Alamosa Public Library

Learn Numbers and Colors with Spike and Friends: Counting and colors come easy with the help of Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog® and his fun Fine Motor Friends in this board book adventure’s toddler activities!

Explore and compare measurement with these chunky, colorful tools that are contoured for little hands. A scale, bowl, 3 self-standing spoons and 6 uniquely designed cups help young learners visualize equivalent quantities in different formats. And activity cards introduce children to measurement and guide them in doing experiments like making mystery goo, puffy paint, slime and more.

Hold 100+ words in your hands with the touch-sensitive pages of the 100 words Book, in English or Spanish! Kids have a natural curiosity about the world, and the book provides lots of opportunities for exploration with illustrations and photographs of objects. Six double-sided, interactive pages feature vocabulary about 12 categories of words about colors, foods, activities, opposites, outdoors and more in the 100 Words Book. Explore three play modes...

Dive into early reading with your toddler in the Touch and Teach Sea Turtle interactive story book. A holographic cover, bright colors and light-up buttons draw and hold your little one's attention on eight double-sided book pages. Sea creatures fill this deep-sea story with learning experiences focused on letters, numbers, colors and animals with three learning modes. Press the piano key buttons on each page to hear the names of a variety of sea...

14 lectures that "look at Lewis's life and examine the influences that would help to shape Lewis as a man and as a writer".

Our activity game for families is easy to set up and play, designed for 1 to 4 players, helps children develop hand eye coordination, cognitive skills, and interpersonal skills. This award-winning “teetering, wobbling, shifting, tipping, unbalanced, balance game” is a must-have for family game night, Take turns hanging the notched, rubber-tipped wire pieces from the tabletop stand. With each added piece, the balance shifts and the sculpture transforms....

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu tells the story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's...

"Launchpad Pre-K Academy gives preschool-aged children 5 different paths to explore on their way to kindergarten. Using the Academy can help little learners develop the skills needed to enter their first year of school and inspire them to try new things with confidence. - Build vocabulary - Listen and follow directions - Identify and recite letters - Develop an interest in stories"-- Children will learn phonetic awareness, beginning consonant sounds,...

"STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day. The goal of the Creation & Sound Module is to teach kids how creativity and self-expression apply to identifying and solving problems. Topics in this module include art, sound, color, tempo, rhyming, and literature"-- A game to encourage basic manipulation...

"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills - starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: - Forms 3 to 4 word sentences - Can talk and carry on conversations - Continues to grow vocabulary...