Hands-On Educational Supply Store, Modesto

Back in 1989, Debbie Robillard switched her focus from speech and language specialist to small-business owner. That's when she opened Hands-On Educational Supply Store with the aim of providing local teachers, parents, and kids with educational materials for home and school. All these years later, her shop is still packed wall to wall with fun items made to expand and enrich kids' brains far more effectively than a multivitamin coated in crushed-up encyclopedia particles.