Educational Games

In this cooperative game, you take on the role of four students traveling together on a remote and mysterious island. You are looking into some strange events that have been happening — incidents that the police believe are natural occurrences, things to be expected on a volcanic island such as this. But is everything really as normal as it seems? Or is there something else behind what is happening at the volcano? How the story ends is entirely up to you. Learn More

Characters Bromley and Cotica take you on a BILINGUAL (English & Spanish) journey through the jungle! This new Playzzle™ game, African Adventure, encourages development of multi-language, critical thinking and memory skills. Players will have a blast as they travel through the jungle with characters Bromley and Cotica. They’ll learn about the animals who live there. The first player to arrive at the Pyramids wins. Ages: 3 and up No. of Players: 2 to 6 Learn More

These are our best-selling Hatch’ems! Just add water and watch as the egg cracks open to reveal an alligator that grows to over 3 times its original size!

Size: box is 4″, creature is 3″

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Join the island adventure where players race to match upper- and lowercase letters. Watch out for the hungry shark, or you'll lose a letter! Keep your eyes peeled for the helpful crab and tricky starfish. Collect the most letters, and win! For an added challenge, flip the lowercase letter discs over to reveal picture words, and match beginning sounds to uppercase letters. A fun, fast-paced way to build letter recognition skills! Board measures 16"L x 16"H. For 2–4 players. Ages 4+. From Learning Resources. Learn More

A high-energy introduction to letters, sounds, alphabetical order, and print concepts. Features 8 different alphabet, letter sounds, and spelling games. For 1 player or a whole group.

Educational Benefits

• Learning Styles: Kinesthetic, Visual, Auditory
• Skill Development:
  • Gross Motor - Combines visual and kinesthetic learning to promote language skills. Eight different games are provided to enhance balance and coordination and sharpen fast reflexes with a hop or jump to the correct letter on the mat.
  • Language - Encourages a variety of language learning from alphabetical order, letter recognition, and letter-sound correspondence to initial and final letter sounds and spelling. All of these language skills are beneficial to early literacy and school readiness.
  • Social & Behavioral - Students will learn to share, negotiate space, and take turns while playing games competitively or interacting in groups. Alphabet Marks the Spot game has different game options to accommodate students' different skill levels.

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"A" is for an alligator eating an apple! Brightly colored animals and familiar objects illustrate the letters of the alphabet on these sturdy cardboard blocks that stack by letter, color, and size. Nested, the 10 vibrant blocks fit into the included carrying case. Stacked, they form a tower nearly three feet high!

Ages 2 years and up

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These puzzle cards are great for teaching little ones their uppercase letters and beginning sounds. Each of the 26 letters, measuring 5”H, comes in 2 pieces and features pictures of items that begin with that letter sound.

Educational Benefits

• Learning Style: Visual, Tactile

• Skill Development: Letter recognition, Alphabetical order, Beginning sounds, Parts-to-whole relationships, Eye-hand coordination, Vocabulary building, Problem solving

. Ages 3+. From Learning Resources. Learn More

Fast-paced games provide practice for beginning reading skills! As the caller reads each card aloud, players scan the cards in front of them. If two cards are matching, the player says "SPLAT!" and flips the cards over. The first player to flip over all of their cards wins. Three color-coded decks make it easy to adapt the game for one-on-one practice or multiple players. For 2–6 players. Cards are 3½" x 2¼". Set includes 225 cards: 75 calling cards and 150 answer cards. Learn More

Ready, aim… alphabet! Draw a card, aim the cannon, and knock down the letters needed to complete your words in this action-packed spelling game! Includes pop launcher with 2 foam balls, 30 double-sided letter cards (uppercase and lowercase), and 26 double-sided spelling cards.

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AlphaMagnets® Jumbo Lowercase Multicolored Magnets.. Features 42 colorful magnets that stay where they’re placed. Ages 4-6. The highest-quality magnetic manipulatives available! Features more and stronger magnets than other magnetic letter sets to ensure each piece stays where you want it and doesn’t slip. Provides examples of letters formed the same way students are taught to form them. Includes extras of the letters you need most (a, e, i, o, u, b, l, m, r, s, t). Stores in a durable, stackable tub for easy cleanup. All 42 pieces in 6 colors measure 2.5"H each so they’re easy for small hands to manage and provide tactile reinforcement of phonics and early reading concepts. Grades PreK+ Learn More

Amaze™

16 Mazes, Right in Your Hand

A maze that changes every time you play!

