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PVC Sculptures

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Large Motor Skills, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Milk Carton Puppet

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Language Skills, Small Motor Skills, Dramatic Play, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Language and Literacy

Musical Hide and Seek

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy

Plumber’s Friends

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Large Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Movement and Physical Activity

Building Up/Knocking Down

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Math, Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Finger Time

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Creativity, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Sensory

Sizing Things Up

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Math, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Nature Walk

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Science and Nature, Language and Literacy, Science and Nature, Sensory

Clothes Pins in the Can

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Painting to Music

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Language Skills, Music Appreciation, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Language and Literacy, Sensory

Sniff Test

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Thinking Skills, Sensory

Magnetic Mobile

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Thinking Skills, Sensory

My First Book

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Sensory

Pretend Cooking

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Large Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Dramatic Play, Language and Literacy

Sun Catcher

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Thinking Skills, Sensory

Newspaper Crumple

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Language and Literacy, Sensory

Hide and Seek

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Sensory

A Basket Full of Balls

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Movement and Physical Activity, Sensory

Edible Play Dough

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Sensory

Cookie Cutter Mobile

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Thinking Skills, Sensory

Sammy the Sock

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Language Skills, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Language and Literacy

Non-edible Baby Donut

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Large Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Art Gallery

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Thinking Skills, Sensory

Balls in a Basin

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Science and Nature, Sensory

Clay Dough Magic

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Sensory

Cloth Blocks

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Drop and Fetch

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Ice Berg

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Science and Nature, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Science and Nature, Sensory

Ice Collage

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Large Motor Skills, Science and Nature, Movement and Physical Activity, Science and Nature

Kitchen Toys

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Large Motor Skills, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Movement and Physical Activity

Magazine Family Puppets

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy

Nature Bag

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Creativity, Science and Nature, Science and Nature

House and Store

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Language Skills, Social Skills, Dramatic Play, Language and Literacy, Social/Group

Kitchen Matching Game

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Math, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy

Milk Carton Blocks

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Large Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Movement and Physical Activity

Hand Watching

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Feely Glove

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Sensory

Cloth Glove Puppet

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy

Beach Ball

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Movement and Physical Activity

An Artist is Born

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Sensory

Things to do With Bubbles

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Large Motor Skills, Science and Nature, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Movement and Physical Activity, Science and Nature

Texture Collection

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Sensory

Swinging to the Music

  • Category icon Infants (0-12 months), Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Music Appreciation, Language and Literacy, Music

Sound Cans

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Sensory

Simple Puzzles

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Math, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Language and Literacy

Newspaper Ball Toss

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Large Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Comb Painting

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Small Motor Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Outdoor Play

Make Your Own Flour

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Thinking Skills, Nutrition and Cooking

Make a Sandwich Filling

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Thinking Skills, Nutrition and Cooking

Little Books

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Reading, Language and Literacy

Favorite Recipes for Art Materials

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Small Motor Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Outdoor Play, Sensory

Caring for Animals

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Science and Nature, Self-Awareness, Science and Nature

Maggie’s Escapades

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Reading, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Language and Literacy, Movement and Physical Activity

Circus Shape Picture

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Creativity, Language Skills, Small Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Language and Literacy

Tasting Party

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Self-Awareness, Nutrition and Cooking, Sensory

What’s for Snack?

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Nutrition and Cooking

Shake a Pudding

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Thinking Skills, Nutrition and Cooking

Scrambled Eggs

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Nutrition and Cooking, Science and Nature

Flavored Milk

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Thinking Skills, Nutrition and Cooking

Eat a Snack You Have Read About

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Language and Literacy, Nutrition and Cooking

Do You Know the Muffin Man?

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Language and Literacy, Nutrition and Cooking

Creating a Peanut Butter Sandwich

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Thinking Skills, Nutrition and Cooking

Cooperation Soup/Cooperation Salad

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Social Skills, Nutrition and Cooking, Social/Group

Classify Fruits & Vegetables

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Math, Language and Literacy, Nutrition and Cooking

Broiler Sandwiches

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Social Skills, Nutrition and Cooking, Social/Group

Roll an Activity

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Movement and Physical Activity

Sun Shadow Pictures

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Sponge Toss

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Math, Science and Nature, Movement and Physical Activity, Science and Nature

Sound Boxes

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Thinking Skills, Movement and Physical Activity, Sensory

Musical Glasses

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Music Appreciation, Thinking Skills, Music

Ants on a Log

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Nutrition and Cooking

Bark Rubbings

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Math, Science and Nature, Thinking Skills, Science and Nature

Crayon Melts

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Science and Nature, Small Motor Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Outdoor Play, Science and Nature

Flag Fun

  • Category icon School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Science and Nature, Thinking Skills, Movement and Physical Activity, Science and Nature

Bee Game

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Science and Nature, Movement and Physical Activity, Science and Nature

Name that Color

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Large Motor Skills, Language and Literacy, Movement and Physical Activity

Wood Scrap Fun

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Large Motor Skills, Small Motor Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Outdoor Play

Milk Carton Wind Catchers

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Who is Talking?

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Sensory

What Do You See?

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Self-Awareness, Social Skills, Social-Emotional, Social/Group

Wants and Needs

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Language Skills, Self-Awareness, Language and Literacy, Social-Emotional

Soil and Sand Comparison

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Shoe Match

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Math, Thinking Skills

Seed Sprouts

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Seed Catalog Collage

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Science and Nature, Small Motor Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Outdoor Play, Science and Nature

See Around Corners

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Rubber Band Banjos

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Music Appreciation, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy, Music

Roll That Can

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Math, Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Puzzle Makers

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Math, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor

Pairs

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Language Skills, Math, Thinking Skills, Language and Literacy

Musical Bottles

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Music Appreciation, Thinking Skills, Music

Make Fog

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

April Showers

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Science and Nature, Small Motor Skills, Art, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Outdoor Play, Science and Nature

Be the Wind

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Big and Little

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), Math, Thinking Skills

Bird’s Nest

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Science and Nature

Butterfly Blots

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Creativity, Science and Nature, Art, Outdoor Play, Science and Nature

Make a Nest

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Science and Nature, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Science and Nature

Butterfly Game

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Science and Nature, Movement and Physical Activity, Science and Nature

Cat Stretch

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Movement and Physical Activity

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