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View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue The ability to read musical notes on a staff is best taught in a hands-on manner. The Hand Bells kit contains eight colourful bells, with each bell representing a note from A to G. There are two bells for the letter C. Additionally, this kit contains 4 simple songs to play: Frere Jacques, London Bridge, Mary Had a Little Lamb, and Twinkle Twinkle. Students will learn to read notes on a staff and to use the corresponding bell to play the song. The colour coding of the bells allows students to have visual cues to assist with reading the notes. This activity kit is recommended for students 3+ or students that are just starting to learn how to read sheet music.
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Make learning geometry fun with the Hands-on Beginning Geometry Kit! This kit uses everyday objects to help students identify and learn shapes based on items they are familiar with, such as a soup can to demonstrate a cylinder. Activity cards found in the kit provide a hands-on approach to teaching students shapes. Students match the miniature objects with the corresponding shapes illustrated on the activity cards. The kit features 6 wooden shapes including a cone, cube, cylinder, hemisphere and sphere. It also includes 12 miniatures, such as a cake, hat, ice cube, tangerine, and a building block, as well as 6 self-checking cards.
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Celebrate the holiday in your class with the Hanukkah Celebration Box. This kit promotes sensory awareness of cultural traditions. It contains a wooden menorah and dreydl, candles, and cookie cutters, a stencil book, wooden stamps and sponge letters featuring Jewish symbols. The guide has suggestions for creative activities such as decorations that can be made from the cookie cutters and stencils. An included picture book tells the story of a Hanukkah celebration from the perspective of a child. Teachers can use the dreydl game to reinforce mathematical concepts of half, whole, zero, and one-to-one correspondence. Instructions are included, as well as recipes for latkes and Hanukkah cookies.
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Puppet 56, Puppet 57, Puppet 58, Puppet 59, Puppet 60, Puppet 61, Puppet 62, Puppet 63
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Made by Folkmanis, this puppet includes a tag with a short story that can be performed by the puppet. Folkmanis also produces instructional videos on how to use their puppets; for instance, check out this video on the many ways of using the Gray squirrel hand puppet. Folkmanis also has links to a number of useful Puppetry Resources.
Health action pack : Health education for 16-19s
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue Full size two-piece normal model opens in half to show inner chambers and valves of the heart, as well as aortic arch, superior and inferior vena cava, pulmonary and cardiac veins.
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue "Developed with an experienced educational specialist, this beautiful phonics game is designed to help children reinforce their phonics knowledge in a fun and enjoyable way"--Publisher's website. 40 tiles : wood, colour ; in box 31 x 16 x 6 cm + 1 Holly's Phonics User Guide (1 leaf : illustrations ; 21 cm)
View item in the U of T Libraries catalogue When winter hits, many Physical Education classes are relegated to the indoors. The library’s five HotSpots kits provide an easy way to keep gym activities varied and interesting, helping to keep students engaged indoors during the long, cold months. Each HotSpots kit comes complete with several HotSpots — heavy-duty, round pieces of plastic printed with exercise instructions — as well as an activity guide. The Jump Rope, Core, Cardio, and Hoops kits contain twelve HotSpots each, while the Basketball kit contains three sets of eight HotSpots. The HotSpots help students to develop fundamental movement skills. Simple written instructions describe how to safely and correctly perform each activity, and large illustrations provide a visual demonstration of proper posture and joint movement. The activity guides contain information about the activities featured in each kit, safety considerations, equipment requirements, how to distribute the HotSpots throughout the activity space, and suggestions about how the kit might be incorporated into a complete lesson plan.
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