Homeschoolers
Pre-Literacy Kits
A special populations grant has allowed us to put together some pre-literacy kits geared to preschool-aged youngsters. These kits are designed to provide guidelines to help parents teach and reinforce skills that are beneficial when their children start school.
ABC KitThe ABC's kit familiarizes children with the alphabet through the rhyming text of the book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and companion materials...
Bear Kit The Bear kit offers the familiar tale of the Three Bears, along with a glove puppet to act it out...
Bedtime Kit The Bedtime kit centers around the book "Good Night Moon" and contains the Good Night Moon game...
Cats Kit The Cat kit has four different cat stories which offer opportunities to count, review colors, search for a hiding cat, and talk about various animals and what is known about them...
Clothing Kit The Clothing kit has books featuring dressing for different situations or weather conditions...
Colors Kit The Colors kit reinforces color knowledge through five different stories and many manipulative items.
Counting Kit The Counting kit encourages counting both forward and backward and is supported by a wooden puzzle...
Dinosaur Kit The Dinosaur kit provides some factual information about dinosaurs as well as some fun stories, one which even contains a stuffed dino with blanket and cuddly toy...
Diversity Kit The Diversity kit is intended to give children a glimpse of some of the challenges faced by other children...
Doctor Kit The Doctor kit provides factual information about doctors, dentists, and veterinarians.
Dog Kit The Dog kit offers opportunities to count, talk about caring for pets, search for a hiding puppy, and predict outcomes and feelings...
Duck Kit The Duck kit gives children a chance to practice counting skills, to search for items on a page, to learn some fun duck facts, and to compare life today with days past...
Family Kit The Family kit gives children a great participatory activity with the book The Napping House and its companion pieces...
Farm Kit The Farm kit allows for a fun review of animal sounds...
The Fire Safety kit helps to heighten awareness of fire prevention and safety...
Folk Tale/Fairy Tale Kit The Folk/Fairy Tale kit covers four well known tales and one rather unique tale...
Frog Kit The Frog kit gives children some facts about the transition from tadpole to frog and provides some handleable figures to reinforce those facts...
Health and Nutrition Kit The Health and Nutrition kit is a combination of fact-based books on germs, digestion, and milk, in addition to fun stories, such as Gregory the Terrible Eater and Stone Soup...
Insects Kit The Insect kit features fact-based books such as Waiting for Wings and fun books including There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly...
Manners Kit The Manners kit covers the concepts of not only good manners but honesty, sticking with a task, doing good deeds, and treating others with respect...
Monkey Kit The Monkey kit features the story Caps for Sale and a stuffed monkey toy with caps...
Mouse Kit The Mouse kit contains the story Little Mouse, Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Hungry Bear...
Music Kit The Music kit offers a chance to show children that even seemingly insignificant things can make a difference...
Occupations Kit The Occupations kit can give little ones a glimpse of different jobs people do...
Positions, Opposites,
Size, Sets Kit
The Positions, Opposites, Sizes kit compares various sizes of things, reinforces such concepts as over, under, and through, and covers the concept of opposite...
Rabbits Kit The Rabbit kit has the story Blue Rabbit and Friends to help your child with predicting skills...
School Kit The School kit contains stories about school experiences, giving youngsters a glimpse of what school will be like...
Wild Animal Kit The Wild Animal kit has stories about animals found in the wild...