Helen Plum Library

"This round world map jigsaw puzzle will develop kids imagination and creativity. Play an exciting geography game and learn the world with this fun, interactive puzzle! The jigsaw puzzle comes with a 1:1 scale guide, which will help kids learn the Continents and oceans from novice to intermediate levels."-- Publisher's website

"This engaging puzzle shows twelve different facial expressions and body movements that show emotions . It not only lends an added layer of fun to the puzzle solving activity but also assists in teaching childen about different emotion. It's a nice tool to develop social and emotional skills, and enhance memory.

"Kids journey through a magical forest and visit an enchanted island—mastering letters and numbers at every turn! Players just pop the die to move around the game board…counting from 1-20 and identifying letters as they race to collect the most gems." The game board is double-sided with the alphabet for letter learning on one side and numbers for counting on the other. Popper sits in the middle of the board that flips over for 2 games in one

"It's time to learn, and you're it! Kids can search for their furry forest friends (and learn plenty of skill-building lessons along the way) with the Hide & Seek Learning Tree House. Shaped like a big leafy tree, this engaging educational activity set helps kids build fundamental abilities including fine motor skills, number, color, and shape recognition, and matching and sorting skills. Play games of hide and seek with the five friendly animal stickers...

"Wash the car and earn $1.30, but forget your homework and lose a turn! In this fast-paced game, players race around the colorful board doing chores and collecting an allowance, then spend their earnings on the things they want."-- Publisher's website Two to four players move around the game board to the roll of the dice as they land on spaces which direct them to spend, earn or receive money. First player who earns $20 wins the game

A must have for beginners. A wonderful way to introduce the game of chess to the novice in your life. The generously sized chessmen and board make learning a snap. You're never too young (or old) to learn how to play the beloved game of chess. In an age that seems convinced high Tech is always better, it's nice to see such an intelligently low-tech approach to teaching the world's greatest board game. This is simply a standard plastic Staunton-style...

The "I Can Be" ABC floor puzzle is a 48-piece jigsaw puzzle that is designed to help kids from various cultural backgrounds dream about what they can be when they get older, while learning their ABCs

This puzzle illustrates the component parts of a tree. The knob on each piece makes it easy to hold and the puzzle can be used with many activities such as tracing. Develops motor and visual skills

"Engaging play! Run the train up the bridge, maneuver the engine under the bridge, Pick up passengers at the train station, and stop at the railroad crossing! Featuring 3 destinations: Long 8" Bridge, Train Station, & Railroad Crossing"-- Publisher's website