Category Archives: Library Resources

Featured Activity Kit: Body Poetry: Yoga Cards

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Navroop Gill

The aim of the activity kit Body Poetry: Yoga Cards is to provide opportunities for children to incorporate exercise into class that can be done in twenty minutes or less. The kit contains 16 ( 8 1/2 by 11 inch.) … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Zoomy Digital Microscope

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Robyn Lewis

Zoomy: digital microscope is one of many new activity kits in the OISE library Curriculum Resources collection! This amazing kit comes with a digital microscope, digital camera with USB connection, an application CD, instruction manual, and adaptors to display images … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Animal Journey: Learning Shapes!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Luisa Fisher

The Animal Journey: Learning Shapes! kit provides a visually rich way for young children (ages 1+) to explore and manipulate basic 3D shapes. Designed by artist Ben Houstie of the Heiltsuk First Nation, each wood-carved character is rendered in the … Continue reading →

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OISE Book Display – Teaching Greek Mythology

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Robyn Lewis

We’re almost finished May and moving into June! Which means we’ll be looking at sunnier skies and brightly coloured flowers and hoping to swim soon; but have you ever considered where the names of these months are from? May is … Continue reading →

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Featured Activity Kit: Fitness Dice

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Luisa Fisher

The Fitness Dice kit, which consists of two large, plush dice, is a simple yet powerful way to get students actively participating in Physical Education. One of the dice contains instructions to perform basic exercises, such as “Hop (one foot)” … Continue reading →

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