Educational Insights

Mini Ant Factory

It's easy for kids to set up and maintain their own ant habitats! Mini Ant Factory, measuring 8" high by 8.5" wide, provides great lessons in responsibility, basic ecology, and much more! Each habitat includes 24-page guide book with ant care and colony observation hints, water dropper, unique Sugarcement sand, canal starting tool, and certificate to obtain ants by mail.

$2.00 fee required for shipping, handling, and insurance. Ants are NOT included in the package you will receive from us.

Note - the picture shows one GeoSafari Ant Factory and one GeoSafari Mini Ant Factory.

Alphabet Bean Bags

Kids will love tossing around their ABCs, learning letters, and building words with these lightweight, washable beanbags. Each of the twenty-six beanbags is made of soft, cuddly felt, and is small enough for little hands. Beanbags are embroidered with uppercase letters on one side and lowercase on the other. Letters are color-coded, consonants in blue and vowels in bright red. Comes in a convenient drawstring storage bag. Includes a Tip Sheet with great suggestions for active, hands-on alphabet games.

Rattled

Shake...Rattle...Know!

Rattled is the fast-paced, self-contained word search game that will have you shakin' and makin' words! Grab the handle, shake it up, then put it down. Both players (or both teams) try to make the longest word possible from the 8 scrambled letters. The player who thinks they've found the longest word shouts it out and starts the timer. The second player has 30 seconds to find a longer word. Don't get rattled-there are thousands of possible word combinations! With built-in Score Slider and no loose parts, Rattled is completely self-contained and classroom durable. Includes30-second timer that conveniently stores in the handle. For 2-4 players.

Grades 1 and up.

Laptop Expansion Set (Ages 3-7)

GeoSafari Laptop is a fun interactive game with wild lights and sounds to guide gameplay, track scores, and provide feedback. Expand your Ages 8+ Edition to include younger skill levels with this set of 63 two-sided cards for 126 lessons designed for Grades Pre-K to 2.

GeoSafari Spin USA

Spin and play your way across the U.S.A!
Spin USA is the fast-paced, fun, effective way to sharpen U.S. geography skills! Players press the Spin USA Spin Timer, and then everyone races simultaneously to find their particular state before time runs out. This is a fun family game where everyone learns state locations and capitals.

Includes the 2-in-1 Spin Timer, 100 state and capital cards, 4 USA map game boards, and 28 pegs in 4 colors.

Spin Timer requires 3 AAA batteries (not included).
For 2 to 4 players. Grades 3 and up.

Number Bean Bags

Count on number fun with these sturdy, lightweight bean bags. Each 2.75" x 2.75" bean bag is embroidered with a number (1 to 20) on one side and its number word (one to twenty) on the other. Even numbers are embroidered in blue, and odd numbers are embroidered in red for easy identification. The bean bags come in a handy cloth storage bag with a "Tip Sheet" of beginning math activities for large and small groups, from number identification and counting to simple addition and subtraction.

Grades Pre-K and up / Ages 3+

Phonics Puzzles - Consonants

Master basic reading skills with phonics puzzle sets from Educational Insights!

The Consonants Puzzles Set is one of the Self-Checking Phonics Puzzles Sets from Educational Insights. This set includes Beginning Consonants and Ending and Middle Consonants. To use the puzzle, simply match the picture shown on the puzzle piece to the word that is printed on the tray. This puzzle is self-checking because the pieces only fit within the spot with the right answer. This way, with a little patience, children always find the correct answer!

The Educational Insights Phonics Puzzles Sets are a fabulous tool for reinforcing phonics skills in young students. Children are encouraged to work their minds while they play and that's the kind of toy we love. WonderBrains also carries the Self-Checking Phonics Puzzles Blends and Digraphs, Special Vowels, and Vowels from Educational Insights.

Features

• First grade and up
• 2 puzzles, 20 pieces (words) per puzzle
• 14.25" x 11.25"
• Heavy duty cardboard
• Easy to clean surface
• Clearly legible notations
• Small parts, not suitable for children under 3 years.

Most appropriate for children aged 6 years and older.

Phonics Puzzles - Special Vowels

Master basic reading skills with phonics puzzle sets from Educational Insights!

The Special Vowels Puzzles Set is one of the Self-Checking Phonics Puzzles Sets from Educational Insights. This set includes Variant Vowels and R-controlled Vowels. To use the puzzle, simply match the picture shown on the puzzle piece to the word that is printed on the tray. This puzzle is self-checking because the pieces only fit within the spot with the right answer. This way, with a little patience, children always find the correct answer!

