Section D – Kits

This section is about the kits that you will bring to each class for use during Parent and Child Together Time (PACT). The kits have books and toys that you will use to have families practice the skills you are showing them. This section includes:

• Overview of Kit Use
• Costs of Creating Kits
• Rationale for Use of Crafts
• Types of Books used in GSL Sessions
• ABC Kit
• Animals Kit
• Shapes/Colours Kit
• Numbers Kit
• Appendices

Once you begin the specific kit section, please note that each section has:

• A list (in table format) that has the titles of books used, author, type of book, cost, and the International Standards Book Number (ISBN). When you know the ISBN, you will be able to order the books from most book sellers; in some cases, we could not find an ISBN
• Crafts to send home with families to enhance learning and literacy/math skills
• A list of educational games and toys that are suggested to be included in the specific kit
• Songs and Finger plays
• Literacy and Math activities (story stretchers) that you can do in each class as well as the rationale for doing them

Overview of Kit Use

There are four core kits on which you can base the eight weeks of GSL lessons and activities. The four main kits are:

• ABC
• Animals
• Shapes/Colours
• Numbers

Every two weeks you can bring a different kit. We suggest rotating the kits and having more than one kit since the families may get bored with the books and toys. Also, one of the benefits of exposing families to more than one kit is that families are shown a wider variety of books and toys in hopes that they will recognize and purchase or borrow them. This will further enhance the learning of both children and parents.