Early Childhood Theme Kit Descriptions

Community Children's Center August 12, 2022

Summary

Welcome to the descriptions page of the Early Childhood Theme Kits. Here you will find a brief description, a visual, and an inventory list of each kit. Happy browsing!!!

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BATS

Are bats really as creepy as we make them out to be? Learn more about these nocturnal creatures with the books and activity binder in this box.

Books

Bats at the Beach

Bats in the Library

Flying Bats

Stellaluna

Zoobook Bats

Is That a Bat?

Magic School Bus Going Batty

Materials

Beanie Baby Bats

BEARS

This box includes so many fun learning activities! Retell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with puppets. Work on rhyming and animal identification with Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See. Use the sorting bears to play with colors and patterns. Who knows. You may even host your very own teddy bear picnic!

Books

The Three Snow Bears

Where Is My Teddy?

Bearobics

Maybe a Bear Ate It

Snow Bears

Brown Bear Brown Bear

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Bear and Ball

Polar Babies

Jamberry

The Teddy Bear ABC

Blueberries for Sal

Bears

Winnie the Pooh Loves Honey

Giant Panda Zoo Boo

Bear and Kite

Bear Loves Letters

Materials

Posters

Brown Bear Props

Upper/Lower Case Cave Hunt

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Felt Puppets

Panda Puzzle Alphabet Matching

DINOSAURS

Roar! Don’t look now, but there’s a dinosaur! A lot of dinosaurs! Explore the prehistoric times with this two box set. Each box includes dinosaurs for dramatic play, lots of books, and a binder of possible activities. Allow yourself extra time to explore these boxes.

Books

Dinosaur Dinner

Dinosauring

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs A-Z

Dinosaurs at Your Fingertips

Dinosaur Dance

Dinosaurs Everywhere

Dinosaurs Roar!

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?

How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?

How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten?

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?

How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?

The Troll Prehistoric Times

My First Jumbo Book of Dinosaurs

The Great Dinosaur Search

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures

Life Size Dinosaurs

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp

Tyrannosaurus Tex

Dinosaurs, A Developmental Unit for Preschool

Magnetic Dinosaur Storybook

Materials

Fandex Family Field Guide

Imaginetics Dinosaurs Magnetic Play Set

Great Dino Divide File Folder Game

Dinosaur Posters

Dino Dominoes

Dinosaur Alphabet Matching

Lots of Dinosaurs

DUCKS

Quack! Quack! There is a lot of learning fun in this box about ducks. Learn about shapes, counting, and colors through the games, books, and activity binder included in this box. Your little ducklings will love it!

Books

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash

Duck for President

Duck and Goose

Duckie Rainbow

Duck Stories

Farmer Duck

Five Little Ducks

Goodnight, My Duckling

Have You Seen My Duck?

Little Quack Dial a Duck

Little Quack Hide and Seek

Make Way for Ducklings

The Hungry Duckling

The Little Duck

The Story about Ping

The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck

Waddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack, Quack

Zoobooks Ducks, Geese, and Swans

Materials

Stuffed Farmer Duck

Beanie Baby Duck

Ten Felt Ducks

Water Toy Ducks

Lucky Ducks Game (CHECK BATTERIES UPON RETURN)

FROGS

Learn more about frogs with this box. In addition to books and a binder of activities, the box includes a puzzle, lessons and “models” on the life cycle of a frog, and frog puppets. The wide mouth frog from the book also brought along some of his wide mouth friends.

Books

Froggy Went A-Courtin’

From Tadpole to Frog

Never Snap at a Bubble

The Frog Alphabet Book

The Teeny Weeny Tadpole

Watch Me Grow

The Wide-Mouth Frog

Life Cycle of a Frog

I Don’t Want to Be a Frog

Materials

Life Cycle of a Frog Puzzle

Rainforest Frogs Puzzle

The Mysterious Tadpole Prop Kit

Wide Mouthed Frog Activity Guide and Puppets

Life Cycle Frog Sequencing

Beanie Baby Frogs

KANGAROOS

An animal with built in pockets? What’s not to love! Check out this box of books and an activity binder to learn more about these creatures. What would your kids keep in their pocket if they were a kangaroo?

