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This three-in-one coding robot is ready for coding-filled rescue missions! Preschoolers save the day the coding way when they explore early STEM fun with the Switcheroo Coding Crew. Here' s how each mission with this coding toy for kids unfolds: kids draw a coding rescue challenge card, transform their coding robot into one of three vehicles (police car, fire truck, or construction vehicle) and code to save the day! Along the way, they'll learn new skills, from 100% screen-free STEM and coding to critical thinking, logic, and more! When they' re not saving the day in Code Mode, kids can also snap a new vehicle shell onto their coding robot and discover the light, sounds, and tricks of Play Mode. Each vehicle shell comes with its own cool secrets! The Switcheroo Coding Crew comes with a 46-piece interactive playset, so kids can follow along with challenges or design their own STEM and coding rescue challenges!

Learn to apply STEM principles just like an engineer! Moving Creations from hand2mind, a leading developer of classroom learning tools for over 50 years, is created in partnership with K’NEX®. The step-by-step illustrated guide contains 9 different builds, educational science content, 18 STEM experiments and “Think Bigger” challenges to practice the scientific method. Includes a 98 pg. book with storage box attached.

• STEM building activities teach engineering through play
• Walks junior engineers through 9 builds and 18 STEM experiments
• Explores the fascinating science of pneumatics (air) & hydraulics (water)
• Includes “Think Bigger” challenges to deepen understanding of the scientific method

Learn about animals by dissecting owl pellets. Find out what owls eat by examining the real skeletons you find!

• This science kit for kids brings biology concepts to life through an engaging, guided learning experience.
• The 10 hands-on experiments are designed to spark interest, prompt investigation and critical thinking, and inspire a love of nature.
• The full colour Career & Lab Guide is packed with scientific principles, pictures, and information that will keep kids busy, engaged and learning.
• Experiments are easy to do, and the kit comes with all young biologists need to learn in their own home laboratories.
• The Career & Lab Guide introduces kids to future STEM careers including zoologist, biologist, or veterinarian.
• Warning: Contains owl pellets.

Inspire your budding young scientist! Explore our wide range of fun, engaging Science Kits and real working Science Toys that introduce children to the exciting world of STEM.

Time after time, experience shows that learning by manipulating physical objects with one’s own hands — learning by doing things firsthand, rather than being told about them or reading about them in a book — is extremely effective. Thames & Kosmos has a long history of incorporating this principle into science education. Now, we are bringing this experience to the Kids First Math line, a series of nine hands-on kits with activity cards or lesson guides designed to demonstrate and teach concepts in mathematics, as well as other skills such as logical thinking, problem solving, and creative thinking.

Busy hands build strong minds! Learn about Respiratory System Anatomy with this fun 4D lungs puzzle! Model has a transparent cutaway to show internal organs and structure. Challenge your critical thought and mental acuity. Build dexterity, fine motor skills and problem solving skills. Reinforce learning through hands-on exploration!

A nice addition to curriculum for teaching animal science or any child’s science fair project related to human anatomy. Collect the series and have your own human anatomy museum!

Take a creative storytelling journey through five national parks (Denali, Everglades, Biscayne, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon) and learn the names of the animals and plants there! Tell imaginative stories by matching 20 Denali-themed puffy stickers and 101 cling-style stickers to illustrated glossy park scenes, then peel the stickers off to rearrange again and again! Large, top spiral-bound pad lets scenes lay flat, and makes the set great for travel. Stickers store on color-coded tabbed pages inside for mess-free play! Not just fun, this educational set is also a great learning toy: Identification pages in English and Spanish help kids learn the names of plants and animals native to each of the five national parks. Melissa & Doug™ is proud to support the National Park Foundation with a million-dollar minimum donation over three years. The Melissa & Doug™ National Park Foundation collection is designed to inspire kids to discover the wonder of America’s national parks. Together, we’re helping protect our parks for present and future generations!

Add new excitement to mealtime with these educational and entertaining double-sided, write-on, wipe-off placemats. These durable activity mats are ideal for use with our multicolored Learning Mat Crayons and are available in a range of topics from math to maps!

With Smartivity® Multiplication Machine learn about:

Multiplication
Linkages
Math Properties

Build a Hydraulic Plane Launcher and use the power of hydraulic pressure to launch paper airplanes. Once built, fill the syringe with water and press the syringe to launch the plane. Includes foldable paper with markings to make different types of planes. Kids can learn how different types of planes have different flight patterns.

