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Bi-Folkal Kits (Deluxe Program Kits)
The Deluxe Program Kits includes: Program Manual, Audio-Visual Presentation, Booklets, Audio-Cassette, Skits/Jokes, Tactile activities and more!

• Remembering African-American Lives

  This kit includes: Program Manual, 140-Slide tray "Remembering A.A. Lives", Cassette #1: "Aunt Shirleys Trunk", Cassette #2: "Sing-Along Songs", Cassette #3: "Faith of Dr. Samuel Proctor", Large-print booklet: "Lift Every Voice" (24), African-American Actiphile (20), African-American Picture Set (12), Paper Dolls (2), Art Print-"Apple Pies", Hand Fan, Greeting Card, Campaign Button, Murrays Hair Dressing Can, Dixie Peach Pomede Jar, Stocking.

• Remembering Automobiles

  This kit includes: This kit includes:Program Manual , 80-Slide tray "You Oughta Have an Auto!" (Slide #78 missing), Cassette #1: "You Oughta Have an Auto!" 15 Minutes), Cassette #2: "Sing-Along/Readings, Large-print booklet, "Spare Parts"(25), Hubcap - 1932 Model "A" Ford, Upholstery samples, Car Advertisement, Large-print skit script, "You Can't Miss It!"(10), United States road map

• Remembering Birthdays (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual, 80-Slide tray "Celebrate"",Cassette #1: "Celebrate!, Cassette #2: "Sing-Along/Birthday Thoughts", Large-print booklet, "Many Happy Returns' (25), Booklet:"Happy Birthday", Large-print skit script, "The Present" (3), Large-print skit script, "The Physical" (3), Large-print skit script, "The Phone Calls" (3), Large-print skit script, "The Couple" (3), Antique card or tag reproduction (3), According to Astrology (21), Rose-scented "packages" (5), Chocolate-scented "packages" (5), Cake decorating tip, Candle holders (2), Graphic masters (2).

• Remembering County Fairs (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual, 80-Slide tray: Step Right Up, Cassette #1: Step Right Up, Cassette #2: Sing-Along/Merry-Go-Round Music, Scratch & sniff story An Aromatic Adventure, Pickle scratch & sniff (10), Peach scratch & sniff (10), Lemon scratch & sniff (10), Strawberry scratch & sniff cards (10), Flower scratch & sniff cards (10), Fair ribbons (8), Poster - FAIR Remember the Summertime, Wisconsin Fair brochures (3), Art print Brueghels the Fair, Large-print song sheet Our State Fair (25), Large-print song sheet Meet Me in St. Louis (25), Large-print song sheet Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be (25), Large-print poem merry Go Round (25), Large-print skit A Fair Day for Food (3), Bumper Sticker, Erie County Sesquicentennial brochure, Parking tags (2), Newspaper ads (5), 139th Erie County Fair horse show booklet, 157th Annual Erie County Fair & Expo brochure, 1978 Erie County fair Premium Lists, Reflections of Americas County Fair 1841-2000.

• Remembering the Depression

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 140-Slides in carousel tray - (140) , Videocassette , Cassette #1: "Sing-along" , Cassette #2: "Remember Depression radio" , Large-print booklet, "Words from the Depression" (25) , Colliergraph reprrints (10) , Colliergraph shape master , Colliergraph cardboard shapes (5) , Colliergraph white pencils (5) , Skit script: "The Merger" (5) , Handout: "FDR's Alphabet Agencies" (25) , Art print: "American Gothic" by Grant Wood , "Pretty Print" Floursack , Plastic Apple , Tin Cup , Lead pencils (3)

• Remembering Fall (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual, 60-Slide tray Frost You Say?, Cassette #1: Frost You Say? (9min), Cassette #2: Sing-Along/Piano Music, Large-print booklet, Fall(25), Piano music, Skit script Ready or Not, Here Comes Winter (3), First Killing Frost Map of the Eastern US, Autumn Color Display World Map, Large-print poem Trick or Trek-Ogden Nash, Fall catalog, Picture Set in Folder, Plastic laminated leaves (2), Shotgun Shells (2), Acorns (2), Fabric samples of wool & cotton , Stanford University pendant.

