Cory Smith

Product Concept and Design: Pattern Piggies® - Classroom manipulative sorts by size and color, laces, stamps in dough, links side-by-side, and stacks vertically! Made of phthalate-free PVC and choke tested. The Sales team's favorite item to demonstrate at trade shows to entice customers further inside the booth. Teachers discover they can purchase this single system to teach a multitude of skills. Patent Pending.

Product Concept and Design: Pattern Laces - The first use of printing on shoelaces for early education! Designed for use with Pattern Piggies or any color beads found in a classroom. Line expansion to include counting laces. Pattern Piggies® Patterning Cards - Shown with vertically stacked and horizontally linked piggies.

Product Concept and Design: Pig Pens Sorting Trays - Designed in 4 colors and sizes. Nest for shipping and storage. Stack by size order. Bonus feature for the visually impaired - Unique raised patterns on pig backs to feel the pattern and match by touch to its matching pattern inside each tray. Press designs into dough!

Product Design: Stackable Communion Trays - Translucent plastic, washable, stackable, lightweight, more economic than metal. Stackable Bread Plates with Lid. Stackable Communion Tray with Lid. Small removable bread plate shown in center.

Product Design and Project Management: My Inclusive Friends Doll Set - Roto molded vinyl with 12 paint screens.

Product Concept and Design: STEM Mats for Unit Block Engineering - Best seller for a decade in the block play area! Teachers were begging for something new in their block play area other than more plastic play figures! I responded by creating these sturdy 2-sided play mats to teach early engineering and geometry, pieces of an urgent focus to include S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) in educational products. Made using 0.5mm opaque PP plastic sheet printed with custom non-scratch varnish and ink mix.

Product Design: Shapes and Numbers Dough Stamper Set - 3-Piece molded ABS plastic with tampographic (pad) printing on handle angled for child to properly align the stamp bottom direction upright.

Product Design: Alphabet Dough Stamper Sets (Lowercase & Uppercase) - 3-Piece mold. To create additional sets this handle is designed to swap out the bottom piece and change printed identifier on handle to match new stamper bottom.

Product Management and Design Team Member: Building Brilliance Magnetic Shapes - Low flux magnets encased between translucent colored ABS plastic shapes with gem faceted design.

Product Management and Design Team Member: Building Brilliance Magnetic Shapes - Line expansion includes Frames & Clear.

Product Concept and Design: STEM Mats for Building Brilliance Magnet Shapes - Clear frosted PP plastic grid designs for use on light tables. Teach the science of magnetism, and light, engineering, and geometry, focusing on the push for S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) in education.

Product Design and Project Management: Shapes and Suction Engineering Set - Nylon rubber 2- and 3-arm suction cup connectors and ABS plastic shapes.

Product Design: Toddler Color Mixing Wands - Color and translucent ABS plastic.

Product Design: Toddler Mirrors and Toddler Magnifying Wands - Repurposed the mold from Color Mixing Wands! Color, clear, and reflective ABS plastic.

Product Design and Project Management: Good Grasp Stamping Sticks - Upper & Lowercase Alphabet, Numbers, and Basic Shapes - TPR stamping end and PP plastic. 2-part handle. Poly Propylene storage trays in different colors to match labels on stamper handles and bottom stamp designs for children to organize each set when it's time to clean up. Tray hole shape and stamper end design shape match to fit like a puzzle and orient the identifying labels on tops to face tray front. The flat edge on the stamping end assists children's success when lining up letters to create words!

Product Design and Project Management: Vacuum Form items - Refillable Glue Pads and Washable Stamping Palettes have clear, fitted plastic lids to avoid drying out.