With Smartivity^® Hydraulic Plane Launcher learn about:

• Hydraulic Systems
• Aerodynamics
• Scissor Mechanisms

Fold, press, and play with this captivating set of Origami Papers. Printed on recycled paper, the charming florals on these 8” x 8” sheets are a delight to pick from, with 54 different patterns to choose between.

Designed for ages 5+ years and up, alongside these papers you’ll find clearly illustrated instructions for 10 unique projects which balance being both easy-to-follow and an exciting challenge for young crafters.

Delight in your young one’s joy as they release their inner artist and create these cuddly “Cute Puppies” with our CreArt Painting by Numbers set!

Help kids relax and get creative with this fun and satisfying paint-by-number kit, complete with everything they need to make and display their very own masterpiece! These two “Cute Puppies” are just waiting to escape their wicker basket and come out to play. Success is simple, with color-outlined sections and matching, odorless acrylic paints to ensure picture-perfect results. Finish in about 4 hours, let dry, then use the included frame to proudly display your budding artist’s talent!

Looking for a fun activity that keeps your kids off their screens? Help them discover their inner artist with CreArt, our high-quality Painting by Numbers sets! With kid-friendly images designed to match abilities, budding artists can enjoy completing their very own painting in just a few hours. Easy-to-see colored outlines distinguish each section, helping kids achieve great results. Painting is a fun, creative activity that can also improve dexterity and concentration while providing a sense of satisfaction!

CreArt contains everything children need to create their painting: a high-quality, thick painting board; 10 water-based, opaque acrylic paints in numbered pots; pallet to hold the easy-open/resealable paint pots steady; durable, fine-point paintbrush; easy-to-follow guide sheet; and frame to display their finished artwork. Makes a great gift!

Measures approximately 7.1 x 5.1 inches (18 x 13 cm). Fun for ages 7 and up! Made in Czech Republic.

Spiderweb: A Bug-Catching Logic Game for Ages 8+

Crawl into the mind of a spider as you spin your web and catch prey in this clever logic game from ThinkFun.

Players start by choosing one of the 40 Beginner to Expert level challenge cards and placing it in the game base. Each card is loaded with a variety of bugs to ensnare in your web, but catching them all will require some serious brain power. Players stretch elastic web strands across the play area to cover as many bugs as possible. If your web crosses over a bug, it’s trapped! When your web covers every bug on the challenge card – you win!

Spiderweb is a fun and challenging way to sharpen your spatial reasoning skills.

This durable write-on/wipe-off mat will make learning the alphabet a fun experience for kids. Simply trace the letters and color in the pictures! Great for at-home, for a fun meal-time activity, or take it on-the-go to use in the car or while eating out. Ages 4+.

It's time for a gut check!
There’s a reason Squishy Human Body has been the best-selling anatomy toy for over 10 years — it’s Squishy! This 12-inch-tall interactive model features nine removable squishy organs that feel like the real thing. Kids can squeeze the squishy heart and lungs, remove the squishy brain, and even uncoil the squishy intestines! Featuring 21 removable organs, bones, and muscles in a clear plastic shell, Squishy Human Body allows young doctors-in-training to dissect and rebuild the human body, again and again, using forceps and tweezers.
The handy organ-izer sheet keeps all the removable parts together for easy assembly. The stand allows kids to proudly display their assembled model on a shelf or desktop. The illustrated 24-page book takes a light-hearted approach to anatomy by following a slice of pizza as it travels through the body and interacts with different organs. The book features photos of real organs, engaging illustrations, and answers to common body function questions — even the gross ones!
Includes two-piece clear plastic human body model with a stand, 9 removable squishy organs, 12 removable hard plastic bones & muscles, forceps, tweezers, body part Organ-Izer sheet, instructions sheet, and a 24-page illustrated Anatomy Book.
Although the book is written for slightly older children, this best-selling anatomy toy is appropriate for children ages 5 and up.

Connect students in grades 4 and up with the anatomy of the human body with this 48-page science resource book.

Jumpstarters for the Human Body: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom covers body organization and these systems:

• skeletal
• muscular
• circulatory
• digestive
• respiratory
• excretory
• nervous
• endocrine

It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Medieval Times! This 96-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Hands-on activities, research opportunities, and mapping exercises engage students in learning about medieval times. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Lost at sea, three friends find themselves on a fantastic underwater ship, the Nautilus. You will dive deep into adventure as our heroes battle giant squid, navigate dangerous oceans, and discover new creatures and fabulous treasures. But who is the mysterious Captain Nemo? Why is he being hunted by every navy on earth? And will he ever let the three castaways return home?