Books

I Love It When You Smile

Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo

Marsupial Sue

Kathy’s Pocket

Materials

Wooden Puzzle

Felt Puppet

Beanie Baby Kangaroo

Kangaroo and Joey Poster

MONKEYS

There is something about monkeys that just make kids smile. Have fun introducing your kids to Curious George and those five monkeys that always seem to be jumping on the bed. See what other mischief monkeys get into with the other books included in this box. Also included is a binder of activities and several Barrel of Monkey games.

Books

Apes and Monkeys

Caps for Sale

Curious George and the Bunny

Curious George and the Ballet

Curious George

Curious George Goes Fishing

Curious George Goes to the Air Show

Curious George Opposites

Curious George Rides

Curious George Takes a Job

Curious George ABC

Don’t Wake Mama

Eight Silly Monkeys

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Good Night Gorilla

Naughty Little Monkeys

Orly the Orangutan

Materials

Barrels of Monkeys Games

Chimpanzees Poster

Go Bananas

Five Little Monkeys Felt Board Pieces

Money Sequencing Game

Curious George Doll

Stuffed Gorillas

PENGUINS

Who doesn’t love penguins! Their waddle alone makes them cute. Learn more about penguins with the suggested activities and books included in this box. Introduce them to Tacky the Penguin. Let them create their own icebergs using the plastic penguins. Let them cuddle with a stuffed penguin at naptime. The possibilities are endless.

Books

Hop to the Top

Peek-a-Boo Penguins

Penguin Post

Penguins

Penguins Teaching Guide

Tacky the Penguin

The Emperor’s Egg

Your Personal Penguin

Zoobooks Penguins

Materials

Penguin Figurines

Penguin Number Match File Folder

Penguin Laminated Sheet

Beanie Baby Penguins

PETS

Some of our best friends have fur! Help kids explore different kinds of pets and how to take care of them. Many books and a binder of activities are included in this box. Your kids will have fun playing with the stuffed animals as well.

Books

Cats vs Dogs

Bad Kitty

Biscuit Storybook Collection

Harry and the Lady Next Door

Bad Dog Marley

Biscuits New Trick

Classic Clifford Stories

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School

Dog’s Colorful Day

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy

Hondo and Fabian

Huggly, Snuggly Pets

Kipper

Martha Speaks

On, the Pets You Can Get

Pets, Pets, Pets

Pepper, a Snowy Search

Pick a Pet

The Trouble with Pets

The Poky Little Puppy

The Stray Dog

Too Many Dogs

What Pets Teach Us

Where’s the Puppy

Materials

Feed the Dog a Bone File Folder Game

Pet Animals Poster

Pet Shop Poster

Flannel Pets

Beanie Baby Pets

Pets Laminated Pictures

Puppy Puppet

PIGS

Pigs aren’t only cute, but they are smart. Learn more about pigs with the books and binder of possible activities in this box. Warning–you may need to have a pancake party after reading If You Give a Pig a Pancake!

Books

If You Give a Pig a Pancake

Olivia

Olivia Saves the Circus

Pig Gets Stuck

The Picky Pig

The Pig in the Pond

Materials

Pig Bean Bag

Three Pigs Puzzle

Three Little Pigs Flannelboard Pieces

This Little Piggy Cars

Alphabet Flashcards

RABBITS

They are cute and cuddly and love to get into people’s gardens. The farmers featured in the books in this tub will tell you that. Spend some time with the activity binder to explore more about rabbits. Maybe your creative kids can help keep the rabbits out of their gardens.

Books

Count on Bunnies

Good Night Moon

The Runaway Bunny

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Muncha, Muncha, Muncha

Materials

Rabbit Sequencing Cards

Peter Rabbit Tic-Tac-Toe

Feed the Rabbit Game

Set of Flannel Bunnies

Rabbit Puppet

Beanie Baby Rabbits

Large Carrot

RAINFOREST

A large variety of animals live under the canopy of the rainforest. Introduce your kids to some new animals and where they live with this tub. In addition to books and a binder of possible activities, this tub includes a puzzle and a felt set to create your own rainforest.

