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 Wood Designs has converted its entire product line to Healthy Kids, safe, strong, durable and environmentally friendly furniture available for children's use in classroom and daycare facilities. Healthy Kids furniture is made in the U.S. from 100 percent solid, strong Baltic birch plywood or Maple hardwood and is free from phthalates, melamine, lead and added formaldehyde - chemicals often linked to asthma, leukemia, autism and neurobehavioral disorders. Each piece of Healthy Kids furniture meets or exceeds current eco-certifications, including compliance guidelines for CARB - 2, the Consumer Product and Safety Improvement Act and the Collaborative for High Performance Schools. |
 Ideal for children with speech and language delays, these award-winning games from Fun and Function enhance receptive and expressive skills, build vocabulary, and encourage critical thinking and concentration. Features large magnetic play pieces, colorful cards sized for small hands, and fun game variations for children at every level. The language games are available in Combo Packs, which is perfect for childcare centers, schools, and clinics. Shipping is free. |
 Jonti-Craft, Inc. has announced the addition of the Locking Laptop Table to its expansive line of early childhood products. This multi-functioning table has four pull-out drawers with drop-down fronts for work access. These drawers also keep laptops secure while providing cord management for simple organization. The mounted locking casters allow the table to be moved quickly and easily from room to room. The Locking Laptop Table is available in three heights and requires minimal assembly. |
 An interactive inclusive game for learning fun. Twenty Thumball designs are effective tools to develop language and social skills. Safe, soft, soccer-style balls are inexpensive and easy to use. Catch Thumball and discuss what is on the panel beneath your thumb. Four distinct "Early Learner" Thumballs enrich circle time, promote movement and teach alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors and animal vocabulary. For staff meetings, the Ice Breaker or new Meet & Greet design increases motivation and participation. Thumballs create meaningful conversation for kids and adults. |
 This two level sink with 3 Bowls allows several people to wash their hands at the same time. Designed for child care programs, it is useful for both children and adult staff members. The staggered height ensures that everyone can find a sink that is easy to use. The best part is that it is completely portable. Simply fill the Fresh Water Tank and slide it into the cabinet. Then roll the sink to the desired location. Plug the power cord into any standard outlet and the electric water pump and heater provide hot and cold running water for everyone. The single pump and heater support all 3 hand wash stations. Excellent value compared to purchasing three individual sinks. |
 Landscape Structures Inc., a playground manufacturer, introduces A Higher Level of Inclusive Play™, a revolutionary playground design solution that will provide new sensory play experiences for children of all abilities. Landscape Structures' goal with its Inclusive Play solution is to include children with autism and sensory disorders in all play, and lead in the creation of a new generation of inclusive playgrounds. As part of this solution, Landscape Structures launched a suite of Sensory Play products that will create welcoming play environments for all children especially those with autism or sensory processing disorders. |
 A child's surroundings can determine their productivity, energy and development. Poor indoor air quality can not only reduce a child's ability to perform specific mental tasks requiring concentration, calculation and memory; but can also aid in spreading certain airborne contaminants and germs. Providing peace of mind, the PureTrac® software system and Nose Monitor® from PureChoice, supervises indoor air to ensure that your child's environment is conducive to their wellbeing and educational development. With PureTrac®, child care facilities are able to guarantee families a completely safe learning environment, starting with the air they breathe. |
 Sakar International has teamed up with Leapfrog to create the ultimate in interactive education. The Leapfrog Camera is a talking 2.1 megapixel camera with kid-friendly edges and fun phrases like "Say Cheese!" and "Great Shot!" Accompanying software allows kids to create books, illustrate stories, and incorporate photos into fun games, such as Concentration. Recommended for kids for ages 4+ depending on skill and reading ability. Some kids will need little or no help from parents, while younger children might see this as a fun activity to do with mom and dad. |
 Community Playthings' popular Roomscapes line has a new addition: With their translucent backs, these beautiful shelves will brighten everyone's day. Natural light flows unhindered through the classroom while children play in the cozy nooks created by the shelves, supervised unobtrusively by their teacher. Built with virtually unbreakable architectural polymer, the shelf backs will look great for years. Community Playthings' Shelving is Forest Stewardship Council and Indoor Advantage Gold certified. FSC certification assures that products are produced with wood from responsibly managed forests. Indoor Advantage Gold certification assures that products meet rigorous indoor air quality standards. Roomscapes products qualify for LEED credits. |
 Child Care Marketing Solutions is excited to announce the launch of their new Child Care Business Success System, a comprehensive toolkit for marketing and enrollment-building. The system features ten learning modules with ten accompanying audio CDs, designed specifically for early childhood business owners and administrators. By using these innovative, cuttingedge, and cost-effective strategies, centers and schools can easily increase their enrollment, improve customer satisfaction, and improve their return-on-investment on marketing and advertising budgets. Includes actual examples, templates, and worksheets. Discover the hidden wealth buried in your child care center! |
