3 Only Children Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Looking for ideas for our support group Library. All ages of kids from K through high school. All subjects including games, DVD's, Hands on etc. These are checked out for a month so need to be supplements that can be used in that time period. What have been your favorite supplements that you have used and your kids loved? Or that you wished you owned? Thanks so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Math - geoboard http://www.learningresources.com/product/mobile/plastic+geoboard+classpack.do?null - tangrams http://www.learningresources.com/product/mobile/brights%21--8482-+tangrams+classpack.do?sortby=bestMatchesDescend Science - spring balance E.g. http://www.hometrainingtools.com/spring-scale-100-g-1-n/p/BS-SCALE4/?fee=2&fep=505&gclid=CPiC7JKbkMUCFQqEfgodE7oATQ - balance beam (the learning resource kind, not the pricier beam balance) e.g. http://www.hometrainingtools.com/ohaus-school-balance/p/BS-1210/ - microscope (the simple starter kind that is < $100) e.g. http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Lab-Duo-Scope-Microscope/dp/B000NOU54O Earth Science - rock set - handheld geocache GPS (entry level kind) I had owned most of the ThinkFun games and they are great for logic. However for games maybe ask for donations instead of buying new. My 9 year old had a hard time remember the continents until he played Risk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Math and logic games: Math Dash Equate (Here is a link to the Advanced Tiles ) Quarto Iota SET Stratego Rat-a-Tat Cat. Continuo Clue Chess Spelling/vocabulary games: Bananagrams (Also Bananagrams has versions available for different language such as Spanish, French, Hebrew ...) Scrabble History game: Perspective: Timeline Game Algebra 1 and 2 supplements: Anita Harnadek's books Algebra Word Problems Book 1 and Algebra II Word Problems Also How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra by Mildred Johnson Books: Balance Benders from Critical Thinking Company. MindBenders Logic Links from MindWare. There are four book levels, A through D. There is also a boxed set of puzzles. That link is here. Regards, Kareni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 Only Children Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Wonderful Ladies! Thank you so much. I really like the games, some new ones that I hadn't heard of before too. Keep them coming! Appreciate the links too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Most of mine have been mentioned so I'll just add 24, Cuisinaire rods, Liberty's Kids, Attenborough DVDs. I might think of more later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 My kids like these fraction bars as well. They're nice because they have fractions, decimals, and percentages on different sides. The kids enjoyed using a bucket balance to see how 2/3 compared to 4/5, for example. We also made a bucket balance from Lego and that was a fun project, but if you're looking at a lending library you're going to want to just buy a real one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Math manipulatives of every description, Hands on Equations, Magic School Bus DVDs, popular science for kids DVDs, geopuzzles, Life of Fred series, Ed Zaccharo books, MathTacular DVDs and their science series as well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Things I'd love to check out or have and love to use: Math It My First Microscope GeoSafari Talking Globe and/or the other Geosafari interactive products The Global Puzzle (there's also a Global animal puzzle but I couldn't find it on RR) Where in the World game I've also appreciated checking out audio CDs of homeschool conference talks. So a collection of high quality audio CDs for the teacher/mom are awesome! Lisa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Games/Toys: Sum Swamp Alpha-Bug Soup Right Start card games Snap Circuits Tinker Toys wooden building blocks Videos: Whistlefritz videos (foreign language immersion for little kids) Horrible Histories (live action series) all the Attenborough natural history videos Mathtacular Yoga Kids: ABCs Liberty's Kids The Little Travelers Books: Horrible Histories Dead Famous Horrible Science Life of Fred elementary series One Small Square series Basher (different books for different subjects, like Physics, Rocks & Minerals, Algebra, etc.) Children Just Like Me The Private Eye I've heard the Muggins math games are good, but haven't gotten to try them personally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 So many great ideas already. It's hard to think of additional things, but here goes: - Classical Kids Collection CD series (Beethoven Lives Upstairs, etc.) - Opera for Kids - globe and giant world map - musical instruments (especially percussion, such as shakers, small drums, tamborine, etc.) - DVD sets from Devine Entertainment: The Inventors' Specials; The Artists' Specials; The Composers' Specials 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 For middle school history-- I like the Genevieve Foster books-- they really help to tie World history together http://www.amazon.com/Genevieve-Foster/e/B005DJSBNQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1430149565&sr=8- The Steve Sheinkin books really wake up American history http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Sheinkin/e/B001JPA91K/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1430149657&sr=8-1-fkmr0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Another thought ~ Peggy Kaye has some good books for the younger ages such as Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read Games for Writing: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Write Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math, From Kindergarten to Third Grade And don't forget Family Math (Equals Series) by Jean Kerr Stenmark and Virginia Thompson Regards, Kareni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 Only Children Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Thank you all so much! I now have a great list going and hope to add many of these to our library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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