Suppliers of educational toys and games

Here is a list of stores that sell educational toys and games that may be helpful as learning resources for homeschoolers. Some are online, some are brick-and-mortar stores, and some are both.

Discounts to Homeschoolers: Always remember to ask if the supplier offers an "educator's discount" and show your OFTP membership card. Let OFTP know what suppliers offer discounts so that we can pass this information along to the membership.

 

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Bear Dance Crafts
Contact: Natalie Weeks
Email: info@ (add beardancecrafts.com to complete the email address)
Website: www.beardancecrafts.com
Home-based business run by a homeschooling family in Kaslo, British Columbia, offering natural toys, natural craft supplies and books. Waldorf dolls, doll-making kits, wooden music makers, wooden toys, games and puzzles, dress-ups and more.

Bongo World
www.bongoworld.com
Email: info@ (add bongoworld.com to complete the email address)
Phone: (613) 296-6252
Online shopping for unique educational toys. OFTP members receive a 10% discount (contact the OFTP website manager for the discount code). Print catalogue also available. Ottawa area shoppers can pickup their orders. You can subscribe to the BongoClub newsletter for exclusive savings and promotions and to get updates on new toys and products.

Brain Waves - Intelligent Toys
www.brainwavestoys.com
3-320 Bayfield St.
Barrie ON L4M 3C1
Phone: 705-722-3310
Science kits, rockets, construction toys, electronic kits, chemistry sets, brain teasers, math games, books, etc. Shop online by age, by price, by category or by manufacturer, or visit the brick-and-mortar store.

Cawwot Games
3 Churchill Cr
Simcoe ON N3Y 4Z4
Phone: 519-426-1384
Fax: 519-426-0949
Email: cawwot@ (add sympatico.ca to complete the email address)
Creators of Balancing Act Challenge™, a board game based on the Canadian government's Canada's Food Guide To Healthy Eating, which organizes nutritional needs into four food groups: grain products, milk products, vegetables & fruit, and meat & meat alternatives. [Note: Because of the dairy group, it will not be suitable for vegans. Those wishing to teach a more inclusive understanding of healthy diets and/or a broader understanding of nutrition will need to supplement the game with information on other diets and additional nutritional needs, as the governmental Food Guide system on which the game is based favours dairy while omitting the importance of water and micronutrients.]
The object of the game is to be the first player to collect the required number of each food group's Serving Cards. Mail, email, or fax your purchase order/request (include courier account for delivery, if applicable). Invoice will be faxed or emailed with an indication of the total owing, including any delivery charges. Payment methods are cheque, money order or cash.

Discovery Toys
www.discoverytoysinc.com
Educational toys sold through consultants. Find the consultant nearest you by entering your postal code on their website.

E.C.E. Supply Ltd
www.ecesupply.com
18 Alliance Blvd
Unit 8 & 9
Barrie Ontario L4M 5A5
Phone: 705-722-5846
Toll-free: 1-800-243-2344
Fax: 705-722-3997
Email: ecesupply@ (add simcoe.net to complete the email address)
—Teaching Resources, Educational Toys and Games, Arts and Craft Supplies. Homeschoolers save 7%.

Family Pastimes
www.familypastimes.com
RR 4
Perth ON K7H 3C6
Phone: (613) 267-4819
Fax: (613) 264-0696
Email: info@ (add familypastimes.com to complete the email address)
—Makers and distributors of cooperative games. Ask your local toy store to carry them or order directly. Ask for a free catalogue.

Fun In A Box Canada
www.FunInABoxCanada.com
2495 W. 8th Ave
Vancouver, BC V6K 2B2
604-782-4345
All Canadian, all fun curriculum. No workbooks.
Meets most Preschool, Kindergarten and Grade one learning outcomes.
Fun-In-A-Box Canada Activity Kits are designed so that children learn through play. Play provides opportunities for children to learn in a context in which they are most receptive. By studying themes, children take isolated facts and place them into meaningful and personally relevant contexts. Each activity addresses different developmental skills. Choose from one day mini-kits, one week activity kits or one month subscription kits.

Fun Times Games
www.funtimesgames.com
—A Canadian company founded by a homeschooling mom that has created a great game for learning multiplication tables.

Games for Fun, Fitness and Learning
www.funfitnesslearning.com
A resource book of games for children between the ages of 7 and 16. Written by Kathi Wyldeck, an Australian homeschooling mom who is also an ESL teacher, the book includes physical and mental games, life skill games, and educational games. On the website there is a pdf file of free sample games from the book so you can check it out before you purchase. The website also provides a free Game of the Week, some Writing Topics of the Week, and Knowledge Quizzes.

The Grand River Toy Company
1-800-567-5600

Maplerose
www.maplerose.ca
265 Baker Street
Nelson BC V1L 4H4
Store Hours Mo-Sat 9.30am-5pm
Phone: (250) 352-5729
E-mail: info@maplerose.ca
24-Hour Fax line: (250) 352-5729
— Sells Waldorf toys, craft and school supplies, including natural toys and dolls, felting wool and needles, and woolens for children and babies. Shop online or at the brick-&-mortar store in Nelson, BC.

Mastermind Educational Technologies Inc.
www.mastermindtoys.com/
465 Milner Ave. Units 4 to 7
Scarborough ON M1B 2K4
TOLL FREE : (888)388-0000
LOCAL: (416)321-8984
FAX: (416) 321-8988
Email: customerservice@ (add mastermindtoys.com to complete the email address)
— Several brick-&-mortar stores in the Greater Toronto Area, plus online shopping. Would not offer a home educator discount when OFTP contacted them.

Teachers' Toys
www.teacherstoys.com
170 McNaughton Ave. W.
Chatham ON N7L 1R4
Bus/Fax: (519) 358-1658
Email: info@ (add teacherstoys.com to complete the email address)
—Teaching aids, educational toys, school supplies.

Whole Child
Box 100
Campbellville ON L0P 1B0,
Phone:1 (800) 387-2888
Fax: (905) 854 2090
—toy catalogue and book catalogue.

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