Parent Child Activity Kits

Parent/Child Activity Kits are available for PEC partner agency staffs to check out for use in their work encouraging quality one-on-one parent interaction time with their children.  Kits may be checked out for approximately one week at a time.  To inquire about a specific kit, to reserve a kit, to preview kits, or to suggest a new kit for future use, contact Janice Savel in the PEC office by calling (319) 399-6808 or jsavel@aea10.k12.ia.us.

The kits that the PEC currently has available for loan: 

Carnival Games (bean bags games, etc)

Assorted preschool games  

Children’s Literature

Homemade Play Dough:  Make Play Dough Using a Simple Recipe

The Hungary Caterpillar:  Story and Craft

DO A DOT’s:  Marker Dabbers and Craft Sheets

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft

Play Doh Play Kit (Canned play doh, cutters and rolling pins)

Tambourine kit (small plastic plates glue w/beans inside), have children decorate with sticker and foam shapes ) Can be used as a music activity

Pasta Kit - Colored and plain pasta to string or glue (FYI- colored pasta will stain little ones lips)

Magnetic Refrigerator Photo Frames:  decorate frames with fun foam shapes and stickers.  (We have an instant camera that can be borrowed to take photographs.)

Children’s Music CD’s

FAST Family Flag Kit

Pine cone bird feeders (spread peanut butter on a pine cone, roll in bird seed)

Special Play Toys

Various Holiday crafts (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine, Spring, etc.)

Kitchen Table Place Mats (craft that can be laminated)

Rumble in the Jungle (Storybook and 14 finger puppets)

Easy Air Fresheners (Glue potpourri on tag board cut outs)

Grocery Cart (cut out pictures from newspaper grocery advertisements & glue onto a picture of an empty cart)

Full-size Outline of Child (rolled paper, outline child, have them color themselves)

Infant/Toddler Massage

*Please note:  We are always interested in your input and great ideas.  If you have a parent/child activity that you like to do with families, please consider sharing your ideas with us.