Highlight: Quiet Books

FLANNEL STORY BOARDS

Flannel story boards are wonderful, because kids get to participate in the learning process. Here is a list of a few flannel story's:


A Visit to Grandma and Grandpa's Farm -- Quiet Book #3
Eight colorful pages about farm life that will teach and entertain your child.

 The Alphabet Felt Book
These fun felt book pages will help children learn the alphabet and increase their vocabulary.

 The Bear Facts About Health

Children Around the World

There are so many topics that can be found with flannel boards storybooks. Bible Stories, math, language, health, music, Book of Mormon stories, Jesus, and classic tales,

Highlight: STARWORDS

Starwords is a co-operative word game. Cooperative board games are awesome because players have to change their thinking from being the winner to helping the other players do good, so that everyone wins. It takes a smart mind to master cooperative board game strategy.You can't win unless you work together.

In this particular game, everyone makes words by looking at the pictures, then they must cover as many star spaces as can be covered.  This game is fun and entertaining for families, students, friends, and anyone who enjoys word games.

Highlight: Teaching ART with Books Kids Love

This is an activity book offered at PERC for you to teach your child Art! There are many great ideas within this book for you to use.
Using more than 100 illustrations and award-winning children's books, this creative resource provides educators with all the tools necessary for teaching art. The information, examples, project directions, and variety of choices provide everything for teachers and parents who a 
re looking for fresh ideas.

Highlight: Riddle Books and More!

 Find the items listed in the rhyme, or make up your own. The list will have you searching endlessly for them!  These riddle books will be fun and it will fill the mind with solving and finding an "item" in the picture.We have many riddle books in the Thinking and Reasoning section of PERC. Here are a few:

Highlight: LOVE and LOGIC

Love and Logic provides practical teaching and parenting techinques to encourage adults to be consistent and effective in their efforts with kids. Our love and logic collection is on Compact Discs (CD's), which can be listened to on a CD player.

Here is a little information on Love and Logic, as well as a brief biography of the founders and voices of Love and Logic.

"This practical and straightforward philosophy is backed with 30 years of experience. Parents can apply it immediately to a wide range of situations instead of struggling with difficult counseling procedures.

Jim Fay-- Founder and former school principal. 30 years of experience as a speaker, consultant. Jim Fay has become one of America's most sought-after presenters in the fields of parenting, positive discipline, and classroom management

 Charles Fay, PhD-- President and school psychologist. Charles Fay, Ph.D. is a parent, author and consultant to schools, parent groups and mental health professionals around the world.

 Foster W. Cline, MD-- Founder and psychiatrist. Dr. Cline is an internationally renowned child and adult psychiatrist, as well as the co-author of Parenting with Love and Logic. His love of children and passion for changing lives." --www.loveandlogic.com

Below is a list of some titles (not all) that we have in our collection of Love and Logic. If this interests you, try it out.

1. Put the Fun Back into Parenting- Stories that Teach by Jim Fay
2. Oh Great! What do I do now?- Parenting Remedies for when kids cook up the unexpected. By Charles Fay, Ph.D.
3.  Parenting Teens with Love & Logic-Preparing adolescents for responsible adulthood. By Foster Cline, M.D. & Jim Fay
4. When Kids Drain Your Energy- By Jim Fay
5. Shaping Self-Concept- Encouraging Kids to take risks and learn- By Jim Fay
6. Hope for Underachieving Kids- Opening the door to success with Love and Logic- By Jim Fay and Charles Fay, Ph.D.
7. Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood. Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years- By Jim Fay & Charles Fay, Ph.D.