Spark imaginations with 36 colorful cards, featuring artwork by favorite Barefoot illustrator Miriam Latimer! Kids will delight in piecing together creative stories about dragons, castles, magic potions and more. Includes instructions for more than 30 games designed to teach children basic storytelling and writing skills, with a focus on social-emotional learning.

• Created by an Early Childhood Education Expert: Includes more than 30 games crafted by an education specialist to build social-emotional, literacy, sequencing and problem-solving skills in children ages 3 - 10.
• Social-Emotional Learning: The 8 red character cards each show a person or animal experiencing an emotion for children to identify. Piecing together stories with the cards prompts children to imagine why a character might feel a certain way or how characters might develop friendships and resolve conflicts, preparing them to understand their own emotions and handle social situations with confidence.
• Writers' Workshop: The robust instruction booklet includes directions for activities that help children understand basic story elements, as well as prompts for creative writing activities. The cards themselves are color-coded to indicate characters, objects and settings.
• Handy Deck Format: A smaller version of the format of Barefoot Books' best-selling Mindful Kids and Yoga Pretzels decks, the Magical Castle Build-A-Story Cards' 36 sturdy, versatile cards are designed to withstand travel, frequent solo or group play, and home or classroom use.

• Playful, interactive learning
• Confidence-building feedback
• Provides ample practice time
• Encourages independent learning

• 85 Pre-kindergarten-level lessons in these areas: Letter Recognition, Reading Readiness, Phonics, Sight Words, Punctuation & Grammar, PLUS 15 challenge reading lessons for advanced learners
• The set includes two sturdy spiral-bound books and "Ace"—the Talking, Teaching Dog interactive, electronic Hot Dots pen
• Ace requires 2 AAA batteries (not included)

Start young readers with 26 crucial words as they use this multi-sensory approach to learn to sound out, read, and write these first words.

The write-on/wipe-off surface on each activity allows students to erase work and repeat it over and over.

Read & Write First Words includes 26 write-on/wipe-off activities and 6 multicolored markers.

Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product line—comprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materials—is designed to assist in Unlocking the Potential in Every Child.