New Teaching Aids & Educational Games

7 Ate 9 - Players add, or subtract, 1, 2, or 3 to the number on the top card on the pile to determine if they have a card that can be played next.

Magnetic Write-on & Wipe-off Dice - Manipulatives that can be
used to create your own letter, fraction, operation, or other specialty dice.



Phase 10 - A rummy-type card game with a challenging and exciting twist.


Qwirkle - Players attempt to score the most points by building lines that share
a common attribute, either color or shape.


ShapeOmetry - Players combine the green and blue game pieces to create two identical shapes. For development of spatial, abstract, and quantitative reasoning skills. Supports Common Core Math Standards.

Unifix Sudoku - Builds spatial reasoning, problem solving and patterning skills.

New Teaching Aids - Primary Skills, Math, Spanish Language/ESL

Fun with Numbers
Includes a card game, instruction guides in English and Spanish, a bilingual workbook and instructional DVD. Teaches and reinforces skills such as number recognition, sequencing and memory skills. Also builds vocabulary in both English and Spanish. Ages 4 and up.

Fun with Colors
Includes a card game, instruction guides in English and Spanish, a bilingual workbook and instructional DVD. Teaches and reinforces color and shape recognition and memory skills. Also builds vocabulary in both English and Spanish. Ages 4 and up.

MIRA Math Geometry Tools
Class set of 32. These geometric tools have the reflective quality of a mirror, as well as a transparent quality to provide a fascinating new look at geometry. By placing the MIRA on any shape, children quickly see concepts of symmetry and congruence. Also helpful in studying transformational geometry, as reflections, rotations, slides, and flips are shown easily. Grade 3 and up.

Unifix Graphing Base
Use with Unifix cubes to create simple graphs and work with data. Base is 4" x 9" with 6 positions.  Includes write-on/wipe-off display card and five full-color sample strips to identify data. Grades 1-5.

New Teaching Aids

Algebra Tiles Classroom Kit
Kit contains 30 Algebra Tile Students Sets, each of which includes a 35-piece, two-color set of Algebra Tiles; a 70-piece overhead set of Algebra Tiles; and an instructional booklet. Grade 8 and up.

Blink: The World's Fastest Game!
A fast-paced card game in which players race to be the first to play all of their cards as they try to match the shape, count, or color on their cards. For 2 players. Grade 2 and up.

Calculators
Set of 25 DG560 calculators. Each 56-function calculator has a 10-digit display; statistic and memory capability; safeguarded memory; decimal, hexadecimal, binar and octal calculation; and auomatic shut-off. Instruction manual included. Comes with a protective cover.

Order of Operations Flash Cards: Pre-Algebra
Use to practice order of operations - an important pre-algebra skill. Includes 100 flash cards. Excellent for classroom review and individual practice. Grade 5 and up.


Stopwatch Set
Set of 6 Ultrak 310 timers, one each of blue, purple, red, green, orange, and yellow, with landyards.  Features start, stop and reset.

New Teaching Aids

Battleship - Naval warfare game in which players try to sink the opponent's ships. Emphasizes strategy, logic and memory. For 2 players, ages 7 and up.

USA History GeoPuzzle - The 16" x 20" puzzle is two maps, one of the United States in 1810 and one of the country today. Includes state and territory names, capitals and dates of incorporation. For ages 4 and up, 117 pieces.

Vega 360 Telescope - 360mm refractor telescope with aluminum optical tube; tripod with mount; 9mm and 20mm glass eyepieces; erecting eyepiece for magnification range of 20x to 80x; 15-page guide. For ages 8 and up.

Who Lives Where? 

A Memory and Matching Game - Players uncover houses looking for the right home for their animals. The first player to house all of their friends wins the game. Teaches memory, matching, shape sorting and animal identification. For ages 3 and up.

Shape and Color Sorter - Helps preschoolers and kindergartners learn the essential skills of hand-eye coordination, shape and color recognition, and sorting.  Ages 2 and up.




Count Your Chickens - A cooperative board game in which all players work together to help Mother Hen collect her chicks and bring them back to the coop. Players take turns moving around the board but work toward a common goal. For 2-4 players, ages 3 and up.



Taking Charge of My Behavior  - Game that focuses on skills and behaviors common to secondary students in various "real-world" settings. Units of focus include: Self-Esteem, Respect and Consideration for Others, Self-Control, Conflict Resolution, Managing Anger and Dealing With Bullies.


Conduct Management Game - This game helps reduce conduct problems and oppositional behavior in children and adolescents. Players learn how to evaluate hostile intent, how to reinforce appropriate behavior, how to use self-statements and problem-solving skills to control inappropriate behavior, and how to understand the point of view of those in authority. Includes Leader's Guide.




Photo Conversation Cards for Children with Autism and Asperger's - 90 color photo cards with a social/communication skills story on the back to help children with autism or Aspergers learn how to understand and handle social interactions and improve oral language skills.

New Teaching Aids

The following new items are Montessori sensory materials and would be used to increase children's ability to distinguish, classify and organize according to the various senses. Many of them also encourage and support children's readiness for writing and reading. 

