overview

The Great Start to Quality Easter Resource Center offers materials and resources for parents, center based programs, school teachers and others to check out at no cost. The lending library offers age-appropriate, hands-on learning materials for children birth to five. It's the same concept as checking out a book from your local library. Fill out a request online or stop in to see what we have.

Check out locations in Saginaw County are at:
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  • Saginaw Intermediate School District
    3933 Barnard Road, Saginaw
  • St. Charles Elementary School
    801 West Walnut Street, St. Charles

hands-on learning

experience bins

Include theme-based toys and materials plus activity plans.

story stretchers

Include a storybook and activity ideas for extending the book across multiple areas of development.

CARE KITS

Include a toy and activity book that guide learning a specific skill.

educational materials
make learning fun. 

There are several hands-on learning
​materials for you to check out.

available Resources and Materials
  • Assessment Materials
  • CARES Kits
  • Competency Standards
  • Curriculum Plans
  • Discipline and Behavioral Strategies
  • Drawing and Writing Tools
  • Dry Erase Boards
  • DVD's, VHS Tapes, and CD's
  • Picture Books
  • Reading Books
  • Screening Tools
  • Sensory Kits
  • Story Stretchers
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Themed Experience Bins,
  • and much more! 

Examples of available resources

                 EXPERIENCE BINS                                                    CARES KITS                                                      STORY STRETCHERS

for more details call    877-614-7328