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Models & kits: Reading kits


All of the models, kits, and equipment highlighted in this guide can be borrowed at the Library Service Desks at Lansdowne and/or Interurban.
Please check which campus library lends the specific resource you are interested in borrowing.

Indigenous story time kit 1

Kit contains a puppet, set of felt story characters and 5 books: 

  • Mama, do you love me by Barbara Joosse  
  • Wild berries by Julie Flett 
  • Zoe and the fawn by Catherine Jameson 
  • Just a walk by Jordan Wheeler 
  • The salmon twins by Caroll Simpson

On Reserve @ Interurban

Indigenous story time kit 2

Kit contains a puppet, set of felt story characters and 4 books: 

  • The raven and the loon by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
  • Raven: a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
  • Totem tale: a tall story from Alaska by Deb Vanasse
  • My heart fills with happinss by Monique Gray Smith 

On Reserve @ Interurban

Family pre-school activity kits

Activity kit containing a variety of school-age level materials including picture books, puzzle, write-on/wipe-off books, erasable pens, other props. 
 
@ Lan: storybooks- Don't let the pigeon drive the bus -- The quiet book -- That's not my panda -- Wild berries -- Hide and Seek Farm (9 hinged doors/9 magnetic wooden pieces) -- Crepe rubber puzzle (caterpillar) (21 pieces) -- Write-on/wipe-off books- Get ready to print ; Pre-printing with mazes ; Big wipe clean activity book -- 2 wipe-off markers.
 
@ Int: storybooks- Nest -- The quiet book -- B is for basketball -- I love you too -- Magnetic Town (create-a-scene playset) (33 pieces) -- House shaped board (layer) puzzle (5 pieces) -- Write-on/wipe-off books- Get ready to print ; Pre-printing with mazes ; Big wipe clean activity book -- 2 wipe-off markers.
 
On Reserve @ Lansdowne & Interurban; access is for in library use only.

Dental health kit

Kit developed by the Camosun College Library to teach young children the benefits of good oral health and how proper nutrition can benefit dental health. 

Kit includes: 1 model of teeth (hard plastic and metal, 19 x 6 x 2 in.), 1 oversized toothbrush, Instruction sheet for model of teeth ; 1 magnetic healthy foods set ; 1 Brushing my teeth/toothbrush song felt kit ; 1 'Starsmilz' puppet with regular-sized toothbrush and 4 books: 

  • ABC Dentist / Liz Murphy
  • Melvin the magnificent molar! / by Julia Cook and Laura Jana
  • Doctor De Soto / by William Steig
  • Ready, set, brush / Sesame Street 

On Reserve @ Lansdowne

Family school age activity kit

Activity kit containing a variety of school-age level materials including picture books, puzzle, write-on/wipe-off books, erasable pens, other props. 
 
@ Lan: storybooks- Bats at the library -- When Emily Carr met Woo -- Lindbergh: the tale of a flying mouse -- Journey -- Northwest Coast native animals (matching game - 24 pairs) -- Easy Words Fun-to-Know puzzles (40 pieces) --'Life in the ocean' card game -- Write-on/wipe-off books- Ready to read ; I can count 1-100 -- 2 wipe-off markers.

@ Int: storybooks- Rosie Revere, engineer -- Have you seen my dragon -- Bats at the library -- S is for salmon -- Fake out! Animals that play tricks -- Astronomy and space fact cards (50 cards) -- Northwest Coast native animals (matching game - 24 pairs) -- Easy Words Fun-to-Know puzzles (40 pieces) -- Write-on/wipe-off book- I can count 1-100 -- 2 wipe-off markers.

 

 On Reserve @ Lansdowne & Interurban; access is for in library use only.