Family Literacy Kits

Learn all the basics of coding while having a great time playing these fun games and reading these informative books! This kit includes:

·         Variety of basic lego in blues, purple, and red

·         2 green lego flat sheets

·         2 decks of cards

·         Wooden pieces – cake, corn, cookie, carrot, cupcake, candle, cup

·         Botley robot(s)

·         Botley construction kit

·         Botley accessories

·         Books – Think Like A Computer; Coding for Beginners Using Scratch

·         Build a robot instructions

·         Larger lego girl

·         Coding a lego maze instructions, cards, a mazes

·         Giant floor game Snakes & Ladders; wooden dice

·         Coding game and instructions Feed the Mouse

MERMAIDS

There are many things to learn about mermaids!! This kit includes: ·        

    Books – The Mermaid 115946; Mermaids – For Real? 115948: Mermaid Puzzles 115947

·         Mermaid bingo sheets

·         Bean Bag Toss with 6 bean bags

·         Empty cereal box

·         2 small paint brushes

·         Sponge paint brushes

·         Large paint brush

·         Pencil

·         Glue stick

·         Stapler

·         Paper plates

·         3 dry erase markers

·         Pink, gold, blue glitter

·         String

·         Ribbon

·         Purple, pink, blue, green acrylic paint

·         Instructions – paper plate mermaid twirlers

·         Instructions – how to make a mermaid tail

Australia

Visit the land down under through these fun activities and recipe!

 Books – Australia 115941; Birrarung Wilan 115942; Australia 115940 • Australia lap book

 • Australia Honey Joys Recipe Instructions

 • Honey • Butter • Sugar • Cornflakes • Cupcake liners

 • Animals of Australia cards

 • Australian animals matching game

 • Names of Australian foods and what we call them

 • Kangaroo Craft instructions

 • Cardstock • Glue stick • Scissors

 • Kangaroo template

 • Make an Australian flag instructions

 • How to make an Australian rain stick instructions

 • Paper towel tubes

 • Paper • Paint markers • Tape • Stapler • String • Feathers 

Plants

Have fun with plants, all year long!!

·         Books – A Seed is Sleeping 115952; What’s That Plant? 115958; Plants 115950; The Tiny Seed 115957

·         Roots Experiment

·         Pebbles

·         Rice

·         Clear plastic cups

·         Absorbent paper towels

·         Food coloring

·         Tape

·         Scissors

·         Parts of a Flower instructions

·         Nature Stencils

·         Q-tips

·         24 pack acrylic paints

·         Green paper

·         Card stock

·         Glue stick

·         Seed and plant matching game

BEES!

Try some pollination activities, play a super fun game, and make a yummy recipe!!

Books – These Bees Count!, Bee Dance, The Grumble Bee

Bee hand puppet

Honeybee Tree Game

Bee unit craft instructions

Pollinator craft instruction s and what’s the problem sheets

Honeybee life cycle sheet and cards

Salted maple honey caramels recipe card

Glitter glue                                                                                     black permanent marker

White glue                                                                                     honey

Wooden toothpicks                                                                    maple syrup

Yellow and brown paint                                                                   parchment paper

Whisk                                                                                             coconut oil

Scissors

Card stock

3 large Styrofoam balls

2 small Styrofoam balls

Green, yellow, black pipe cleaners

Wooden dowels

Cornmeal

Pompoms

Cupcake liners

3 paint brushes

2 black, 2 yellow markers

The Gingerbread Boy

Your family will enjoy reading the story of the Gingerbread Boy and be able to bake your own gingerbread! You can also have fun making gingerbread play dough and conducting a gingerbread science experiment!

This kit includes:

·         Stuffed horse, cow, grandma, grandpa, and gingerbread boy

·         Book The Gingerbread Boy

·         2 recipe cards – gingerbread and gingerbread play dough

·         Science activity with data collection sheet

·         Cookie cutter

·         Clear plastic cups

·         Stopwatch

·         Pitcher

·         Tongs

·         Rolling pin

·         Flour

·         Slat

·         Cream of tartar

·         Cinnamon

·         Ginger

·         Nutmeg

·         Ground cloves

·         Canola oil

·         Brown sugar

·         Molasses

·         Butter

·         Baking soda

Rosie's Walk

Learn all about Rosie and what happens to her while on her walk. Your whole family can have many laughs while playing the Egg Scramble Challenge game.  Read the books Chickens and From Egg to Chicken and then do the hands on crafts while discussing the life cycle of chickens!!

