Parent Resource Center

Hello Parents,
Below you will find an inventory of all the items that are located in the Parent Center. The Parent Center is located in the library by the K-1 door. The Parent Center has material that is can be helpful to your child with spelling, reading, vocabulary, and math. There is a check-out list where you will sign in/out the material. You can come by during the school day to check out these materials or give a note to your child’s teacher.

Reading Safari Sets 2-5
1. Game format that allows children to practice letter sounds, vowels, words and reading sentences by recording their own voice with playback.
The Cat in the Hat
1. Safari So Good! Wings and Things, and Surprise little Guys!
  1. A DVD that allows children to interact and enjoy educational stories.
  2. Available in Spanish
Floor Puzzle
1. Large Alphabet Floor Puzzle
2. Large Floor Word Puzzle
3. Large Floor Number Puzzle
Alphabet Flash Cards
1. With Directions on how to form letters
Sight Word Bingo Sets 1-3 Ages 5+
1. Vowel Bingo
2. Number Bingo
3. Addition Bingo
My 1st Word Builder Age 3+
1. Match, Spell and learn words with picture cards and letter cubes
Reading 1st Activity Center
1. Phonemic Awareness
  1. Students use picture cards to count syllables/sounds and match sounds in words
2. Phonics
  1. Students practice and reinforce phonic skills through engaging interactive activities.
3. Fluency
  1. Students will read passages in a variety of genres fluently and accurately and recognize punctuation when reading aloud.
4. Vocabulary
  1. Identify synonyms and antonyms; recognize homophones; understand multiple meaning words; know the meaning of prefixes, suffixes and root words; and use context clues to discover word definitions
5. Comprehension
  1. Read stories in a variety of genres; identify cause and effect; recognize the main idea in a passage; use details to draw conclusions; and identify facts and opinions.
Play and Learn Ending Sounds
1. Board Game to identify ending sounds
Play and Learn Short Vowel Sounds
1. Board Game to identify vowel sounds
Primary Number Pack PK-1st
1. Designed to encourage early number concept development to help them understand numbers 1-10
Arithmechips
1. Multiplication Board Game - A Fun and exciting way to help kids learn their multiplication tables
Super Scholar PK-K
1. CD1 – Alphabet Express – letter recognition, beginning sound, letter sound association, vocabulary building
2. CD2 – Pencil Pal Preschool – Letter and Number sequences, counting colors and shapes
3. CD3 – On Track Transition Math – Numbers 1-20, sequencing, pattering, telling time, and matching
4. CD4 – Flash Action Wonder Words – Beginning sight words, beginning sounds, word recognition
Frog Family Fun Pack K-2
1. Reading and Math Questions
2. English and Spanish
3. A parental involvement and test preparation program
Flash Cards

