Fun while learning the ABCs is the name of the game when your students spin the Alphabet Spinners! Have students give a spinner a twirl and say the letter the arrow lands on, practice phonics, or printing or handwriting the letter. Develop your students' linguistic skills with fun language exercises. Have students brainstorm words, nouns, verbs, or adjectives that start with the selected letter. Students can spin a letter to write terrific tongue twisters! Students spin both spinners to create word combinations. Students can play alone, quiz a partner, or hold a "Showdown at ABC Corral." Learning the alphabet has never been so much fun! Also great for ESL and foreign language learning. Combo includes eight spinners.

Each side has a picture and title for: Setting, topic, character, beginning, middle, end. Great for prewriting or examining any story’s elements. Squishably soft and quiet-to-roll foam cube measures 3 inches. Class Set of 8 cubes.

Primary teachers rejoice! You've asked for more Kagan Structures, just for your little ones. You've asked for more of Melissa's engaging, ready-to-use primary activities. We heard your call and answered with Book 2. This sequel to the instant success, Cooperative Learning for Primary, gives you even more ways to engage those little minds and bodies. Structures include: StandUp–HandUp–PairUp, Rotating Lines, Fan-N-Pick, Jot Thoughts, Showdown, and RallyCoach. Loaded with ideas and activities for each structure. Plus, in this second book, you'll find even more management tips for keeping your little ones on track and yearning to learn. 408 pages.

A story about a boy, a bear, and their adventures. Give your children a chance to experience this delightful picture book. A little love, freedom, and friendship unlock a world of joyful experiences from spaceship rides to swimming with the whales. 32 pages.

Here are six more Kagan Structures you can use to engage your little ones: Fan-N-Pick, Jot Thoughts, RallyCoach, Showdown, StandUp–HandUp–PairUp, and Traveling Pair Share.These are the same structures featured in the book, Cooperative Learning for Primary, Book 2. These six structures are teacher tested and approved for primary classes. They are simple to use and work well for youngsters with limited reading and writing skills. Each colorful 17" x 22" poster illustrates the steps of the structure with simple stick-figure drawings. Display these cute posters for your students as you teach them these structures and as you lead you them every day through these full engagement structures.

This poster set was designed specifically for kindergarten to second grade teachers. The set includes six Kagan Structures featured in the popular book, Cooperative Learning for Primary. The six structures are: Find Someone Who, Formations, Mix-Freeze-Group, Numbered Heads Together, Primary Interview, and Turn Toss. Each colorful 17" x 22" poster illustrates the steps of the structures using simple stick-figure drawings. What a great tool to keep you and your little ones on the right track!

Your primary class is buzzing with enthusiasm as students work in pairs on opposite sides of a barrier to create a "match." In Gumball Wizard, one partner arranges coins in specific places on a gumball machine game board. Then, she describes her arrangement: "I have a penny in the top left." Her partner must find the 1¢ equivalent gamepiece and place it in the top left of his game board. Through verbalizing the content, partners master primary Common Core vocabulary and skills. There are 30 games in all covering key content such as: sight words, numbers, letters, blends, community helpers, time, money, weather, the solar system, and many more. 240 pages.

Students move about the room trading Mix-N-Match cards until you call "Freeze." Then they find the partner with the matching card. Mix-N-Match is played over and over. An exciting and involving way to learn language arts content and have fun. Includes instructions, ideas for use, and enough cards for 40 students.

This class set is designed to help you manage your little ones as they work in teams. Ten double-sided mats are included, enough for every team in the class. Each team places a mat in the center of the team table or between them on the carpet. Pick which side you want to use with your students. One side is the Number Mat that has all the bells and whistles. With this side, each student has a unique number and a unique color so you can easily select one student on the team to start by number or color. Everyone is assigned an A or B so when they pair up, you can say, "Partner A, please share with Partner B." Students have either a square or circle around their number so squares can pair up with circles. The mat also indicates Shoulder Partners and Face Partners, making it easy for students to know who to pair up with. The Animal Mat is on the other side. Use this simplified mat with your youngest children. There's a cute dog or cat so you can have cats pair up with a dog next to them or across from them. Each student has a unique color so you can select students by color. The colors match the other side so students can keep their colors when they are ready to graduate to the Number Mat. One glance down at their mats and your little ones know exactly who needs to do what.

Sitting and keeping focused for lengths of time can be a challenge for little ones. Don’t despair, Quiz-Quiz-Trade is here. You can create amazing learning while students are up and interacting with classmates. Each student receives a quiz card. For example, with the Shape Safari set, one student receives a triangle card. She pairs up with another student and asks the question: “What shape is this?” After her partner answers, she asks: “How many sides does it have?” After the partner answers, she asks: “How many vertices does it have?” After students quiz each other both ways, they trade cards and find a new partner to quiz. The repetition makes the content stick. The interaction makes the activity fun for all. Book includes 15 different sets on need-to-know primary math content including: adding, counting, measuring, shapes, fact families, fractions, double digits, graphing, and more. 272 pages.

Help your little ones acquire the basic skills they need to read using Quiz-Quiz-Trade. This interactive structure has students quizzing each other on a range of early reading skills. Students each receive a quiz card to quiz a partner. In the Syllables set, students clap or tap out the number of syllables they hear when they say the name of the item pictured on the card: al-li-ga-tor. Four syllables! There are sets for sounding out beginning sounds, middle sounds, and ending sounds. There’s a set on building CVC words. There’s a set for blending the sounds of the letters to read words: sh-ar-k. Using these 15 sets, students progress from simple skills to reading simple sentences to combining simple sentences.

Shake it up baby! Play the most energizing top hits from the 60's to motivate any group. You'll find all your favorites including: The Twist, Louie Louie, Shakin' All Over, Wooly Bully. All music is by the original artists. Kagan has compiled 33 best tunes from this era guaranteed to raise your classroom or training roof! Hits Include: Twist & Shout,My Boyfriend's Back, He's So Fine, Little Darlin'