• Remembering Farm Days (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 80-Slide tray "Morning Chores" , Cassette #1: "Morning Chores" , Cassette #2: "Sing-Along/Fiddle Tunes" , Large-print booklet, "Farm Rhythm"(25) , Joke Cards (8) , Picture Packet: "Midwestern Farming" (12) , Book: "Morning Chores & Other Times..." , Bag of Seeds: Oates, Corn, Wheat, Peas (4) , Farmers Almanac 1992 , Cowbell , Bandana

• Remembering the Fashion (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 80-Slide tray (79 missing #1) , Cassette #1: "In Agony & Ecstacy" , Cassette #2: "Sing-Along/Stories for discussion" , Large-print booklet, "Notes & Notion"(24) , Skit script: "Tall and Slim" (3) , Skit script: "Suited for a Party" (3) , Touch cards (4) , Sheet of paper doll fashion , Men's garter , Sachet , Mask masters (5)

• Remembering the Fifties (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , Slide tray Remembering 1950's(80) , "The Fifties Video" 29 min. , "The Fifties"Sing-along Song (audio) , "The Fifties Family Style" (audio) , "Hi-Fi Hits" Large Print books (23), 45 rpm record "Elvis" , "The Fifties"Actiphile in Aqua folder (16) , Advertisements (2) , Art Print (1) , "Paint Ike by Number" (1) , Paper dolls (2) , Baseball cards (3) , "The Fifties" picture set clear folder (13) , Slinky (in box)

• Remembering Fun and Games

  This kit includes: Program Manual, 80-Slide tray "The Games of Life", Videocassette "The Games of Life", Cassette #1: "The Games of Life", Cassette #2: Sing-Along/Stories for discussion, Large-print booklet. "Your Turn!"(24), Skie script "No One Will Ever Play Monopoly"(3), Skit script "Fun and Games With Grandma"(3), Writing exercises-instruction master(7), Gameboard-The Game of Games, Instructions-The Game of Games, Wooden nickels(23), Tokens 15-red 15- green 16-yellow 16-blue(62 total), Dice(2), 1-minute timer, String, Games players' markers(6), Card holders(6), Deck of playing cards, Game cards(white,red,blue,yellow,green)

• Remembering Home

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 80-Slide tray "The Home of Your Dreams" , Videocassette "The Home of Your Dreams" , Cassette #1: "The Home of Your Dreams" , Cassette #2: "Sing-Along/Stories for discussion , Large-print booklet, "Home Keys" (25) , Skit script, "Setting up Housekeeping" (3) , Skit script, "Spring Into Cleaning" (3) , Home work photographs & instructions (13) , Clothespins (2) , Canning jar gasket , Seed packets (2) , Doily , Foam paintbrush , Catalog pages (3) , Wallpaper sample , Floor plan , Survey

• Remembering the Home Front (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , Videocassette "Stars on the Homefront" , Cassette #1: "Stars on the Homefront" , Cassette #2: Sing-Along/"Your Hit Parade" , Large-print booklet, "V-Book" (25) , Skit script "Don't cha Know There's A War on?" (3), Gasoline scratch & sniff cards (10) , Chocolate scratch & sniff card (10) , Birthday Cake scratch & sniff card (10) , Knitting patch , Toy soldier , Tin Foil , Bandage

• Remembering Music (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 80-Slide tray "Keeping Time" (80) , Cassette #1: "Keeping Time" , Cassette #2: "Sing-Along/Music of the Earth" , Skit script: "Auld-Lang-xiety" (3) , Skit script: "The Budding Musical Career" (3) , Skit script: "The Evils of Dance: (3) , Booklet: "How's Your Musical Geography" (25) , Booklet: "Chorus Lines" (24) , Player Piano Roll , Compact Disc , Dance Card with pencil , Music Box-Anniversary Waltzgram

• Remembering 1924

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 80-Slide tray "It was 1924" (no box) , Cassette #1: "It was 1924" (16 min.) , Cassette #2: Sing-Along/Charleston Music , Large-print booklet, "The Jazz Age" (25) , Large-print laminated crossword puzzle(5) , Large-print laminated crossword solutions(5) , Martini scratch-n-sniff (10) , Gasoline scratch-n-stiff (10) , China Markers(5) , Silk Stocking , Cotton Stocking , Mahjongg tiles (4) in cloth bag , Yo-Yo , Large-print joke scripts(8) , Large-print Master "Keep Cool & Keep Coolidge" , Bibliography for table display , Slang of the 1920's

• Remembering Pets (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual, 78-Slide tray "The Family Pets", Slides 0 & 1 missing) , Videocassette "The Family Pet" , Cassette #1: "The Family Pet" , Cassette #2: "Sing-Along/Cat Tales" , Large-print booklet, "Reigning Cats & Dogs"(25) , Large-print skit script, "Fighting Like Cats & Dogs"(3) , Large-print skit script, "Cat Chat" (3) , Paws for Pictures Picture Set (13) , Dog Mask , Cat Mask