Books

Animals of the Jungle

If I Ran the Rainforest

Jungle ABC

Rain Forest

Rainforest Animals

Rainforest Wildlife

Step Inside the Rainforest

The Umbrella

The Jungle Book

Materials

Rainforest Animal Poster

Rainforest Poster

Rainforest Card Games

In the Jungle Puzzle

Mask Set from The Umbrella

Who Lives in a Rainforest File Folder gGame

Rainforest Felt Set

ZOO

If you can’t go to the zoo, bring the zoo to you! Your kids will love looking at the pictures of real animals in the collection of Zoo Books in this tub. Maybe they will be inspired to create their own zoo through crafting or bringing stuffed animals from home.

Bed Time Book Bag

Everyone needs time to nap and rest, littles and grown ups included. Snuggle up with the littles in your care and read the books included in this bag. Activity pages are also included.

Books

Time for Bed

Goodnight Dog

Sleepy Dog

Bedtime

Naptime

Materials

Dreamland CD

6 rings

1 teether

3 cloth cards

11 calm down tubes

Is Your Mama a Llama? Story Bag

Explore different kinds of animal moms as you read Is Your Mama a Llama. Also included is a llama hoodie for dress up.

Books

Is Your Mama a Llama (2 copies)

Materials

Animal Picture Cards (12 pieces)

Felt Board Animals (7 pieces)

Llama Hoodie

Miss Rumphis Book Bag

As a girl, Miss Rumphis wanted to accomplish three things: visit faraway places, live by the sea and make the world a more beautiful place. The first two were easy, but making the world a more beautiful place proves to be a challenge. This bag includes the book, story telling props, extension activities and a teacher resource card to extend the learning fun.

Books

Miss Rumphius

Materials

4 Knobbed Transportation Pieces

Transportation Questions and Answers

Flower Part Labeling Mat

Story Telling Pieces (shell, camel, picture frame, compass

Memory Matching Cards

Upper and Lowercase Letter acth

Laminated Map

Teacher Resource Card

Nursery Rhyme/Fairy Tale Book Bag

Travel back to your childhood and share some of the nursery rhymes and fairy tales from your past. Felt storytelling pieces are included for many of these familiar rhymes. Also included are books, a roll and cover game, and sheep to practice colors.

Books

Nursery Rhymes, Fingerplay, and Songs

The Three Bears

The Three Kittens

Materials

38 Nursery Rhyme Pictures to go with the book

Roll and Cover Game

2 Gingerbread Cookie Cutters

Mary Had a Little Lamb Learning

Cow Jumped Over the Moon Felt Pieces

Hey Diddle Diddle Sequence Cards

Goldilocks Felt Pieces

Little Red Riding Hood Felt Pieces

Laminated Story Cards

Jack and Jill Felt Pieces

Baa Baa Black Sheep Felt Pieces

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Felt Pieces

Jack Be Nimble Felt Pieces

Felt Board

Peek A Boo Story Bag

Who doesn’t love a good game of Peek-a-Boo?? Expand your game with the items in this bag. Books, scarves, a peek-a-boo block, and activity pages are included.

Books

Peek-a-Boo

Let’s Play Peek-a-Boo

Peekaboo Kisses

Materials

Cloth peek-a-boo block

6 scarves

Activity pages

Rainbow Fish Story Bag

Rainbow Fish LOVES his shimmering scales! They make him the most beautiful fish in the ocean. What happens when Little Fish asks Rainbow Fish to share his scales? Find out with this bag!

Books

The Rainbow Fish

The Adventures of Rainbow Fish

The Copycat Fish

Materials

Felt Board

7 Velcro Backed Storytelling Pieces

Color Match File Folder Game

Activity Ideas

Tops and Bottoms Story Bag

Bear has lots of money and lots of land–and he’s lazy. Hare has nothing but a hungry family. Hare is sure there is a way to share Bear’s wealth. Find out how Hare tricks Bear to feed his family of rabbits. Also a great opportunity to explore how veggies grow and the difference between fruits and vegetables.

Books

Tops and Bottoms

Fruits and Vegetables

Materials

16 Velcro back storytelling pieces

Fruit and Vegetable File Folder Game

ALPHABET

Letters are everywhere! Have fun helping your kids learn the names of letters with this tub. In addition to books and a binder of activities, you will also find cookie cutters, lacing shapes, matching games, and felt letters to go along with Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom.