 Hat:Cat, Fan:Man, Jam:Ram. This seating rug has fun and silly icons that rhyme from left to right. Each row features a different vowel from the alphabet. Thirty spaces in total provide enough room for each child to sit comfortably, and an alphabet border throws in an extra element of literacy! |
 With the Janibell M400D commercial diaper disposal system you can breathe easy, knowing your nursery will always be sanitary and odor free. This large 15 gallon container has a double seal lid design to eliminate odors. Hands-free foot pedal operation results in quick, hygienic, step and drop disposal. An ingenious self-lining cartridge system gives you flexibility in bag size for each removal. Soiled diapers remain out of sight and contained at all times, assuring mess-free disposal. The trash liner cartridge will last for weeks between refills. Gone is the daily task of bag replacement, and liner material is 100% biodegradable. With Janibell, your staff, children, and parents are ensured a pleasant, odor-free environment. |
 Play Mart's literally ground-breaking Nature At Play™ line introduces products that allow care-givers to easily provide young children with the opportunity to have authentic experiences with nature, water, sand, dirt, insects, butterflies, birds, vegetable gardening, plants, flowers and music. These new natural play products are designed so that even an infant can be allowed to be outside in a protective environment and experience some aspect of the natural world. Nature at Play™ has musical instrument play-components, gardening beds and bowls, and vine-covered arch hideaways. Furthermore, the products are made from recycled, non-toxic, heavy-duty, low-maintenance materials and are modular in design. |
 Teaching Strategies GOLD™ is an innovative, seamless, birth-to-6 early childhood assessment system.. The authentic, ongoing observation-based assessment system, Teaching Strategies GOLD™, assesses key elements that research indicates are most predictive of school success in the areas of social - emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development, as well as learning in literacy and mathematics. It is designed to assess all children accurately, including children with developmental delays and disabilities, children who are advanced learners, and children who are English-language learners. It's a teacher-friendly, easy-to-understand approach to observation, documentation, portfolio-building, and reporting--the essential components of a high-quality assessment system. |
 Rest a little easier when it comes to microbes in the classroom with ECR's new line products. ECR rest cots, resin chairs and tables, wooden classroom furniture and soft play environments with Microban antimicrobial protection help keep these products cleaner and fresher for longer. Microban antimicrobial protection works to continuously fight the growth of stain and odor causing bacteria, mold and mildew - and because the technology is built-in, it never washes or wears away. This sustainability is crucial in public areas where children play, learn and interact. Look for the Microban logo to be sure your furniture and equipment have antimicrobial protection! |
 The Children's Garden can delight children - even as young as 3-years in age! This portable garden is handcrafted in solid maple and equipped with a 400-watt SunLight. Kids can experience the miracle of seeds sprouting in a matter of days and can take home plants in 6-8 weeks! Watering is easy - using small, refillable plastic squeeze bottles and a 21-inch high garden area. Movement from room-to-room is effortless on the large, quiet casters. |
 The PlayBright® Early Learning System is a new educational program for both parents and educators that combines the most current early child development research with fun, interactive play experiences to promote healthy brain development and school readiness. The system includes an educator's resource guide, professional development training, and a developmental milestone-based activity guide. |
 Hatch, Inc. announced the launch of It's in the Bag™ Infant & Toddler kits.These seven compact, portable kits containing high-quality educational products and pre-designed activities for caregivers support infants and toddlers by reinforcing nationally recognized developmental milestones. |
 This research-based Emotion Coaching kit from Parenting Counts includes everything you will need to facilitate a workshop for 25 participants. This kit includes a DVD and workshop guide with activities to reinforce learning. This kit also includes visual aids and handouts. Emotion Coaching is a research-based method that gives caregivers a way to help children learn about emotions. Emotion Coaching helps prepare children for the challenges they face throughout their lives. A child's ability to delight in the happy times and recover from the bad ones is a key part of good emotional health. |
 You can't tell just by looking if a child has food allergies, Asthma, Diabetes, Celiac Disease, or another health issue. That is, without STATkids®. The innovative STATkids® health identification products quickly and clearly alert others to a child's specific health issues and facilitate the management of emergency situations. Since 2006, parents, schools, child care centers and summer camps have relied upon the STATkids® wristbands, customized lunch bags and backpacks, travel packs and other items to provide peace of mind. With STATkids® you CAN tell just by looking... and that could save a child's life! |
 Jonti-Craft, Inc. is pleased to introduce the new MapleWave™ brand of furniture. This new offering features a maple laminate surface with matching thermofused edgebanding - it looks like wood, but is tough like laminate. MapleWave™ products are available in the most popular early learning designs from storage units to lockers and pick-a-book stands to classroom tables. |