• Remembering School Days

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 80-Slide tray: "The Great Slate Escape"(no box) , Cassette #1: "The Great Slate Escape" , Cassette #2: "Sing-Along Songs" , Large-print booklet, "Remembering "(24) , Pen & Slate Pencil , Marbles & jacks in cloth draw string bag (21) , Large-print poems "Old School Days" (15) , Morterboard with tassel , Billed cap , Gasoline scratch & sniff cards (10) , Apple scratch & sniff cards (10) , Orange scratch & sniff cards (10) , Chocolate scratch & sniff cards (10) , Pine Tree scratch & sniff cards(10) , Skit script: "The Unwilling Student"(3) , School Days Aren't What They...

• Remembering Spring (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , Cassette: Spring Thoughts , Videocassette "Spring Thoughts" , Cassette "Sing-Along Stories for Discussion" , Booklet "Spring Swings" (25) , Picture Set "Spring Things" (13) , Wrist Corsage (Touch Box) , Worm in a Bag (Touch Box) , Fabric Sample (Touch Box)(7) , Kite , Catalog Pages (2) , Lion Mask (Touch Bag) , Lamb Mask (Touch Bag) , Scratch & Sniff: Lilac(Touch Bag) (10) , Scratch & Sniff: Maple (Touch Bag) (10) , Spring Actiphile (17)

• Remembering Summertime (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program manual, DVD: "Summer Is," CD: Sing-Along/Stories for Discussion," Large-print booklet, "Summer Album" (25), "New for Summer” (25), "The Vacation" (large-print script), Scented cards (grape snow cone, root beer), old-time baseball cards, strawberry huller, band-aids, American flag, nose clip, hand-held fan.

• Remembering Train Rides

  This kit includes: Program Manual, 80-Slide tray "All Aboard" (no box), Cassette #1: "All Aboard", Cassette #2: Sing-Along/Railroad Ballads , Large-print booklet. "Pull A Long" (22) , Large-print song sheet "Sentimental Journey" (25) , Large-print song sheet "500 Miles" (25) , Joke Cards (8) , Large-print skit script "When is the Train Due?" (4) , Amtrak menu 1977 , Amtrak Super Chief menu 1937 , Amtrak Commemorative Luncheon Menu , Amtrak Northeast timeable Spring/Summer 1997 , Amtrak National timeable Spring/Summer 1997 , Amtrak National timeable Spring/Summer2003 , Engineer's cap , Women's hat , Photocopied master "Vanishing Depot" , Amtrak 1976 Annual Report

• Remembering Work Life

  This kit includes: Program Manual, VHS tape (Many Hands), Binder including CD:Sing-Along Songs, DVD: Many Hands), Large print booklet: Lines of Work (25), Work Life Timeline (6), Scneted cards (soap, pine, baby powder, lemonade), Things to touch: (bobbin, carpenter's pencil, key, coin purse, fabric, business cards), Large print skits: At the Travel Agency (3), At the Gas Station (3), At Home (3).

• Visit Kit

  This kit makes it easy for staff, friends, family, or volunteers of any age to have a great visit with an older adult. Included in the kit: Program manual ("Time Well Spent") and instructions with 3-scented roses; Individual activity packets - "Advertisements," "Courting," "Cure-Alls," "Fabrics," "Gardening," "Hair," "Hats," "Main Street," "Picnics," "Table Games," and "Vacations"

Bi-Folkal Mini-Kits
The Mini Program Kits may include Program Manual, Media Presentation and Handouts.

• Aprons

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 46-Slide tray "Frost You Say?" , Videocassette: "Apronstrings" , Cassette: "Apronstrings" , Large-print booklet: "Aprons" (25) , Large-print script: "The Attic" (2) , Large-print script: "The Bazaar" (2)

• Arbor Day

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide Guide , 20-slide tray "Arbor Day" (20) , Actiphile in green folder (15)

• Christmas (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , 80-slide tray "Christmas" (80) , Video "Open For Christmas" (12min.) , Audio Tape "Open For Christmas" , Actiphile in red folder (15) , "Are You Ready For Christmas" Skit (3)

• Easter

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide Guide (4) , 80-slide tray "Easter" (20) , "Spring in Bloom"(20) , "Weddings" (20) , "Sweet Memories" (20) , Actiphile in purple folder (15)

• Fathers

  This kit includes: Program/slide guide , "Fathers" Slides (20) , Actiphile (14

• Food

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide guide (1) , Slide tray "Food" (20) , Actiphile in red & green folder (18) , Picture Set (13)

