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Young engineers will be delighted with Elenco's new HydroBot Arm Kit.  Powered by water and you, lever controllers command movement, gripping, and even a suction cup.  WOW!

Hydraulics are introduced and investigated with this nifty TEACH TECH^™ kit. Young engineers will be delighted with a new HydroBot Arm Kit. Use levers and the power of hydraulics to actuate the multi-axis arm. NO BATTERIES ARE REQUIRED. Powered by water and You, lever controllers have a special braking system that helps to achieve fine, accurate tasks. Grippers can be removed and replaced with suction components to pick up objects with smooth surface areas of no greater than 50 grams (1.75 oz.). Clear, graphic instructions make assembly and operation easy to understand.

Use all 6 axis to control your Robotic Arm. The gripper can open and close with a maximum 47 mm (1.89 in.) gap, wrist joint rotation of 180 degrees, wrist joint mobility of 98 degrees, elbow joint range of 44 degrees, base rotation of 270 degrees, and shoulder joint motion of 45 degrees. With a vertical reach of 16.35 inches, a horizontal reach of 12.42 inches. 50 gram lifting capacity.

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Get your hands on—and in—this robust 16-inch-tall anatomy toy featuring realistic removable squishy organs, articulated joints, and an interactive electronic sound module.

Sculpted from a medical model of a real body, the detailed, realistic human body model is composed of 10 removable squishy organs and 15 other removable bones, muscles, and organs. The mandible on the skull opens and closes, a transparent lung displays the inner workings of the respiratory system, and joints bend and rotate.

When one of the eight removable SmartParts is placed on the electronic SmartScan module, the scanner recognizes the part and prompts you to select Scan Mode or Quiz Mode. In Scan Mode, you’ll hear information about the part, the system it belongs to, and fun facts. In Quiz Mode, you’ll test your knowledge by placing the correct SmartPart on the scanner to answer 70 quiz questions. The module also produces sounds based on the organ in question, so expect to hear some burps and gurgles!

Other components include an Organ-izer chart, assembly sheet, quick-start guide, and 48-page book packed with detailed explanations, colorful illustrations, and fun facts about your amazing human body. You’ll also discover how your body works and how to keep it healthy, in good shape, and going strong!

This toy is, indeed, the ultimate human body educational product. Expect this remarkable model to be treasured, talked about, and handed down to the next generation.

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Learning electricity is easy when you make clay creations that glow! Use our special conductive and insulating clay to make a sculpture, add LEDs, attach a battery pack, and watch your clay circuit light up. With more than 15 projects to choose from, including a robot, a UFO, a dragon, and much more, Circuit Clay will surely spark your interest with a positive charge of creativity!

Comes with:
4 colors of conductive clay
1 color of conductive clay
20 LEDs
4 AA battery pack (batteries not included)
50+ paper punch-outs to decorate your sculptures

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Bring your very own mystical unicorn to life with Sparkle Sand Art Unicorn! This kit takes traditional sand art for kids to a whole new level with a unique unicorn bottle, pastel and sparkle sand, sparkly accents and stickers and a magical star figurine. Everything you need is included. Just layer your sand, decorate your one-of-a-kind, custom designed unicorn and make some magic!

Less-mess means more fun! Sand art kits include large sand art bottles with an easy-to-use funnel. You can repurpose the craft box, using the packaging as a crafting station – for easy cleanup and less-mess success.

After crafting is done, it's creative playtime! Sand art crafts for kids help to encourage imaginative, independent and creative play. Add sparkle to your room decor and find the perfect spot to showcase your new creation. Make magical wishes with your star friend and let your imagination take you on a new adventure everyday!

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Transform 2 fuzzy socks into your favorite characters from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story book! Easy to use peel and stick felt shapes make personalizing your own butterfly and caterpillar puppets easy and fun for toddlers

Sock puppet making kit comes with 2 fuzzy socks, 10 finger puppets, self-adhesive felt shapes and instructions

Eric Carle toy fosters language development, encourages imagination, boosts fine motor skills and teaches color, shape and size recognition.

