Language and Literacy Resources

This full-color illustrated poster addresses parents' and teachers' concerns about children's reading readiness and progress. Includes milestones and warning signs indicating that children might be at risk for reading challenges from birth through age six. By tracking children with this simple map, parents can be sure their children are keeping up with their peers, and intercede if they begin to notice warning signs. Available in English and Spanish. Set of 20 maps.

Set of 6 colorful dry-erase markers, each has magnetic cap with eraser.

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.

2 years & up. Learning the alphabet and how to spell has never been so fun and easy for those with little hands and big imaginations! This brightly colored wooden puzzle has individually color-coordinated letters that match up with their base spots to help develop recall and recognition skills. The chunky pieces make it easy to grasp and examine, guaranteeing endless hours of fun learning for everyone involved. Helps develop dexterity, matching skills, and concentration. Meets the industry toy safety testing standard and is painted with child-safe paints. Size: 11.02"H x 11.02"W x 1.57"D. Includes 26 pieces.

3 years & up. Dual-functioning board is dry-erase and magnetic for multiple activities. Measures 9" x 12". Letter magnets are not included.

Birth & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft My First Duck 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 ducks make. The plush material is surface washable. Measures 5.5"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

Printed on sturdy tagboard that performs well with inks, pencils, and crayons. Ruled 1.5" with .75" dotted midline on one side, and a single line ruled on the opposite side. Use for teaching basic skills, word wall activities, tags, and more! Set of 100 colorful sentence strips measure 24"L x 3"W each.

4 years & up. Ladybug Letters game has 26 two-piece puzzle sets that fit together to create each ladybug, resulting in the correct alphabet letter match. When you turn the ladybug over you will find a photograph that begins with the beginning letter sound. Great way to introduce the alphabet and word building. Includes: 26 two-piece ladybug puzzles, 26 two-sided leaf letters, and game instructions.

3 years & up. Retell your favorite Eric Carle story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" with this 14-piece felt set featuring the characters of the story. Practice counting, story-telling, fine motor skills and more. Children can interact with the story pieces while counting and preforming simple math while forming the motor skills to place and pull objects. Felt board not included.

Birth & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft My First Owl 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 owls make. The plush material is surface washable. Measures 5.5"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

Practice letter writing with this solid 8" x 8" wooden box. The contrasting dark blue laminate bottom makes letters stand out clearly. Includes lid and fine grain sand.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Owl 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 owls make. The plush material is surface washable. Measures 8"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

4 years & up. These gel writing boards are a fun way to practice ABC's, reading and writing, or doodling! Just draw and then erase with the magic stylus. These boards make it fun for children to answer questions and spell new words. These writing boards are a great way to practice penmanship over and over again. This set promotes dexterity and fine motor skills. The set includes 12 boards with stylus pens. Each board measures 4"L x 8.5"W. Made in the USA.

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.

Birth & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft My First Mouse 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 mice make. The plush material is surface washable. Measures 5.5"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

Birth & up. These plush little friends with soft fabrics and embroidered faces are sized perfectly for infants and toddlers! This set includes a Frog, Duck, Mouse and Owl hand puppet. Each puppet is approximately 5.5"L. Machine washable. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

Practice letter and sound identification, word building, spelling and more. The 34"L x 28"W chart has 3 clear pocket rows for card display, 26 letter pockets and an extra storage pocket. Includes 52 letter cards, 156 picture cards(picture one side, word on the other) and activity guide. Easy to clean nylon.

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.

3 years & up. Make the alphabet come to life with the Letter Construction Activity Set. In this set, each letter comes with a certain number of pieces that children must form into both the uppercase and lowercase versions of that letter. This set enhances early literacy development by providing multisensory reinforcement of fundamental concepts.

4 years & up. Introduce early vocabulary words with this engaging See and Spell Colorful Vocabulary Puzzles with Pictures. Children will love completing the self correcting puzzles with the correct letters to reveal a word. These puzzles promote fine motor skills, literacy, color recognition, and problem solving. The more than 60 colorful wooden letters fit into the eight two-sided cutout boards to spell three and four letter words. The wooden case is included for easy storage.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Bigmouth Tiger 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 tigers make. The plush material is surface washable.

3 years & up. The 3-letter word puzzle cards are brightly illustrated and self correcting to make learning how to spell fun! The set includes 20 puzzles and a reusable container.

12 months & up. Add another friendly face to your dramatic play area with this soft Plush Wolf 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 wolves make. The plush material is surface washable. Measures 8"H. Puppet features may vary from those shown.

3 years & up. Teaching emotional literacy helps children develop social skills by recognizing and responding to social cues appropriately. Children can interpret their own emotions by matching "feeling" words with pictures. Actual photographs printed on felt. 12 pictures, 12 feeling words, 6 page lesson guide. Average figure 6" tall.