Players must navigate this maze game using the attached stylus, pushing open movable gateways while avoiding traps and dead ends!

An innovative twist on a classic maze game, Amaze’s diabolical shifting pathways change the solution path during play!

With 16 unique challenges and no pieces to lose, Amaze is the ideal travel game!

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Amazon Rainforest features the plants and animals of a critically fragile habitat.

Exquisitely painted by artist Jennifer Orkin Lewis, this animal puzzle rewards careful looking and, we hope, will inspire deep respect for this essential and endangered part of our planet.

A key is included to help identify the animals.

Our 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles are thoughtfully commissioned and beautifully designed to offer a screen-free, relaxing way to practice contemplative mindfulness or share a gentle cooperative activity with friends and family.

About the Illustrator Jennifer Orkin Lewis is inspired by small, everyday things. She keeps a daily sketchbook, which she often shares on Instagram, allowing her to stay fresh and experiment. Jennifer says it takes years to develop your style, so practice as much as you can! 

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This kid’s puzzle features fun, beautiful artwork that teaches kids about the animals of the world. Solid quality pieces in a sturdy puzzle box. 100 pieces Finished size 13" x 19" Learn More

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

Ant Colony is loads of cooperative fun. Players must overcome obstacles as they work together to build an ant colony. Just watch out for hidden rocks, angry beetles, and pesky anteaters!

Skills: Team work/cooperation

Communication

Light Strategy

Ages 5+

 Number of Players 2-6

Outset Media

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Head to the shore and explore! With the Nancy B AquaScope you don’t even have to get wet to explore the wonders of life underwater. The AquaScope magnifies finds up to 5x larger — you can even light up your subject thanks to built-in LED lights. Then use the attached thermometer strip to gauge and document the water temperature. This underwater telescope for kids comes with an activity journal that's packed with fun science experiments. Perfect for Ages 8+. Learn More

Age: 3+

Puzzle Size: 23" Diameter

Box Dimensions: 11" x 11" x 2.5"

Illustrator: Uta Krogmann

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The Big Idea You write the code and Artie 3000™ draws the lines! Easy to learn and cool to create with, Artie 3000 also comes ready to draw with preprogrammed designs, shapes, and games. Watch how-to videos and learn about all the cool things Artie can do at CodeWithArtie.com.

Psst...They're Learning!

STEAM and STEM-powered fun

Introduces the basics of coding

Fuels creativity and imagination

Cut to the Chase

Programmable robot draws whatever you code on any sheet of paper

Includes WiFi-enabled drawing robot; drag and drop visual programming software;4 colored markers; and quick-start guide

Comes preprogrammed with shapes and games, or write your own custom code

Requires 4 AA batteries (not included)

 Please Note: Artie 3000 is inherently designed to be one of the safest and most secure coding robots on the market. When it comes to Artie 3000 there is no Wi-Fi or log-in required. In fact, Artie 3000 never connects to the internet. As there is only a one way transmission of data from the user to the product Artie 3000 does not collect data of any kind. EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Ages 7-12

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Finished size of 24” x 30”.

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Puzzle features this quote: "This is the assembly of life that took a billion years to evolve. It has eaten the storms, folded them into its genes, and created the world that created us. It holds the world steady" from Edward O. Wilson.

Edward O. Wilson, known as the "father of biodiversity," is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the world's leading expert on the study of ants.

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Blinded by Science is for people who understand the meaning of deoxyribonucleic acid.  Curie, Darwin, Galileo, Tesla, Turing...if these are some of your heroes, then this game is for you! Each card covers a different scientific subject, and includes three questions with increasing degrees of difficulty. If you're a trivia buff and science is your thing, then this game is probably in your DNA.

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Ages 7 - 99

The Big Idea
It’s time for the ultimate memory test with BrainBolt™! Challenge your brain by memorizing the light sequence and following along for as long as you can without breaking the pattern.

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Ages 7 - 99

The Big Idea
Super charge your memory with the Genius version of the mind-melting light-up game, BrainBolt!
Psst…They’re Learning!

• Develops memory skills
• Helps with visual scanning

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Bugs 'N' Slugs provides kids with a great way to learn all about insects while having a lot of fun. The world is full of insects, some beautiful and some a bit gross! Is a male ladybug still a ladybug? Do mosquitoes actually bite? What's the difference between a moth and a butterfly? Fun things to learn as players slither around the board learning all about things that creep and crawl! Ages 5+. 2-6 Players. Learn More