Maximize the fun and minimize the mess for little crafters! This sock puppet making kit features peel and stick felt shapes that are easy for toddlers and preschoolers to apply with no mess

After crafting, create your own version of the classic children’s book and put on a colorfully creative puppet show! For even more engaging fun, read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and use your own personalized puppets and finger puppets to act out the story

“Feed” The Very Hungry Caterpillar using the 10 included foam finger puppets

World of Eric Carle nurtures a child’s love of literature and learning! Story Puppets craft allows the classic children’s book to come to life in a colorfully creative craft kit designed to inspire hungry minds

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World of Eric Carle nurtures a child’s love of literature and learning. For more than 50 years, kids and their families have enjoyed reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Engage with the book in a new and exciting way! Now you can enjoy a fun indoor garden experience, inspired by this beloved children's classic.

Features:
· Apple-Shaped DIY Terrarium
· Educational & Fun
· Mindful Crafts for Kids
· Decorate, Plant & Grow
· Chia Seeds Sprout in 3 to 5 Days

Take the Fun of Gardening Indoors:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Ready to Grow Garden transforms the children’s book into a vibrantly imaginative craft kit, designed to ignite young minds with creativity, curiosity and exploration. With non-toxic and kid-safe components, everything you need to cultivate your own indoor garden is included. Just add water!

Decorate an apple-shaped terrarium with stickers and add a playful caterpillar figurine. Encourage kids to use their imagination and tell their own version of the story while they craft and play. Easy to plant and fun to grow, kids will enjoy witnessing quick-growing chia seeds sprout in as little as 3-5 days with just a little water. The potting mix is vermiculite and all seeds are sourced and packaged in the USA.

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Toddlers will go on a beach adventure and enjoy hours of imaginative play as they scoop, sort and explore the treasures inside of Sensory Bin Beach kit!

The beach-themed sensory bin is filled with thoughtfully selected and safety-tested materials, providing preschool age toddlers an opportunity to discover, imagine, learn and create. While kids actively engage their senses and practice fine motor movement, they'll enjoy hands-on pretend play in this self-contained sensory bin.

Featuring sensory sand that's fun to squish, scoop and mold and toddler toys including: a sensory sound tube, sand castle molds, a foam crab and more! Engaging with hands-on sensory activities for toddlers is a great way to prepare your kids for preschool! Complete cognitive tasks found in the illustrated instructions like "Name each item on the clings" to encourage thought, perception and knowledge in your child.

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Craft different origami zoo animals with this Little Craft - Origami Zoo Animals kit. With included patterned paper, it makes a great beginner origami kit.

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Design and paint your own lantern with this Little Craft - Lantern Painting Kit. Makes for a great decorative piece. 

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The Steam-Space Exploration kit includes activities to build an in-room solar system display. Great design set for children interested in astronomy.

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Build a dinosaur world with a variety of activities in Steam - Dinosaur World kit. Includes over 5 different activities to try. Great for hands-on art and learning. 

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Engage in different eco-friendly crafting activities with this Steam - Green Paper Craft kit. Includes over 5 different activities to try. Great kit for hands-on art and learning. 

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Build this KidzRobotix - Tyrannosaurus Rex Robot that walks, blinks, and opens its jaw. Great beginner robotics kit.

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Each puzzle comes with an educational Madd Capp Fun Facts booklet. On one side is a fold-out puzzle image to hang as a poster or use as a reference. On the flipside is a wealth of amazing facts. Did you know, for instance, that when the salmon are migrating upstream, a hungry grizzly bulking up for hibernation will eat a few dozen fish each day? It can devour 90 lbs. of food each day to double its body weight before a long winter's nap.

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Fire in the Sky! Unique-shaped 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle for ages 12 and up. Each puzzle comes with an educational Madd Capp Fun Facts booklet. On one side is a fold-out puzzle image to hang as a poster or use as a reference. The flipside is chock-full of cool information! Did you know, for instance, that the Year of the Dragon is welcomed with the usual fanfare of the Lunar New Year – a 15-day festival of family, feasts, and fireworks? With it, the hope for great power and good luck that the dragon sign represents. 

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Nature's Candy! Unique-shaped 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle for ages 12 and up. Each puzzle comes with an educational Madd Capp Fun Facts booklet. On one side is a fold-out puzzle image to hang as a poster or use as a reference. The flipside is chock-full of cool information! Did you know, for instance, that the sugar maple is a deciduous tree that sheds its leaves seasonally? Before it does, it puts on a show, with spectacular fall foliage that lights up the landscape in crimson and gold!

