Each parent pack is housed in a zippered plastic bag and contains one book, either in English or Spanish, a one-page guide with tips for reading the book on one side and an explanation of the activity on the other, and an educational, hands-on activity. Each parent pack is priced individually. Please refer to the literacy kits for the summary of each book and activity.
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- Healthy Snacks Parent Pack
Healthy Snacks gives families great ideas on what types of foods are healthy for snacks and why eating healthy is so vital to being fit. The literacy guide addresses portion sizes, discusses five rules to live by to maintain a healthy diet, and provides recipes for healthy snacks. With the obesity rate at an all […]
- Making Friends Is An Art Parent Pack
Brown is the least used pencil in the box. He’s tall, geeky and lonely. Brown envies Red, Purple, Blue and all the other pencils who have fun coloring and playing together. Dark Green is trustworthy, Pink listens well, Orange has fun, and everybody likes Red! Brown doesn’t smile very often because he doesn’t get used […]
- Putting Porn in its Place Parent Pack
Research has shown that the average age of first exposure to porn is now between 8 and 11 years old. Parents are their kids’ first, most consistent, and normally most trusted teachers, and can make a positive difference by talking with their children. Children are naturally curious about sex. If we do not teach our […]
- Swimmy Parent Pack
Swimmy is the only little fish amongst his brothers and sisters who was born black instead of red. He also has the ability to swim faster than the rest of the fish and is able to out swim the big fish that comes to devour his family. Poor Swimmy is left all alone in the […]
- Tacky the Penguin Parent Pack
Tacky the Penguin is a total nonconformist who lives with a group of formal, proper penguins. But it is Tacky who foils the plans of three hunters who threaten the penguins. With his un-penguin-like behavior, Tacky puzzles the hunters to such an extent that they are firmly convinced that they cannot be in the “land […]
- The Bully Blockers Club Parent Pack
On the first day of school, Lotty Raccoon encounters Grant Grizzly, the class bully, who taunts and teases her at every turn. Ignoring him does not work, nor do several other tactics she tries. Finally, she comes up with a solution: a Bully Blockers Club. She recruits other students who have been bullied by Grant. […]
- The Cat in the Hat Dictionary Parent Pack
For those who have always wanted to say things like “Mi madre es una gallina” (“My mother is a hen”) or “Los zorrillos huelen mal” (“Skunks smell bad”), this book is the answer to your dreams! After all, who wouldn’t want to learn Spanish from the Cat in the Hat? Simple (and occasionally silly) English […]
- The Cat in the Hat Parent Pack
Poor Dick and Sally. It’s cold and wet and they’re stuck in the house with nothing to do…until a giant cat in a hat shows up, transforming the dull day into a madcap adventure and almost wrecking the house in the process! This book will really help children learn to read. With his simple vocabulary, […]
- The Hat Parent Pack
Hedgie the hedgehog discovers the wisdom of the adage, “Don’t go poking your nose where it doesn’t belong” only after curiosity gets this prickly fellow in a pickle. When Lisa’s woolen stocking blows off the clothesline, Hedgie finds it and sticks his nose inside, only to discover his prickles prevent him from pulling out of […]
- The Judgmental Flower Parent Pack
The flower patch has always been the same. Purples hang with other Purples. Blues hang with Blues. But when Purple moves into the Blue Patch, Blue just isn’t sure how he feels about that! Fortunately, Blue’s Mom is around to point out how much Blue and his friends can learn from Purple. This important tale […]