Toys for Life Language Arts

Challenging game based on the principle of the well-known Sudoku puzzles. The rows and columns may have each item used only once. Helps children engage in analytical thinking and concentration. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Complete each of the pictures on the assignment cards. Place a transparent card onto the correct image which completes the picture.
PLAY TOGETHER: Each player chooses a game board. Put all matching transparent cards into a bag. One by one draw a card from the bag. Who can match the card to its game board? The first player to complete all pictures on their board wins!
SET INCLUDES: 3 wooden assignment cards with 6 assignments (8-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches), 24 wooden animal cards (1-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches), 60 wooden animal cards (1-1/4 x 1-1/4 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (12-7/8 x 9-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches).

Sort cards from darkest to lightest and vice versa. Learn to understand gradations of hue and the impact it has on images. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Select all cards that have the same image. Place the cards in the right order, from dark to light. Then choose another image and place those cards in the right order. Describe the cards as: 'light', 'dark', 'lighter', etc.
SELF CHECKING: Turn over the cards for self-check.
SET INCLUDES: 25 wooden image cards (2 x 2 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (8-3/4 x 5-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches)

Place 4 cards in a logical sequence and create a story. Develop logical thinking and story telling skills. Stimulate children to create their own stories. With self-check. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Find 4 images that together tell a story. Place the cards in the right order. Tell the story aloud that your cards made. Play together - Each player takes 4 cards that together tell a story but places them in the wrong order. The other players try to place the cards in the right order and tell the story.
SELF-CHECKING: Check that your story is in the correct order by turning over the cards and looking at the answer on the back.
EDUCATIONL: Ideal for beginning to develop early literacy skills and sequencing. Stimulate children to create their own stories with self-check. Ideal for classroom or home school use.
SET INCLUDES: 20 wooden image cards (2 x 2 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (8-2/3 x 5-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches)

Collect pairs of cards which are opposites of each other. Describe and name what you see and improve vocabulary. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Place an image card on the table. Find an image card that depicts the opposite. Describe the opposite: 'happy-sad', 'front-back', 'wet-dry', etc.
EDUCATIONAL: Ideal for developing early language and vocabulary skills. Ideal for classroom or home school use.
SET INCLUDES: 24 wooden image cards (2 x 3-1/4 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (8-3/4 x 5-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches)

Turn over the image cards one by one and look if the image is on your bingo card. Who is the first player to fill a bingo card? Encourages language and vocabulary development. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Play together. Each player takes a bingo card. Take turns in taking an image card. The player to have the corresponding image on the bingo card, can take this card. The winner is the first player who completes the bingo card. To expand on the game, take turns picking a bingo card and identify all the images. Explain why they belong together. Find corresponding images to the bingo card.
EDUCATIONAL: Learn new words and social skills.
SET INCLUDES: 6 wooden bingo cards (5-7/8 x 3-7/8 inches), 36 wooden image cards (11-7/8 x 1-7/8 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (9-1/2 x 8-2/3 x 2-3/4 inches)

Insert one assignment card into the game box upper shelf and try to find the related pairs by lifting the red discs. Develop hand-eye coordination, spatial insight and visual discrimination. Helps build vocabulary. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Insert one assignment card into the wooden game box. In turns, take 2 red lids off the wooden frame. Do the images underneath the red lids match? If so, you keep the lids. If not, you put the lids back on the wooden game box and it is the next persons turn. The winner is the person with the greatest number of lids at the end of the game.
EDUCATIONAL: Develop hand-eye coordination, spatial insight, and visual discrimination. Ideal for classroom or home school use.
SET INCLUDES: wooden box (8-14 x 6-1/3 inches), 12 red wooden discs, 4 cardboard assignment cards with 8 assignments, instruction manual, magnetic storage box (9-1/2 x 8-2/3 x 2-3/4 inches).

Match the transparent image card that relates best to the image on the assignment card. Describe what you see and enhance vocabulary. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Complete each of the pictures on the assignment cards. Place a transparent card onto the correct image which completes the picture.
PLAY TOGETHER: Each player chooses a game board. Put all matching transparent cards into a bag. One by one draw a card from the bag. Who can match the card to its game board? The first player to complete all pictures on their board wins!
SET INCLUDES: 4 wooden assignment cards (9-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches), 32 transparent image cards (2-1/3 x 2-1/3 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (12-7/8 x 9-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches)

Follow letter shapes with your index finger or the wooden pen. Stimulates pre-writing skills, letter shape recognition and fine motor skills. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

Contains:

• 26 wooden letters (8 x 10 cm)
• 2 wooden pens
• instruction manual
• magnetic storage box (31 x 23 x 6 cm)

Sort the image cards into related sets of 3. Describe and name each image to develop the vocabulary. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Find 3 matching image cards. Describe what is depicted and tell why they match. You can also play together by creating assignments for each other. Place 4 image cards on the table, 3 that match and l that doesn't. Let the other player describe which card is not matching and why.
EDUCATIONAL: Learn about sorting and matching. Ideal for classroom or home school use.
SET INCLUDES: 36 wooden image cards (2 x 2 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (8-3/4 x 5-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches)

Stamp the letters and create words. Follow all letters with a pencil. Develop knowledge of letters and fine motor skills. Perfect for kindergarten sight word games and learning the alphabet. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

PREWRITING: Stamp the letters and trace them with a pencil. Create words for more practice and fine motor skills development.
EDUCATIONAL: Develop knowledge of letters as well as fine motor skills. Ideal for classroom or home school use.
SET INCLUDES: 26 wooden letter stamps, instruction manual, magnetic storage box (8-3/4 x 5-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches)

Place the items in the wooden stand as shown on the assignment cards or create your own story. Stimulate spatial orientation, vocabulary and storytelling. This wooden educational toy was developed for use in early childhood and Montessori classrooms and homes, where the activities can be both teacher-directed as well as child-initiated.

HOW TO PLAY: Select an assignment card. Arrange the figures as indicated in the stand. Start with assignment cards with l dot, then cards with 2 and 3 dots. Verbalize what you do: "I place the sheep in front of the farm and the farmer next to the sheep" etc.
OPEN ENDED: Create your own story and practice telling it.
EDUCATIONAL: Stimulate spatial orientation, vocabulary, and early storytelling skills. Ideal for classroom or home school use.
SET INCLUDES: wooden stand (7 x 4-1/3 inches), 8 wooden forms, 9 assignment cards (5-1/4 x 4-1/3 inches), instruction manual, magnetic storage box (9-1/2 x 8-3/4 x 2-3/4 inches)