This kit includes:

·         Book Rosie’s Walk

·         Childcraft information card

·         Stuffed toys – chicken, finger puppets – dog, sheep, pig

·         Library books – Chickens 110896; From Eggs to Chicken 13778

·         Game – Egg Scramble Challenge 115551

·         Life cycle of a chicken booklet

·         Life cycle of a chicken folding sheet

·         Life cycle of a chicken headbands craft supplies

·         Chicken life cycle wheel

·         Markers

·         Glue

·         Metal brads

·         Scissors

Signing Time

This ASL signing kit will begin to teach your household some of the basics in sign language. 

 This kit contains:

·         Signing Time book

·         Web link card

·         2 signing guides

·         4 finger spelling quote cards

·         Signing Time DVD

·         3 erasable markers

·         2 uno decks

·         Numbers and letters instructions

·         Card game I Have, Who Has with instructions

·         ASL Alphabet and number sheet

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed the Sea

A great kit with some fun crafts, books, and activities to learn about what happens under the sea!

This kit includes:

·         Audio Book (with CD) There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed the Sea

·         Books -  Oceans and Seas 109800, Ocean World 113720

·         Shark cootie catcher activity instructions and cutouts

·         How Do Sharks Float experiment

·         Scissors

·         Glue

·         Balloons

·         Sharpie marker

·         Oil

·         Dish soap

·         Clothespin Sharks craft instructions

·         Clothespins

·         Shark cut outs

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Old MacDonald Had A Farm

There's always so much to do on the farm!! EiEiO!

This kit includes:

·         Book – Old MacDonald Had a Farm

·         Toys – farmer, finger puppet duck and horse

·         Color by letter sheets

·         Crayons

·         Matching game

·         Farm snap

·         Life on the Farm trivia card game

·         Fuzzy Farm story book and felt pieces

·         Lamb wooden puzzle

·         John Deere Animal Sounds Hayride toys 114741 (tractor, trailers, animals)

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·         Milk A Cow activity instructions

·         Blue rubber gloves

·         Milk

·         Bobby pin

·         Twine

·         Measuring cup

·         Funnel

·         Paint

Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth

Three enlightening stories about loose teeth and a great experiment will teach your family so much about good dental health!

This kit includes:

·         Book Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth

·         Toy bunny puppet

·         I can brush & floss my teeth charts

·         What do sugary drinks do to your teeth experiment instructions

·         4 sugary drinks

·         Eggs

·          Plastic cups

·         Masking tape

·         Marker

·         Tooth diagram

·         Good/bad game

·         Andrew’s Loose Tooth book

·         Loose Tooth 113212

Fossils

Who doesn't love to discover a fossil!? Try your hand at making one, too!! This kit includes:

Books – Investigating Fossils, Fossil

Fossil sensory bin instructions and cards

Tin pan for sensory bin

Sand

Non-hardening clay

Cast fossils instructions

Spoon

Small cup

Paper

Lid

Shells

Plaster of paris

Recipe Peanut Butter Fossil Cookies

Eggs

Flour

Sugar

Peanut butter

Plastic insects

From Tadpole to Frog

This is a busy and fun kit with lots to read, try, and see!

This kit includes:

·         How to draw a frog instructions

·         Facts about frogs sheet

·         Changes poem

·         Book From Tadpole to Frog

·         Book Frogs

·         Childcraft instructional sheet

·         Toy frog

·         3-D mirascope with frog

·         Toilet paper tubes

·         Glue stick

·         Pink paint

·         Paint brushes

·         Twine

·         Buttons

·         Tape

·         Stapler

·         Ruler

·         Scissors

·         Green paper 2 shades

·         Frog game instructions

·         Frog life cycle craft and instructions

·         Lily pad in water experiment instructions

·         Markers

·         Frog on a Log book

·         Fun Facts About Frogs book 112350

Gregory the Terrible Eater

Gregory the goat loves his fruits and vegetables which makes his parents worry about his eating habits!! Slowly, they are able to teach him how to eat 'goat healthy' foods.  

This kit contains:

·         Book Gregory the Terrible Eater

·         Childcraft instructions

·         Cookbook The Gross Cookbook 114338

·         Book Life on a Goat Farm 110878

·         Fruits and vegetable chart

·         Dinner plates sheets

·         Canada’s Food Guide – Eat well. Live well.

·         How we taste food chart

·         Home- made fruit gummies instructions

·         Plastic food – carrots, peas, steak, green beans, salad, baked potato, bun, milk in cup, chicken leg, pudding

·         Jello

·         Candy silicone mold

·         Cut out food pictures

What Lives in a Shell?

Here is a fun kit to learn about shells, play some games, do a craft, an experiment, and hear the ocean from a shell! 

This kit includes:

·         Toys – hermit crab, crab, oyster

·         Book – What Lives in a Shell?

