I have worked in daycare with all age groups and now work in a Kindergarten classroom. I use most:
Classmates-speaking of fall, school, and school to make interesting large letters and these words as the letters have theme shaped as part if them.
Classmates for basic font or children to trace or practice letter formation: Learning Curve
Printing 101 is good too buy it has some curved corners on letters that do not follow the letter shapes that the children are taught.cool extras on cartridges -you can make puzzle pieces with the letters in the middle- children can make new words and their names from the pieces- both can make scrabble pieces out the shapes with the points on the bottom corner. Printing 101 shows the steps and numbers on how to make the letter.
Classmates: Word Builders 1 A Word Party, Word Builder 2 A Garden of Words, Word Builder 3 An Ocean of Words- all are so useful
Each make theme shapes of partial words that children can us to make and try new words. The shapes are train cars, Ice cream cones, balloons, castles, clouds, surfboards, fish, flowerpots, birdhouses, and caterpillars. Besides making words the cartridges each have accessories for the themes to help decorate further the area or activity.
50 states- makes each state of us and can make a puzzle. I have used it for the 50 birds and flowers the cartridge has on it as. The cartridge has the flower, bird, flag, capital, and state shape per state.
Printing 101,My Community, My World,Learning Curve -Room Decorations
My Community makes shapes for strytime, recess, lunch time, art/painting , pencils, look, clock, clean up time, snack time, listen, show and tell, stop- to use for the visual schedule for the children
-also has hands and feet prints, award shape, door hanger, game spinner, book
Fairytale characters- gingerbread man, grandpa, little old woman shoe, big bad wolf, log cabin, 3 liitle bears, goldilocks, porridge bowl, chairs, Jack and the beanstock, family members, car, dog, turkey, house, fence, road, train tracks, mail box, cars, trucks, school bus, various town building shapes, community Helpers ex police person
Printing 101 had room and schedule shapes too- helper hand, homework, classwork, girls and boys sign, in box, out box, schedule, student of the week, and a hall pass
My World - has a diverse group of shapes
School building, old telephone and record player, sail boat, old cars, train cars, fence, train tracks, cell phone, iPod, house, boat, planes, bridges, telescope, flags, historical items, farms, fruit, shopping cart, animals, international landmarks
Learning Curve- awards and ribbon shapes, bright idea light bulbs, star student, brilliant award shape, well done shape, great job check mark, love to learn shape, 100% apple, learning to progress sign, excellent arrow, hand helper shape
Character shapes that the children know draws their attention. I use Cars, Spongebob, Toy Story, Mickey Mouse and and Disney ones basically, Hello Kitty, Winnie the Pooh, Disney Princesses, Superman, Batman, Pixar characters, Hanah Montanta
Most used are: Cars- for it's characters, and road signs -stop, speed limit, one way.
Hannah Montana- Hanah, music note in staff font, music notes and shapes
Best of Pixar- fish and sea cartoon shapes and ants
Disney classics, Dreams come true, Happily Ever After, Tinkerbell and friends - fairytale theme shapes
Spongebob- great for showing different emotions character shapes
Batman- Birthday Banner, great 3G shapes for dramatic play
Superman- planets, train, new paper, shooting stars, 3D objects - birthday sign, hat, glasses, door sign
Hello Kitty Font-great font
Hello Kitty Greetings -Great for theme shapes and words -seasonal shapes-Halloween, winter, Christmas
Mickey Font- great font and head shaped for Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Donald, Daisy and a few character sayings
Mickey and Friends-multiple different full body and name shaped for Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and more just head shapes, a full size Chip and Dale, character home shapes, car, boat, key character sayings
Pooh Font Set-Great Fonts and baby shapes of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore.
Pooh and friends- multiple full body and head shapes of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore - name shapes-and additional friends - purple elephant, owl, rabbit, ground hog, Roo, and Mama Kanga
-accessories hundred acre woods sign, tree, wood log, bridge, honey bee hive, hunny pot, cute picture frames
Sesame street font- great font and head shapes of Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo, -font can incorporate the character in the number or letter
-cab make character shapes- square, circle , triangle etc. -cute Elmo reading shape
Sesame Street Friends- Sesame Strret sign, full body shapes of Elmo, Abby Caddaby, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Snufalufagus, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Count, Telly Monster, Baby Bear, Rosita, Prarue Dawn, Zoe, and accessories cookie jar, cookie, Mimi, rubber duckie, prince frog, Bernice the pigeon, David bear, Dorothy fish, Radar bear, slimy worm
Sesame Street Seasons- makes flash cards, a puzzle, seasonal signs, 3d objects-backpack, stand up picture frame, flash card box, mobile, 3d cloud,3d pumpkin, 3D sun, 3D snowman
Seasonal character shapes for each season -with Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Zoe, Abby, Ernie, Bert, Grover, Oscar
Words to go with shapes in English and Spanish
Elmo's Party
Great font
From Elmo's World tv show
Looks hand drawn
Cute
Head and full body shapes of Elmo
And Dorothy his fish
Shapes of professor , birthday cake, birthday cake slice, cupcake, candles, party hats, balloons, streamers, presents, musical notes, musical horns-all with cartoon eyes on them
3D objects- birthday card, envelope, Thank you card, party hat, birthday banner hanging sign, birthday table sign, Elmo straw decoration, Elmo box, treat box, cupcake wrapper, Elmo door hanger, birthday crown, birthday boy or girl badge, Elmo table place markers
Last I have most of the holiday related cartridges as they help in making crafts with the children- stencils, collages, and more.There is too many to list each one.