Sparking Interest in STEAM through Early Childhood Development

For ages 0-24 months

Developed especially for infants and toddlers, Panda Crate is grounded in the science of early childhood development, made helpful, practical, and convenient for caregivers.

Each crate includes age- and stage-specific products designed by early childhood

development experts to help babies learn by doing what they do best - playing &

exploring their world! We also include a guide with activity cards to provide you

with the most effective strategies and helpful tips to promote healthy childhood

development.

Each crate includes

• 4-6 stage-specific products
• 1 in-depth grown-up guide
• 6–10 developmental skills

Example crates include

• Bond with Me - Help newborns build their core strength with a tummy time mirror and "read" black and white cards with baby to support their visual development. Developmental topics: parent-child bonding, recognizing baby cues, visual development

• Count with Me - Playful, baby-led experiments that explore math concepts and shape recognition with stacking cups, shape puzzles, counting cards & cylinder blocks. Developmental topics: Number sense, shape & size recognition, and volume

• Explore with Me - Explore with your little one to help develop spatial awareness skills through a bead maze, fabric tissues and a box, plus a coin box puzzle. Developmental topics: problem solving, object permanence, and spatial awareness
• Let's Move - Move with your toddler and help them develop motor skills with a water cycle bath toy, peekaboo pull bus, and rainbow balls. Developmental topics: cause & effect, motor skills, balance and coordination

For ages 2-4 years

Koala Crate celebrates kids’ natural creativity and curiosity while encouraging age-appropriate interaction. Each crate includes all the materials and inspiration for projects related to a theme such as music, garden, and cityscapes.

Koala Crate encourages play based learning for kids between the ages of 2 and 4 and includes science activities, arts and crafts, imaginative play and more. With activities designed to help kids discover, explore, and create things in the world around them, Koala Crate brings hands-on fun right to you.

Each crate includes

• 2-4 topic-specific activities
• All the supplies and guidance to do each activity
• Imagine!, a bonus play & learn magazine with additional activities and puzzles

Example Crates include:

Glowing Nature - Create a mushroom that glows in the dark and a firefly sock puppet that can light up at night. Then, try to get a jellyfish to wiggle in a fun moving game!

Ocean Games - Make a splash with science and math! Use a fishing pole to catch all sorts of felt sea creatures, practice sorting them by size, color, and critter type, then create a colorful pair of mosaic marine animals while practicing your color-matching skills.

Starry Night - Shoot for the stars with this starry night-themed crate! Build, design, paint your very own glow-in-the-dark moon, and learn about craters! Play a meteor toss game, then create a galaxy-in-a-bottle - perfect for stargazing indoors!

To learn more about how these early development focused crates may be a good fit for your program, reach out to our educational account managers for more information.