Elementary School Age Toys That Your Kiddo Will Love!

Ages 4 and up

 What's in Ned's Head? Reach inside his ears and nostrils, and find out! Each player is dealt a card with a picture of an object that is in Ned's Head. Ready, Set, GO! Reach in Ned's head and feel around for the object on your card. Who knows what you will find! A rat? A loose screw? Ned's pet spider? Be the first player to find the correct object to win! For 2-4 players, ages 4 and up.  

• Memory
• Perception
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Imagination Building
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Problem-solving &  Organizing
• Language and Communication Building through Receptive and expressive language 
• Frustration management
• Great Sensory Input- i.e. Sensory seeking children can squish, squash, pound and squish the playdough for proprioceptive and tactile feedback.
• Builds Tactile Tolerance
• Helps with Sensory Regulation
• Sensory play
• Stereognosis- (the ability to perceive and recognize the form of an object in the absence of visual and auditory information, by using touch information to provide cues from texture, size, spatial properties)
• no reading required

 Ages 4- 8 years

  Pattern blocks and boards inspire kids explore shapes and colors in a hands-on way as they fill wooden backgrounds with sturdy wooden pieces! Follow one of 10 design templates or create your own Mosaic using the 120 colorful wooden tiles in 6 different shapes. Matching and mosaics—what a gorgeous way for kids 3 and older to develop their fine motor skills pattern blocks and boards set inspires kids to enjoy a classic math manipulative and learning activity. It’s great for spatial awareness, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving. The Melissa & Doug pattern blocks and boards set features double-sided boards that provide kids with even more options for creative play. Kids can create linear patterns, sort pattern blocks by color, count pieces, and more.  

• Fine Motor Skill Building
• Bilateral coordination
• hand strength
• visual motor skills,
• fine motor coordination
• Visual Perceptual and Visual Motor Skill Building
• Visual Discrimination
• Form Constancy (is the ability to recognize shapes and forms no matter what position they are in)
• Shape Identification

Ages 5+ years

 Are you ready to play? Then dive right in and dig away Race the clock it's not so hard! Dig out 6 objects place on your card i spy dig in is the great game of frantic finding! Kids practice literacy coordination and social skills as they race to match the images on their cards with objects from the bowl 

• Fine motor manipulation & Coordination- Grasp, release, Shift (required to pick up flat pieces) & Rotation (flipping pieces over in fingers, rotating into position)
• Eye-hand coordination
• Crossing the midline
• Visual processing skills
• Visual Scanning & Fixation (eyes fix on target in order to retrieve it)
• Convergence/divergence (eyes move outward/inward to focus on pieces at varying distances)
• Discrimination (color, shape, sameness/difference)
• Memory (what color/shape piece should I be looking for?)
• Perception
• Attention to task
• Direction following (i.e.. “Find the wheel piece.”)
• Memory
• Sequencing (i.e.. “Find the dog first and then get the wheel”.)
• Problem-solving &  Organizing
• Social Skill building
• Language and Communication Building through Receptive and expressive language 
• Frustration management
• Recognition of needing a break (for more complex puzzles)
• Interactive 
• Cognitive Development

Ages  7 and up

 Now the classic game of colored cards and matching numbers comes with customizable wilds for greater excitement. Players take racing turns to get rid of all their cards by matching a card in their hand with the current card shown at the top of the deck either by color or number. Special Action cards offer game changing moments and help defeat opponents! Use the Exchange Hands card to change hands with any other opponent and write your own rules using the 3 customizable wilds. You will find 19 of each color red, green, blue and yellow , in addition to 8 Draw Two, Reverse and Skip cards in each color, along with 4 Wild Cards, 4 Wild Draw four cards, 1 Wild Swap Hands Card and 3 Customizable Wild. If you can't match, you must take it out of the center stack! Don't forget to shout ONE when you only have one card left The first player to reach 500 points wins. Includes 112 cards and instructions. 

• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive & engaging
• Imagination Building
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Strategic Planning & thinking
• Color identification and number Recognition
• Executive Function
• Cognitive Building

Ages 8 years +

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 The original "Zip It to Rip It!" Zoom Ball by Wahu. High-speed action between two players as the ball Zoooooms back and forth!

Easy to play - just pull the handles to send the ball zooming toward the other player

A fun way to get out and get active as you compete to keep the ball from hitting your handles

• Fine Motor Building
• Builds strength and endurance
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Encourages Problem Solving
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Visual Perceptual and Visual Motor Skill Building
• Encourage Motor Planning
• Improves Balance
• Bilateral Coordination (Use of Both hands)

Ages 8 years +

The magnificent LEGO Minecraft The Ice Castle (21186) puts all the creativity, action and reconfigurable fun of the Minecraft game into the hands of players aged 8 and up. Minecraft players can explore endless opportunities to build, play and display with this versatile set. Characters include the Royal Warrior, a yeti and a hostile group of skeletons and zombies ready to attack the toy castle. Hands-on features include a launcher on the castle’s battlements that fires arrows at the advancing enemy. There’s a wealth of authentic accessories, such as a cauldron for mixing potions, a treasure chest packed with precious supplies and a classic crafting table from the Minecraft game. And, when the adventure is over, the structure easily reconfigures to inspire a whole new world of creative Minecraft fun.

• Improves and Enhances Fine Motor Skills
• Bilateral Coordination (Use of Both hands)
• Manual Dexterity
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Visual Perceptual Skill building
• Visual Processing skills
• Visual Scanning & Fixation (eyes fix on target in order to retrieve it)
• Convergence/divergence (eyes move outward/inward to focus on pieces at varying distances
• Visual Discrimination
• Spatial Relations
• Counting, Adding and basic math skills such as counting, adding, subtraction and graphing. 
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Direction Following
• Sorting, Grouping & Color identification
• Designing & Constructing
• Beginning STEM
• Communication Building
• Executive functioning & problem skills
• Play and leisure exploration

Ages 6+ years

 Want a game experience that combines friends, skill, suspense, laughter, and maybe a little luck? Get the Classic Jenga game! Carefully pull a wood block out of the tower and place it on top. It's easy at first, but as more blocks get pulled, the tower starts to get unsteady. Players will be on the edge of their seats just trying to keep the tower from tumbling. The Classic Jenga game is quick to set up, and is an easy game to play just about anytime, almost anywhere. It's a great game for parties, family game night, and the rules are simple enough for the whole family to play. For kids ages 6 and up. Jenga is a registered trademark of Pokonobe Associates. Hasbro Gaming and all related terms are trademarks of Hasbro.  

• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Manipulation
• Improves Motor Skills
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Builds Early Learning Skills
• Develops Social Emotional Skills
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building- i.e. taking turns, sharing and winning/ losing gracefully

Ages 6+ years

   Challenge a friend to disc dropping fun with the classic game of Connect 4! Drop your red or yellow discs in the grid and be the first to get 4 in a row to win. If your opponent is getting too close to 4 in a row, block them with your own disc! Whoever wins can pull out the slider bar to release all the discs and start the fun all over again! Connect 4 and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro. 

• Fine motor skill- reaching, releasing and crossing midline
• Interactive & engaging
• Imagination Building
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Strategic Planning & thinking
• Color identification and number Recognition
• Executive Function
• Cognitive Building
• Sensory Input and Regulation
• Interactive 
• Communication Building

Ages 4+- teen

Unleash & spark your creativity: Your complete arts and crafts supply set with over 1,000 pieces of art & craft supplies for kids to create and craft. Packaged and stored in a beautiful 2-drawer case.

Premium value: Kit includes: Pipe Cleaners, Fuzzy Sticks, Pom Poms, Wooden Pieces, Felt Strips, Craft Sticks, Sequins, Wooden Discs, Wooden Beads, Plastic Beads, Sticky Gems, Googly Eyes, Scissors, Sewing Needles, Glue, Glitter Glue, Feathers, Buttons, Thread.