CLOTHING

Learning how to fasten, buckle, button, and tie is really hard, especially for little hands! Use this tub to practice all kinds of fasteners.

COLORS

This tub gives kids a great opportunity to explore colors through books and the binder of activities included. Maybe you’ll go on a color hunt. Maybe you’ll have a color show and tell day. Maybe you’ll mix color and see what happens. The possibilities are endless.

COUNTING AND NUMBERS

Kids pick up counting pretty easily. Recognizing numbers can be a little harder. Explore counting and numbers with the books and activities in this tub. Puzzles are also included.

LEARNING FUN BAG

Learning and fun should go together like mac and cheese. This bag contains items to work on letters, rhyming, and critical thinking through books and games.

Books

ABC

Animals A-Z

Touch and Feel ABC

Materials

Critical Thinking Photo Cards with Instructions

Picture Rhyme Board Game

LETTERS ALL AROUND BAG

As the bag suggests, letters really are all around us! The bag includes an alphabet puzzle, alphabet stamps and stamp pads, books, and magnetic letters and pictures.

Books

Alphabet Rescue

Albert’s Alphabet

Alphabet Under Construction

Materials

Alphabet Stamps

Ink Pad (***Check upon return)

Alphabet Puzzle

26 Letters for Puzzle

26 Magnetic Letters

LETTERS AND WORDS BAG

This bag is designed for those who are ready to discover how bigger words work. Included in this bag are a variety of cards that work on short vowels, long vowels, blends, and digraphs.

Books

Z is for Moose

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Eric Carle’s ABC

Materials

2 Chalkboards

Beginning Sounds Cards

Consonant Blends Cards

Upper Case Cards

Lower Case Cards

Short Vowel Cards

Consonant Digraph Cards

Short and Long Vowels

Word Family Cards

Chalk

$Math materials$

MATH FUN

This tub allows kids to explore many math concepts beyond counting in a fun way. Introduce your kids to patterning, fractions, measurement and more in fun, age appropriate ways. Many hands-on activities provided.

NUMBERS BAG

Have fun exploring numbers with this bag. Count fruit to match the number blocks. Working on counting backwards with those silly monkeys jumping on the bed. Practice patterning and sorting with the fruit counters. The possibilities are endless.

Books

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Numbers

Materials

0-9 wooden numbers

Counting Mats

Fruit Counters

OPPOSITES

Explore the concept of opposites with this tub. Included are books and two opposite puzzles.

RHYMING

Kids LOVE rhyming books! Rhyming is also a very important pre-reading skill. Introduce your kids to rhyming fun with this tub. So many books and possible activities.

SHAPES

Shapes are everywhere. Explore different kinds of shapes with this tub. Kids can explore with books, a binder of possible activities, and all kinds of shapes. Who knows. Maybe you’ll end up on a shape walk in your neighborhood.

SIGN LANGUAGE

Many young children are able to learn sign language for things before they learn to speak. This tub includes many books to introduce kids to basic signs.

SPANISH

Kids' ability to learn a second language is much better than adults. Why not introduce them to Spanish early. This tub contains a ton of books and a binder of possible activities. Also great opportunity to allow Spanish speakers in your care to shine!

TELLING TIME

Introduce your kids to the concept of telling time. This tub includes books, a binder of possible activities, and clocks for play and practice.

ASIAN COOKING

Books

Easy Chinese Cooking

Everybody Cooks Rice

Everyday Stir-Frys

How My Parents Learned to Eat

My First Chinese New Year

The Empty Pot

Materials

Set of Chinese Zodiac Symbols

Chinese New Year Dragon Spot Count

Dragon Flip Book

Red Envelopes

Chinese Zodiac Dominoes

Chinese Zodiac Matching

Placemats

Play Wok with Lid, Base, Stand

Utensils

Decorative Dish Set

Asian Play Food

2 Wooden Puzzles

CHOCOLATE

Chocolate may not be the healthiest food, but it sure is delicious! This tub includes books and a binder of possibilities of activities. There are a lot of early math skills that can be done with M&Ms. And you can eat the M&Ms when you are done. That’s my kind of learning!

