January 31, 2025
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Magna-tiles Story Kit: Have fun with magna-tiles while helping young children with their problem-solving, number & color recognition, and events-sequencing skills! Kit includes Eric Carle’s Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and a set of manga-tiles featuring a two-sided puzzle which incorporates book characters, animals, colors, and numbers. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1794950
Build a Dinosaur Kit: Encourage young children to practice critical thinking skills, learn about dinosaurs & paleontology, and practice concepts of sorting and matching as they play! This kit features a 4 foot by 2 foot realistic T-Rex skeleton puzzle and Byron Barton’s classic text Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1817709__S
Cell Division Kit: Discover how mitosis, meiosis, and genetic inheritance work! Kit contains model autosomes, X and Y chromosomes, chromosome fragments, and alleles. Includes teacher’s manual with instructions for hands-on activities and three short books with background information. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1806525
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Magna-tiles Story Kit: Help young children find delight in learning the alphabet! Kit includes Bill Martin, Jr.’s classic rhythmic, rhyming tale, and a set of magna-tiles designed to encourage letter recognition and creative storytelling. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1819568
Color Mixing Kit: Experiment with mixing, combining, changing, and creating colors using color paddles and colormix sensory tubes while learning all about color, light, and visual perception from Ellen Stoll Walsh’s Mouse Paint, Hervé Tullet’s Mix it Up, and Mari Schuh’s Crayola Science of Color. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1819615__S
The Grouchy Ladybug Magna-tiles Story Kit: Motivate children to value kindness, friendship, and good manners with the Grouchy Ladybug’s story! Kit includes Eric Carle’s classic tale and a two-sided set of magna-tiles which can be used to: teach how to tell time, practice sequencing events in a story, and recognize the relationships among parts and a whole. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1821485
Introduction to Circuits Kit: Explore electrical engineering using safe & child-friendly wires, lights, switches, motors, horns, and peg boards to create real, working circuits and build exciting projects detailed in the included instruction book! Kit also contains two books, Electricity by Jane Parks Gardner and How Circuits Work by James Roland. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1818808__S?lang=eng
Introduction to Anatomy Kit: Elementary school students can learn about the inside of their body by pacing large foam replicas of 8 major internal organs in their correct locations. Kit includes the book Me and My Body (published by DK), which provides more insights into the workings of the body and suggestions for hands-on activities to solidify learning. https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1817710__S
Model Frog Dissection Kit: High school students can inspect the thoracic and abdominal structures and the exterior parts of the frog using a very detailed, life sized model with removable parts. Kit incudes a numbered key and study guides. A great alternative to frog dissection! Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1806524__S
Model Rat Dissection Kit: An important tool for high school students to study zoology and anatomy, this life-size model with removable parts exposes the rat’s internal organs, providing a realistic reproduction of the anatomy of the rat. Kit includes numbered key and study guide. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1817190
Skeletal System Kit: Internalize the names of the major bones in the human body and how they connect to each other using a 15-piece, double-sided floor puzzle; and gain an understanding of the role of the skeletal system in a healthy, functioning body with Karen Latchana Kenney’s book Skeletal System. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1817900__S
Solar System Kit: Early elementary school students can embark on a hands-on learning experience about the solar system and develop their spatial & geometric awareness and fine motor skills using this kit! Kit includes three books, DK Eyewitness Planets by Carole Stott, The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk, and Solar System for Kids by Hilary Statum and a double-sided magna-tiles puzzle which allows the user to construct models of a NASA rocket ship and the solar system. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1819567
Three Billy Goats Gruff Building Challenge Kit: Inspire young children to explore a difficult situation until they find a solution using this fairy tale construction challenge! Includes Paul Galdone’s classic telling of the story and materials to build a bridge to keep the goats safe from the troll. Request it here: https://search.lancasterlibraries.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1806549__S
These kits are ideal for:
- Homeschoolers
- Educational Co-Ops & Small Schools
- Families (borrow a kit instead of purchasing your own!)
- Inquisitive Learners of All Ages!
But this is not all! We’ll be adding many other new kits, too! Check this page, the library’s catalog, and our email notifications frequently for updates and to find out what else is new!
Is there a kit or type of kit (STEM or any other type/topic) YOU would like the library to lend? Call 717-354-0525 or email adagostino@elancolibrary.org to share your ideas!
To place a request for these kits: Call the library at 717-354-0525 to make your request. OR Click the link above for the item you would like, then click REQUEST IT, then sign in with your last name, library card number, and PIN. You’ll be added to the wait list for that item! Requests are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Once your item is ready for pickup, we will contact you via the email or phone number on your library account. Note: these kits can only be picked up at and returned to ELANCO Library.