Language and Literacy Resources

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 »

3 years & up. Bring wildlife interactive story time with these wonderful Friendly Wild Animals from Different Climates and Countries Felt Set. Children will love identifying familiar animals or mimicking their sounds. This felt set promotes literacy, exploration, color recognition, and fine motor skills. Encourage your children to follow along reading stories with these animals or create their own. The set Includes 14 animal mothers and their young with a total of 22 precut pieces, each measuring 1"H to 7"H.

3 years & up. These magnetic lowercase letters are ideal for magnet play and early language practice. Great for use in conjuction with a magnetic chalkboard. Set of 40 letters are 2.5" high and are packaged in a storage bucket.

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. Each book in the set represents a variety of formats from popular fictional stories to informative, content specific books that develop language, vocabulary and comprehension skills. Perfect for providing read aloud experiences to children whose native language is Spanish.Includes best practices guide for instructional support. Note: Each book in this set was selected to enhance the lessons provide in both Nemours® Reading BrightStart! programs. The set can also be used in any classroom.

3 years & up. Children will enjoy helping these adorable kittens find their mittens as they learn about taking care of their belongings. The background scene is designed to fit into the Cardboard File Case. Set includes 15 felt figures to cut out including mother cat, 3 kittens, 3 sets of clean mittens, 3 sets of dirty mittens, 3 crying kitten faces, washtub, and cherry pie. The unmounted background scene measures 12" x 17". Text of this traditional story is also included. Felt board is sold separately.

2 years & up. These tactile stones offer an engaging, multi-sensory way for young children to practice correct letter formation. Each stone is carefully engraved to provide important sensory feedback. Starting at the green dot children will enjoy tracing each letter shape with their finger - over and over again - building important motor-memory skills. The set contains 26 letter stones, 3.5" - 6" long, and an activity guide.

3 years & up. These bright colored felt pieces retell the story as Pete discovers what makes his shoes turn different colors. Includes 12 felt pieces and an activity guide.

3 years & up. A springtime sight, this fluffy yellow duckling waddles throughout the day quacking and flapping its wings. It has a movable beak and wings. Measures 10"L x 6"W x 9"H.

4 years & up. Have a blast reinforcing phonological awareness! Place a photo card in the rocket doorway, and then sort cards that rhyme into the correct rocket. Sort by beginning and ending sounds, syllables and more. Includes 8 rockets, 80 real-life photo cards, and activity guide. Rockets measure 5"H x 2.25" in diameter.

3 years & up. Support literacy for bilingual learners with this set of felt letters. These letters will help children grow their literacy skills in a variety of ways. Children can begin by practicing letter sounds, progress to building basic words when they are ready, or do any number of literacy-related exercises. Activities like these will improve letter recognition skills, increase vocabulary, and establish strong readers.

2 years & up. Fun twin-pop shapes to pop together. Great for developing fine motor skills, and early letter recognition. Double-sided to include all 26 letters. Great for fine motor practice and imaginative play. Self-checking by color. Single pop measures 4"L x 1.25"W.

4 years & up. Encourage critical cognitive development with these Learning to Sequence Sets. These sets depict a story over a certain number of scene cards (3, 4, or 6) and prompt children to tell the story by arranging the cards in the right order. Interacting with these engaging stories will cultivate sequencing skills that will benefit children for the rest of their lives.

3 years & up. Come and explore with bears, birds, and their friends with this exciting, versatile set. Children can improve their fine motor skills through pushing and pulling the felt items on and off the board. Set includes 60 precut pieces for storytelling, color recognition, counting, patterning, sorting, and more. Set also includes eight-page lesson guide.

3 years & up. As a supplement to the Language and Literacy Skills Resource Kit (item #63058), these Spanish materials will support inclusion of the Spanish speakers in the classroom. Includes: Magnetic Spanish Learning Letters and Spanish Alphabet and Picture Word Cards.

4 years & up. Build vocabulary in a fun, engaging way with the Fox in the Box Positional Words Activity Set. This set has 40 activity cards that tell children to put an animal (depicted on a small card) in the proximity of an object (a tree, a chair, a fox, or a hat). This activity will familiarize children with the function and meaning of positional words and further them along the path to literacy.

4 - 6 years. Sandpaper Letters are an excellent resource for tactile learners, as well as reinforcing fine motor skills for younger learners. Helps develop letter recognition and early literacy skills. It is a useful resource for home or classroom learning activities, and helps students with special needs by providing sensory input to their literacy skills. Includes 26 uppercase letter cards and 28 lowercase letter cards.

3 years & up. Celebrate the fun of rhythm and rhyme with sixteen favorites including Hickory Dickory Dock, 3 Blind Mice, Little Miss Muffet, and Humpty Dumpty through the use of felt objects. Rhymes and songs included help children visualize stories through interactive learning. This set includes all pre-cut felt pieces. All items were made in the USA.

12 months & up. Set of six finger puppets represent the most beloved woodland animals. Each has an elastic fitting inside to keep them on your finger and are great for hours of creative play. Includes fox, squirrel, gray wolf, frog, rabbit, and field mouse. Animals have full bodies and measure 6"L.

With this colorful Beginners Counting Felt Set children can count with ladybugs, pandas, puppies, kitten, frogs, and more! This set promotes important early math skills and helps children gain confidence in their counting. This exciting counting set makes learning more interactive and fun for children. Watch as they become familiar with numbers and concepts. The set includes 132 pre-cut pieces including 2 sets of numbers from 0-10 and equations. Made in the USA.

3 years & up. The hands-on exploratory nature of studies in the classroom taps into children's natural curiosity, resulting in a learning environment that is both fun and intentional. This Language and Literary Skills Kit offers a wide range of tools and materials to support and encourage children in meaningful interactions with print and language. Contents may vary.

4 years & up. Learning doesn't stop at the classroom door! Expand curriculum into the outdoor environment with the Out and About With Literacy Kit. This kit provides a variety of learning experiences that enable teachers to reinforce curricular concepts in a fun, hands-on way. Young learners will become comfortable with the alphabet while they develop the understanding that all spoken sounds can be represented by letters. Some of the targeted learning goals include oral language, phonemic awareness,… More »

2 years & up. These clever pebbles are an ideal tool for building interest in letters and sounds in a wide variety of contexts. Appeal to children's natural instinct to explore, investigate, sort and collect. Ideal for early word building. Each set includes a storage container and teacher's guide. Set of 26 pebbles. Pebbles are approximately 1.5" in size.

3 years & up. Introduce your children to more sight words with this descriptive Step 2 Sight Word Book Set for Early Literacy and Vocabulary Skills. Sight words are necessary for early literacy development as they help children read more fluently and write with more efficiency. With this set, children will add eight new words to their repertoire, and review previously taught words. Set of 8 books.