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I want to buy some educational games and toys for the small school in my pueblo. And maps. Does anyone know of a good place for these things in Liberia or San Jose? Any stores that are geared to this? Thanks for any info.
1. [url=https://www.libreriainternacional.com/]Librería Internacional.[/url]
2. [url=http://www.universalcr.com/]Universal[/url]
3. [url=http://www.librerialehmann.com/]Libreria Lehmann[/url]
4. [url=http://store.officedepot.co.cr/OnlineStore/]Office Depot[/url]
Does that help?
[quote=”Scott”]1. [url=https://www.libreriainternacional.com/]Librería Internacional.[/url]
2. [url=http://www.universalcr.com/]Universal[/url]
3. [url=http://www.librerialehmann.com/]Libreria Lehmann[/url]
4. [url=http://store.officedepot.co.cr/OnlineStore/]Office Depot[/url]
Does that help?[/quote]
Kind of. Thank you very much. I got flash cards for learning English in the States and they love those. I was hoping to find instructional games in Spanish which I can’t find on Amazon. I want a good world map, which I can get easily enough in English but I was thinking there is probably a source for these types of things here – where do the schools in big cities get their stuff? Math flash cards are universal so I can get those in the states also, but am curious as to where the schools here get things. Thank you very much for responding! I will load up in things when I return to the states but still looking for a local source.Sorry to say, most public schools here don’t use these type of learning tools.
Suggest you look for some of the very many variety of dominoes and other matching games. The ‘El Rey’ stores used to stock some good and inexpensive wooden learning ‘tools’.
I had a preschool and daycare for over 20 years in Canada and brought many items with me and shared many of them with local schools.
Make and laminate your own Bingo games using families, names, food, etc.
Purchase packs of regular playing cards and divide them up into sets of doubles, or colors, or shapes for more matching games.
Buy Lego and supply a plastic container to keep the pieces in.:wink:
Rubber floor puzzles are now readily available…but suggest you split them up into sets containing 5-6 ‘blocks’ as then there will be enough for multiple children.
Check the ‘net for ‘educational stuff’ you can download for free.
Check the cheap plastic stores for rubber puzzles.
Avoid paper games for younger children as they won’t last
For older children go to websites that make ‘wordsearch games’ and print some up containing items from the home, the garden, animals depending on the ages, realizing that this will be a one time use game.
Lots of inexpensive jigsaw pules available for older students.
Buy charcoal and show them how to ‘do’ rubbings of coins, leaves, etc,
Again, on the ‘net print out nursery rhymes…for yourself maybe 8-)… as students learn best when having fun and by repetition.Good luck!
[quote=”costaricafinca”]Sorry to say, most public schools here don’t use these type of learning tools.
Suggest you look for some of the very many variety of dominoes and other matching games. The ‘El Rey’ stores used to stock some good and inexpensive wooden learning ‘tools’.
I had a preschool and daycare for over 20 years in Canada and brought many items with me and shared many of them with local schools.
Make and laminate your own Bingo games using families, names, food, etc.
Purchase packs of regular playing cards and divide them up into sets of doubles, or colors, or shapes for more matching games.
Buy Lego and supply a plastic container to keep the pieces in.:wink:
Rubber floor puzzles are now readily available…but suggest you split them up into sets containing 5-6 ‘blocks’ as then there will be enough for multiple children.
Check the ‘net for ‘educational stuff’ you can download for free.
Check the cheap plastic stores for rubber puzzles.
Avoid paper games for younger children as they won’t last
For older children go to websites that make ‘wordsearch games’ and print some up containing items from the home, the garden, animals depending on the ages, realizing that this will be a one time use game.
Lots of inexpensive jigsaw pules available for older students.
Buy charcoal and show them how to ‘do’ rubbings of coins, leaves, etc,
Again, on the ‘net print out nursery rhymes…for yourself maybe 8-)… as students learn best when having fun and by repetition.Good luck![/quote]
EXcellent! Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions! I will get to work and be creative in this endeavor. My pueblo has about 40 families and there are 13 students ranging in age from 7 – 11. They are very smart and I am looking forward to helping them any way I can. And having fun of course. Thanks again!
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