The early learning and exploration activity kits from the Early Intervention Clearinghouse are designed to support young children’s development through shared, hands-on experiences. Each kit includes a combination of books, flashcards, DVDs, and/or engaging games that introduce early literacy and learning concepts in fun, accessible ways. These kits help strengthen adult–child interactions by building language, curiosity, and connection through everyday moments of play and discovery. Use the arrows in each section to browse and view all available kits.
Please note: There is a limit of one kit per patron at a time. Additional kits may be requested once a kit has been returned.
1. Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein
2. If You’re Happy and You Know It by Anna McQuinn
3. Ooey Gooey Tooey: 140 Exciting Hands-On Activity Ideas for Young Children by Lisa Murphy
4. Art Across the Alphabet: Over 100 Art Experiences that Enrich Early Literacy by Kelly Justus Campbell
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. Help Me Thrive While I’m Five: Making Connections With Your Five Year Old Flashcards by Redleaf Press
7. Learning Puzzles: Rhyming by Scholastic
1. Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
2. The More We Get Together by Celeste Cortright
3. You, Me, and the ABCs by Michael J Rosen
4. Baby Read-Aloud Basics by Caroline J Blakemore
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. Naturally Developing Young Brains: Supporting
Brain Development for 3-5 Year Olds Through
Natural Environments Flashcards by Redleaf Press
7. Learning Puzzles: Rhyming by Scholastic
1. Find the Duck by Stephen Cartwright
2. The Wheels on the Bus by Melanie Williamson
3. Hands-On Art: More Than 100 Delightful, Skill-Building Ideas and Activities for Early Learners by Dr. Jean Feldman
4. Art Activities A to Z by Joanne Matricardi and Jeanne McLarty
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. More to Do While I’m Two: Making Connections with Two-Year Olds Flashcards by Redleaf Press
7. Quiet Cubes Learning Games: Alphabet by Scholastic
1. 1,2,3 By the Sea: A counting book by Dianne Moritz
2. A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea by Jessica Law
3. Science & Math: More than 100 Delightful, Skill-Building Ideas and Activities for Early Learning by Dr. Jean Feldman
4. Big Book of Play and Find Out Science Projects: Easy Activities for Young Children by Janice VanCleave
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. Transitions with Infants and Toddlers: 40 Fun and Loving Transition Activities with Brain Development in Mind Flashcards by Redleaf Press
7. Quiet Cubes Learning Games: Alphabet by Scholastic
1. My First Numbers by Stephen Barker
2. Outdoor Opposites by Brenda Williams
3. Super Science: Bring out the scientist in every child! by HighReach Learning
4. Building Brains: 600 Activity Ideas for Young Children by Suzanee R. Gellens
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. More to Do While I’m Two: Making Connections with Two-Year Olds Flashcards by Redleaf Press
7. Quiet Cubes Learning Games: Alphabet by Scholastic
1. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
2. Dogs, Dogs! by Michelle Nelson-Schmidt
3. Bingo Lingo: Supporting Literacy with Songs and Rhymes by Helen MacGregor
4. I’m Ready: How to Prepare Your Child for Reading Success by Janice Greenberg & Elaine Weitzman
5. A Parent’s Guide to Reading Readiness: For Parents of Children Ages 3-5 by Nemours BrightStart!
6. Learning Puzzles: Rhyming by Scholastic
1.Cats, Cats! by Michelle Nelson-Schmidt
2. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
3. Sounds Like Fun: Activities for Developing Phonological Awareness (Revised Edition) by Cecile Cyrul Spector
4. Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to 5 by V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, Nell K. Duke, & Annie M. Moses
5. A Parent’s Guide to Reading Readiness: For Parents of Children Ages 3-5 by Nemours BrightStart!
6. Five Ways of Looking: Vocabulary Building Cards, Web Boards, and Activities by Kristen Wixted
1. Dogs, Dogs! by Michelle Nelson-Schmidt
2. Maisy’s Bedtime by Lucy Cousins
3. Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing, and Other Literacy Skills From Birth to 5 by V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, Nell K. Duke, & Annie M. Moses
