The Resource Library is available to Chatham County child care providers free of charge.
Hours
- Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- To set up an after hours appointment: Call 919-542-7449 ext. 116 (Meredith) or 117 (Pam)
Laminator
- Chatham County child care centers: 30 feet of free laminating per month.
- Chatham County family child care homes: 10 feet of free laminating each month.
- Additional laminating can be done at a fee of $0.50 per foot (exact change or check).
- Our staff will laminate your materials for you. Drop them off at our office, and we will let you know when they are ready (usually within 2-3 days).
Die Cut Machine
- The use of the die cut machine is free to Chatham County child care providers, but you must supply your own paper.
- There lots of great ideas for ways to use the die cut machine for creating classroom activities. We have created a board on our Pinterest page for ideas.
Library Materials for Check Out
Below is a list of SOME of our items. If you are looking for something specific, call and ask!
Theme Kits
- Healthy Foods
- Marbleworks
- Colors
- Inch by Inch
- Spring
- The Farm
- Winter
- Bugs
- Fall
- I Like Myself
- The Ocean
- Multicultural Music
- Feelings
- Community Helpers
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Pets
- Shapes
- ABC’s
- Numbers
- Transportation
- Boxes
- Balls
- Outer Space
- Bears
- Animals
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- Brown Bear
- Blind Prop Box
Fine Motor Materials
Tinker Toys
Pegs and peg boards (over age two)
Zip, button, snap vests set
Lace, button, zip, buckle, tie, board set
Large color links
Lace & Trace Train
Flex blocks
Small shape links
Monkey Builders
Math Materials
Button Sequencing game
Balance scales
Dinosaur counters
Tangram shapes
Tangram shapes with shape pictures
Small square colored blocks
Number peg boards
Toy flip phones (5)
Counting, colored, sorting flogs
Wooden counting bears (up to 20)
Box of measuring items
Color shape bingo
Shadow match game
Don’t spill the beans game
My first balance scales
Balance scales
Puzzle Games
Numbers 1 to 20
Color match game (3 ways to play)
People at work puzzle match
Butterfly life cycle dominoes
Treasure in the Sea – counting up to 30
Memory match game
Puzzles
Children of the world (preschool)
Enchanted castle – 60 pieces
Castle floor puzzle – 48 pieces
Animal Eye Spy Puzzle – 20 Animals -70 pieces
Eye Spy Insects & Plants -20 species – 70 pieces
Eye Spy Seaside puzzle – 20 living items
Wooden Puzzles
Bald eagle – 25 pieces
Family at the beach – 12
Girl at the doctor’s office – 12
Parts of a Flower – 7
Veterinarian w/ cat – 12
Transportation puzzle w/ knobs – 8 non-interlocking pieces
Ice Cream Parlor – 12
Literacy
Large Tactile board letters
Small wooden letters
Tell me about this picture cards
Storytelling Picture cards
Sequencing and story-telling cards
Children of the world memory game
English & Spanish word cards
Safety sequencing cards (sort of outdated)
Blues Clues sequencing cards
Fruit and vegetable puzzle pieces
Puppets
Blocks & Accessories
Unit blocks and planks
Wooden tree “cookies”
Small set of wooden blocks
3 bins of various plastic animals
Dramatic Play
Baby Dolls w/ accessories
Baby doll wooden bed
Baby doll cots (2)
Grass skirts (2) and Leis
Cash register w/ play money
Sliceable foods
Plastic Foods set
Pots, pans, & dishes set
Wooden kitchen unit
Place setting mats (8)
Science
Bug catchers
Magnifying glasses
Tweezers
Sensory Blocks
Small Insects & Frogs
Test tube kits
Animals with Skeleton cards
Natural materials (magnolia cones, buckeyes, accords)
Music
Bin of musical instruments
Dancing scarves
Children’s CD’s
Physical Activity
Plastic Rings (10 – 15” hoops & 7 – 19” hoops)
Bag of 10 medium sized playground balls
Small Parachute 6ft.
Small Parachute 6 ft
Medium Parachute
Parachute 20 ft
Portable corn hole game
Bumpy Sensory balls from 4” to 10”
Bean Bags Flower/colors
Bean Bags red & blue square
2 Large buckets for bean bag toss
More balls
Just for School Age Children
Games
Don’t Break the Ice
Sight Word Bingo
The Iguana Factor (multiplication)
Connect Four
Candyland
Chutes & Ladders
Tact 10 Matching Game
Cards
Dr. Seuss – Go Fish
National Geographic alphabet cards
Blink
Regular numbered playing cards
Common Core vocabulary cards (Grades 2, 4, 5, & 6)
Math Equation tiles
Other
Sorting trays
Resource books
