Sorting & Patterning

3 years & up. Teach children valuable mathematical lessons with captivating shapes and designs. This Pattern Blocks and Picture Cards Set includes 20 picture cards with all sorts of designs and 250 multicolored plastic blocks. Children must use the plastic blocks to create the patterns they see on the cards. While creating the designs, children will sharpen their problem-solving skills, pattern recognition, and spatial awareness. Set includes 20 double-sided picture cards with two levels of… More »

3 years & up. These colorful insects teach color recognition. The different insects will help with insect names and recognition. Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination skills will be enhanced as children make up different activities. Great for building fine motor skills and reinforcing counting, sorting, patterning and other early math skills. Includes 108 counters in 6 colors.

3 years & up. Develop your children's counting skills with these exciting Colorful Transportation Counters with Containers for practicing early math skills. These counters represent six different modes of transportation in a variety of colors. Children will love mimicking the sounds of the different vehicles as they count. These counters promote fine motor skills, early math skills, patterning, sorting, and color recognition. Each container includes 72 counters.

3 years & up. Make patterning even more engaging with these Colorful Multi-Shape Links with Jar for Learning Shapes and Patterns. Children will love building chains using three different shapes and six colors with this giant 500 piece set. These shape links are great for counting and sorting activities too! This set promotes color recognition, shape recognition, dexterity, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination. The pieces store in a convenient jar with screw-on lid and handle.

3 years & up. Help your children to practice their counting skills with these Textured Bright Colored Bear Attribute Counters for Practicing Early Math Skills. These friendly bears make the perfect counting companions. Children will develop color recognition, early math skills, and sorting skills. Encourage your children to count out the bears and sort them into groups by color or size. These fun plast bears come in 3 sizes and 4 colors. Set of 80 bears: 20 papas, 20 mamas, and 40 babies. Measures 1-1.5"H

4 years and up. Why not keep a variety of tools on hand to help teach concepts such as similarities, differences, merging groups and more. These generously sized see through trays fit the bill. They are big enough for group use but can also work for individual use. They work beautifully on our Educational Light Cube, light tables or desks and are deep enought to accomodate a variety of materials. Easy to clean, the set of 3 includes bar, Venn, and graph trays. Includes: three 10 x 15 x 1? (25… More »

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.

2 years and up. Enhance activities incorporating found loose parts with this matte set of 4 Loose Parts Sorting Trays. Made from a new UV-resistant composite material, these trays are the perfect addition to nature-based activities indoors or outdoors. Each tray is divided into 6 compartments, encouraging simple classification and seriation while children develop spatial relationships and strengthen their fine motor skills. Each tray measures 15" Diameter x 1.6"H. Contents not included.

2 years & up. These colorful bears are the perfect figures to help children become more confident in their counting. The chunky Papa Bear Counters are easy to grip and promote fine motor skills, color recognition, and other early math skills. Bears measure 1.5" high. 30 pieces.

3 years & up. Children can learn about themselves and their families with these fun family counters. Counters are not only great for counting, but also sorting, number and quality relationships and patterning as well. Includes a set of 72 counters in six different shapes representing people and pets in families, the tallest figure measures 2.5".

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. Build fine motor skills while developing a multitude of early math skills with this math activity set. Includes mini muffins to match, sort, count and boost color recognition, number and color die, pair of tweezers, 12-double sized sorting circles, muffin tray, 60 mini muffin counters and activity guide.

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. It's time to shape up with these toss-and-learn bean bags. Each soft, fabric-covered 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. Engage minds and muscles! Hop down the river or use animal markers to learn colors, shapes, numbers and counting (1-10), problem solving and how to follow simple directions. For individual, small-group or whole-class play. Includes colorful vinyl floor mat (100"L x 30"W), 2 inflatable cubes (5"), 40 animal markers and Activity Guide.

4 years & up. Encourage children to practice fine motor skills with this delightful Chunky Colorful Bead Sequencing and Patterning Practice Set with Storage Box. This bright colored bead sequencing set develops shape-recognition, color recognition, and spatial relations. Includes 10 simply designed, colorful patterns, and 45 pattern blocks in 6 different shapes and colors for replicating each pattern. Stores neatly in a wooden case.

3 years & up. Time to Block the Clock! Combines shape sorting and learning to tell time. It's two toys in one. Place the colorful numbered shape pieces in their proper places on the face of the soundly built clock and move the hour and minute hands to make learning time fun! Styles may vary.

3 years & up. Make learning to count an exciting prehistoric adventure with these colorful Dinosaur Counters. Your little paleontologist will love sorting these little dinosaur models into groups of similar colors and patterns and then counting how many are in each one. Promotes the development of number and quantity relationships, patterning, and counting and sorting. Size: Biggest Dinosaur measures 2" x 2". Included: 60 Realistically-detailed toy dinosaurs (6 of each type), Storage bucket.

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. 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. Cookies come in all shapes and these games are full of colorful shaped cookies to sort and explore. The games focus on shape and name recognition by sight and feel. The two-player games make them perfect for centers, parent engagements or one-on-one with a teacher. Includes 24 shape cookies and spinner.

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".

Pre-K & up. 108 wooden beads in 3 shapes and 6 colors help develop fine motor skills and color and shape recognition. Includes 2 laces (36" long) and a plastic storage bucket.

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".