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According to Jean Piaget, children develop cognitively and socially through play.

The toy and game lists that we've created below are intended to help you find manipulatives or items to reinforce a particular subject. Through play, children can learn while having fun!

Toys That Teach

- Click on the column heading "Topic or Theme" to sort toy lists alphabetically by topic or theme.
- Click on the column heading "Subject" to sort toy lists alphabetically by subject.

Note: By clicking on the heading twice, you can reverse the sort order. To see our recommended toys and games for a particular topic or theme, click on the topic/theme link.

Icon	Topic or Theme	Subject
	5 Senses	Science
	Addition	Math
	Cats	Science
	Calendars - Time	Math
	Clocks - Time	Math
	Counting	Math
	Division	Math
	Dogs	Science
	Dr. Seuss Games - Prek - Grade 1 Dr. Seuss Games - Elementary	Literacy
	Dr. Seuss Characters - Stuffed Toys	Literacy
	Fractions	Math
	Friendship	Social Studies
	Frogs	Science
	Geography	Social Studies
	Geology	Science
	Geometry	Math
	Habitats	Science
	Health	Health
	Homes and Dwellings	Social Studies
	Human Body	Science
	Inventions	Science
	Inventions	Social Studies
	Ladybugs	Science
	Logic	Math
	Magnets	Science
	Measurement	Math
	Money	Math
	Multiplication	Math
	Native Americans	Social Studies
	Nursery Rhymes	Literacy
	Nutrition	Science
	Penguins	Science
	Pets	Science
	Plants and Flowers	Science
	Pumpkins	Science
	Shapes	Math
	Sharks	Science
	Simple Machines	Science
	Subtraction	Math
	Time - Clocks	Math
	U.S. Flags	Social Studies

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