Get to grips with shapes and colours with this fun pack of flashcards from CGP - spot on for ages 3-5! These cards are perfect for helping children recognise and name common shapes and colours. Each card has a picture of a coloured shape, with the name of the colour and shape written beneath it. We've included some suggestions of games and activities you can play with them too, so the fun never stops!

The Little Explorers series takes children on a journey to teach them more about the world around them. Each title is beautifully illustrated and easy for children to read themselves. Approved by the National Department of Education as a Foundation Phase reader for Grades 1, 2 and 3. Shapes are Everywhere shows children how to find different shapes in the beautiful world around us. What are You Doing? introduces children to the many different ways that children can find the written word. Stop, Look and Listen shows children essential elements of road safety while dodging wild animals in a national park. It’s Time! takes us through all the things that happen in a normal day. Oh No! is the story of poor Dangoes, who has many things to do but falls ill and can’t do them. She gets better, but then it starts to rain! Lele Dreams takes the reader on a fantastical journey to the clouds and the sea.

Award-winning British illustrator Marion Deuchars has returned with a new addition to her popular Let's Make Some Great Art activity book series. Draw, paint and collage all kinds of amazing patterns with Let's Make Some Great Art: Patterns, a jam-packed activity book. Spark your imagination and get creative as you make maze patterns, tessellating patterns, mosaics and even multi-coloured marbling patterns.

Can you help the Very Hungry Caterpillar find all his favourite foods in this magnificent magnet book? Read the story and play with the magnets to bring The Very Hungry Caterpillar's world to life. * Learn your first numbers, shapes and colours * Use your imagination and creativity to help finish the adventure * Read, learn and play all at the same time * Includes 8 chunky magnets, perfect for little hands * Help develop fine motor skills * Can be read and played with again and again What adventures will you go on with the Very Hungry Caterpillar?

Celebrate Easter with this hilarious adventure starring the crayons from the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit! Easter is the perfect time for crayons! They get to learn new shapes and decorate one giant egg together ... but where will they hide it?! Blue Crayon has some ideas... In a book perfect for Easter baskets, this story is sure to make kids - and grown-ups - giggle as they celebrate together!

Preschoolers can help Eva as she visits the farmers' market, the greengrocers and the bakery with her mum to do the shopping in this play set. The set includes a large board book with busy shop scenes full of food and drink items to look for and find. There are 15 sturdy, card play and puzzle pieces, which can either be matched to the spaces on the book pages, or used for independent play. Helps to stimulate imagination and encourage interactive play whilst developing hand-eye coordination skills.

Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Brendan Wenzel's irresistible animal images take the spotlight in this new series of concept board books for young children, based on his award-winning picture book Hello Hello . Say hello to early learning concepts and the wild world of animals! Little ones will learn their shapes with the help of a couple of polar bears, some tree frogs, and a whole host of parrots! More than forty wonderful and endangered creatures from earth, sea, and sky parade across the pages and show the beauty and variety of our planet. A key at the back of the book identifies the animals for even more nature fun. LEARNING SHAPES: An appealing collection of wild animals-such as giraffes, polar bears, and wild cats-introduce young children to the world of shapes. WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION TO ANIMALS: Kids will enjoy discovering the dazzling variety of animals in nature, from tree frogs to polar bears, parrots to chameleons. An answer key at the back identifies the names of each animal in the book. FUN TO READ ALOUD: Simple rhythmic text and funny, appealing pictures make a joyous read-aloud experience for parents and children. NATURE BOOKS FOR KIDS: This new series celebrates the richness of animal life with a gentle underlying message of the importance of saving endangered species and caring for the environment. BELOVED AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR: Brendan Wenzel is a bestselling Caldecott Honor-winning artist and a sought-after speaker at schools and libraries. His books They All Saw a Cat, Hello Hello, and A Stone Sat Still have received multiple starred reviews and state awards and are family and classroom favorites.

Britta Teckentrup, creator of the bestselling The Odd One Out and Where's the Pair returns with another gorgeously illustrated spotting book. In One is Not a Pair, each patterned page contains a set of pairs . . . but one thing does not match any of the others. Can you find it? Where is the broken pencil amongst the matching sets? Which teddy bear does not have an identical twin? Which house is the only completely different one on the street?

Newly revised and updated, Get Ready for School: Second Grade is packed with more than 300 teacher-approved, common-core aligned activities that cover everything from geography and the solar system to writing complete sentences and recognizing measurements. This fun and lively fill-in workbook is a must-have to help your second grader get ready for school. Help the young student in your life prepare for second grade with this friendly, colorful activity book that introduces and reinforces basic skills through entertaining puzzles, quizzes, mazes, and more. Get Ready for School: Second Grade offers a wide variety of curriculum-based topics that will help your child: * Write complete sentences by teaching familiarity with punctuation, plurals, and parts of speech * Understand and master more complex modes of addition and subtraction by teaching students to grasp concepts like place values, skip counting, and regrouping * Recognize measurements including inches, centimeters, feet, and yards * Identify basic geography and natural resources Time-tested and teacher-approved, Get Ready for School: Second Grade will help your child develop a love for learning while enhancing their essential motor and problem-solving skills. Colorful workbook pages combine a sense of fun with a feeling of accomplishment, and parents will love that this binder reflects current academic standards and aligns with the Common Core. Whether it's used during summer break, for extra practice during the school year, or for at home schooling, Get Ready for School: Second Grade is the perfect study aid for every young scholar.

Learn the wonder of different shapes through the art of Josef Albers Squares & Other Shapes uses the vivid artworks of Josef Albers to guide children through a wide range of geometrics, one artwork per page, beginning with squares and returning to them as a familiar refrain throughout. The variations between the vibrant shapes add to the book’s visual richness, and the accompanying text provides a relatable and engaging commentary that will encourage discussion. Josef Albers was a leading pioneer of 20th-century Modernism, best known for his Homages to the Square paintings, and his publication Interaction of Color. Albers was a teacher, a writer, a painter, a theorist, and, in this groundbreaking book, his influential art is used to teach shapes, one of the most important concepts for young children to learn. Each title in this must-own series of artful read-aloud board uses masterpieces by celebrated artists to teach one of the top early-learning concepts for toddlers. Each concept is explored playfully through a curated selection of beautifully reproduced artworks while the accompanying text enriches the experience with witty, conversational commentary and an ‘about the artist’ text. Companion books in this series feature the art of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Ellsworth Kelly, and Alexander Calder.