Books

Beans to Chocolate

Chocolate: A Sweet History

From Cacao Bean to Chocolate

M&M’s Color Pattern Book

M&M’s Counting Book

What’s For Lunch? Chocolate

More M&M’s Math

Materials

Dominoes

COOKIES

C is for cookie and that’s good enough for me. At least that’s what I learned from Cookie Monster. Your kids can learn even more from Cookie Monster and friends through the books and activities included in the tub.

Books

Big Crunchy Munchy Cookies

Mouse Cookies and More

Cookie Monster Book of Cookie Shapes

The Doorbell Rang

The Biggest Cookie in the World

Mr. Cookie Baker

Dinosaurs for Dessert

Cookie Monster’s Time to Eat

Materials

Animal Crackers Game

Plastic Cookies

Cookie Critters Box of Cookie Cutters

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shadow Match

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Letter Matching

Wooden Rolling Pin

Cookie Count

Cookie Dough Scoop

Alphabet Cookie Cutters

Assorted Cookie Cutters

COOKING WITH KIDS

This kit contains an apple corer, an apple peeler, and a blender in addition to recipe books for cooking with kids.

Books

Blender Cook Book

Babar Learns to Cook

Twigs 12 Months of Food for Thought

Cook Around the World

The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs

Materials

Measuring Spoons

Measuring Cups

Liquid Measuring Beaker

Whiz It Up Folder with Recipe Cards

Blender with Lid and Base

Apple Corer

Apple Wedger

Apple Peeler/Corer/Slicer with Stand

EGGS

Kids often know baby chicks come from eggs. But what other animals start as an egg. Learn that and more with this tub. This tub includes books, a binder of activities, and a booklet of egg recipes. Time to get crackin’.

Books

Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones

Eggs and Chicks

Too Many Eggs

The Egg

Egg in the Hole

Green Eggs and Ham

Millions of Years of Eggs

Materials

Egg Shape Matching

Empty Plastic Eggs

Too Many Eggs Props

Counting File Folder Game

Alphabet Matching File Folder Game

Little Red Hen Flannel Board Pieces

The Easy Edible Egg Packet

Chicken Puppet

Sequencing Cards

Egg Matching Cards

HISPANIC COOKING

Explore new recipes with this tub. This tub includes books, recipes, and suggested activities. It also includes books in Spanish. Plan a fun fiesta. Maybe it will lead to a nice hora de la siesta!

Books

A Birthday Basket for Tia

Fiesta

I Speak Spanish for My Mom

Kids Get Cooking

Mexican Learning Packet

The Runaway Tortilla

The Well-Filled Tortilla

Una Arana Encantadors

Unosito Encantadors

Un Conjito Encantador

Materials

Masher

Small Blue Enamel Pot with Lid

Play Food

Finger Puppets

English/Spanish Food Cards

Cinco de Mayo Laminated Sheet

MEAL TIME BAG

Explore new foods and how they are prepared with this kit. Kids can practice making their own meals using the pretend food, plan what they would take on a picnic, and explore what foods need to be cooked before eating.

Books

Mealtime

Materials

Play Food

20 Food Sorting Cards

7 Creative Curriculum Learning Game Cards

MILK AND ICE CREAM

Where does milk come from? How does it become ice cream? Find out the answers to this and more with this tub. There are many books and a binder of possible activities.

Books

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

The Milk Makers

Milk from Cow to Carton

Milk to Ice Cream

No Milk

Oliver’s Milk Shake

One Cow Moo Moo

What’s for Lunch? Milk

Materials

Play Food

Alphabet Ice Cream Cone Match

Milk Bottle with Colored Cookies

Ice Cream Flip Book

Ice Cream Scoop Number Cards

Stuffed Cow

Sequencing Cards

Ten Bottles of Milk on the Wall Cards

Dairy Days Poster

Ice Cream Counting File Folder Game

VEGGIES

It’s not always easy to get kids to eat their veggies. Explore different kinds of veggies with the books and possible activities in this tub. Maybe you’ll end up doing a veggie taste test or make vegetable soup.

