For an overview of the Book Bundles and Parenting Packs early literacy kits, please visit the original post. The cost listed is the list price of each item, regardless of whether or not we got it on sale/discount. The activity sheets amount was calculated by cost of binder clip + lamination sheets.
Itemized List
- Backpack ($7.39) — 4Imprint
- Animal Opposites by Petr Horacek ($15.99) — Baker & Taylor
- Eric Carle’s Opposites by Eric Carle ($7.99) — Baker & Taylor
- Elmo’s World Opposites ($9.99) — Amazon
- The Learning Journey Opposites Puzzles ($11.99) — Amazon
- Melissa and Doug Soft Activity Book ($12.99) — Amazon
- Vinyl Bag ($1.99) — The Container Store
- Activity Sheets ($2.55) — created in-house
Total: $70.88
Ahhh, Animal Opposites is such a wonderful book that I can *never* have in the regular collection because of the flaps and pop-ups. We have it in our storytime collection and the kids really enjoy it whenever we take it out. So, it made sense to put it in a Book Bundle! Eric Carle’s Opposites is one of the better board books I found when I was looking for one on opposites.
I tried not to have too many Bundles with DVDs in them, but I couldn’t resist for this one. (Finding manipulatives on opposites is hard!) “Elmo’s World Opposites” is part of the Elmo’s World collection and a big patron favorite at my library.
The Learning Journey’s Opposites Puzzles were perfect for this kit. I did not include every pair of opposites though, as I thought some of them weren’t illustrated in a way that made sense and I wanted to have some back-up pairs for when some of these go inevitably missing.
And the Melissa and Doug Soft Activity Book gave a sensory component to the Bundle. I can also imagine that it is the favorite item for the younger side of patrons using the kits. And it’s machine washable!
The Opposites Bundle has circulated thirteen times since debuting five months ago!
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