1. Alphabet
2. Colors and Shapes
3. Numbers
4. Word Families
5. Old Maid
6. Addition
7. Subtraction
8. Numbers and Shapes
9. Math War – Multiplication
10. Multiplication
Computer Games System Requirement XP, Vista, 7
1. Spelling Grades 1-3
  1. Spelling, Spelling Patterns, Word Recognition and Letter Sounds
2. Math Grade 1-2
  1. Counting, Adding and Subtraction, Regrouping, Greater Than and Less Than, Numerical Order, Skip Counting, Place Value and Fractions
3. Multiplication and Division Ages 8+
  1. Multiplication, Division, Fact Families and Speed Drills
Workbooks
1. Start to Read Level 1 Ages 4-6
  1. Comprehension Book, Read Along and Songs CD, Parent Guide
2. Level 2 Ages 5-7
3. Level 3 Ages 6-7
Phonics Workbook and CD Grades 1-3 System Requirements 7, Vista, XP
1. Consonants, Short and Long Vowel Sounds Blends, and Combination Sounds
Math Basics Workbook and CD System Requirements 7, Vista, XP
1. Adding and Subtraction, Understanding place value, Estimating, Multiplying and Dividing, Using Tables charts, Line Plots and graphs.
Dot to Dots Workbook and CD System Requirements Vista, XP, 2000
1. Connecting numbers sequence to form a picture
Kindergarten Spelling Bee Magnetic Book
1. Learn to Spell with Magnetic letters
Big Spelling 1-3 Workbook and CD System Requirements 7, Vista, XP SP3
1. Spelling patterns, word recognition, and letter sounds
Super Reading Made Easy Workbook and CD System Requirements 7, Vista, and XP
1. Grades 1-2
2. Story order, logic and comprehension
Big Puzzle Play Hidden Pictures and More
1. Workbook and CD System Requirement 7, Vista, XP Ages 6-8
2. Hidden Pictures, mazes, math puzzles and color by numbers
Big Puzzle Play Mazes and More
1. Workbook and CD System Requirements 7, Vista, XP Ages 6-8
2. Mazes, hidden pictures, math puzzles and color by numbers
Teach your child to read books
1. Level 1 Ages 4-6
  1. I Want a Pet
  2. Beep, Beep!
  3. Jog, Frog, Jog
2. Level 2 Ages 5-7
  1. The New Bike
Hot Dots
1. Hot Dot Power Pen with Self-Checking tool
  1. Set 1 – Getting the idea
  2. Set 2 – Noting and Recalling Details
  3. Set 3 – Drawing Conclusion and Predicting Outcomes
  4. Set 4 – Using Context Clues
  5. Set 5 – Funding the Sequence and Finding Cause and Effect
  6. Set 6 – Making Inferences
Word Family Activity Center
1. Write and Wipe Cards
2. Skill Building activities help students practice word families and spelling words
Cause and Effect – A Reading Comprehension Board Game
1. Grades 3-5
2. Read a story card and select the correct cause and effect to move up the mountain
Inference - A Reading Comprehension Board Game
1. Grades 3-5
2. Players move through elementary, middle , senior high and college reading story cards and drawing the correct inference from 3 choices
The Main Idea – A Reading Comprehension Board Game
1. Travel from 1 galaxy to another requires players to correctly identify the main idea of the high interest stories.
Reading for Detail – A Reading Comprehension Board Game
1. Who – When – Where questions are based on high interest stories choosing the correct answer wins an extra turn.
Silly Sally Backpack
1. Contains a book and suggested activities you can do with the book
Turn and Tell Clock
1. Prompts hand/eye coordination and concepts of time

Parent Resources

The Little Peoples Guide to the Big World
1. Collection of poems which help clarify the different issues children deal with in today’s world
Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man
1. Teaching the standards through story to help prepare for the EOGs
Homework Notebook and Planner
1. English and Spanish
2. Assists adults in understanding concepts from their child’s homework assignments
Parents Homework Dictionary
1. English and Spanish
2. Assists adults in understanding concepts from their child’s homework assignments

DVDs

Phonics and Vocab
1. Demonstrates ways to help students use Phonics and vocabulary strategies to improve their reading
Preschools learn Classification
1. How using simple cut out pictures from magazines and newspapers can be used to teach classification skills
Helping your child with homework
1. Explorers helpful tips and activities to do at home when helping your complete homework
Effective Study Skills
1. Explorers suggestions for helping your child improve their study skills
Helping your child with vocabulary, writing, and spelling
1. Helps develop the skills and strategies necessary to learn vocabulary and how to write and spell proficiently
Building Comprehension Strategies
1. A guide for creating opportunities for growth and understanding of basic comprehension strategies
Helping your school aged child with fluency and comprehension
1. Develops skills and strategies necessary to clean how to read fluently and to comprehend with meaning and understanding
Fruity Math Salad
1. Active engagement in learning measurement computation skills and problem solving techniques using concrete materials
Transition between Elementary and Middle Schools
1. Offers practical solutions that parents can use to ease their child’s anxieties
Preparing your child for standardized test
1. Helps prepare your child for standardized tests.