Multicultural paper and art supplies for your students

You may be surprised to find out that children seek out their individual identity as young as pre-school to early elementary school ages. Children understand the concept of being validated or considered to be normal at an early age. Physiologists have shown that activities such as in class art projects are the best ways to instill a sense of self validation in your students.

Today’s daycares, elementary schools, and after school programs are highly diverse and include different ethnicities and cultures. Due to the diverse ethnicites basic black, brown, white and tan colored art supplies, such as construction paper or crayons, are no longer able to encompass each individual child. In classrooms children are taught to work with the supplies made available for them.

A very popular beginning of the school year activity is to have students create look alike body forms to help introduce themselves. A child may find this project difficult if the color they believe represents their skin tone is not available. This can make a student frustrated and confused as to why what they look like is not available or considered normal enough to be available. To prevent these identity issues at an early age we are thrilled to offer our Multicultural Construction Paper in two convenient sizes.

For every day coloring activities we also would like to introduce our Multicultural Crayon packs. We offer larger crayons for artists with little hands as well as normal sized crayons for our advanced doodlers. We have expanded our Multicultural line to include additional art supplies such as colored pencils and paint. These supplies are great to have on hand for classrooms, art programs, and day care facilities.

“A school needs to be a place for all children, not based on the idea that they are all the same, but that they are all different”

-Loris Malaguzzi

Decorating for the Holidays

Christmas is quickly approaching and the decorating has begun. No kid can resist the reds and greens of the Christmas season! Get them excited for the holidays with one of our Christmas Bulletin Board Sets. Whether you want to create a winter wonderland, complete with snowflakes and snowmen, or you want to show your kids the joy of Christmas with the Peanuts gang, we have a set for you! Our wide selection of Bulletin Board Sets contains a perfect set for every classroom!

Help put your students in the holiday spirit this winter with these holiday decorations.

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Help Kids Recognize Patterns

In addition to making sure that your children are able to use patterns books, it's also a good idea to pick up some fun games that help them learn how a pattern works. For example, many games use fun shapes, like large paper clips, monkeys or blocks to encourage children to group like colors and shapes together. Stickers are another way to help them see similar patterns between shapes, and these can even be used inside of their books, as well. Pattern comprehension games get more complicated as you go up in grade level, so make sure you are checking the age group on the one that you're interested in.

The patterns books that we offer are geared towards children who are in elementary school. They start at an easy to comprehend level that's perfect for kindergarteners, and they slowly progress in difficulty so that they are suitable for older students, up to the fourth grade. We're sure that you'll be able to find a book set that's perfect for your classroom's needs. You may even want to have your children practice making their own patterns that they can exchange with each other, so make sure you check out some of the cut out templates we offer, too!