 

Pink Tower - Children arrange the ten wooden cubes of varying sizes into a tower. This activity helps them to develop visual discrimination of dimension, and prepares them for mathematical concepts in the decimal system, geometry and volume.

Red Rods - The child arranges the rods from largest to smallest,  developing discrimination of length.

Cylinder Blocks - Consists of 4 individual wooden blocks that have holes of various sizes and matching cylinders.  Children remove the cylinders in random order, then match each cylinder to the correct hole to aid in visual discrimination of size.

 

Smelling Bottles - Substances with various scents are placed in the bottles and children match the bottles according to smell.

 

Baric Tablets - Children work with three sets of rectangular pieces of wood that vary according to weight - light, medium and heavy.  Then they match the tablets according to weight.     

                  Color Tablets - Contains 11 pairs of color tablets which can be used to teach color identification and discrimination.    

Fabric Box - The box contains 12 matching swatches of different fabrics. Children pair the fabrics according to the varying textures by using sense of touch. 

Thermic Bottles - The 8 metal bottles are filled with water of varying temperatures.  Teaches children about identifying and distinguishing between different temperatures.

Brown Stairs - Develops visual discrimination of width and height. Children arrange the blocks next to each other from thickest to thinnest so the blocks resemble a staircase.

New Teaching Aid

Giant Dominoes
Contains a double-six set of 28 foam dominoes (each 7"x4"). For 2 or more players, ages 7 and up.

New Games

The Play's the Thing
Game for 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and up. Familiarizes players with the major characters, plots, and quotes from Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet.

Numbers Thumball
Displays the numbers from zero to ten in three ways: numerals, text, and dots. Can be used to teach math concepts, counting, addition, subtraction, etc. For ages 3 and up.

Spelling Beez!
An educational spelling game that presents interesting facts about honeybees while teaching the letters of the alphabet. For 1-4 players, ages 4 to 8.

Chapter & Verse
New Testament version

Bible Mad Gab
Players must solve Bible mad gab puzzles that consist of a set of unrelated words which when red aloud sound like familiar phrases, names, places, etc.

Math Animals
Teaches and reinforces addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills. For 2-4 players, ages 5 and up.

Bible DVD Game
Over 1500 Bible knowledge questions. For 1-4 players, ages 6 and up.

Sum Word Game
Players must correctly guess words by sketching, speaking, or acting out the various parts of the word, such as prefixes, suffixes, root words, and combining forms. For 2-6 teams, ages 13 and up.

Sum Word Game: Bible Edition
Players must correctly guess words by sketching, speaking, or acting out the various parts of the word, such as prefixes, suffixes, root words, and combining forms. For 2-6 teams, ages 13 and up.

VeggieQuest Board Game: The Game of Values and Fun for Everyone
Can be played as a board game or as a match and memory game. For ages 4 and up

Proverbial Wisdom: Bible Edition
Challenges players to sketch a proverb for teammates to guess, choose the correct meaning or origin of a proverb, or guess what proverb a pre-drawn picture represents. 500 proverbs, familiar sayings and expressions are included. Ages 10 and up, 4 to 16 players.

Moneywise Kids
A game for 2 players intended to aid in teaching children, ages 7 and up, about money, making change, budgeting and money management.

Thou Shalt Knot!
Contains 2 sets of Ten Commandment tiles and 1 set of Number Tiles 1-10. Each Commandment is divided into multiple word tiles. Players connect word tiles to recreate a while Commandment. Each completed Commandment earns 1 token. Players can also earn tokens by adding the correct number tile to a Commandment. For 2-4 players, ages 7 and up. Approximate playing time 15 minutes.

Stop 'n Go
Stop ' n Go is a quick action card game that is fun for everyone. Play is driven by hand-eye coordination and quick responses. Players race to be the first to get rid of their cards by matching colors and watching out for special cards: Zap, Pass, Stop N Go. For 2-6 players, ages 4 and up. Approximate playing time 15-30 minutes

Out of Control
Uses logic of a sequencing game and the strategy of traditional rummy. For 2-6 players, ages 8 and up.

New Puppets

These new puppets from Folkmanis are located on the puppet racks in the Teaching Aids area of the CMC.

Cat Stage Puppet
Cat stage puppet, approximately 14" tall



Rabbit Stage Puppet
Rabbit stage puppet, approximately 19" tall, including ears



Fawn Hand Puppet
Fawn hand puppet, approximately 13" long



Crocodile Stage Puppet
Crocodile stage puppet, approximately 15" tall



Scarlet Macaw Hand Puppet
Scarlet macaw hand puppet, approximately 15" long, excluding tail



Chicken Hand Puppet
Chicken hand puppet, approximately 22" tall



Duck Hand Puppet
White duck hand puppet, approximately 11" tall



Piggy Hand Puppet
Pig hand puppet, approximately 9" tall



Dragon Stage Puppet
Dragon stage puppet, approximately 12" tall



Peacock Hand Puppet
Peacock hand puppet, approximately 12" x 12"