Imaginary Play & Role Play

Imagination is one of the best teachers. When students role-play and let their imaginations run free, they learn a whole host of valuable skills, such as communication, problem-solving and social, emotional and physical skills. Whether they're pretending to play house, run a grocery store or explore a new land, students can flex their creative muscles and support their success in many academic areas.
To help them get there, Kurtz Bros offers a wide range of early learning toys for sale online, including props, figures, puppets and play sets.

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Imaginary Play & Role Play

Big Feelings Pineapple Deluxe Set

The Big Feelings Pineapple Deluxe Set is a fun and engaging social-emotional learning (SEL) toy designed to help preschoolers explore and understand their emotions.

Web Retail Price: $22.73 / Set.
List Price: $30.30 / Set.

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Big Feelings Pineapple

The Big Feelings Pineapple is an engaging preschool toy designed to help young children develop social-emotional learning (SEL) skills.

Web Retail Price: $13.80 / Ea.
List Price: $18.40 / Ea.

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ABC Party Cupcake Toppers

The ABC Party Cupcake Toppers set makes learning the alphabet fun and engaging! This set includes six pretend cupcakes with 52 letter and picture toppers, perfect for teaching beginning sounds, building vocabulary, and recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters.

Web Retail Price: $24.90 / Set.
List Price: $33.20 / Set.

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Touch and Match Board

The Touch and Match Board is an engaging sensory tool designed to help children develop sensory, motor, language, and reasoning skills.

Web Retail Price: $25.80 / Ea.
List Price: $34.40 / Ea.

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Sort & Seek Polar Animals

The Sort & Seek Polar Animals set is a fun and interactive way for toddlers to learn counting, sorting, colors, and more. This educational toy includes 5 colorful, numbered igloos (orange, purple, blue, teal, and white), each containing a different polar animal finger puppet: walrus, penguin, arctic fox, polar bear, and narwhal.

Web Retail Price: $22.20 / Set.
List Price: $29.60 / Set.

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Design & Drill® STEM Garden

Design & Drill® STEM Garden is a hands-on, creative kit that allows kids to build their own colorful flowers. The set includes a garden base, 6 flower stems, 18 stackable petals, 10 colorful bolts, and a real, working power drill.

Web Retail Price: $39.26 / Ea.
List Price: $52.35 / Ea.

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Mixaroo

Mixaroo is a fun, interactive toy designed to spark creativity and imagination in young children. This cuddly character features 12 easy-to-stick pieces that kids can mix and match to create their very own unique Mixaroo each time.

Web Retail Price: $34.13 / Ea.
List Price: $45.50 / Ea.

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Zoo Animals

The Zoo Animals set includes 11 realistic, detailed wild animal figures, perfect for sparking imagination and encouraging early learning.

Web Retail Price: $28.35 / Set.
List Price: $37.80 / Set.

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New Sprouts™ Deluxe Market Set

The New Sprouts™ Deluxe Market Set includes 32 pieces of freshly designed produce, offering 30 different types of fruits and vegetables. Made of soft, durable plastic, this set is perfect for children aged 2 and up.

Web Retail Price: $60.79 / Set.
List Price: $81.05 / Set.

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Mini Number Treats

Little ones learn counting, colors, sorting, matching, and more when they explore this toddler learning toy’s two-piece Mini Number Treats!

Web Retail Price: $24.26 / Set.
List Price: $32.35 / Set.

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Jumbo insects

Jumbo Insects is an educational set that includes 10 realistically detailed insect figures, perfect for sparking curiosity about entomology and the natural world. The set features a Fly, Ant, Bee, Ladybug, Grasshopper, Butterfly, and Dragonfly.

Web Retail Price: $21.53 / Set.
List Price: $28.70 / Set.

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Calculator Cash Register

The Calculator Cash Register is a fun, interactive learning tool for children in grades PreK and up. It features a working solar-powered calculator with oversized buttons and a large display, making it easy for kids of all ability levels to use.

Web Retail Price: $54.08 / Ea.
List Price: $72.10 / Ea.

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Lots to Love Babies

These adorable babies have different moods, so their faces capture a wide variety of emotions.

Sale Price: $7.49 / Ea.
List Price: $17.55 / Ea.

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Ocean Animals

The Ocean Animals play set includes six realistic plastic ocean replicas designed to introduce young children to the fascinating world of underwater life.

Web Retail Price: $17.10 / Set.
List Price: $22.80 / Set.

Types of Early Learning Imaginary Play Toys

Imaginary play can come from anywhere — a pencil that becomes a sword, a plastic cup that turns into a fancy glass at a restaurant or a stuffed animal that transforms into a roaring, ferocious tiger. Of course, that means there are loads of different items to choose from to elevate students' playtime. Some of the early learning toys we carry include:
  • Active play items. Get kids moving with floor mats, tunnels and games to spark the imagination.
  • Play sets. Play sets feature a range of kid-friendly versions of items to fulfill their creative visions. We have play sets with camping items, kitchen sets, fake food, doctor and vet supplies, and tools.
  • Dolls and figures. Let kids get a taste of parenthood or place their toys in new situations with our collection of dolls and figures for young children.
  • Props. The right toys can go a long way in boosting kids' immersion. Cash registers, cleaning supplies, costumes and small houses provide more realistic environments and help students enact big-kid jobs such as sweeping or handling money.
  • Animals and puppets. Whether they're playing with critters from the home, farm, jungle, ocean or Mesozoic era, kids love animal role-play, and it can help them discover more about the natural world.
  • First toys. We also carry many first toys designed for engaging the youngest of early learners.

The Benefits of Imaginary Play

Aside from the plain fun it offers, imaginary play can also provide a range of developmental benefits:
  • Social skills: When they play with their peers, students naturally improve their social skills. They can learn about cooperating with others and showing empathy as they take on the role of another person or animal. They might also learn about expressing themselves better, the importance of listening and how to better describe their emotions and mental states.
  • Language development: Speaking with other kids and adults in these engaging scenarios provides an opportunity for students to practice and hone their language skills.
  • Creative skills: Creativity is often described as a muscle. By using it more often and being imaginative, students can better learn about their creative sides and use these skills in the future.
  • Life knowledge and cultural awareness: When they play with other people, kids learn more about the world around them. They might pretend to be a firefighter and start to understand how important that role is or play house with children of other ethnicities and backgrounds to get a glimpse of how their lives may differ.

Buy Early Learning Toys From Kurtz Bros Today

With our wide selection of early learning toys for sale, you're sure to discover the perfect options for your imaginative students.If you have any questions, reach out to us today! You can also browse our full inventory and order online. 

Why Choose Us?

We can meet or exceed your schools' expectations. You won't receive the same level of attention from one of the large, national companies. We are big enough to service your schools, and small enough to care about you.

It's our goal to service educators with products that benefit you and enable education to be both an enlightening and enjoyable experience for your students.

It's a win-win strategy and we have always abided by our long-term motto "Our word is our bond."