Mini Black Den

High quality Dobsonian style stand with a 76 mm reflector optical tube makes FirstScope an ideal entry level astronomical telescope

Portable and lightweight table-top design makes it easy to store, transport and setup your FirstScope Telescope

FirstScope is very easy to observe with, the user simply navigates the night sky by moving the tube in the direction of their desired object.

Challenge your friends in a fun game that tests your thinking, memory and speed skills! Kids from the age of six can enjoy this brain-teasing blast.

Cortex challenges all forms of intelligence! 7 different tests to have fun with the memory, the sense of observation, coordination, logic and the sense of touch of players.

Discuss different emotions with your child with the help of these soft foam cubes!

Help children learn to recognise and discuss different emotions with these 4cm cubes featuring real-life photography of multicultural children. Two cubes include photographs each expressing different emotions, while the other tow cubes feature emotion words. Activity Guide included.
Ages 6-10

Approach KEVA from a whole new angle with this interactive STEM tool! Brain Builders combines 20 KEVA planks with a set of double-sided puzzle cards.

Each stimulating card features a 2-D challenge on one side and its solution on the other. The goal is to recreate 2-D patterns into 3-D structures. The 2-D cards show the design from different angles highlighting the front, side and overhead view and increase in difficulty from beginner to expert. Manipulate your KEVA planks to successfully duplicate the balance, proportion, composition and geometry featured on each card. Once you think you've solved the blueprint, flip it over to check the solution—try to resist the urge to peek!

As each build becomes more challenging, patience and confidence is gained through trial and error. From picnic tables and rowboats to swans and snails, you will be amazed what your brain will build! Time to put your 3-D imagination to the test!

Problem solving becomes a rewarding work of art with Pattern Play: Color by Design! Use these brightly-colored blocks in varying shapes and the pattern cards to introduce significant math concepts like sorting, matching, symmetry, congruence and fractions.

Pattern cards are numbered in order of difficulty, ranging from beginner to expert. With each dazzling build becoming more challenging, patience and confidence is gained through trial and error. The blocks can also be used to create endless freeform designs, providing hours of engaging creative play. Pattern Play is a quality learning tool that every household should own!

Develops early math concepts, spatial skills, strategy and fine motor skills

40 glossy pattern cards and 40 durable wooden blocks guaranteed to last

Sturdy wooden tray is great for storage & travel

Four real arthropod specimens provide a wide range of opportunities for examination and discovery.
No special preservation or handling required – ready to use right out of the package
Specimens in resin helps you observe the insect from all angles

Made up of magnetic rods, steel spheres and different shaped panels, this Swiss-made product is the symbol of the magnetic construction system that has brought worldwide recognition to the Geomag brand. Thanks to these simple components and the magic of magnetism, endless 3D structures can be created with total freedom of imagination and creativity.

By reinforcing the concepts of Euclidean geometry with 2D polygons, 3D forms and much more as they build concrete models and make real-life comparisons, students then enjoy elaborating their models in a creative, stimulating and productive classroom environment. This concrete approach to understanding abstract concepts gives students a head start. Contained in a plastic Gratnells SmartCase® for easy storage. 244 pieces + 80 cards.

TEACHING TOPICS

Constructing 2D and 3D shapes

Perimeters and areas, doubling/halving

Triangles and quadrilateral shapes

Pyramids, quadrangles, triangles, octagons, hexagons

Repeating sequences and tessellation

Parallel and mirror lines

Symmetry and rotational symmetry

Distinguishing between straight and turning movements/recognizing 1/2 and 1/4 turns

Visualizing and describing shapes, movements and transformations

Applying numeracy skills to other areas of learning

Collecting and recording data/analyzing and explaining results and procedures

Solving problems by breaking down into smaller tasks

Spot the face and spot the emotion! With 6 fun faces and 6 unique shapes, the all about me activities in this set help young children learn how facial expressions and body language show what people are feeling. This All About Me Feelings Activity Set includes a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity guide with ideas on how to get talking and learning about themselves and others through play.

Help children as young as age 3 learn more about themselves and others through fun, playful activities.

Ready for use at home or in the classroom, the All About Me Feelings Activity Set comes with an SEL activity guide with ideas on how to use this emotion toy to get kids talking and learning.

When they’re not talking about feelings, kids can use the set’s built-on sorting set to sort and match the counters by shape, colour, and emotion.

Specially designed with little ones in mind, this feeling toy for kids helps little ones as young as 3 build school-ready SEL and problem-solving skills.

Includes 36 counters featuring 6 emotions in 6 bright colours, and 18 activity cards.