The Educational Insights Phonics Puzzles Sets are a fabulous tool for reinforcing phonics skills in young students. Children are encouraged to work their minds while they play and that's the kind of toy we love. WonderBrains also carries the Self-Checking Phonics Puzzles Consonants, Blends and Digraphs, and Vowels from Educational Insights.

Features

• First grade and up
• 2 puzzles, 20 pieces (words) per puzzle
• 14.25" x 11.25"
• Heavy duty cardboard
• Easy to clean surface
• Clearly legible notations
• Small parts, not suitable for children under 3 years.

Most appropriate for children aged 6 years and older.

Safari UNDERCOVER

Get ready to embark on a jungle safari! In each brain-teasing logic game you must arrange the four jungle pieces on the animal-filled game board so that only specific animals remain "out in the open". Each challenge has hundreds of possible puzzle-piece combinations, but only one solution. Includes a game board that doubles as a storage case for the four puzzle pieces and a 48-page color game booklet with multi-level challenges, ranging from beginner to advanced. Game is for one player.

AlphaRings

A great way to reinforce letter identification and letter sound association. They're perfect for kids learning the alphabet who need additional help remembering the sounds of the letters or for those struggling with letter reversal. The rings feature uppercase and lowercase letters plus full-color illustrations. Includes 130 rings (5 of each letter) and a tip sheet of suggested activities. For ages 5 yrs. and up Language: English

Chameleon

The Towering Game of Stack Tactics

2-4 Players

It's the 3-D building game with a colorful twist. As players race to build towers using their Chameleon blocks, there's a surprise with every move-the Chameleon blocks magically change their colors! Place one block on a tower, and the block below changes color! You'll need skill and luck to correctly "predict" what colors will appear. Matching colors earns you another turn. If block colors don't match, dismantle the tower, block by block, and start from the ground up!

Grades K+ Ages 5+

Color Scheme

Make Secondary Colors Your Primary Strategy! Color Scheme is a dazzling game of color-blending strategy. Players scheme and strategize as they slip primary-colored tiles into the swiveling tower, attempting to create a row of three secondary colors. But, watch out! Every tile drop presents new opportunities for success

Human Body Undercover

Each three-dimensional book in this unique science activity line presents cool facts and a look inside the subject. Through a series of 3D pages, children "dissect" and examine internal structure and anatomical systems. Lift off the skin and you see the muscles! Turn to the next page to see the skeleton and internal organs! Touch the skeleton and remove organs for closer examination. Eight beautifully illustrated 3-D pages.

Hot Dots Phonics Flash Cards - Set 6 Variant Vowels

Now there's an exciting new sequential phonics program that combines the fun and excitement of Hot Dots flashing lights and fun sounds with a comprehensive readiness and phonics program. Each set of self-checking Hot Dots flash cards reinforces skills essential for reading success. After mastering the skills in the first three sets, children will be able to decode, or sound out, hundreds of 3- and 4-letter words. As they progress through the program, they acquire new decoding skills, so they're reading in no time!

With the Hot Dots Power Pen (sold separately) in hand, phonics practice becomes an exciting game children can play on their own or with adult guidance. The Hot Dots pen gives immediate feedback for correct answer choices with flashing lights and one of seven positive sounds - or one of two gentle incorrect answer sounds for wrong choices. Each set includes 72 learning activities on 36 full-color double-sided cards. Packaged in sturdy plastic storage cases, these are the perfect send-home helpers for children needing extra practice. All cards can also be used without the Power Pen as traditional flash cards.

Set 6 Variant Vowels & More

Identify r-controlled vowels, (ar, er, ir, or, ur), vowel digraphs (tooth, crawl), and vowel diphthongs (join, around). Also silent letters, and words ending in -le and

Early Learning Tiles - Beginning Reading Center

The Teaching Tiles Beginning Reading Center provides hands-on activities for students who have mastered basic reading readiness tasks. Motivating manipulative materials - large, colorful tiles; a sturdy plastic work tray; and self-checking activity cards - make practicing early reading skills fun. Activities include matching words and pictures, reading riddles, and forming sentences. The Beginning Reading Center is perfect for learning centers, individual practice, and small-group instruction.

Grades Pre-K to 1.

B.S.I. - Bug Scene Investigator

Uncover the amazing world of bugs and other tiny critters. Even the youngest investigators will love using B.S.I.'s three cool tools to check out bug body parts, watch insects munch leafy meals, and closely examine cleverly camouflaged critters. Set includes - B.S.I. BugScope: Have twice the fun "scoping out" hairy spiders, wiggly worms, and jumpy grasshoppers with BugScope's unique double-viewing action! BugScope lets you see your bug from both the top AND the bottom (from antennae to abdomen)! GeoSafari Bug Patrol: This "catch and release" bug container clips to your belt or backpack for hands-free bug patrol missions. Super Sleuth Microscope: Get an up-close view, anywhere and anytime, of even the tiniest specimens with this portable 30X microscope! Full-color booklet with tips on catching and caring for insects. Grades K and up.

