2-pack of Playfoam Pluffle™ brings a world of sensory play possibilities to center time, playtime, or any other appropriate place. The foam will cluster in children's hands when they squeeze it and immediately expand after they let it go. This play experience will give children both rich tactile stimulation and a dependable source of calm. Includes one 2 lb. bag of each color, blue and green.

3 years and up. The possibilities of discovery are multiplied when rich variables are at children's fingertips. Timeless Treasures: Loose Parts STEM Kit is a laboratory of opportunity to experiment and explore the allure of timeless, unique treasures like old coins and keys and a variety of gem stones. Children can investigate, explore, and sort into felt bags using open-ended items. The kit includes a frosted plastic tray for storage and classification of loose parts and measures 12.5"L x 12.5"W x 2.9"H.

3 years & up. Bring early STEM activities to life with a one-of-a-kind experience that blends light play and magnet play. This LED board transforms any classroom wall into a vibrant space for vertical, magnetic builds. Simply use the included mounting hardware to secure it in place and watch imaginative designs come to life. The generous surface area supports collaborative play, giving multiple children room to build, explore, and create together. The board delivers the best results when paired with strong magnets such as item 32460 Powerclix® Frames Natural and item 33944 Powerclix® Solids Natural. Not recommended for use with magnetic film.

3 years & up. Young pizza chefs everywhere will shout "Mamma Mia!" when they see this Wooden Pizza Party Set! Children will stay busy topping, cutting, and serving up custom pizza slices. Made using the highest quality materials and tested to be safe. Measures 13"H x 9.3"W x 1.6"L packaged. Included: 6 sliceable pizza slices, 54 mix-n-match toppings (pepperoni, mushrooms, and peppers), pizza pan, pizza cutter, spatula, and brightly colored wooden storage box.

3 years & up. Develop creative thinking and improve fine motor skills with this unique building set. Make shapes, compare sizes, and identify colors and numbers. Our Junior GeoStix have multiple points of connection along each piece for unlimited possibilities for shape combinations and greater satisfaction for kids! Includes 200 flexible sticks in eight lengths and 20 double-sided activity cards. Children can either build the design on the activity cards or create their own designs. Either way, they can use those designs further in imaginative role play.

5 years & up. Bring storytelling, creativity, and STEAM learning together with the Stikbot Zanimation Studio. This interactive stop motion animation kit helps young creators produce their own animated movies while building problem-solving, sequencing, and storytelling skills through hands on play. The set includes poseable Stikbot action figures, a Stikbot pet, a mobile phone tripod, and a reversible green/blue screen stage that allows children to create imaginative scenes and special effects using the free Stikbot Studio app. Fully articulating joints and suction cup hands and feet make it easy to position characters on nearly any smooth surface. Children can experiment with animation techniques, storytelling, and filmmaking while developing confidence through open-ended creative exploration.

3 years & up. Reward children for behaving well and watch the good habits multiply! Open the fabric-hinged boards to reveal a dry-erase behavior chart on one board and a second board which keeps all the magnets close at hand. Chart has spaces for each day of the week and includes magnets with behaviors (Clean Room, Set Table, No Teasing), rewards (Well Done!, Excellent!, You're a Winner!), and two blank magnets for creating your own personal goals. A sturdy cord is attached for hanging. 89 pieces. Measures 16" x 12" (closed) and 16" x 25" (open).