Make jewelry by adding beads to the thread or pipe cleaners. A windcatcher by gluing sticks together into a shape, decorating them, and then tie beads to hang down. Using as MANY of the different supplies as possible, make the world’s strangest-looking monster. Create an animal that’s a mix of animals … the feathers of a bird, a tail like a monkey, a trunk of an elephant. You get the idea... the possibilities are endless with this mega kit!

• Improves and Enhances Fine Motor Skills
• Bilateral Coordination (Use of Both hands)
• Manual Dexterity
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Visual Perceptual Skill building
• Visual Processing skills
• Visual Scanning & Fixation (eyes fix on target in order to retrieve it)
• Convergence/divergence (eyes move outward/inward to focus on pieces at varying distances
• Figure Ground (Finding and separating foreground from background in visual images)
• Visual Discrimination
• Spatial Relations
• Counting, Adding and basic math skills such as counting, adding, subtraction and graphing. 
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Direction Following
• Communication Building
• Executive functioning skills
• Play and leisure exploration
• Creative 

Ages 5 years +

 Ker Plunk! is a blast from the past with a cool look and attitude! The object of the game is to skillfully remove the sticks from the tube while dropping the fewest marbles possible. The translucent tube stands upright on a base that contains four separate numbered trays. Each player selects a numbered compartment to use throughout the game, and the straws are passed through holes midway of the tube to form a lattice "web.” The marbles are then placed in the top of the tube and held in place by the web. Just set it up, start playing and watch out for marbles that go “Ker Plunk!” The players must use steady hands and a cool head to remove the sticks from below the marbles. This best game from yester-year is just as much fun today! Share your great memories or start new ones! You and your friends will have a blast playing Ker Plunk!, just don’t let the marbles fall!  

• Improves and Enhances Fine Motor Skills
• Bilateral Coordination (Use of Both hands)
• Manual Dexterity
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Visual Perceptual Skill building
• Visual Processing skills
• Visual Scanning & Fixation (eyes fix on target in order to retrieve it)
• Convergence/divergence (eyes move outward/inward to focus on pieces at varying distances
• Visual Discrimination
• Spatial Relations
• Counting, Adding and basic math skills such as counting, adding, subtraction and graphing. 
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Direction Following
• Designing & Constructing
• Beginning STEM
• Communication Building
• Executive functioning & problem skills
• Play and leisure exploration

Ages 8+ Years

 The classic game of "What am I?" is now back with all-new cards, headbands, and art. It’s as easy as Pick, Place, Play! Pick your favorite headband (6 new themes to choose from!) and take a picture card without looking at the face of the card. Put the headband on and place the card in the headband so the illustration is facing all players. Then, play by asking questions with “yes” and “no” answers as you try to guess what’s on your card! It’s a race against the clock to be the first player to get three scoring badges to win. 

• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Builds Early Learning Skills
• Develops Social Emotional Skills
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building- i.e. taking turns, sharing and winning/ losing gracefully
• Sorting/ Categorizing
• Building Fluency and Articulation
• Explaining ideas and concepts

Ages 8 years +

 Get ready for fast-paced play with lights and sounds that challenge players with every sequence. To beat the Simon game, players need to remember the color pattern and repeat it by pressing the colored buttons on the game unit in the correct order. It starts off at a rather steady pace, but the more you play, the more complicated the patterns become, building suspense with each turn. Count 1 point each time the green light flashes, and 10 points when all the lights flash at once. The Simon game unit helps keep track of the highest score as players challenge friends or try to beat their own high score in solo play. 

• Memory Promoting
• Visual tracking
• Perceptual Building
• Cause and Effect
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Improves Motor Skills and Motor Planning
• Interactive 
• Social Pragmatic Skill Building
• Direction Following
• Communication Building
• Executive functioning skills
• Play and leisure exploration

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