This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the available audio companion to build reading fluency. Comes with a dramatic version in radio drama style that you can enjoy preforming yourself (complete script, stage direction, and acting tips are included).

Learn to code with Huey, your color-sensing robot pal. This kit offers kids a hands-on, screen-free introduction to the world of robotics and coding. With a built-in color sensor, Huey navigates around maps that you create using 81 puzzle-shaped tiles. Huey recognizes the colors of the 32 coding discs, which tell it whether to turn right, turn left, or continue straight. Huey makes fun sounds and movements as it travels around the map, revving its engine as it gets started, and doing a little dance when it reaches home. Huey can be muted for quiet play. Build one of the 18 maps included in the full-color, 16-page challenge book and figure out where to place the coding discs to help Huey find its way home. Make sure to watch out for the red ghosts! If you hit one, you’ll have to debug your code and try again. There are four levels of challenges, which are appropriate for kids ages 5 and up. The size of the map grows with the difficulty of the challenge. Beginner maps use nine map tiles, while advanced ones use all 81 tiles! You can also create your own maps and then challenge your friends to solve them. The possibilities are virtually infinite! Learn about how Huey’s color sensor works in the full-color, 4-page instruction manual. A bonus online challenge book includes more than 40 additional challenges — 60 challenges in all! Can you solve them all? Huey does not require a computer, tablet, or smartphone to operate.

 WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD — Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings a classic adventure to vivid life in this unabridged audio performance.

When a tornado whisks young Dorothy away from Kansas with her faithful dog Toto, she finds herself in the mysterious Land of Oz, where unknown dangers and strange creatures await her. Can she find a way back home? Can her new friends the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man find courage, brains, and a heart? Searching for answers from the mysterious Wizard of Oz, and pursued by the forces of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy and her companions must work together to complete their dangerous quest.

Jim Weiss’s fresh performance of this American classic introduces a new generation of listeners to the magic, wonder, and adventure of the Land of Oz. If your only experience with The Wizard of Oz is the movie, you will be astounded and delighted to find that L. Frank Baum's book is full of adventures, characters, and charm far beyond the wonder that the big-screen version conveyed. 

The National Parenting Center says: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a magical audio recording that captures the essence of the beloved classic story in a unique and captivating way…[Jim Weiss's] reading adds a wonderful touch to the listening experience, enhancing the magical quality of the story and immersing the listener in the enchanting world of Oz…appeals to a wide range of ages, from younger children who may be hearing the story for the first time to older children who may have read the book or seen the movie and are looking for a new way to experience the story."

Supercharge reading comprehension and analysis skills with this 64-page language arts resource designed for ages 7-11. Critical Thinking for Reading Comprehension teaches the identification and evaluation of text and image-based evidence using short, high-interest activities.

In simple, understandable terms, 'Critical Thinking' is the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision-making. The activities in this book diverge from traditional reading comprehension exercises, emphasizing the development of critical thinking through "low read" excerpts that require careful reading and analysis to identify supporting evidence and solutions. After just a few activities, most students will come to understand the importance of reading for understanding and evidence-based decision-making. Students will develop vital life skills while enjoying the fun of uncovering the right answers.

To maximize the learning experience, teachers should work through the first few activities with students and encourage students to describe their evidence and rationale for each answer. This approach builds confidence and reinforces the significance of critical thinking in making decisions, setting students up for success. Embark on an enriching journey that will empower young minds to excel!

Ages 4-11, chronological age or skill level

Savor small moments of wonder with your child, as he learns to appreciate the simple beauty of nature. Share delight in drawing and describing a solitary toad, a creeping caterpillar, or a crisp, yellow leaf. Visit a forest, a creek, or your own backyard.

Create a keepsake, as you witness improvement in his attention to detail, writing skills, and knowledge. Help your student make essential connections between oral language and written language, even as you assist his ability to observe and enjoy the wonders of nature

In My Nature Journal, you will introduce students to the natural sciences through purposeful nature study. Talk a walk. Find a patch of lichen, a beetle, or an ant hill, and allow the student time to draw everything he sees. Nudge his drawings with questions provided for you, or create your own to spark attention to detail. “What colors do you see?” “How many legs does the beetle have?” “What shape is the ant hill?”

Each journal page provides a large font space for writing. He may write his own observations, or you can create simple copywork sentences from his spoken words. “He is crawling on the leaf!” or “He looks fuzzy.” Find another fact or two from the animal and plant classifications provided for you in My Nature Journal. “A caterpillar is an insect. Insect have six legs.” Record only complete sentences.