Books

How Many Vegetables

I Eat Vegetables

The Vegetable Show

Oliver’s Vegetables

The Ugly Vegetables

Vegetable Soup

I Like Ring Book

June 29th 1999

I Will Never Eat a Tomato

Materials

Vegetable Poster

Food Matching Folder

Puzzles

Matching Lids Game

COMMUNITY HELPERS

A community needs helpers of all kinds to make it work. Imagine if we took away sanitation helpers or doctors? This box includes books, puppets, and even some rescue vehicles to help kids explore the people in their community.

Books

A Day in the Life of a Firefighter

ABC of Jobs

Does a Tiger Open Wide?

Emergency

What Will I Be

Curious George Takes a Job

A Day in the Life of a Farmer

A Day in the Life of a Garbage Collector

A Day in the Life of a Veterinarian

All Through the Town

I Like Animals

Materials

Felt Hand Puppets

Bulletin Board Figures

Community Helper Match Cards

Elmo Poster

Fire Engine Alphabet Cards

Fire Truck

Tow Truck

Plastic Helicopter

Wooden Fire Truck

Wooden Helicopter

Doctor Costume

FAMILIES

We all have families, but they don’t all look the same. Help kids explore their own family and others with this box. It includes books and an activity binder to prompt conversations about the people who love us most of all.

Books

Boundless Grace

Corn Rows

Families Around the World

Fathers Mothers Sisters Brothers

Finding Nemo Best Dad in the Sea

Giggles with Daddy

How Not to Babysit Your Brother

Knock! Knock!

Meet Danitra Brown

My Brother and I

My Daddy Snores

My Grandma and I

My Grandpa Is Great

Peek

The Hello Goodbye Window

You’re My Nikki

No David

The Quilt Story

I Miss You Stinky Face

Where’s My Mummy

Mommy Is That You?

Daddy Will You Miss Me?

Mommy Mine

Mommy’s Bed

Counting Kisses

FAMILY BAG

Explore families and family activities with this bag. Included are several books, dolls, and activity pages.

Books

At Home

Giggles with Daddy

Mommy Loves Me

Kisses for Mommy

Dady and Me

Little Brother

Brothers are for Making Mud Pies

Big Sister, Little Sister

Materials

Large photo/activity cards

Family Photo Cards

People (4 adults, 1, child)

4 LIttle People

Activity Pages

FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS

We know it’s hard to be little! Sometimes our feelings come out in some not so great ways. This box includes various book titles that help kids explore some of those feelings.

Books

Alex Goes to Court

Back Off Bully Boys

Before Push Comes to Shove

Best Day of the Week

Communication

I Am Not a Crybaby

Let’s Talk About Being Destructive

Let’s Talk About Being Selfish

Let’s Talk About Fighting

Let’s Talk About Teasing

Love

When Sophie Gets Angry

Sometimes I Feel Like a Mouse

FIGHTING GERMS- WASHING HANDS AND BRUSHING TEETH

Germs are everywhere! Become a superhero by learning how to get rid of them! Practice brushing using the giant oversized toothbrush and teeth. Also included in this box are books and games you can play including a tooth fairy letter matching game and coins that can be used to play tooth fairy. Germs don’t stand a chance!

Books

The ABC’s of Clean Teacher’s Guide

Barney Goes to the Dentist

Brushing Buddies

Buddy Bear’s Handwashing Trouble

Food Safety Express

Germ Busters: The Handwashing Activity Book

Germs Make Me Sick

The Magic School Bus Inside Your Mouth

Me and Charlie

The Ten Potato Scrub

Those Icky Sticky Smelly Cavity Causing, but Invisible Germs

Materials

Handwashing Poster

Large Toothbrush

Large Teeth Model

Tooth Fairy Shape Cards

Tooth Brush Color Flip Book

Tooth Fairy Alphabet Matching Cards

Playdoh Toothpaste Letter and Number Mts

Teeth Playdoh Mats

Tooth Fairy Calendar Numbers

Germ Puppets

FRIENDSHIP

Making friends is hard. Sometimes keeping them is even harder. This tub includes books that investigate what it means to be a good friend. Also included is a binder with other activities and games that can be used to explore this topic.

Books

Bear’s New House

Disney’s Five Minute Stories

Forest Friends Help Each Other

Forest Friends Learn to Share

Fox Makes Friends

How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends

Jessica

Let’s Be Friends

Little Bird’s House

Owen and Mzee Best Friends

Pinduli

Toot & Puddle

Celestine Drama Queen

Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend

Try a Little Kindness

The Crayon Box that Talks

What Does It Mean to Be Kind

FRIENDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Sometimes people learn and play in a way that is different from us. This tub includes books that help kids explore how people with special needs may be different from us, but we also have a lot in common.

