Educational Toys

Polite pigs make manners satisfying to learn, demonstrating good behavior in familiar situations. One side of each card asks what approach or response is right for a situation; the reverse offers a good suggestion. For instance:

When you answer the phone, what do you say?… “Hello, Piggie residence. Mom can’t come to the phone, may I take a message? Who is calling?”

What do you do when you meet someone?… Look at their eyes and give a firm handshake.

You should try not to burp in public. But if a burp surprises you, what do you say?… “Please excuse me!”

Take a quick trip back in time with the Dinosaur Meadow 20 piece puzzle. Wonderfully wacky dinosaurs meander in a meadow of wildflowers in this 20 piece puzzle, our most popular and bestselling puzzle format. This adorable box contains 20 Jumbo pieces, perfect for little hands.

A cord handle makes the puzzle easy to take to play dates or bring on vacation. Soon to be any 3-year-old’s favorite puzzle!

The What Do I Do Flash Cards are a wonderful tool for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of subverted social expectations. This deck of 48 cards helps children understand how to handle various social situations with poise, grace, and confidence. The encouraging illustrations and simple instructions are perfect for opening up dialogues between parents and children about what behavior may be expected from them in various social environments. By encouraging kids to understand and digest positive social behavior rather than memorizing it, these cards will help kids to comfortably respond to a wide range of social cues.

Flora and fauna from around the world show the richness of Life on Earth. Twenty-four pairs of tiles include everything from iguanas to cardinals, oak leaves and acorns to underwater coral.

Put head and tail on either end,
And you will make a puzzle friend.
But there's more to this pre-reading game:
The puzzle also spells it's name!

This pre-reading spelling puzzle game will teach a child the three-letter name of an animal friend. There are 10 spelling puzzles, each with 3 puzzle pieces bearing letters that makes up the animal's name. Only the correct pieces will fit together, and with illustrations and color to guide the way, the puzzles are self-correcting. These three-piece puzzles are of the sturdiest materials and are designed with both beauty and skill development in mind.

• For ages 3 and up
• 10 Puzzle set for spelling
• Box: 9” x 2” x 9”
• Winner of the Oppenheim Platinum Award

• For ages 4 years and up
• 45 flash cards and 2 parent cards included
• Cards are 4.5 x 6 inches
• Each card shows upper and lower case letters and an illustrated object that starts with the letter shown
• Excellent flash cards to reinforce letters and their sounds

Not only will adults while they help build this Tot Tower, but tots will join the conversation because one side of each block asks a question to get kids talking. Where do you live? Do you have brown shoes? Children are introduced to numbers, shapes, animals, seasons and colors when they stack this Tot Tower. Charmingly illustrated by Saxton Freymann. A favorite!

Children learn the alphabet (and numbers 1-10) while building (and knocking down) these sturdy nesting blocks.

Bear on Bicycle 20 Piece Puzzle

eeBoo’s Trucks and a Bus Matching Game re-envisions the classic memory game with vintage-inspired illustrations by acclaimed artist, Monika Forsberg. Played by placing each piece down and trying to locate its match, memory games fine-tune spatial awareness and memory skills. Each set includes 24 easy to grasp, jumbo sized playing pieces shaped like trucks (and one bus!), making it a fun activity for those with small hands and growing minds. As an added bonus, eeBoo’s memory games are made from 90% recycled greyboard. Ages 3+

Emergent readers can match letters with words and dots to numbers. The directions in this game offer six ways to play. Upper and lowercase letters are matched to an object beginning with that letter. Numeral pieces fit into corresponding pieces with dots.

Features:

• For ages 3 and up
• Box: 9½“ x 1½” x 9½”
• 36 Pairs to match
• Winner of the Oppenheim Gold Award

Match the words that sound the same. When children recognize words that rhyme they’ve mastered a critical auditory pre-reading skill. When the two puzzle pieces are connected, the printed words are side-by-side, reinforcing the awareness that groups of letters are associated with the rhyming sounds. This game promotes that knowledge with familiar words and appealing pictures. Matching house to mouse and truck to duck offers reinforcing repetition in a game that everyone enjoys.

• For ages 3 and up
• Box: 9½“ x 1½” x 9½”
• 25 Pairs to match
• Winner of the Oppenheim Gold Award