Suggestions for PERC Materials

 

Math Section

General

Reproducible Worksheet books all grade levels

Resource Books all grade levels, through adult recovery

Board Games

Manipulatives:  Base Ten, Geo Boards, Pentominos, Tangrams,                100#Boards

Logic Puzzles

Time

Judy Clocks

Flash Cards

Dominos

Bingo

Money

Trays of money

Money bingo

flash cards

dominos

Fractions

Fraction Bars

Fraction Puzzle type games

fraction dominos

decimal dog

fraction stacks

Facts

Three cornered flash cards

Rap tapes

Counting Sticks

Wraps

Easy addition War card games

Add, Sub, Mult, Div pop-ups

Facts (cont.)

Math to Go

Math Safari

24 Game

Calculators

M&M books

Speak and Math

 

Videos

Educational Issues, Speakers (Jim Trelease)

School House Rock

Nature

Natures Newborns

Baby Animals

Really Wild Animals National Geographic

Dinosaurs PBS

Eyewitness Volcanoes, Oceans, Pond/River, Desert, Weather, Artic, Jungle, Planets, Skeleton

Bill Nye Series by Disney

Magic School Bus

Young

Variety of classics, cartoons with messages, morals

Sing-A-Longs

Awesome Videos- Big Rigs, Police Cars, Trains, Rides

Older

Classics

Historical Fiction and Non Fiction

Family Adventure

Popular  kids books that were made into Video (Borrowers, Mouse & Motorcycle)

95% Rated G, a few PG that are marked and noted

 

Books

Audios-Books on Tape

Narnia Chronicles

Anne of Green Gables

Charlotte's Web

Gary Paulson Books

Secret Garden

Matilda

Roald Dahl Books

Jack London

Beverly Cleary

Mark Twain

Louisa Mae Alcott

Special Collections of Books

Dr. Seuss

Poetry

Famous Authors

How-To Books

Puzzle, Logic, and Comic Books

Easy Read Classics

Historical Fiction

Biographies

Multi-Cultural includes Story Books, Books with Tapes

Fisher-Price Tape Recorders and Read-a-Long Books on Tape

Science Shelf covers K-8 curriculum

History/Geography Shelf covers K-8 curriculum

Parent Reference Shelf:  teach child to read, different disabilities, school and sibling behavior issues, activities, medical issues, Jim Trelease, grammar, book report ideas, spelling, public speaking.

Reference Shelf:  Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Almanacs, Encyclopedia, Internet Guides

Pre Reading and Phonics

Phonics Game (Checked out 1 card game at a time)

Reading Safari Machines and Flip Books

Hooked on Phonics(Checked out 1 section at a time)

Frank Schaffer Board Games

Flash Cards

Bob Books -excellent

Sound and Sort Games

Rhyming Games

Sequence Cards

 

Reading Development Type Books  80% sorted by reading level

Rigby

Modern Curriculum Press

Step Into Reading

I Can Read

Berenstein Bears

Books with Tapes (MCP, Rigby)

Disney

Richard Scarry

Old "Dick and Jane" type

Keep old basals on hand, not much interest.

Books for Young Readers

Babysitter Club

Eagle Eye Ernie

PeeWee Scouts

New Kids Polk Street School

Boxcar Children

Amelia Bedelia

Nate the Great

Magic Tree House

Misc Early Chapter Books

Curious George

Mercer Meyer

Peggy Parrish

Judy Blum

Roald Dahl

Books/Authors for Middle School Readers

Lynne Reid Banks (Indian in Cupboard series)

Secret Garden

Beverly Cleary

Matt Christopher

Bruce Coville

E B White

Gary Paulsen

Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee)

Avi

L M Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables series)

Jean Craighead George(Julie of the Woods)

Nancy Drew series

Louis Sacher

Peg Kehret (Cages)

Dick King-Smith (Babe series)

Hank the Cow Dog series

Louise Lowery (Anastasia series)

 

Games

Geo Safari electronic w/card sets: reading, science, history, puzzles

 

Language Based:  Scrabble, Upwords, Clue, Clue Jr. Alphabet Soup, Sentence Game for Juniors, Word Yahtzee, HuggerMugger Jr.  Uncle Wiggly, ASAP, Carmen SanDiego Jr, Masterpiece,

 

Math Based:  Monopoly, Aggravation, Parcheesi, MasterMind, Yahtzee, Monopoly Jr., Oreo Matching Middles, Dominos, Quizmo, Frank Schaffer Addition and Mult, Allowance Game, Presto Chango,

Math Race, Uno, Chutes and Ladders

 

History/Geography Games:  Global Pursuit, US Map Puzzles, Carmen SanDiego Series, State to State

 

Science Materials:  Microscopes, slides

 

 

Stay Here Things

 

Telephone

Restroom

Copier

TV and VCR

 

Keep the Young Interested:  Lincoln Logs, giant legos, alphabet blocks, floor puzzles, giant cardboard blocks, Zolos, baby books

 

Computer Lab:  10 computers, 1 printer, Internet access, large variety of software

 

Microwave and fridge come in handy.

MISC Notes

Environment Issues:  Suggest look spacious, inviting, nice furniture if can afford it.  Good climate control, easy access to public. 

 

Staff Issues:  Should be approachable, welcoming, knowledgeable, interested, helpful, and have pride of ownership. Security is an issue, and you should have two adults on site.  If stretched for $, or low attendance, one adult, if there is a janitor on site, could be enough.

 

Funding Issues:  I would encourage anyone starting a similar project to seek collaborative financing.