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Early Learning

Items in this section reflect the infant's and the young child's need to interact with objects prviding diverse sensory input. Vision, touch, hearing, cause and effect, basic concepts and simple motor skills are all reinforced.

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Lock N Rock
$19.95
E0560
Set of 4 different musical shakers that can be played separately or linked together. All are visually and auditorily stimulating and rewarding. Large handles are easy to grab and shake, encouraging hand and arm movement, bilateral coordination and cause and effect.
Bead Stick
$4.99
B6711
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
A most versatile piece of equipment. Hold the dowel at the end cap and place beads over the tip. Bead stringing now becomes an activity for young and old. Great for bilateral coordination, range of motion, upper extremity stability and in-hand manipulation. Can be easier to work with than floppy laces. Will work with most size beads, but also use as a magic wand, pointer or conducting baton.

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My First Scissors
$8.95
C5440
Innovative pair of ergonomically desigend, spring operated scissors, perfectly proportioned for children's hands. Works equally well for right or left hand cutting with a soft, no slip grip and rounded safety tips. Works great for children or adults with reduced hand strength and finger mobility.

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Laugh Out Loud
$23.95
E3516
Push this fuzzy guys ears together to hear him giggle! Great early cause and effect toy. Little ones will love his soft funny faces and silly sounds. Easy grasp, fun to cuddle, spot clean.

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Animal Pattern Blocks
$19.95
E1775
Engaging, kid-friendly graphics makes this an entertaining yet challenging activity for young children. Set comes with 47 multi-shaped pattern blocks and 5 double-sided wooden animal scenes. Players must sort and match pattern blocks by color and shape and correctly orient them inside the anial cutout. Outline of shape is provided. Fun way to reinforce fine motor skills, visual perception and spatial skills.

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S'Match
$19.95
E2672
A new take on a classic game. S'Match challenges young players to find matching pairs of cards based on different attributes. color, number or category. Each player's turn begins with a spin of the S'Match Spinner, and the attribute on which it lands determines the type of match they search for. Place the 30 cards face down and lay as a memory game or plce them face up and play as a visual scanning/figure ground game. Pictures and words on the cards let-pre-readers, early readers and seasoned readers play together. Great language building game reinforces basic concepts, categorization, set building, visual memory and scanning skills.

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E-Z Bat and Ball
With the E-Z Bat, all ball players can "hit one outta the park". Set comes with one E-Z bat, one E-Z Stopper and 2 specially desgined, E-Z Balls. Simply place the stopper over the bat followed by the ball...swing..and just watch it go! For younger children, place ball closer to the tip of the bat. In this position, a successful hit requires less force from the batter. If you want player to work harder, and use more force, start with the stopper and ball further down bat. All foam construction, so bat is very light and everyone gets to play! Easier and more successful than "T" ball for learning to swing. Dads really like the E-Z bat!

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E-Z Bat $16.95 E6674 Quantity   
E-Z balls - extra 2 pk. $7.95 E6678 Quantity   
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Loopy Loo
$11.95
E3513
Bend, twist, chew....what ever baby wants to do! Colorful, twisty beads with multiple textures are perfect for manipulating or teething.

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String My ABC's
$19.95
E3518
Newest addition to our String A...series of products. Now you can work on learning the alphabet, spelling words and names and beginning sounds all while stringing the 26 chunky brighly colored wood letters. Great for bilateral hand skills and sequencing. Comes with one wooden needle with attached cotton lace and stopper.

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Peg Farm
$13.95
E5316
Stack, match or make patterns with these friendly new pegs. Pegs are printed front and back with farm animal faces and tails for extra visual interest and fun. Great, 25 hole, foam peg board with colorfully printed surface gives the pegs a perfect place to be pushed. A great way for toddlers and other children to develop hand strength, shoulder stability and color matching.

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Stacko Robot
$21.95
E5463
So beautifully made, with bright, rich colors and interesting textures, young children will build and re-build Mr. Stacko again and again! Mix and match 4x4 plastic face and body sections to create unlimited combinations of silly robots. Pieces stack securely to a height of over 9 inches.

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Baby Builder
$25.95
E3511
Perfect first construction set for the toddler group. Light, chunnky plastic pieces go together and come apart with a snap, pop, twist, and a pull. 26 pieces in 8 shapes and 6 bright colors all come in a see thru tub with carry handle. Great for a small group of children to work on grasp, manipulation, bilateral coordination, and motor planning.

