Creative Beginning

Commemorative plaques for two teachers that are embarking on their retirement journey!

Watch learning grow. 🌱 Progressive Learning Pieces!

Our chalkboard puzzles are more than a traditional puzzle—they're progressive learning tools designed to evolve with your child.

Little hands can explore the chunky, non-toxic pieces through touch, play, and sensory discovery. Then, when they're ready, the puzzle transforms into a chalkboard learning surface for tracing, writing, and creative expression.

From first touches to first letters, every stage of learning matters.

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Building the ONLY chalkboard-based puzzle brand wasn’t supposed to happen.

Not as a full-time teacher.
Not as a mom raising a child with special needs.
Not as a woman entering the toy industry.

But every challenge became fuel.

My son showed me that learning looks different for every child. His journey inspired a mission bigger than myself—to create educational products that celebrate how children learn, not how society expects them to learn.

Today, Creative Beginning is proof that when passion meets purpose, incredible things can happen.

Never let someone else’s limits become your own.

Believe in your vision.
Believe in your purpose.
Believe in yourself.

Because the world needs more women who choose to do it anyway.

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✨ From Lowercase Letters to Reading Real Words ✨
USE CODE: COMBO15 TO GET 15% THE ALREADY DISCOUNTED SET!

Learning to read doesn’t happen overnight—it happens one letter, one sound, and one word at a time.

That’s why our Lowercase Chalkboard Puzzle and Word Family Chalkboard Kit were designed to work together! 💡

🖍️ Start by building confidence with lowercase letter recognition and letter formation using our patented chalkboard puzzle.

🖍️ Then take learning to the next level by transferring those same letters into our Word Family Kit to create simple CVC words and explore word families.

Because the letters fit directly into the word-building slots, children can:
✔️ Strengthen letter recognition
✔️ Build phonemic awareness
✔️ Explore beginning, middle, and ending sounds
✔️ Create and manipulate words independently
✔️ Progress naturally from letters ➡️ sounds ➡️ words ➡️ reading

This is what we mean by progressive learning—giving children the tools they need today while preparing them for the skills they'll need tomorrow.

Perfect for:
🍎 Classrooms
🏡 Homeschooling
🧩 Therapy spaces
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families supporting early literacy at home

When learning materials grow with the child, the possibilities are endless. ❤️

https://www.creativebeginning.ca/products/word-family-chalkboard-kit-and-lowercase-chalkboard-puzzle



🎉 Bundle them together and watch your child move from recognizing letters to building words with confidence! Which word family would your little learner build first? 👇📚✨

🎙️ I'm Excited to Join Teatime with Miss Liz! ☕✨

Join me, Christina Collura, CEO & Founder of Creative Beginning INC., for an inspiring conversation on Teatime with Miss Liz T-E-E as we discuss:

🧩 Building learning through purpose, play, and possibility
🌎 Creating inclusive educational tools for children of all abilities
💙 Advocacy, accessibility, and empowering every child to succeed
👩‍🏫 My journey as a kindergarten teacher, entrepreneur, and mom of a child with autism
✨ Turning a passion for inclusive learning into a globally recognized educational brand

📅 June 5th
⏰ 7:00 PM EST
🎧 Live on YouTube and Podcast Apps

Creative Beginning INC. was founded on the belief that every child deserves access to meaningful, engaging, and inclusive learning experiences. I'm looking forward to sharing the story behind our chalkboard-based puzzles, the impact they are making in classrooms and homes around the world, and why advocacy continues to be at the heart of everything I do.

A huge thank you to Miss Liz for creating a platform that brings together meaningful conversations and powerful stories.

📍 Learn more:
🌐 misslizsteatime.com
🌐 misslizstee.com
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Ready for an adventure? Young Explorers and our personalized Chalkboard Name Puzzles have teamed up to bring even more creative fun to your little learners! For the first time, our personalized name puzzles are coming to a retail catalogue! Based out of Creative Beginning just got even busier with our customized chalkboard name puzzles being cut in-house.
🎨✨ Trace. Learn. Draw! ✨🎨
These interactive puzzles aren’t just for building names; they’re the ultimate space for early writing practice, creative doodles, and non-stop exploration. It’s the perfect match for curious minds!
Keep an eye on the Young Explorers catalog – these awesome puzzles are arriving soon!
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🌎🦖 TWO brand new chalkboard inserts have arrived at Creative Beginning INC. — and we are SO excited about these hands-on learning experiences!

♻️ Recycle Me Sorting Insert
Comes with 20 engraved sorting pieces for children to match into plastic, glass, paper, and organic categories. The built-in chalkboard area creates endless opportunities for writing prompts, drawing, instructions, and imaginative play while building early environmental awareness and critical thinking skills.

🦴 T-Rex Fossil Discovery Insert
Little paleontologists can hide the fossil pieces in their favourite sensory base, dig them out, trace and draw the bones, then place each piece back into its correct spot to complete the dinosaur skeleton! A perfect mix of sensory exploration, fine motor development, problem solving, and creativity.

These inserts were designed to spark curiosity, hands-on learning with a touch of printing/tracing, and imagination while making learning meaningful and FUN for children of all abilities. 💛✨

There is something so special about seeing our puzzles *in action* inside real kindergarten classrooms 💛

A fellow educator recently shared that they spotted our puzzles being used with both children with autism and children without — learning, exploring, and connecting together side by side. And honestly… this is exactly why Creative Beginning Inc. came to light!
We truly believe in the power of inclusiveness — creating learning opportunities where every child feels capable, engaged, and successful. When tools are designed to support different learning styles and abilities, something amazing happens: they become meaningful for *all* children.

Seeing these authentic classroom moments reminds us that inclusive learning benefits everyone 🌈✨

Thank you to the incredible educators creating spaces where every child belongs.

✨ The reviews are in… and families can’t stop talking about our Chalkboard Puzzles!

From Target to Walmart Canada, Amazon, and our own community of parents, educators, and therapists — one thing keeps coming up:
🧩 Kids are learning through play and LOVING every second of it.

✔️ Encourages fine motor skills
✔️ Supports early literacy development
✔️ Designed for all learning styles & abilities
✔️ Durable, sensory-friendly, and made with purpose

Watching children light up while learning is exactly why we created this puzzle in the first place 💛

Which letter/Number would YOUR little one grab first? 👀👇