Category Archives: Featured activity kit

Featured Activity Kit – Pretend & Play Tape Measure

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Myrna Scully-Ashton

Find out if you measure up with the our featured activity kit, the Pretend & Play Tape Measure. The tape measure has a large plastic handle for easy use by small hands, and features measurements in inches and centimetres to … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Igneous Rock Collection

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Elizabeth V. Boyles

Learning about earth science can be a real blast when the lesson involves this Igneous Rock Collection. This activity kit includes a storage tray containing large pieces of 12 kinds of igneous rock: scoria, pumice, gabbro, tuff, rhyolite, diorite, granite, … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Motors and Generators

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Cassidy Foxcroft

Ever wondered how electricity is generated? Want to understand how motors work? Interested in building your own hand-crank motor? The Motors & Generators activity kit by Thames & Kosmos contains 25 different experiments to help children learn how simple electric … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: The Kids’ Book of Chess and Chess Set

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Lily Yuxi Ren

Originating in India in the 6th century AD, the game of chess has developed and taken many variants. Through this fun and interactive Kids’ Book of Chess and Chess Set, kids can learn about the history of chess and the … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: The human eye model

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Marcos Armstrong

Have a closer look at what’s inside the human eye. The Human Eye Model is about 5 times life-size for hands-on exploration. It can be disassembled into 6 hand-painted parts: upper and lower half of the sclera, both choroids with … Continue reading →

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