When all sentences are recorded on the page, whether dictated, copied, or written, the teacher or student then reads the words aloud. In this manner, you will help the student create a delightful record of his own nature study while cultivating his powers of observation.

Step 1 – Dictating and Scribing

If the student does not yet write words or sentences, simply record his spoken words, as he observes and draws. Through questions such as those provided in the front of the journal, ask questions to evoke descriptions. If desired, the student and teacher may add another fact from the classifications in the journal, from a field guide, or elsewhere. The teacher writes in complete sentences directly into his journal. The teacher or student then reads the journal entry.

Step 2 – Copywork

If the student can form letters and words, simply elicit oral descriptions as described above. Then writes a sentence or two from the student’s own observations. The student and teacher may wish to add another fact or two, if space permits. The teacher writes the information in complete sentences. The student copies the sentences into his journal. The student or teacher reads the entry aloud upon completion.

Step 3 – Writing

If the student generates thoughts easily and writes sentences well, he may wish to write his own words into the journal. These may be prompted through discussion with questions from the front of journal for more vivid descriptions. The teacher gently corrects for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling as he writes. The student then reads his journal entry aloud.

Don’t let your eighth grade graduate’s knowledge dry up over summer break! Prevent summer learning loss in just 15 minutes a day. Perfect for at home or on-the-go, Summer Bridge Activities®: Bridging Grades 8-9 keeps kids busy with interesting learning activities all summer long!

Recipient of Creative Child Magazine’s 2018 Kids’ Product of the Year Award and 2018 Travel Fun of the Year Award, Summer Bridge Activities is a distinguished series that engages children's creativity and learning potential.

Give your soon-to-be ninth grader a head start on their upcoming school year with Summer Bridge Activities: Bridging Grades 8-9. With daily, 15-minute exercises kids can review square roots and conducting research for writing and learn new skills like algebra and writing informative texts. This workbook series helps prevent summer learning loss and paves the way to a successful new school year.

And this is no average workbook—Summer Bridge Activities keeps the fun and the sun in summer break! Designed to help prevent a summer learning gap and keep kids mentally and physically active, the hands-on exercises can be done anywhere. These standards-based activities help kids set goals, develop character, practice fitness, and explore the outdoors. With 12 weeks of creative learning, Summer Bridge Activities keeps skills sharp all summer long!

Don’t let your third grade graduate’s knowledge dry up over summer break! Prevent summer learning loss in just 15 minutes a day. Perfect for at home or on-the-go, Summer Bridge Activities®: Bridging Grades 3-4 keeps kids busy with interesting learning activities all summer long!

Recipient of Creative Child Magazine's 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and 2018 Travel Fun of the Year Award, Summer Bridge Activities is a distinguished series that engages children's creativity and learning potential.

Give your soon-to-be fourth grader a head start on their upcoming school year with Summer Bridge Activities: Bridging Grades 3-4. With daily, 15-minute exercises kids can review calculating area and using quotation marks and learn new skills like fractions, similes, and metaphors. This workbook series helps prevent summer learning loss and paves the way to a successful new school year.

And this is no average workbook—Summer Bridge Activities keeps the fun and the sun in summer break! Designed to help prevent a summer learning gap and keep kids mentally and physically active, the hands-on exercises can be done anywhere. These standards-based activities help kids set goals, develop character, practice fitness, and explore the outdoors. With 12 weeks of creative learning, Summer Bridge Activities keeps skills sharp all summer long!

Grammar School Latin is, quite simply, the best Latin grammar course available for younger beginning students. Cheryl Lowe’s clear explanations, easy instructions, and step-by-step approach have led thousands of teachers and students to declare, “I love Latin!” With the help of this course, you are sure to love Latin too!

Grammar School Latin was designed as a beginning course for students of all ages. This course was specifically written for the teacher with no background in Latin. Students who have completed Grammar School Latin are now ready for the First Form Latin Series(8788...) Memoria Press recommends students move directly from Grammar School Latin to First Form.

Student Book (8906)(25 lessons + 5 review lessons)A grammar form for each lesson

• 10 vocabulary words per lesson with corresponding English derivatives
• Latin sayings that teach classical heritage
• Consistent reviews

Teacher Manual(8907)

• Complete copy of Student Book with overlaid answers
• Detailed weekly lesson plans
• Comprehensive teaching instructions
• Grammar overview
• Recitation schedule
• Background information on Latin sayings & Roman history
• Tests, quizzes, & keys