Books

A Button in Her Ear

Friends in the Park

Handsigns

My Buddy

No Fair to Tigers

Why Does That Man Have Such a Big NOse

Materials

Person with Crutches Puzzle

Person with Wheelchair Puzzle

Posters

More Alike Than Different Kit

MANNERS

Having good manners is more than just being polite. They are a way of showing those around us that we care. This box includes books and activities that help little ones begin exploring manners. There are also place mats and dishes so you and your kids can practice their table manners.

Books

Pass the Cheese Please

Elbert’s Bad Word

Manners

Why Do You Always Have to Say Please

Say Please

D.W.’s Guide to Perfect Manners

Thank You

It’s a Spoon, Not a Shovel

Time to Say Please

Mealtime

Grover’s Guide to Good Manners

A to Z Ps and Qs

My Eating Book

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food

Barney Says Please and Thank YOu

Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners

Materials

Place Mats

Play Dishes

Manners Card Game

Time to Say Please Board Game

MY BODY

Our bodies are incredible and mysterious machines! Help kids explore how their bodies work with the books and activity suggestions in this box. It also includes a stethoscope!

Books

Growing Up Feet

You Can’t Make a Move Without Your Muscles

ABC I Like Me

All About Me

Food & Me

Growing

Hear Your Heart

I Like Myself

I’m the Greatest Me There Could Ever Be

It’s My Body

Loose Tooth

Me and My Body

My Book About Me

What’s Inside My Body

Materials

Puzzles

Large Body Parts Laminated Puzzle

Hand Sponge

Stethoscope

MY 5 SENSES

Our five senses help us learn about the world around us. This tub includes books and activity suggestions on how our senses help us.

Books

Knots on a Counting Rope

Tasting

The Five Senses Taste

Materials

Animals Soundtracks Game

Puzzles

Matching Texture Mats

Slim Goodbody’s Musical Guide to What’s Inside

Seashell

Mirror

Play Phones

NEW BABY

Adding a new member to the family can be exciting but confusing at the same time. This box includes books and suggested activities to help kids explore what having a new family member looks like.

Books

Baby Makes Five

Baby Talk

Julius The Baby of the World

New Baby

Peter’s Chair

The Baby Sister

Welcoming Babies

Babies

Smile

Materials

Peter’s Chair Retelling Kit

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD

Grab your passport and take a trip around the world. This two box set includes books featuring different cultures, cooking projects, games, and so much more. Allow yourself a little time to go through these boxes. There is a lot to explore.

Books

A Birthday Basket for Tia

A Ride On Mother’s Back

A Chair for My Mother

Beneath the Rainbow

Black Is Brown Is Tan

Bright Eyes, Brown Skin

Children Just Like Me

Child of the Sun

Fiesta

Grandmother’s Garden

Hats Hats Hats

In Coal Country

Just Like Me

Loving

Mama Do You Love Me?

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Multicultural Snacks

Peek!

People

The Boy Who Loved Dumplings

The First Strawberries

The Goat in the Rug

The Land of Many Colors

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush

The One and Only Special Me

This Is the Way We Go to School

A Trip Around the World

Bread Around the World

My Name Is Johari

Off We Go to Mexico

On the Go

Passport on a Plate

Picture Atlas of the World

The Kids Multicultural Cookbook

Usborne Round the World Cookbook

Materials

People of the World Photo Posters

Hello from Around the World File Folders

Children of the World Puzzle

Let’s Be Friends Poster

Kids Poster

Foods and Festivals Posters

Many Faces Posters

Ring Around the Rosy Domino Game

SPACE EXPLORATION

Shoot for the stars as you explore space. This box includes books, puzzles, and a binder of ideas for the Solar System.

Books

Gravity

Constellations

Exploring the Night Skies

I Want to Be an Astronaut

Space Tour

There’s No Place Like Space

Materials

Solar System Puzzle

Space Shuttle Puzzle

Robot File Folder Puzzle

Alien/Planet Color File Folder Game

Spot In Space Poster

BUBBLES

Get outside for some bubble fun! This tub includes books and bubble solution.