• Fourth of July

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide Guide (4) , 80-slide tray "4th Of July" (20) , "Vacations" (20) , "Summer Porches"(20) , "Post Cards" (20) , Actiphile in blue folder (16)

• Friends (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program Manual , "Friends" Slides (20) , Video "An Album of Friends" , Cassette: "An Album of Friends" , Large-print hand outs, "Remember Me"(25) , Large -print skit "The Friendly Neighbor"(3) , Large -print skit "The Day After"(2) , Large -print skit "The Loan"(2)

• Halloween (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program/Slide Guide, 20-Slide tray "Halloween" (20), Actiphile in orange folder (16)

• Jewish Memories

  This kit includes: Program/ Handbook (1) , 93-slide tray "Jewish Memories"(93) , "Jewish Memories" Audio Tape (1) , Menorah (1)

• Labor Day

  This kit includes: Program Manual , "Labor Day" Slides (20) , "Labor Day" Slideas Instructions , Picture Set (13) , "Labor Day" Actiphile (17) , Large -print skit "The Friendly Neighbor"(3)

• Memorial Day

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide Guide , Slide Tray Memorial Day (20) , Memorial Day Actiphile in Maroon folder (19) , Memorial day Picture set in clear folder (13)

• Mothers

  This kit includes: Program/slide guide , "Mothers" Slides (20) , Actiphile (16)

• New Year's

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide Guide , 20-slide tray "New Years" (20) , Actiphile in yellow folder (14)

• St. Patrick's Day

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide Guide , 20-slide tray "St. Patrick's Day" (20) , Actiphile in green folder (16)

• Thanksgiving (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program/ Slide Guide (3), 20-slide tray "Thanksgiving", Actiphile in purple folder (14)

• Valentine's Day (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Program/slide guide, "Valentine's Day" Slides (20), Actiphile (16), Videocassette: "Valentine's Day", Cassette: "Valentine's Day"

Reminisce Kits

• The Best Friend's Book of Alzheimer's Activities

  This kit includes: Workbook with activities, Sentimental Sing-A-Long DVD (Cherished Childhood), Reproducible Song Sheets

• Down Memory Lane

  This kit includes: Workbook with activities, Sentimental Sing-A-Long DVD (Songs of Romance & Ragtime), Reproducible Song Sheets

• Getting to Know the Life Stories of Older Adults

  This kit includes: Workbook with activities, Sentimental Sing-A-Long DVD (Songs of Love & Laughter), Reproducible Song Sheets

• I Hear Memories!

  This kit includes: I Hear Memories book, I Hear Memories CD

• I Hear Music!

  This kit includes: I Hear Music book, I Hear Music: Vintage Sounds CD, Sentimental Sing-A-Long DVD (Serenades & Sweetheart Songs), 20 laminated photographs, Reproducible song sheets

• Journey Through the 20th Century

  This kit includes: Workbook with activities, Sentimental Sing-A-Long DVD (Road, River, & Rail), Sentimental Sing-A-Long DVD (Patriotic Songs), Reproducible song sheets

• Shake Loose a Memory Game

  This kit includes: 192 "Memory" cards, 1 Game Die, Instructions

Senior Activity Kits

• Classic Movies (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Box of flash cards (Famous Pick-Up Lines), CD (Leading Men Sing the Movie Classics), CD (Leading Ladies Sing the Movie Classics), "Scene It?" game (Classic Movies), Book (Film Star Portraits of the Forties), Book (Film Star Portraits of the Fifties), Book (Leading Ladies), Book (Leading Men), Book (Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide)

• Fishing

  This kit includes: Includes: Suggested Activities Sheet, Fishing Reel, Fishing Game, Rubber Fish, Tape Measure, 2-Lures, Fishing Lures Coloring Sheets (Remember These?), Washable Paint w/Sponge Roller, Rubber Worms, Book (Incredible Fishing Stories)

• The Gentleman's Kit: A Programming Kit for Older Men

  This kit includes: Books - Gentlemen's Gatherings: Sensory Stimulators for Men's Groups, Barbers, Cars, and Cigars: Activity Programming for Older Men, Route 66: The Mother Road, Jean Davidson's Harley Davidson Family Album, Gas Station Memories, The Blue Book for Roofing and Stairs, Precious Moments: Personal Memories of Life's Milestone Events (set of 24 picture/activity cards); 1 fedora hat, bag containing various tools (clamp, wrench, hammer, tape measure, carpenter's pencils, sand- paper, pencil compass/scriber); carpenter's apron, army patch, shoe polish, shaving brush, shaving soap

• Giggles & Laughs (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Suggested Activities Sheet, Booklet (It's Time for Laughter), Book (Grandma Knows Best, But No One Ever Listens!), Book (What's So Funny About Getting Old?), Book (Age Happens), Rubber Chicken, Chattering Teeth Wind-Up Toy, Sponge Clown Noses, Chinese Finger Traps, Happy Faces Shake Toy, Can of "Mixed Nuts," Happy Face Puzzle Toy, Laughing Sachet.