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Discover the inner workings of the human body! Use the toy forceps to carefully remove the squishy organs, muscles, and bones from the clear body shell, learning the location and function of each one step by step. Then, put them all back together again and display your visible human body on the included stand.

Learn about the body’s skeletal, muscular, circulatory, digestive, nervous, and respiratory systems. Examine 11 soft rubbery organs including the brain, heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea, kidneys, bladder, diaphragm, liver, stomach, and intestines, and learn about the special function of each one. Includes a 12-page, full-color illustrated human anatomy book.

• Includes 32 pieces: 18 skeleton pieces, 9 soft organs, 1 muscle piece, 2 clear body shells, forceps, stand
• Build a visible model of the human body
• Remove the squishy organs with the included toy forceps 
• Learn about body systems and organs
• 12-page, full-color human anatomy book

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Tasty Triceratops! Scrumptious Stegosaurus! Toothsome Pterodactyl! Whip up your own delicious dinosaur-shaped gummies! As you prepare these yummy treats, you’ll investigate the chemistry related to candy making and explore fundamental STEM concepts such as measurements, conversions, temperature reading, phases of matter, the scientific properties of natural polymers, and more. The kit includes all the food ingredients needed to whip up a gelatin mixture, which you pour into the included mold to form eight different dino shapes: Tyrannosaurus rex, Pterodactyl, Triceratops, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Plesiosaur, and Brachiosaurus. A specially designed recipe and custom tooling help ensure successful results and great-tasting gummies in two yummy flavors: purple mixed berry and green watermelon. You can even add citric acid to make sour gummies! Make up to 72 gummies with the ingredients and tools included!

• Make up to 72 delicious and fun dinosaur-shaped gummy candies!
• Kit includes all food ingredients needed to make a gelatin mixture in two yummy flavors and colors: purple mixed berry and green watermelon; add citric acid for sour gummies!
• The gummy mold includes 8 different dino shapes: T. rex, Pterodactyl, Triceratops, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Plesiosaur, and Brachiosaurus
• Investigate the chemistry of candy making and fundamental STEM concepts like measurements, conversions, phases of matter, polymers, and more.
• A wholesome, fun, educational activity that kids will enjoy and adults can feel good about giving!

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In this fast-paced game, the goal is to build 3-letter, consonant-vowel-consonant words with every turn. Repeat the game again and again to improve decoding, sound segmenting, sound isolation, and phonics skills. Three levels of play make it fun and engaging for all ages!

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Build math confidence with 50 pages of math activities covering a variety of leveled math skills, from counting, numbers, addition, and subtraction, to graphing, geometry, and more. Use the included, interactive Hot Dots pen to receive positive feedback or gentle redirection—lights and sounds indicate right and wrong answers, enabling kids to learn and practice critical learning skills independently, at their own pace, at home, in the classroom, or on the go!

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Anno 1800 is an epic city-building strategy board game based on Ubisoft’s popular PC game of the same name. Players strive to build up their industrial might as they develop an island society at the dawn of the industrial age. Investing in their nautical fleets enables trade and expansion to new territories in the old and new worlds, but players must focus above all on maintaining the health and happiness of the citizens of their home islands. While the population is initially satisfied with food and clothing, in time it will demand valuable luxury goods. Players must plan their development strategies and supply chains carefully while keeping an eye on the distribution of specialized roles within their territories. The objective of the game is to plan for an even distribution of farmers, workers, craftsmen, engineers, and investors. Learn More

Build reading confidence with 50 pages of reading activities covering a variety of reading skills beginning with letter recognition and phonics and moving through sight words, punctuation, and more. Use the included, interactive Hot Dots pen to receive positive feedback or gentle redirection—lights and sounds indicate right and wrong answers, enabling kids to learn and practice critical learning skills independently, at their own pace, at home, in the classroom, or on the go!

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Build early literacy skills – and kid confidence! - with the Hot Dots Alphabet Set! Preschoolers practice letter recognition and formation all by themselves with 72 colorful letter lessons and an interactive Hot Dots Pen. Kids simply press the pen to any answer dot for an immediate audio (mutable) and visual response – green light and congratulatory sounds for correct responses, red light, and gentle redirection for incorrect answers. Hot Dots Pen requires 2 AAA batteries, not included.

Psst…They’re Learning!

• Playful, interactive learning
• Confidence-building feedback
• Provides ample practice time, and perfect tool for early reading skills
• Encourages independent learning

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