diff --git a/packages/react-core/README.md b/packages/react-core/README.md
index 4e683b47282..1de353f7db0 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-core/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Amplify UI React Core
 
-`@aws-amplify/ui-react-core` is a React platform agnostic utility library for Amplify UI internal usage in the `@aws-amplify/ui-react` and `@aws-amplify/ui-react-native` packages.
+`@aws-amplify/ui-react-core` is a React platform agnostic utility library for Amplify UI internal usage in `@aws-amplify/ui-react*` and `@aws-amplify/ui-react-native*` namespaced packages.
diff --git a/packages/react-core/elements/package.json b/packages/react-core/elements/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..878c2bf69e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-core/elements/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "name": "@aws-amplify/ui-react-core/elements",
+  "main": "../dist/elements.js",
+  "module": "../dist/esm/elements/index.mjs",
+  "sideEffects": false,
+  "types": "../dist/types/elements/index.d.ts"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-core/package.json b/packages/react-core/package.json
index 8f6eb9df69e..72e9a5efece 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-core/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
       "require": "./dist/index.js",
       "types": "./dist/types/index.d.ts"
     },
+    "./elements": {
+      "import": "./dist/esm/elements/index.mjs",
+      "require": "./dist/elements.js",
+      "types": "./dist/types/elements/index.d.ts",
+      "react-native": "./src/elements/index.ts"
+    },
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "types": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/react-core/rollup.config.ts b/packages/react-core/rollup.config.ts
index 1aa5fec3e74..cf4a7f4eb4d 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/rollup.config.ts
+++ b/packages/react-core/rollup.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import typescript from '@rollup/plugin-typescript';
 import externals from 'rollup-plugin-node-externals';
 
 // common config settings
-const input = ['src/index.ts'];
+
+// { OUTPUT_PATH: INPUT_PATH }
+const input = { index: 'src/index.ts', elements: 'src/elements/index.ts' };
 const sourceMap = false;
 const tsconfig = 'tsconfig.dist.json';
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/ElementsContext.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/elements/ElementsContext.tsx
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/ElementsContext.tsx
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/ElementsContext.tsx
index f5fe001150e..4287d175dfd 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/elements/ElementsContext.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/elements/ElementsContext.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { ElementDisplayName } from './types';
 
+/**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ */
 export interface Elements
   extends Partial<Record<ElementDisplayName, React.ComponentType>> {}
 
-const ElementsContext = React.createContext<Elements | undefined>(undefined);
+export const ElementsContext = React.createContext<Elements | undefined>(
+  undefined
+);
 
 /**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ *
  * `ElementsProvider` and its coresponding `useElement` hook provide
  * access to the values of the nearest ancestral `ElementsContext`
  * value.
@@ -64,10 +71,3 @@ export function ElementsProvider<T extends Elements>({
 }): React.JSX.Element {
   return <ElementsContext.Provider {...props} value={elements} />;
 }
-
-export const useElement = <T extends keyof Elements>(
-  name: T
-): Elements[T] | undefined => {
-  const context = React.useContext(ElementsContext);
-  return context?.[name];
-};
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/ElementsContext.spec.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/ElementsContext.spec.tsx
similarity index 51%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/ElementsContext.spec.tsx
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/ElementsContext.spec.tsx
index 95f3a027135..02eafafab23 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/ElementsContext.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/ElementsContext.spec.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
 
-import { ElementsProvider, useElement } from '../ElementsContext';
+import { ElementsProvider, ElementsContext } from '../ElementsContext';
 
 const ButtonElement = () => <button />;
 const ViewElement = () => <button />;
@@ -16,27 +16,17 @@ describe('ElementsContext', () => {
 
     const {
       result: { current: Button },
-    } = renderHook(() => useElement('Button'), { wrapper });
+    } = renderHook(() => React.useContext(ElementsContext)?.['Button'], {
+      wrapper,
+    });
     expect(Button).toBe(ButtonElement);
 
     const {
       result: { current: View },
-    } = renderHook(() => useElement('View'), { wrapper });
+    } = renderHook(() => React.useContext(ElementsContext)?.['View'], {
+      wrapper,
+    });
 
     expect(View).toBe(ViewElement);
   });
-
-  it('`useElement` returns `undefined` when lookup fails', () => {
-    const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: React.ReactNode }) => (
-      <ElementsProvider elements={elements}>{children}</ElementsProvider>
-    );
-
-    const invalidElementName = 'Not a Button';
-
-    const {
-      result: { current: Element },
-      // @ts-expect-error
-    } = renderHook(() => useElement(invalidElementName), { wrapper });
-    expect(Element).toBeUndefined();
-  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/defineBaseElement.spec.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/defineBaseElement.spec.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/defineBaseElement.spec.tsx
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/defineBaseElement.spec.tsx
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/withBaseElementProps.spec.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/withBaseElementProps.spec.tsx
similarity index 71%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/withBaseElementProps.spec.tsx
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/withBaseElementProps.spec.tsx
index 927b3be4430..4c895f2ddf0 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/elements/__tests__/withBaseElementProps.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/elements/__tests__/withBaseElementProps.spec.tsx
@@ -98,4 +98,41 @@ describe('withBaseElementProps', () => {
 
