Educational Games

ABOUT PIRATES MAD LIBS

Aye, mateys, it’s the Mad Libs you’ve all been waiting for—Pirates Mad Libs. With 21 stories on how to talk and act like a pirate, pirate history, and even how to throw a pirate party, Pirates Mad Libs will have everyone singing, “Yo-ho, yo-ho, a NOUN’s life for me!”

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Pirate Movemouth Puppet-from Babalu Learn More

Set includes: 36 playing cards, over 200 chips, caller's mat and cards, and a sturdy storage box

Ideal for teaching: Kindergarten to 3rd Grade (Ages 5 to 8)

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Originally known as ‘spillikins’ and made of ivory or bone, Pick up Sticks are now made of wood and are as much fun today as they ever were. With a delicate hand, use the stripy stick to remove one other stick at a time without disturbing the rest of the pile. Quite a challenge! Learn More

Pick Two is the always changing, ever rearranging crossword game!  Players draw letter tiles and build their own personal crosswords as fast as they can. Whenever players use all their letters they yell “PICK TWO” and everyone draws two more tiles. The catch?  These tiles must now be added to your crossword. The best part? You can always change your crossword by rearranging letters and even words to use up your tiles. This is a fast paced game that has been brought back by popular demand.

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Add the fun of game play to literacy centers with dominoes.

Supports hands-on explorations of phonics and word building

Features the most often used consonants and twenty- seven 2- and 3- letter short vowel word families so children can build hundreds of words

Includes 84 dominoes in 6 bright colors, Activity Guide and sturdy plastic storage jar with lid

Grades 1+

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Add the fun of game play to literacy centers with dominoes.

Supports hands- on explorations of phonics and word building

Features the most often used consonants and twenty- seven 2- and 3- letter long vowel word families so children can build hundreds of words Includes 84 dominoes in 6 bright colors,

Activity Guide and sturdy plastic storage jar with lid

Grades 1+

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Add the fun of game play to literacy centers with dominoes.

Supports hands-on explorations of phonics and word building

Features the most often used consonants and word families so children can build hundreds of words

Includes 84 dominoes in 6 bright colors, Activity Guide, and sturdy plastic storage jar with lid

Grades 1+

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Children will love spending time with these beloved neighborhood pets as they place each wooden puzzle piece over the matching picture on the puzzle board.

This sturdy 8-piece puzzle features easy-grasp pegs and wooden construction.

Promotes hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, and much more!

Ages 2+

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Ages 3 - 6

Take a stroll through preschool learning with the ONLY official Pete the Cat game based on the best-selling title “I Love My White Shoes”! Spin a super cool, guitar-shaped, color randomizer to determine whether Pete has stepped in red strawberries, blue blueberries, green grass, or yellow bananas. Spin the included Pete the Cat color wheel until Pete’s shoes match that color, then search for the matching game token in the game box. Collect all 4 colors and you win this groovy game of colors and matching, in addition the game play also encourages good sportsmanship, practices turn-taking, and aids in social/emotional development, so everyone’s a winner! 

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The Big Idea
Players spin, match, laugh, and learn as they use the Pete the Cat squeezer to collect and place all the buttons they need to fill their Pete the Cat shirt game board.

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Use the Friendship Toolbox to help Pete the Cat learn to be a good friend. Each player, age 4+, dispenses four tokens. Use the spinner to determine which card to play. Read the situation, then match tokens from the Friendship Toolbox to solve the problem by sharing, using kind words, and other friendship skills! The first player to match each token with a card wins! Kids learn how to be a good friend, share, use kind words, and handle everyday social situations.

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Practice pairing words by word family in this purrfectly fun game! Players take turns drawing from the deck of word cards and matching them with the cards in front of them. The first player to make four matching pairs wins the game. The game is separated into three color-coded decks to optimize gameplay for 2-4 players. The game includes 150 cards, offering players practice with 24 word families. Directions with additional activities included. Ages 5+ Learn More

Practice making pairs with Pete the Cat! This beginner game boosts visual discrimination and memory skills as players flip over cards to make matches with Pete and his friends.

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Turn students into cool math cats with this groovy game! Players practice grade-level math by drawing cards and answering questions. A correct answer earns the player a Pete button. The first player to earn four buttons wins the game. When players draw Cool Cat Cards, they earn additional buttons--or give them up.

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Turn students into cool math cats with this groovy game! Players practice grade-level math by drawing cards and answering questions. A correct answer earns the player a Pete button. The first player to earn four buttons wins the game. When players draw Cool Cat Cards, they earn additional buttons--or give them up.

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These are our best-selling Hatch’ems! Just add water and watch as the egg gradually cracks open over a period of 48 hrs. to reveal a penguin that grows to over 3 times its original size!

Size: box is 4″, creature is 3″

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Pattern Blocks and Boards let kids explore shapes and colors hands-on as they fill wooden backgrounds with sturdy wooden pieces! Follow one of 10 design templates or create your own mosaic using 120 colorful wooden tiles in six different shapes. Matching and mosaics--what a gorgeous way for kids three and older to develop fine motor skills!

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Assorted Pastime Puzzles --Past Times Wooden Puzzle. A fascinating wooden puzzle with a theme from days gone by. Ornamental, entertaining and educational. May be one of the following: Mathematic Mystery, Pyramid Power, Toppling Tower, or Tower of Hanoi. Learn More

Four soft hand-puppets in a palace theme Sized to fit children and most adults Soft stuffed-plush heads encourage cuddles Washable fabric Great for motor skills, hand-eye coordination, communication skills, self-confidence, and parent-child bonding Ages 2+ 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

The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech: a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. We’ve included definitions and examples of the parts of speech in case you’ve forgotten. Players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks and in the end, you have a story reeling from one silly sentence to another until nothing makes sense. That’s what you call a Mad Libs, the world’s greatest word game. Players have been howling with friends or laughing all to themselves for over 35 years!

Now that you know what Mad Libs are, you’re ready to play Off-The-Wall Mad Libs. From “Paul Revere” and “Albert Einstein” to “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs” this zany group of Mad Libs  will make you the hit of the party.

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Each of the 20 numbers, measuring 5”H, comes in 2 pieces to help children develop fine motor skills, number recognition, and counting skills. Each number features pictures of items to match the amount.

Educational Benefits

• Learning Style: Visual, Tactile

• Skill Development: Number recognition, Numerical order, Counting, 1:1 correspondence, Parts-to-whole relationships, Eye-hand coordination, Vocabulary building, Problem solving

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Teacher Guides

Teacher guides provide the framework for the novel, including any background information necessary to prepare students for the text. Discussion questions help you delve into the novel's plot, conflict, theme, and character motivations/interactions. Plus, they're designed to elicit student thought, discussion, and participation!

Time-saving, inspiring lesson plans provide a comprehensive novel unit—created by teachers for teachers. The legwork is done for you. The chapter-by-chapter guides incorporate research-based, higher-order reading, writing, and thinking activities.

• 32+ pages
• Summary
• "About the Author"
• Character list
• Background information
• Initiating activities
• Vocabulary activities (Gr.1–8)
• Discussion questions and answers
• Graphic organizers
• Writing ideas
• Literary analysis
• Post-reading discussion questions
• Cross-curriculum extension activities
• Assessment Scoring rubric

See also Student Packet #10010

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