Making room for growth

You may have noticed the many boxes of freebies we've had outside our door for a couple weeks. PERC is in the process of clearing out many of our "tired" items to make room for all the new toys we want to get. We have substantially thinned our collections of videotapes, CD-ROMS (many of which no longer work with newer computers), and audio cassettes. We hope to focus on motor skills and sensory toys for younger children, as well as some new fun games for older kids.

Here's an example of some of things we've acquired just this week. All of these items are available to you, our PERC patrons, for free. Check out our online catalog and click on "What's New" to see everything.

New Item: Tumble & Glow Froggio

One of the items we've purchased lately is the Tumble 'N Glow Froggio.

Our Roll 'N Swirl Ball Ramp has been so popular that we'd thought we'd get this little guy to help fill the demand for this type of motor skill toy. Come in to PERC today to check him out, or put him on hold by logging in to our online catalog.

More new items at PERC

Here's a sneak peek at more of the fun items we got for Christmas!

WINGO combines word-building, bingo, and dominoes to make a game that's a fun way for kids to learn language.

This fishing game gives little kids a colorful way to practice motor skills and learn about underwater life.

The First Atlas is a wonderful addition to our DK series. Lots of pictures and information about peoples and cultures makes this book interesting to kids and parents alike.

All these things are available for checkout. Make sure to come in soon and see us!

New items from our wish list

Thanks to a generous donor, we have some new items from our wish list to share with our patrons!

This Melissa & Doug Cookie Set has twelve cookies with frosting and oven tools. It helps teach basic shape and color recognition and beginning math skills through creative pretend play.

The Family Dinner Box of Questions has 75 cards designed to promote conversation at mealtime.

The Peek-a-Boo Panda encourages babies to experiment with interactive play. The panda has arms that click into place in front of its eyes.

Inventory, and PERC needs you!

Mary wields a mean scanner!

Heidi and Margy hard at work.

It's that time again - time for PERC's annual inventory. Several volunteers gathered today, and together we scanned nearly 8000 items in only six hours! Every single item on our shelves was accounted for, and in the next few weeks we'll be chasing down the strays.

Lots of New Things at PERC!

We've been really busy the last few months! First, we'd like to introduce our themed bags. We have put together a series of kits dealing with different subjects of interest to parents and children. Some of these subjects include Potty Training, Kindergarten Preparation, Growing Things, Alphabet, and more. Each bag contains several books, a video, and at least one game or toy to illustrate the concept. If you're home schooling and you have a lesson theme, or if you've got a child who is struggling with a concept, these bags are a perfect solution.

Thanks to a generous donation from Kid Budget, we have special items to give away. The Vault is a method for teaching money management to kids ages 6-10. It includes four pouches to separate accounts, a wristband to remind kids to save, and a workbook full of fun activities and lessons. These would make great Christmas presents for kids or grandkids. PERC has several to give away. Please ask a staff member for more information.

Last, but certainly not least, there are a couple of new ways for you to support PERC! We have set up an account with Amazon Smile that will allow you to donate half a percent of any applicable purchases to PERC. Just log in to your regular Amazon account at smile.amazon.com and search for Parent Education Resource Center Orem when it asks you to choose a charity to support. In order for the donation to go through, purchases must be made through smile.amazon.com, and not the regular Amazon site, but both sites are functionally identical. The link below should make things easier for you.

Parent Education Resource Center

Some patrons have expressed an interest in donating a toy or game to PERC for Christmas. To make this easier, we have set up a wish list on Amazon.

We really appreciate our patrons. Thank you for helping make this a great year at PERC!

Teen Summer Games Today!

Join us for Teen Summer Games Today! June 11th! Come to the Orem Library and join us in the Media Auditorium. Hope to see you there.