Teacher Appreciation Week is here, and it’s the perfect time to shower the educator in your life with love, respect, and a few new items for their classroom. Teachers can incorporate different toys, books, or games into their curriculum or offer them during free choice time.
STEM-based games, books for carpet time, or MESH-inspired toys could be a great addition and resource for your (or your kid’s) favorite teachers to present to the students. While the end of the school year might be approaching, these toys and games will be put to use until the last bell rings — and throughout the next school year.
GROWING GREENHOUSE COLOR AND NUMBER PLAYSET
Kids can practice color and counting skills as they sort, match, and count the flower petals and identify the numbered pistils. Everything stores inside the greenhouse for on-the-go play. Also includes a working watering can and an activity guide.
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WORDSNAP
WordSnap is a word-building game played outside of a traditional gameboard. Players can use the octagonal, soft-snap pieces to craft words vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, creating a crossword puzzle-like grid. Players will score additional points as patterns emerge in the built words.
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MAGNETIC WONDER TILES — VEHICLE BUILDER
Kids can hone their fine motor skills by using this set of magnetic tiles to build trucks, trolleys, and other vehicles. It includes 50 pieces and four chassis, all in seven translucent colors.
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SNAP CIRCUITS SNAP 2 IT
Snap 2 It combines a traditional board game with STEAM principles. Each player has a light and races to be the first to snap a path between their light and the communal battery. Build the path solo or play competitively with up to four players as everyone learns the basics of electricity.
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MATH PATH MONSTER
When players stumble upon the Math Monster’s lair, they must beat them in an epic race to the cave entrance. Fostering teamwork and collaboration, players must unite to outsmart the monster using addition and subtraction.
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CURIOUS KINGDOM: CASTLE PLAYSET
Kids can build a multi-level castle with this playset. The seven colorful characters help kids combine hands-on building skills with imaginative, story-based play. The optional, free app adds digital surprises through kid-friendly augmented reality.
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FELT ARCHITECT
Kids can build a colorful world one soft block at a time with these vibrant felt pieces. The 88-piece set comes with eco-friendly felt construction pieces of various shapes, flashcards, and more.
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FISHER-PRICE LAUGH & LEARN SMART STAGES PIGGY BANK
This interactive toy piggy bank comes with more than 40 songs, sounds, and learning phrases. There are two Smart Stages levels that teach numbers and counting, colors, and Spanish words. The piggy bank also comes with 10 colorful coins with numbers or animals on each side and helps strengthen fine motor skills and introduce cause…
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TIME TO MAKE ART
In this story, a young girl learns that art can be anything she wants it to be! Each page features a different artist and art style as the girl learns that creativity is endless.
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WHO’S FEELING WHAT?
Feeling happy, sad, angry, scared? Kids can learn to identify their emotions in this social-emotional learning game. With 12 double-sided caller cards and 12 double-sided emotion prompt cards, this game teaches kids how to recognize, understand, and feel their feelings. They'll build the skills they need to make friends and master teamwork. Now I think…
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SLIDEASCOPE
In this game, players create symmetrical images by sliding and rotating the tiles. As players match and collect tiles, the remaining tiles above will slide down, possibly creating more matches to earn more points.
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MORE THAN WORDS
In More Than Words, Nathan watches and learns how his friends, classmates, and family communicate. Readers will discover that there are several ways to communicate your thoughts and feelings, including signing, singing, and more. The book also includes resources to help your young one understand new ways to communicate.
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NATURE BOUND 12-PACK BUTTERFLY KIT
Kids can learn about the cycle of butterflies with this STEM-focused butterfly kit, which includes 12 green pop-up cages and 12 discount vouchers to redeem for live caterpillars.
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MALALA YOUSAFZAI INTERACTIVE PLUSH
This plush introduces kids to the story of Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. It can be paired with the Little Rebels app to further learn about her inspiring story.
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ALPHABET LEARNING MAILBOX
Practice tracing skills, letter recognition, and beginning sounds with this mail-themed playset. Kids can use alphabet puzzle cards; puffy sticker “stamps”; and write-and-wipe, double-sided postcards to learn the alphabet and new vocabulary words before sliding their work into the mailbox.
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EMOTIONS COIN DROP
Based on Montessori principles, this wooden toy features images of six emotions on the front. Kids can drop 30 wooden coins into the corresponding coin slots to match the emotions. It's designed by pediatric specialists and has numerous uses for all ages.
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HELLO TREES
Learn about different trees, leaves, and seeds through colorful illustrations! Kids can follow the journey from seed to sapling and understand a tree's life cycle.
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GOOD NATURE ALPHABET CARDS LEARNING SET
The 32-piece set is a resource for letter recognition, alphabet order, and more. It includes 21 consonant cards, five long vowel cards, five short vowel cards, and one arrow card for highlighting a letter.
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NOLJA PLAY WONDERFUL WORLD PUZZLE
This 100-piece puzzle provides a colorful illustration of the world map, complete with graphics of people, nature, and animals. Kids can also learn about different countries with the included fact sheet, which emphasizes a nation's diversity, traditions, and hidden treasures.
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THE TRAVELING BOOK
This story follows a book as it travels between different owners, houses, bookstores, thrift stores, and little libraries! Readers will learn that recycling books can bring happiness to different types of people and readers. At the end, there's space for kids to write where the book traveled and where it might go. The story covers…
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YOU ARE A UNICORN! A LITTLE BOOK OF AFROMATIONS
This empowering board book is full of affirmations perfect for helping kids feel magical. Kids can celebrate their inner unicorns and what makes them unique with affirmations at their side!
