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Watch how this simple activity builds phonics skills fast! 👀 Perfect for the classroom or at-home learning, this multisensory literacy activity keeps little learners engaged from start to finish. 👇 🔁 Flip a CVC card 💥 Pop the Elkonin Box Sensory Bubble Popper while saying the word out loud 🧩 Build it with Lowercase Alphabet Puzzle Pieces ✍️ Write it 🖍️ Draw it 💫 Repeat! Comment a ❤️ for a link the materials used in this activity! #phonics # #classroomactivities #earlyliteracy #handsonlearning #hand2mind

When little ones are feeling ALL the emotions, our Express Your Feelings® Sensory Bottles are here to help. 🩷 Whether they’re feeling sad, impatient, excited, frustrated, or overwhelmed, our sensory bottles provide a visual tool to help children identify and resolve their feelings. 💫 A gentle shake and swirl of the bottle helps release energy and restore calm. 😌 Comment EMOTIONS to check out all 14 Express Your Feelings® Sensory Bottles! #feelings #emotions #toddlers #socialemotionallearning #hand2mind

Get ready for hands-on phonics practice made easy ✨📚 The Advancing Phonics Word Work Small Group Set helps little learners build phonemic awareness and decoding skills through hands-on, interactive play. 🍎 Designed with teachers in mind, this low-prep set keeps small group instruction organized, engaging, and easy to manage! This set includes magnetic activity trays, color-coded grapheme tiles, and write-on/wipe-off mats for students to practice: 🔤 Word building 🧠 Sound matching ✏️ Spelling & segmenting 📖 Blending phonics skills 🌈 and more! Tap the link in our bio to add to your literacy block! 🔗 📸: @latteslashesandlearning

Build strong reading confidence! 📖 Support early readers by teaching them how to track words with FingerFocus® Highlighter Follow-Along Friends. 📚 Pair the adorable bookworm and caterpillar with Guided Phonics + Beyond® Decodable Books for a hands-on, engaging approach to teaching foundational reading skills. 🪱 🐛 Comment BOOKWORM for a link the FingerFocus Highlighters Comment DECODABLE for a link to the Guided Phonics + Beyond® Decodable Books

Vowel teams can be tricky for little ones! 🧠 Lowercase Phonics Chips turn practicing vowel teams into a hands-on, engaging learning experience! 🔤 Lay out the chips to spell a few words, sound out the words slowly, and when students are ready, blend the sounds while picking up each chip with the Magnetic Wand. 🪄 This multisensory approach will have students mastering vowel teams in no time! Tap the link in our bio to shop Lowercase Phonics Chips now! #phonics #vowelteams #vowels #literacyactivity #hand2mind

Calling all elementary school teachers! 📣 Did you know there’s a grant that can award you up to $1,000 to implement project-based learning in your classroom? The Toshiba America Foundation Grant is open now and designed to help you make STEM exciting for your students. hand2mind is here to help with free application resources, guidance aligned to the grant criteria, and grant-aligned products. 🧠 Explore phenomena through hands-on investigation with Investigating Everyday Phenomena Kits 🧑‍💻 Design, test, and refine solutions with Coding & Robotics Task Cards 💫 Solve problems using real-world challenges with STEM Bins® We make it easy for you to apply with simple resources on our website! Comment GRANT for the link to download the resources! #grant #elementaryschool #teachers #STEM #hand2mind

CLOSED - Congratulations to our winners @lovelyninadesigns and Sara Cwiertniewicz! 🥳 Thank you to everyone who entered - stay tuned for more giveaways coming soon! 🎉Giveaway! 🎉 We’re closing out Teacher Appreciation Week with a Teachers Choice Giveaway! This week, you voted in our Instagram Stories for your favorite products, and we’ve bundled your top picks for ONE lucky winner to receive! Here’s how to enter: ❤️ Like this post ✏️ Follow @hand2mindinc 🍎 Tag your teacher besties in the comments Open to US residents only until Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 at 11:59 pm CDT. The winners will be chosen at random and contacted on Thursday, May 14th, 2026. Per Instagram rules, this promotion is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram. By entering, entrants confirm that they are 18+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram’s terms of use. ⚠️ Reminder! This is our only account on Instagram. All other accounts pretending to be us are fake and should be reported and blocked immediately. We will never ask for your credit card information and will only contact you from this account. ⚠️

Compare numbers with the lovable monster, Blockzee! 💚 🔢 Watch her eyes, arms, and mouth move as little learners place Numberblocks in her buckets. 👀 Students will have so much number fun learning greater than, less than, and equal to with the @Numberblocks crew! Count, compare, and add with the 10 included activity cards and dry-erase marker. Blockzee is ready to demonstrate lots of Number Magic! ✨ Comment BLOCKZEE for the link to shop now! #Numberblocks #Numberblockstoys #earlymath #educationaltoys #hand2mind

Let's hear it for the teachers who make learning magic happen every single day ✨🍎📚 From hands-on lessons to the "Ah-ha!" moments, teachers do it all — and Teacher Appreciation Week is all about celebrating YOU! 💛 Thank you for inspiring curiosity, building confidence, and bringing hand2mind into the classroom for hands-on learning with your students. We see the creativity, energy, patience, and heart you pour into your students every day. 🙌 Tag a teacher who deserves a standing ovation this week! 🎉 📸: @mrs.wynn.2.3 @chuongclassroom @lessonplansandvans @inspiring_minds_and_hearts

Add a splash of color to time-telling lessons! 🌈 Students will master reading analog clocks with our NEW Rainbow Geared Mini Clocks! 🌟 As children spin the clock hands, they will see that the hands move together, helping them understand difficult concepts like hours, minutes, and time intervals. ⏰ Comment CLOCK for a link to shop now! #clocks #rainbow #learningtools #teachingaids #hand2mind

CLOSED - Congratulations to all of the winners! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who entered - stay tuned for more giveaways coming soon! 🎁 Giveaway! 🎁 Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! ✏️ 🍎 To show our appreciation, we’re giving away 25 Teacher Care Packages! The lucky winners will receive a $15 Starbucks gift card and hand2mind goodies for their classroom! 🎁 Here’s how to enter: ❤️ Like this post ✨ Follow @hand2mindinc 💬 Tell us your favorite hand2mind product is in the comments Open to US residents only until Thursday, May 7th, 2026 at 11:59 pm CDT. The winners will be chosen at random and contacted on Friday, May 8th, 2026. Per Instagram rules, this promotion is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram. By entering, entrants confirm that they are 18+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram’s terms of use. ⚠️ Reminder! This is our only account on Instagram. All other accounts pretending to be us are fake and should be reported and blocked immediately. We will never ask for your credit card information and will only contact you from this account. ⚠️

Introduce numerous key math concepts with colorful Cuisenaire® Rods! 🌈 From fact families to addition and subtraction, this hands-on learning tool helps students connect abstract ideas into something they can see and touch. 👀 👈 With 10 colors representing lengths from 1 to 10 centimeters, Cuisenaire® Rods are also a powerful manipulative for learning measurement! 💫 Tap the link in our bio to shop now! #earlymath #addition #counting #teachersofinstagram #hand2mind