Education & Inspiration
Marquetry is the art of using thin pieces of veneer to craft beautiful images and patterns. Now you can create your own beautiful marble marquetry! Age: 5+ Duration: 15-30 minutes Learning Outcomes: Practice fine motor skills while you cut and fold. Encourage early geometry by talking about different shapes, patterns, and types of symmetry. You’ll Need:…
Read MoreCreate cute, miniature people who can stand on their own two feet! These sturdy card stock figures are terrific for a multitude of different art projects and as components in presentations for other subjects. Use paint, marker, crayon, pencil crayon and collage materials to decorate your stand-up person. The large size (7 1/4 x 11…
Read MoreThis adorable critter is simple and fun to make! Age: 5+ Duration: 10 Minutes Learning Outcomes: Exercise fine motor skills. Practice composing figures out of geometric shapes. Create adorable animal crafts. You’ll Need: R15701 Craft Circles R22052 Double Color Card Sheets Yarn Glue Stick Tape Scissors Pencil Washable Marker Decide what kind of animal you want to…
Read MoreThis wearable art is a terrific fashion statement! Age: 5+ Duration: 10 minutes (excluding drying time) Learning Outcomes: Learn about the textures and properties of natural materials through manipulation of paper and card board. Exercise fine motor skills. You’ll Need: R15415 Indigenous Crafts Paper R39100 Wild Animal Craft Sticks Water White Glue R5725 Goo Spreaders…
Read MoreCreate adorable moccasins that make a great take-home craft! This craft helps immerse students in Native American and First Nations cultural garb. We have included two templates: a larger one for take-home crafts and a smaller one that creates moccasins to fit on dolls! Age: 5+ Duration: 10 minutes Learning Outcomes: Explore Native American and First Nations cultural…
Read MoreWeave, build and make shapes with these squishy, brightly colored sculpting rods! The strands come in five vibrant colors that are perfect for color-coordinating activities. Use indoors to make giant grids for rainy day math and sorting activities. Take them outside and make mazes, grids and play environments. Use inside to create play spaces! Each…
Read MoreThese bright, beautiful circles are printed with fraction lines to create precise, proportional and pretty works of art! Fraction Friends Mosaics are multi-purpose classroom tools! Designed with both art and math lessons in mind, these circles make a set of unique math manipulatives for early numeracy and a student’s introduction to fractions. Sort and count…
Read MoreWe scaled up these tans to scale up the fun of solving tangrams! Get ready to have fun with our Really Big Tangrams! You’ll have to make a lot of room on the floor for this huge version of the classic Chinese dissection puzzle. Learn to use mathematical principles by arranging the 7 pieces, called…
Read MoreBring color and beauty to the classroom with these simple but beautiful tiles! The middle of winter can feel long and dreary, so lighten up the atmosphere by creating art tiles! These tiles can be used to create a beautiful bulletin board, classroom door or hallway display. Alternatively, they make a simple but beautiful piece…
Read MoreNeed a few extra fingers to count with? These hand-sized books make perfect math manipulatives! Each page is printed in fleshtone colors with foldable fingers to use as a math manipulative. Use the pages to practice numbering, writing out equations or for math journaling. Each book has a card stock front and back cover along…
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