     expect(nextElement?.type).toBe('image');
   });
+
+  it('provides `props` passed to wrapped `BaseElement` to `defaultProps` callback functions', () => {
+    const InputElement = defineBaseElement<'input', 'disabled' | 'type'>({
+      type,
+      displayName,
+    });
+
+    const defaultProps = { type: 'checkbox' };
+
+    const WrappedInputElement = withBaseElementProps(
+      InputElement,
+      ({ disabled }) => ({
+        ...defaultProps,
+        className: disabled ? 'input input--disabled' : 'input',
+      })
+    );
+
+    const { container } = render(<WrappedInputElement />);
+
+    const element = container.querySelector('input');
+
+    expect(element).toBeDefined();
+
+    expect(element?.type).toBe('checkbox');
+    expect(element?.className).toBe('input');
+
+    const { container: nextContainer } = render(
+      <WrappedInputElement disabled type="image" />
+    );
+
+    const nextElement = nextContainer.querySelector('input');
+
+    expect(nextElement).toBeDefined();
+
+    expect(nextElement?.type).toBe('image');
+    expect(nextElement?.className).toBe('input input--disabled');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/defineBaseElement.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/elements/defineBaseElement.tsx
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/defineBaseElement.tsx
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/defineBaseElement.tsx
index f3a741756b6..70e4045c762 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/elements/defineBaseElement.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/elements/defineBaseElement.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { useElement } from './ElementsContext';
+import { ElementsContext } from './ElementsContext';
 import {
   BaseElement,
   BaseElementProps,
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import {
   ReactElementType,
 } from './types';
 
+/**
+ * * @internal @unstable
+ */
 export interface DefineBaseElementInput<T> {
   /**
    * `BaseElement` display name in React dev tools and stack traces
@@ -22,6 +25,8 @@ export interface DefineBaseElementInput<T> {
 }
 
 /**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ *
  * Defines a `ElementsContext` aware `BaseElement` UI component of the
  * provided `type` with an assigned `displayName`.
  *
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ export default function defineBaseElement<
 
   const Element = React.forwardRef<ElementRefType<P>, P>(
     ({ variant, ...props }, ref) => {
-      const Element = useElement(displayName);
+      const Element = React.useContext(ElementsContext)?.[displayName];
 
       if (Element) {
         // only pass `variant` to provided `Element` values
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/index.ts b/packages/react-core/src/elements/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/index.ts
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/types.ts b/packages/react-core/src/elements/types.ts
similarity index 66%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/types.ts
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/types.ts
index f15289fffcf..aa2c659b2c1 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/elements/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/elements/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 /**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ *
  * Base type definition of `BaseElement` components available through
  * `ElementsContext`. The definitions define a contract between a
  * Connected Component and the `elements` that can be provided as
@@ -15,11 +17,37 @@ export type BaseElement<T = {}, K = {}> = React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
   React.PropsWithoutRef<T> & React.RefAttributes<K>
 >;
 
+type ListElementSubType = 'Ordered' | 'Unordered';
+type ListElementDisplayName = 'List' | `${ListElementSubType}List`;
+
+type TableElementSubType = 'Body' | 'Data' | 'Row' | 'Head' | 'Header';
+type TableElementDisplayName = 'Table' | `Table${TableElementSubType}`;
+
 /**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ *
  * allowed values of `displayName` of `BaseElement` and `ElemebtsContext` keys
  */
-export type ElementDisplayName = 'Button' | 'View' | 'Icon' | 'Input' | 'Span';
+export type ElementDisplayName =
+  | 'Button'
+  | 'Divider'
+  | 'Heading' // h1, h2, etc
+  | 'Icon'
+  | 'Input'
+  | 'Label'
+  | 'ListItem'
+  | 'Nav'
+  | 'ProgressBar'
+  | 'Span'
+  | 'Text'
+  | 'Title'
+  | 'View'
+  | ListElementDisplayName
+  | TableElementDisplayName;
 
+/**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ */
 export type ElementRefType<T> = T extends {
   ref?:
     | React.LegacyRef<infer K>
@@ -29,15 +57,27 @@ export type ElementRefType<T> = T extends {
   ? K
   : never;
 
+/**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ */
 export type ReactElementType = keyof React.JSX.IntrinsicElements;
+
+/**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ */
 export type ReactElementProps<T extends ReactElementType> =
   React.JSX.IntrinsicElements[T];
 
 /**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ *
  * key of `props` always available on `BaseElement` definitions
  */
 type ElementPropKey<T> = T | 'children' | 'className' | 'style';
 
+/**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ */
 export type BaseElementProps<
   T extends keyof K,
   V = string,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/elements/withBaseElementProps.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/elements/withBaseElementProps.tsx
similarity index 86%
rename from packages/react/src/context/elements/withBaseElementProps.tsx
rename to packages/react-core/src/elements/withBaseElementProps.tsx
index 8193a3638fc..4389fd35d01 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/elements/withBaseElementProps.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/elements/withBaseElementProps.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { BaseElement, ElementRefType } from './types';
 
 /**
+ * @internal @unstable
+ *
  * Extend target `BaseElement` with `defaultProps`. `defaultProps`
  * are overidden by `props` provided to returned `BaseElement`.
  *
@@ -30,14 +32,19 @@ import { BaseElement, ElementRefType } from './types';
  * @param defaultProps `defaultProps` to apply to `Target`, accepts object or callback
  * @returns extended `BaseElement` with `defaultProps`
  */
-export default function withBaseElementProps<T, K extends T | (() => T)>(
+export default function withBaseElementProps<
+  T,
+  K extends T | ((input: T) => T),
+>(
   Target: React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<T>,
   defaultProps: K
 ): BaseElement<T, ElementRefType<T>> {
   const Component = React.forwardRef<ElementRefType<T>, T>((props, ref) => (
     <Target
       {...{
-        ...(typeof defaultProps === 'function' ? defaultProps() : defaultProps),
+        ...(typeof defaultProps === 'function'
+          ? defaultProps(props)
+          : defaultProps),
         ...props,
       }}
       ref={ref}