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Squeezy Squeakies
$9.95
E2759
Yea! Squeezy Squeakies are here! These soft, colorful animal heads squeak when you squeeze their handles. Their bright patterns and varying textures make them an adventure for little hands and eyes. Perfect first cause and effect toy. Spot clean.

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Give A Dog A Bone
$14.95
E0563
This simple, first board game for preschoolers requires no reading but does encourage some basic attention to detail, counting and turn taking. Roll the die to move the puppy along the ever changing game path. Land on a space that features your dog and you collect the number of bones shown. When all the bones have been used, the person with the most bones wins.

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Sound Puzzle Sorter
$17.95
E8931
Simple yet classic 3 shape sorter makes a fun sound each time one of the shapes slides through the tube. Bright colors, easy to manipulate shapes and rewarding auditory feedback makes this a real hit for the little ones 18 months and older.

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Rhondo Vario
$19.95
E3233
Warning - Choking Hazard.  Not for children under 3 years old.
Classic, shape and color matching game for ages 3+. Comes with 4 cute little caterpillar faces attached to sturdy laces with wooden tips. Players roll the symbol and color dice to see which shape, in which color, they are to put on next. Beautifully crafted with 42 wooden beads in 5 shapes and 6 colors. A great way to work on visual scanning and perception along with bilateral and eye-hand coordination.

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Sort & Snap Color Match
$19.95
E1764
Wow! How can one product do so much? Comes with an 11" x 15" wooden playboard with 54 holes, 10 reversible picture cards and 64 Snap Caps in 4 colors. Start with coloring in the picture cards by placing the matching snap caps in the holes. You can also use the black and white side of the card and color in the picture your way. Or use no picture card and simply make patterns on the wooden playboard. For older students try having them hold board in vertical position with one hand while other hand places caps. Snap caps fit snugly into holes so they will not fall out even if turned completely over. Slight resistance when removing gives fingers a nmild workout. comes with idea sheet with over 10 different activities. A really great piece of equipment you will use with everyone on your case load - even the older kids!

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Color By Dots
$4.95
W1767
Perfect first coloring book! 40 pages of adorable art with colored dots indicating what color that portion of the picture should be colored. Large engaging picture give childrn plenty of room to practice their coloring. Addionally, each page clearly shows which crayons are needed to complete each picture.

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My First Scribble Book
$9.95
W3501
Unique, 50 page book with easy to follow activities on each page and 70 colorful stickers. You just add the scribbles! Provides fun, kid friendly opportunities for scribbling in a more structured, purposeful manner. The children scribble to add the top of the tree, the lions head or the topping on the ice cream cone, etc... a terrific way to start working on crayon/pencil control and visual focus.

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Magnetic Picture Maker
$24.95
U1775
Horray, this fantastic game is back! Create works of art by moving the totally self contained colored chips into position as marked on one of the 6 double sided picture cards. Chips are moved from bottom of frame into position using the attched magnetic wand. Kids love playing with magnets and so don't realize how hard they are working as they complete the designs. Skill such as pencil grasp, arm and hand control visual focus and attending are all reinforced. Or create you own designs and work on patterns and sequences.

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Twist and Drill
$29.95
B3510
Kids love working with tools. Tools are a great way to develop hand skill and coordination. It's a win - win as kids work with a real, "kid size" battery-powered drill and hand held screw driver with 3 interchangeable bits. Comes with 28 chunky plastic nuts and bolts to build 4 colorful, heavy cardboard cars with spinning wheels. Easy clean-up as pieces al fit in handy storage case with carry handle. Perfect for play by 1-2 children at the same time.

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Tolo Trumpet
$12.95
O8927
Beautifully made, colorful 6 inch plastic trumpet is lightweight with a large easy grip handle. Just blow and press buttons to create different sounds. Perfect for working on respitory strength and endurance as well as lip closure.

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Daisy Peg Board
$21.95
E0564
Baby's first pegboard comes with a soft flower shaped base and 20 chunky colorful pegs for placing, stacking and sorting. Reinforce controlled grasp and release; shoulder stability when stacking vertically; and weight shifting in prone when playing in the "on belly" position. Comes in a sturdy box with handle for easy take along travel.

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