4. A Parent’s Guide to Reading Readiness: For Parents of Children Ages 3-5 by Nemours BrightStart!
5. Book Smart: How to Develop and Support Successful, Motivated Readers by Anne E. Cunningham & Jamie Zibulsky
6. The Early Literacy Kit: A Handbook and Tip Cards by Betsy Diamant-Cohen & Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting
1. End of the Rainbow Fruit Salad by Eluka Moore, Larry Puzniak, & Marianne Welsh
2. Mary Clare Likes to Share by Joy Hulme
3. Math in Minutes: Easy Activities for Children Ages 4-8 by Sharon MacDonald
4. Preschool Math by Bob Williams, Debra Cunningham, and Joy Lubawy
5. Spotlight on Young Children and Math by Derry Koralek
6. Cut-Out Numeral and Counters by Montessori Outlet
1. Garden Safari Vegetable Soupd by Eluka Moore, Larry Puzniak, & Marianne Welsh
2. How Many? A Counting Book / Cuantos hay? Un libro para contar by D.J. Panec
3. Math Activities A to Z by Joanne Matricardi & Jeanne McLarty
4. Learn Every Day About Numbers by Kathy Charner
5. Spotlight on Young Children and Math by Derry Koralek
6. Sandpaper Numerals by Montessori Outlet
1. Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet
2. 50 Fantastic Things to Do With Babies by Sally & Phill Featherstone
3. Creative Play for Your Baby by Christopher Clouder & Janni Nichol
4. Everyday Early Learning: Easy and Fun Activities and Toys Made From Stuff You Can Find Around the House by Jeff Johnson
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. Let’s Learn More While I’m Four Flashcards by Redleaf Press
7. Pretend Play Toy Food Set
1. Press Here by Herve Tullet
2. Make Play Rock: Plan for People Play by Fern Sussman & Elaine Weitzman
3. Begin With a Blanket: Creative Play for Infants by Rachel Coley
4. Everyday Early Learning: Easy and Fun Activities and Toys Made From Stuff You Can Find Around the House by Jeff Johnson
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. Let’s Learn More While I’m Four Flashcards by Redleaf Press
7. Pretend Play Toy Food Set
1. Cook It! / A Cocinar! by Georgie Birkett
2. You Choose by Nick Sharratt & Pippa Goodhart
3. Exploring Play by Holly Bohart, Kathy Charner, & Derry Koralek
4. Rainy Day Fun by Jean Warren
5. Move Like the Animals (CD & Booklet) by Stephen Rosenholtz
6. Pretend Play Toy Food Set
1. What’s Up, Baby? by Kathleen Rizzi
2. Let’s Talk A-Z by Carolyn Barrick-Rodgers
3. Birth to 6 Months: Rattle Time, Face to Face, and Many Other Activities for Infants by Judy Herr & Terri Swim
4. The Complete Resource Book for Infants by Pam Schiller
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. Visual Stimulus Cards (0-3 Months & 3-6 Months) by SpriteGru
7. Rock-A-Stack Toy by Fischer-Price
1. Babies on the Go! by Debby Slier
