Pedagogical Material
- Books of all kinds: some will be of interest to teachers seeking classroom activities, practical teaching methods and evaluation grids. There are also books, the purpose of which is to address the needs and interests of the youth in the classroom such as school textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries as well as books on dinosaurs and the ozone layer.
- Kits or multimedia-packages: these may be comprised of a videocassette + an audiocassette + a teachers’ resources manual or guide + a student manual + a booklet of activities + a solutions manual + transparencies + manipulative pieces. There are also class-sets meaning a teachers’ resources manual or guide + 15 copies of the student manual. Again, one will find in the Centre a puppet + a teachers’guide and activity sheets.
- Games: Society games such as game boards with checkers, cubes, blocks, puzzles and card games.
- Picture books: in all shapes and sizes, from the pocket book to the giant size books that tell stories with a particular theme or that elevate the reader into the fantasy world with the help of colourful illustrations for the youngest.
- Child- , young adult- Fiction Works: one will find in the children collection such series as Paulette Bourgeois’ Franklin books and Linda Bailey’s Stevie Diamond Mysteries (KidsCan Press) or Bobbie Kalman’s Crabtree Series (Crabtree Pub. Co.) ; one will find in the Young Adult section Roy MacGregor’s Screech Owl’s Series (McLennan & Stuart) or Diana Wieler’s Ran Van trilogy (Douglas & McIntyre).
- Videos and DVDs: some are teacher resources used in illustrating a theory, a concept, a particular approach, others are for the young students and develop themes such as the environment, the government and the planets.
- Curriculum guidelines: these are Ontario Department of Education and Training curriculum guidelines covering all disciplines at the Elementary and Secondary levels.
- Posters: there are nearly 1,500 posters of all sizes and they
cover a wide variety of topics. They are systematically organized by
topic according to a proper classification scheme.
Periodicals: the Centre has approximately 125 subscriptions to teacher association newsletters, children magazines, journals that address concerns and interests of teachers of Mathematics, Science and History.
- CDs : these are increasingly popular and cover topics such
as Second Languages, Geography and Mathematics. Some CDs may be loaned
while others are to be used on-site only.
Puppets: there are puppets for the finger or the hand. For instance, one will find a butterfly, a dinosaur, a rabbit, a pig, a ladybird, a tortoise and a baby-bear.
- Models: these are used as explanatory devices, for instance, the nature of the brain or the heart.