Obscurity

A board game for word lovers of all ages. It's part word search, part vocabulary challenge. Place a word search card on the game board, and ready, set, GO! Everyone races to find words, four letters minimum. Words may be formed in any direction as long as letters are touching. The first person to write down 10 words shouts, "Obscurity!" But be careful -- you must think fast and be smart or victory can slip away if other players have matching words. Players then use the word list on the back of the card to score their words. The first player to earn 60 points wins.

Phonics Puzzles - Vowels

Master basic reading skills with phonics puzzle sets from Educational Insights!

The Vowels Puzzles Set is one of the Self-Checking Phonics Puzzles Sets from Educational Insights. This set includes Long Vowels and Short Vowels. To use the puzzle, simply match the picture shown on the puzzle piece to the word that is printed on the tray. This puzzle is self-checking because the pieces only fit within the spot with the right answer. This way, with a little patience, children always find the correct answer!

The Educational Insights Phonics Puzzles Sets are a fabulous tool for reinforcing phonics skills in young students. Children are encouraged to work their minds while they play and that's the kind of toy we love. WonderBrains also carries the Self-Checking Phonics Puzzles Consonants, Blends and Digraphs, and Special Vowels from Educational Insights.

Features

• First grade and up
• 2 puzzles, 20 pieces (words) per puzzle
• 14.25" x 11.25"
• Heavy duty cardboard
• Easy to clean surface
• Clearly legible notations
• Small parts, not suitable for children under 3 years.

Most appropriate for children aged 6 years and older.

Rock Collection - Metamorphic

Dig into some serious fun with these fascinating rock collection kits. Each collection features 12 handpicked rock specimens, chosen for their color, texture and beauty. Each kit also includes an educational rock identification chart and activity guide.

Sparkle PlayFoam 12-Pack

Imagination sparks fly with Sparkle PlayFoam!

Sparkling snowflakes, glittery stars, and shimmering fish are just a few of the dazzling creations you can make with new Sparkle PlayFoam, now available in a rainbow of eye-catching colors! Like classic PlayFoam, the new sparkly foam beads are non-toxic, and won't dry, harden, or stick to surfaces, making clean up quick and easy. Use again and again, for hours of non-stop creative fun that never loses its sparkle! Perfect for home, travel, and as a party activity.

These toys are not considered appropriate for children under the age of 3.

We Sign Play Time DVD

We Sign is the interactive program that helps hearing children of all ages develop their memory skills as they hear, see, say, and do the sign-and-sing songs in this award-winning series of ASL (American Sign Language) DVDs and videos. Playful signing and singing activities also enhance hand-eye coordination, creativity, language development, interpersonal relationships, self-confidence, and self-esteem as children accomplish new skills.

Each beautifully produced video showcases real children signing and singing their way to learning success. All DVD titles feature English and Spanish language tracks, closed captioning, and subtitles.

More classic songs and signs for young children including The Wheels on the Bus, If You're Happy and You Know it, This is the Way, Jacob Wore a Red Hat, and more.

Castle Logix

48 castle-building logic puzzles!
Construct castles, block by block and tower by tower, as you flex your logic muscles with this beautifully crafted 3-D wooden puzzle. The challenge is to assemble the wooden blocks and towers to build one of the castles in the puzzle booklet. With simple puzzles for inexperienced builders to complex puzzles that will challenge skilled architects, Castle Logix is designed to stretch a player's logical thinking skills and to develop spatial reasoning abilities.

Features:

• 48 logic puzzles
• Instructions, activity and solutions booklet
• Also includes simpler puzzles for inexperienced builders

Ages 6 to adult.

Discovery Prism

Divide light into color instantly! High-quality 4-inch optical prism divides white light into a colorful spectrum. Excellent for optics and physics studies. Includes a fun and informative guide book.

Early Learning Tiles - Reading Readiness Center

Ideal for learning centers, small group instruction and home-schooling. Helps beginning readers develop vocabulary, letter sequencing skills, and familiarity with letter sounds, opposites and rhymes. Includes trays, 100 tiles, 50 full-color, photo-illustrated, self-checking activity cards, teacher guide and 4-compartment storage.

Grades K+.

Extra Early Learning Tiles Trays

Extra Early Learning Tiles Trays - Set of 4. For use with any of the Early Learning Tiles products.