• History of Buffalo

  This kit includes: Books (A Look at Greater Buffalo, Buffalo–Lake City in Niagara Land, A History of Railroads in Western New York, National Landmarks of WNY, Buffalo Memories, Buffalo-A Bull's Eye View), Booklets (Erie County & the Civil War, Grover Cleveland & Buffalo, The Canadian Shore, Art & Artists of Buffalo, Millard Fillmore, Buffalo in the Gilded Age, Grain Elevators, The Wilcox House, The Pan-American Exposition, The Beginnings of Buffalo Industry, Buffalo Homes, VHS Tape (The Pan-American Experience), Western New York Heritage Magazine (Winter 1999, Winter 2007, Spring 2007), Photo file with 9 laminated photographs

• Mental Fitness (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Mental Fitness Instructor's Guide with CD, Book (Alzheimer's Activities), Book (Mothballs In My Attic), 1-Sensory Apron, 1-Box "Thinking Cards,"1-Box "Mental Fitness Cards"

• Old-Time TV (2 copies)

  This kit includes: I Love Lucy Trivia Game, 7-DVD Set (TV's Greatest Shows), 6-DVD Set (Funniest Moments of the Century), 2-DVD Set (The Jack Benny Show), Book (Old-Time Television Trivia Book), Book (Classic Television Book of Lists)

• Physical Fitness (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Parachute (8-person), 6-Exercise Ribbons, CD (Jumpstart for Seniors), DVD (Through the Decades), DVD (Chair Yoga), Book (Exercise for Frail Elders)

• Polish Heritage Kit New!

  This kit includes: Videocassettes: "The Polish Americans" (30 min.), "European Folk Tales, Vol. 1" (34 min.), 1 pair handmade moccasins, 1 painted Wooden Easter egg, mailing envelope with postage stamp (printed in Polish), Books: Easter Eggs...Polish Style, The Polish Americans, The Easter Craft Book, Polish Paper Cutting for Young and Old, The Cobbler's Reward, Polish Folk Legends, Poland-Enchantment of the World, Newspaper Articles (3), Folders: The Polish Tradition, Polish Kaleidoscope Collage (with instructions), Polish Games ("Gry", "The Running Fox", and "The Witch and the Angels"), 2 Polish Crafts (Wycinanka Lowicka cut-outs), Pamphlets: Polish Immigration to Buffalo, I Had Another Country, Slide Set: Spirit of Poland (72 Slides), CDs: Father Justin Rosary Hour 7 CD set, Polka Til You Drop 3 CD set, Bobby Vinton Greatest Polka Hits

• Rhythm Band Instruments (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Booklet (Fun with Rhythm Instruments), Mallet w/Tone Block, Triangle set, 4-Jingle taps, 1-Cymbal, 1-Conductor Stick, 4-Rhythm Sticks, 2-Wrist Bells, 4-Sand Blocks, 4-Tap-A-Taps

• Science & Nature (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Suggested Activities Sheet, Book (The Butterfly Book), nature print paper, leaf printing instructions, magnetic activity kit, 6-rubber leaf stampes, field guide of birds, magnetic activity kit, 6-tree bark/wood samples

• Sensory Items (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Suggested Activities Sheet, 2-Squishy "Water Logs," Flashlight, 1-Koosh Ball, Mini-Maraca, Scented Markers, Rain Stick, Color Paddles, "Touch and Feel" Fabrics, I Hear Memories (booklet and CD)

• Toys of Our Childhood (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Suggested Activities Sheet, VHS Tape (Toys of the Past), Old Maid card game, Shirley Temple Paper Doll booklet, American Family Paper Doll booklet, Little Golden Book (The Pokey Little Puppy), Train Whistle, Kaleidoscope, Slinky Jr., Yo-Yo, Wooden Glider, Game of Jacks, Bag of Marbles

• Travel (2 copies)

  This kit includes: Book (24-Historic Cars Photo Cards), Book (Photo Archive of Famous Places in the World), Book (Remembering Travel in America), Book (Travel Unlimited), Teacher's Discovery Photos (19), 6-DVD Set (The Ultimate Cruise Collection)