Books

Bubble Festival

Bubble-ology

Bubbles, Bubbles

The Unbelievable Bubble Book

Materials

Bottles of Bubbles (Check bubble solution upon return)

CAMPING

Build a tent and get ready for time around the campfire. This tub includes books, an activity binder, and campfire songs. I suddenly have a craving for smores.

Books

Bailey Goes Camping

Monk Camps Out

Camping Out

Around the Campfire

CARS

On your mark. Get set. GO!!! This tub includes several cars for your kids to race around the room or outside. Set up an obstacle course and see if the kids can make it through. Or let them design their own roads. Just remember to obey those traffic signs.

Materials

Car Play Mat

Car Felt Puppets

Car Laminates

Wooden Peg Puzzle

Toy Cars

Match the Cars File Folder Games

CASTLES

Your princes and princesses will have a great time exploring castles. The books and suggested activities may have them wishing for a pet dragon of their own. Also included are puppets, lacing cards, and a castle playset. (People for the playset are not included, but can be easily made out of paper or clothespins.)

Books

A Medieval Feast

Blueberries for the Queen

Dragons, Dragons and Other Creatures That Never Were

Herb, the Vegetarian Dragons

Knights and Castles

Pish, Posh and Hieronymus Bosch

The Knight and the Dragon

The Paper Bag Princess

Who Wants a Dragon

Materials

Castle Tent

Puppets

Bendable Herb the Vegetarian Dragon

Imaginenext Wizard’s Castle Prop

Princess Hat

The Princess and the Pea Flannel Board Pieces

CIRCUS

Send in the clowns. This tub includes books and a binder of possible activities. You may end up creating your own three ring circus.

Books

ABC Circus

Curious George Circus Act

Grocery Bag Art Circus

Harold’s Circus

The Golden Circus

Materials

Circus Tickets

Elephant Peanut Counting

Elephant Sequence Cards

Elephant Upper and Lowercase Matching

Circus Bear

CONSTRUCTION

Kids are naturally drawn to construction trucks and dirt. This box includes puzzles, books, a binder of possible activities, and a tool kit. It won’t be long until your kids are “fixing” all kinds of things around them.

Books

AlphaBet Under Construction

Big Machines, Big Building

Alphabet City

Bob the Builder Building Buddies

Bod the Builder Bob’s Favorite Fix It Tales

Construction

Construction! Emergency

I Want to be a Builder

Look Inside Cross-Sections Bulldozers

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Tonka Building the New Road

Tonka Working Hard

Dump Trucks

Materials

Giant Digger Puzzle

Construction Puzzle

Wooden Construction Vehicles Puzzle

Bob the Builder Doll

How Many Windows Counting Cards

Dump Truck Play Set

Plastic Tool Set

Tools Matching Cards

Small Dump Truck

Large Cement Mixer Truck

DUPLO BLOCKS

Those little hands will have a great time using their imaginations to create with these blocks.

LACING SHAPES

Have fun working on fine motor skills with these cards. There are lots of shapes to choose from.

Materials

Lacing Shape Cards

Strings for Lacing

MOVIN' and GROOVIN' BAG

Time to get up and make some noise! Maracas, a xylophone, and a drum are included. Scarves and bubbles are included to inspire some fun movement to the music.

Books

Barnyard Dance

Let’s Count Baby

Hugs Hugs Hugs

Materials

Bandanas (12)

2 Shakers

Xylophone with Mallet

Wave Drum

Bubbles

MR. POTATO HEAD

Talk about a blast from the past! Mr. Potato Head are back to help your kids learn about parts of the body while having fun.

Materials

3 Potato Head Sets

MUSIC

Strike up the band! Treat your neighbors to the ultimate concert with this box. This box includes many instruments and books featuring classic kids songs and rhymes. There is also a binder of possible activities.

Books

Arthur, It’s Only Rock and Roll

Do Your Ears Hang Low

Down By the Station

Love Me Tender

Froggy Plays in the Band

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Piggy Back Songs to Sign

Hey Diddle Diddle

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

Momma Don’t Allow

More Than Singing