The Instructional Materials Center is a model Pre-K–12 school library media center located on the lower level of Belk Library.
This guide contains a sample of kits, models, puzzles, games, and manipulatives available through the IMC.
The guide is organized by subject:
-- Math
-- Language Arts
-- Social Studies
-- Science
Mrs. Plumpert's prized pot pie has gone missing, and it's now a chicken chase to crack the case! Move around the board to gather clues, and then use the special evidence scanner to rule out suspects.
In this quick strategy game, you will have until sunset to grow as many strawberry plants as you can, while landscaping your garden.
Cleverly plan and construct a thriving woodland town of cute critters, but don't let it fill up with wasted resources!
Plant your seeds, grow your crops, and bring in the most bountiful harvest in this new take on a classic strategy game. Perfect for fans of farming simulation or city-building games.
Players spin to decide how many cherries they can pick from the tree and put in their baskets.
A board game of military strategy where players lead their armies as they sweep across continents to launch attacks against other players.
Compete to create the funniest meme by pairing Caption Cards with the Photo Card in play. The judge of each round picks the best combination.
The classic naval combat game. Players try to sink all enemy ships by calling out suspected hiding areas and keeping track of hits and misses.
Flip and stack the colorful food cards to form Slamwiches and Double Deckers, but watch out for the Munchies and Thieves who are out to steal your stack!
Ride through a roller coaster of emotions and learn about your feelings along the way. This fun anger management game helps children of all ages learn how to cope and calm down when angry.
Learn the alphabet by completing the jigsaw puzzle and matching the letters with more than 40 wacky vehicles from Richard Scarry’s Busytown!
Build your very own cave, tunnel, playhouse, space station, igloo, castle, tent, and more, just add a blanket or lights to create a hideaway to play and read!
Use centimeter cubes for problem-solving activities including the metric system.
Create buildings, monuments and geometric forms, no glue or connectors required. Develops understanding of balance and proportion as well as interest in architecture and design.
The sound of the Tibetan singing bowl offers a calming effect, supporting mindfulness and focus.
Use the mouse hand puppet and 15 hook-and-loop backed props to follow along with the classic story.
Learn about birds using realistic specimens for hands-on exploration.
Learn about insects using realistic specimens for hands-on exploration.
Learn about mammals using realistic specimens for hands-on exploration.
Learn about reptiles using realistic specimens for hands-on exploration.
These 12-piece plastic puzzles are scored in 1" sections so that visualizing area and perimeter without graph paper is quick and easy!
Students will have fun practicing coin identification, addition, subtraction, and place value with this talking, interactive cash register.
Make it easier for young students to learn about time and related concepts.
Designed to help children understand geometric concepts through hands-on exploration.
Traditional double-six black wooden dominoes with white dots.
Wooden percussion instruments for young children.
21" beginner soprano ukulele with carrying bag, strap, and pick.
Spin and call out the moves. Players must move that body part to that color spot as quickly as possible.
Take a spin and buckle up for twists, turns, and adventures all along the road!
Remove one block at a time from below the top layer of the tower and stack it on top. Last player to stack a block without causing the tower to fall wins.
Match colors or numbers. Shuffle Hands rule resets the game!
Each player wears a headband that displays a card to the others. Players ask each other questions to try to find out what is on their card.
Use the clues you find in the mansion and your best deductive abilities to sleuth out WHO, WHERE, and with WHAT?
Players encounter all kinds of "delicious" surprises as they move their cute gingerbread man pawn around the path in a race to the castle.
Race through the streets to collect recyclables and transport them to recycling centers.
Teaches children to identify food groups and create nutritious meals.
Develops sorting, color identification, imaginative play. and healthy eating. Sort items into 5 colors: red, purple, yellow, orange, and green.
Contains all the age-suitable tools needed to collaborate and make just about anything from up-cycled cardboard.
48 pieces, finished size 3 feet x 2 feet.
50 pieces, assembled size 36 x 24 in.
Includes all the Arabic alphabet letters and Arabic numbers, 1-10.
The object of the game is to use all your letters in a connected word grid without a spelling mistake, proper noun, or abbreviation. For preschoolers and early readers.
Contains 4 decks of 50 flash cards: Day to Day, Familiar Signs, Early Vocabulary, and The Basics.
138 pieces in 19 sizes/shapes and 5 colors. Play as stacking blocks to make buildings from your imagination.
There are additional materials not in this guide located throughout the non-fiction sections of the IMC stacks. You can search for them in the catalog.
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The Instructional Materials Center is a model Pre-K–12 school library media center located on the lower level of Belk Library.