2. How Does Your Brain Work? by Don Curry
3. 13 to 24 Months: Sorting Shapes, Show Me, and Many Other Activities for Toddlers by Judy Herr & Terri Swim
4. Everyday Early Learning: Easy and Fun Activities and Toys Made From Stuff You Can Find Around the House by Jeff Johnson
5. Quick Reference Guides for Early Childhood Best Practices (Selected Guides) by Kathy Reschke
6. Visual Stimulus Cards (6-12 Months & 12-36 Months) by SpriteGru
7. Rock-A-Stack Toy by Fischer-Price
1. Baby Says by John Steptoe
2. Big Box for Ben by Deborah Bruss
3. Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child’s Natural Abilities-From the Very Start by Magda Gerber
4. You are Your Child’s First Teacher: Encouraging Your Child’s Natural Development from Birth to Age Six by Rahima Baldwin Dancy
5. My First Year: Making Connections with Infants Flashcards by Redleaf Press
6. Stack & Count Cups Toy by The First Years
1. Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora
2. Red Socks by Ellen Maye
3. Understanding Your One-Year-Old by Sarah Gustavus Jones
4. Baby 411: Clear Answers and Smart Advice for Your Baby’s First Year by Dr. Ari Brown & Denise Fields
5. My First Year: Making Connections with InfantsFlashcards by Redleaf Press
6. Stack & Count Cups Toy by The First Years
1. The Loud Book by Deborah Underwood
2. Grow it! / ¡A sembrar! by Georgie Birkett
3. Playing Outdoors in the Early Years by Ros Garrick
4. Let’s Take it Outside! Teacher-Created Activities for Outdoor Learning by Kathy Charner, Mary Rein, & Brittany Roberts
5. Animal Playground: Playful Tracks from Around the World CD by Putumayo World Music
1. One Love: Based on the Song by Bob Marley by Cedella Marley
2. The Usborne Outdoor Book: Inspiring Ideas for Discovery and Exploring Outdoors by Alice James & Emily Bone
3. Let’s Take it Outside! Teacher-Created Activities for Outdoor Learning by Kathy Charner, Mary Rein, & Brittany Roberts
4. The Great Outdoors: Advocating for Natural Spaces for Young Children by Mary S. Rivkin
5. Celtic Dreamland CD by Putumayo World Music
1. My Baby Can Talk – Sharing Signs by J.K. Waidhofer
2. Let’s Eat! by Tina Jo Breindel
3. Baby Signing Essentials: Easy Sign Language for Every Age and Stage by Nancy Cadjan
4. Baby’s Favorite Rhymes to Sign: Sing and Sign the Classics with Your Baby . . . Before Your Baby Can Talk! by Penny Warner
5. Sign Language Cards for Infants and Toddlers by RedLeaf Press
6. Sign Language Cards for Preschoolers by RedLeaf Press
1. Baby Chat by Laura Blum
2. Baby’s Feelings Book by Laura Blum
3. Alphabet in English & Sign by Laura Blum
4. The Finger Alphabet by S. Harold Collins
5. Teach Your Baby to Sign: An Illustrated Guide to Simple Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers by Monica Beyer
