Lakeshore Learning Materials

Lakeshore has grown to a leading developer and retailer of top-quality educational materials for early childhood programs and schools. They have a thriving e-commerce business, a national sales division, catalogs and 60 retail locations across the country.

We also continue to reinvent ourselves and explore new areas of business—recently launching a brand-new furniture line for the elementary school market, partnering with school districts and nonprofit organizations to create customized learning materials and developing a Complete Classrooms® service that includes the design, delivery and installation of entire classrooms.

Lakeshore is a full-service partner who can provide entire classroom environments (furniture, instructional materials and classroom supplies), both standard and flexible classroom furniture, design services, delivery services, installation services, professional development services, and more. Lakeshore’s products and services are outlined below:

Lakeshore Furniture
AEPA members will have access to Lakeshore’s full line of furniture (including our new Flex-Space furniture line). Please see below for our furniture line categories:

• Chairs and Seating
• Teaching Easels
• Storage Units
• Tables and Desks
• Rest Mats and Cots
• Classroom Carpets and Rugs
• Dramatic Play Furniture
• Room Dividers and Connecting Panels

Classroom Design Planning
We have extensive experience partnering with Site and Design Advisory Teams on large classroom projects. If design services are needed, our team can meet with AEPA members to visit the classroom sites to measure, develop and deliver 3-D renderings of each classroom.

Lakeshore offers complimentary 3-D classroom layouts, which include “scaled” renderings depicting all furniture, carpet, doors, windows, etc., to ensure appropriate sizing and functionality in each classroom environment.  Using our experienced Sales, Design and Installation teams, you get the expertise you need and the support you want.

White-Glove Delivery & Installation
Lakeshore offers complimentary White-Glove Delivery & Installation service on orders $10,000 or more that ship to a single location in the contiguous U.S. Additional charges may apply for remote locations. This service includes:
• Unpacking and assembly
• Supervised classroom setup
• Debris removal
• Custom labeling and boxing of orders by designated information, such as by classroom or teacher

Professional Development
Lakeshore Professional Services Group (PSG) is proud to offer personalized, hands-on learning services designed to support the unique and growing needs of teachers and educators. As former educators, our PSG specialists will partner with you to customize the perfect mix of content and training to support your professional development needs. In addition, our team will assist you with every step of the process:
• Determine your learning goals
• Assist with your organization’s decision-making process
• Create a custom solution specific to your content/training needs
• Plan and lead implementation

5% discount off non-sale catalog Furniture items.

Free shipping on orders placed in the ESUCC Marketplace when shipping to one location in the contiguous United States. For orders under $500.00 and placed directly with Lakeshore, please estimate freight charges at 15% of the subtotal, with a minimum freight charge of $6.99.

Reference: "ESUCC/AEPA #022-A" on all PO's & Quotes requests

Contracted through a solicitated agreement process.