·         Childcraft parental instructions

·         The Shell Book

·         Seashells of North America book

·         A House For Hermit Crab K12423

·         A house for hermit crab activity with instructions

·         Card stock

·         Sponges

·         Paint

·         Pipe cleaners

·         Googly eyes

·         Glue or tape

·         Scissors

·         How do crabs breathe under water? Instructions

·         Coffee filters

·         Elastics

·         2 cups

·         Soil

·         Crab tic tac toe

·         Body parts of a crab sheet

·         All about crabs

·         Crabs

·         9 seashells

My 5 Senses

Learn all about your 5 senses and some of the fun things they can do!

This kit contains:

·         Hand puppet

·         Book My 5 Senses, The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses

·         Childcraft instructional card

·         Sense of touch scavenger hunt sheet

·         Sense of smell tea bag game

·         Tea – variety of flavours

·         Make a 5 senses puppet instructions

·         Brown bags

·         Markers

·         Scissors

·         Glue

·         Let’s learn 5 senses game and instructions

·         Dice

·         5 game counters

·         Missing body parts worksheet

·         Label the body parts worksheet

·         Let’s sort the 5 senses cards

·         Mystery bag (for the 5 senses cards)

·         Let’s spin the 5 senses

Our Cat Cuddles

Have you ever thought about adopting a pet? This book will have you laughing at what this family does to adopt theirs!

This kit contains:

·         Our Cat Cuddles book and CD

·         Toys – lion puppet, finger puppets – 5 cats, 1 cow

·         Face to Face With Lions book 106671

·         Jungle Journey board game 112794

·         How to make a surprise big mouth lion instructions and printed lions

·         Thor’s facts

·         Amazing lions facts

·         Why do cat’s eyes glow experiment and instructions

·         Wool

·         Scissors

·         Black plastic

·         Tin can

·         Elastics

·         Markers

·         Tape

Money

Lots of money activities for kids of all ages! 

This kit contains:

·         ATM Machine

·         3 AAA batteries

·         ATM Card

·         Play money for ATM – 4 - $5.00s, 4 - $10.00s, 5 - $20.00, coins

·         Book Canadian Money

·         Book My Rows of Coins 109542

·         Book The Monster Book of Money 112931

·         Monopoly Millionaire

·         Hungry Caterpillar game with tokens, dice, instructions

·         2 money sorting mats

·         2 money recognition shopping lists

·         Canadian bills card

·         Canadian coins card

·         Play money and coins

·         Chick-fil-a and how much does it cost cards?

·         Mystery Money Cash Register – coins, 5 dollar bills, 10 dollar bills, decoder cards

·         Wipe clean marker

Rocks and Minerals

Using the enclosed mini-magnifying glasses and information, take a close look at rocks and minerals and even make yourself some igneous rocks to eat!!

This kit includes:

·         2 Rocks and Minerals kits

·         Suitcase Science

·         Deluxe Canadian Rocks and Minerals

·         Rocks and minerals matching game

·         Books – Rocks 112811, Rocks & Minerals 114350, Rocks & Stones (How We Use) 106029

·         Classifying minerals chart

·         Rock cycle chart

·         Rock collectors: A Geology Game – instructions, 2 die, board game, 4 rock record cards, 4 rock playing pieces, rock cards

·         Igneous rock cookies recipe card and data sheet

·         Marker

·         Butter

·         Rice krispies

·         marshmallows

Dinosaurs

Magnets create hours of fun just on their own, but, here is a kit with some fun activities!

This kit contains:

·         Super magnet lab – 119 magnetic pieces

·         How Far Will a Magnet Jump card

·         Masking tape

·         2 magnetic sorting mats and activity card

·         4 magnetic mazes

·         What Makes A Magnet? 14502

·         Defying gravity with magnets experiment instructions

·         8 blocks

·         2 dowels

·         String

·         Tape

·         scissors

Spy/Detective Kit

This kit is for the mystery loving people in your house! Take your own fingerprints and look at the closely, solve the mysteries, and even make your own!

• Secret spy mission sheet

• Ultimate spy mission box with keep out bag, code maker wheel, voice recorder, spy ear, training manual, folding binoculars

• Books – I Spy A Scary Monster, What If You Could Spy Like a Narwhal, I Spy A School Bus

• Night vision goggles

• Create your own code sheet

• Q’s Gadget Lab Sheets for spy crafts

• Detective Mission sheet

• Case of the missing diamond sheet, 6 ID cards, detective notebook

• Invisible Ink Instructions – q-tips, baking soda

• Fingerprint making – 2 pencils, scotch tape, instructions, recipe cards, magnifying glass

• Top secret box – glasses, pen light, decoder, spy ear, spy 100 mission guide book