6. My Baby Can Talk: Exploring Signs (DVD) by Baby Hands Production
1. Fruits & Vegetables by Laura Blum
2. Dog Days by Laura Blum
3. Colorful Ocean by Laura Blum
4. An Alphabet of Animal Signs by S. Harold Collins
5. Baby Signing Essentials: Easy Sign Language for Every Age and Stage by Nancy Cadjan
6. My Baby Can Talk: Sharing Signs (DVD) by Baby Hands Production
1. Wonderful Woods by Laura Blum
2. Sweet Baby by Laura Blum
3. Baby’s Imagination by Benjamin Davis
4. Songs in Sign by S. Harold Collins
5. Simple Signing with Young Children by Carol Gaboden Murray
6. Baby Sign Language: Beginner Signs (DVD) by SelectMedia Entertainment
1. How many snails?: a counting book by Paul Giganti, Jr.
2. Each orange had 8 slices: a counting book by Paul Giganti, Jr.
3. Rooster’s off to see the world by Eric Carle
4. Counting crocodiles by Judy Sierra
5. One duck stuck by Phyllis Root
1. Splash! by Ann Jonas
2. The mitten: a Ukrainian folktale by Jan Brett
3. Over in the meadow by John Langstaff
4. One gorilla: a counting book by Atsuko Morozumi
1. Ten in the bed by Penny Dale
2. Hippos go berserk! by Sandra Boynton
3. 1, 2, 3 to the zoo: a counting book by Eric Carle
4. Count and see by Tana Hoban
5. One is a snail, ten is a crab: a counting by feet book by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
1. Bear in a square by Stella Blackstone
2. Cubes, cones, cylinders & spheres by Tana Hoban
3. When a line bends–a shape begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene
4. Color farm by Lois Ehlert
5. The greedy triangle by Marilyn Burns
1. Apples by Gail Gibbons
2. The napping house by Audrey Wood
3. If you give a mouse a cookie by Laura Numeroff
4. If you give a pig a pancake by Laura Numeroff
1. Mouse count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
2. Anno’s counting book by Mitsumasa Anno
3. Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
4. I went walking by Sue Williams
5. From head to toe by Eric Carle
1. Capacity by Henry Pluckrose
2. The grapes of math: mind stretching math riddles by Greg Tang
3. More, fewer, less by Tana Hoban
4. Math curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
1. We Can Be Problem Solvers! At Home by Meghan von der Embse, Rochelle Lentini, Rachel Anderson, Anne Wimmer, & Sarah Payton
2. I Just Don’t Like the Sound of NO! by Julia Cook
3. Sorry! by Trudy Ludwig
4. You Can’t Come to My Birthday Party: Conflict Resolution With Young Children by Betsy Evans
5. Relaxation Thermometer by The Pyramid Model Consortium
6. How I Feel and Solutions Flashcards by The Pyramid Model Consortium
1. Lots of Feelings by Shelley Rotner
2. Games and Activities for Exploring Feelings with Children: Giving Children the Confidence to Navigate Emotions and Friendships by Vanessa Rogers
3. Is This a Phase?: Child Development & Parent Strategies from Birth to 6 Years by Helen F. Neville
4. Infant and Toddler Social-Emotional Milestones by The Pyramid Model Consortium
5. Feelings Flashcards by The Pyramid Model Consortium
6. Bingo Game by The Pyramid Model Consortium
1. Mealtime by Elizabeth Verdick
2. Show Jo How to Make a Sandwich by Charlie Buckley
3. Sign about Meal Time by Anthony Lewis
4. Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
5. Toddler Café by Jennifer Carden
6. Signing Time: Time to Eat Vol. 12 (DVD) by Baby Signing Time
7. A Place of Our Own: Health and Nutrition (DVD) by Early Childhood Solutions
8. Apples and Bananas Songs for Healthy Families (CD) by Music for Little People
1. Listening Time by Elizabeth Verdick
2. The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
3. All About Child Care and Early Education: A Comprehensive Resource for Child Care Professionals by Marilyn Segal, Betty Bardige, Mary Jean Woika, & Jesse Leinfelder
4. Winning Ways: Understanding Toddlers & Twos by Gigi Schweikert
5. “I Want All the Turns!”: Supporting Children in Resolving Problems and Conflicts by HighScope Press
6. Transitions with Preschoolers: 40 Fun and Loving Transition Activities with Brain Development in Mind Flashcards by RedLeaf Press
1. Hands Are Not for Hitting / Las Manos No Son para Pegar by Martine Agassi
2. Cool Down and Work Together Through Anger / Cálmate y Supera la Ira by Cheri J. Meiners
3. Difficult Behaviors in Early Childhood: Positive Discipline for PreK-3 Classrooms and Beyond by Ronald Mah
4. Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood: A Teacher’s Guide by Dawn M. Denno, Victoria Carr, & Susan Hart Bel
5. When Nothing Else Works: What Early Childhood Professionals Can Do to Reduce Challenging Behaviors by William DeMeo
6. Sand Timer Set by Lakeshore
1. Smiling: Heart Meditations with Lisa & Ted (and Bingo) by Lisa Spillane
2. A Journey in the Moon Balloon: When Images Speak Louder than Words by Joan Drescher
3. Living Like a Child: Learn, Live, and Teach Creatively by Enrique C. Feldman
4. Social Emotional Tools for Life: An Early Childhood Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Strong Emotional Foundations and Successful Social Relationships by TMichelle M. Forrester & Kay M. Albrecht
5. My Calm Place: Yoga, Mindfulness, & Meditation Strategies for Children Flashcards by Barbara Neiman & Sheila Lewis
This set of seven board books provides a fun, convenient way to model early language skills, providing developmental skill progression and engaging artwork.