by Ellison  Leading yogafor-kids company creates 'YogaBuddies Bedtime Stories' DVD to help teach children how to settle down for a restful sleep at the end of their day. YogaBuddies has inspired thousands of children to be healthy physically, mentally, emotionally and socially since 2004 through a fun and unique yoga curriculum that has been taught in schools, summer camps, corporate day care centers and yoga studios. |
 A new resource for the classroom is Germy Wormy Germ Smart for Kids, the only product on the market to teach all of the latest CDC hygiene guidelines to kids as young as 2. Pop in the fun, kid-friendly Sesame Street-style DVD where they learn how to avoid getting and spreading colds and flu viruses. Slide the Germy Wormy Disposable Sleeve over the child's elbow, giving them a fun place to aim their coughs and sneezes at. Voila! Healthy hygiene habits learned in a snap. |
 Bite Fixer™ is scientifically proven to immediately and completely stop the pain and itching of bites and stings from bugs. Bite Fixer™ also relieves itching caused by poison ivy, oak and sumac. It contains the maximum amount of Lidocaine allowed without a prescription and the product is safe for use for children 2 years of age and older. |
 BigToys, Inc., a leading manufacturer of commercial playground equipment based in Olympia, WA, has launched "BigToys Naturals," a collection of outdoor play activities and structures for the early childhood market serving children aged six months to five years. These products can be combined with landscaping elements to create a natural outdoor playscape that connects children to nature through play. The Naturals product line (like all of BigToys other products) is available in wood or recycled steel and recycled plastic. |
by Ellison  Up Down and All Around is a creative movement and exercise DVD focused on fun and fitness. Utilizing the elements of movement, the DVD entertains as kids and adults are motivated to get physically fit through movement games, silly exercises and challenges. This movement program is unique because it was designed specifically to be utilized by early childhood educators and parents. Up Down and All Around provides accessible movement activities for all types of movers, regardless of ability or experience. |
 Invite children 3-8 years old to explore the world of nature! Puzzles shown are from a series of sturdy wooden Habitat Puzzles - all teeming with an abundance of plants and animals. Each 9" x 12" puzzle frame has a built-in corner clue to help children get started. Puzzles include a laminated thematic activity card with "Fast Facts" for teachers to share with children. 9-11 pieces. |
 Baby's first year is an exciting time with lots of exploration and discovery. Research shows experiences that involve sensory and motor investigations and engage infants in social interactions build brain connections. Brighten your interactions with baby using the HighReach Learning Bright Baby Kit. Each multisensory kit actively engages and stimulates infants through social interactions and incorporates American Sign Language and baby yoga. |
 A metal EVACUATION "window" crib features a non-breakable clear-view acrylic panelsecured in each headboard. Big casters and "shopping cart" handle bar design make for easy manuverability. This crib is very durable with dual fixed sided crib, without a drop side feature, for extra safety as well as increased lateral rigidity. For more information on where to find a distributer near you contact: John@lababyco.com or call (800) 584-3094 |
by Ellison  The newest Ellison shape-cutter, the RollModel Machine, empowers educators everywhere to teach more effectively through proven visual, tactile and kinesthetic learning methods. Teachers can use the RollModel to create powerful combinations of reinforcing visuals and hands-on applications to help address important curriculum and standards. Students will love how subjects come to life as fun, interactive challenges. |
 How Fun! Safe for gliding indoors and outdoors, these high density foam "scooter boards" are so comfortable that kids play and exercise longer and build their confidence in a variety of positions and activities. Strengthens the upper and lower extremities and improves balance, posture, and coordination. |
 A great alternative to the traditional dollhouse, this Fairy Garden Kit provides a wonderful backdrop for hours of imaginative play. Kids will love to plant their own special garden and watch it grow! Comes with all the tools and furniture you need to make an enchanted oasis in any room of the house. |
 Playground equipment designed to focus on the use of all muscle groups for children ages 2 - 5 to develop balance, hand-eye coordination and basic upper and lower body strength. The events are designed at ground level reducing the risk of injury-causing falls and are a great complement to physical activity programs in early childhood settings. |
 A walk-in cardboard castle for children to climb in, crawl in, play in and decorate it inside and out. This castle is beautiful, sturdy and offers so much room for play and even storage and secret compartments in the towers. It is easy to fold away for storage and better yet, it is RECYCLABLE! |
 The Reflecting Cube is Jonti-Craft's newest addition to its lineup of early learning furniture. With mirrors on top, bottom and the sides, children gain an interesting perspective of self awareness. The mirrors are made from super-safe acrylic and are distortion free. It makes for a pretty fun hiding spot as well. |
 When children use Tree Cookies, they can engage in imaginative pretend play, build towers, examine the tree circles to see how old the tree was, or work on elaborate collaborative projects. These work well in a "Messy Materials Area" and are designed to decompose over time so children can observe this natural process. |
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