- reading games - board and card
- flannel board and cut out figures
- puzzles - peg, insert and jigsaw
- writing paper of different sizes
- blank books, lined and unlined
- textas, pencils and crayons
- blackboards, chunky and thin chalk
- poems and story starters
- cardboard - various colours and sizes
- typewriter or computer
- 'feely' box with assorted themed items
- objects for visual discrimination
- video and cassette player/recorder
- blank tapes for children to record on
- manipulative letters made from wood, sandpaper, plastic, cardboard - upper and lower case
- graph paper, various grades
- pictures and objects of wild and farm animals, food, plants, birds, places, people, sports, etc
- labelled cans or boxes for storage
- dramatic play equipment - dressups, props, furniture, etc
- blank flash cards for children to write on
- real and play telephones
- phone directories
- mirror, preferably child full length
- posters, charts, pictures - purchased and hand made
- hole puncher
- pulleys
- batteries and light bulbs
- sturdy large cardboard boxes
- dominoes (number, time, animal, etc)
- pop sticks, toothpicks
- collage materials - natural and manufactured
- playdough
- packing tape
- counters - blocks, beads, sticks, straws, buttons, pegs, bottle caps
- bead or counting frame, abacus
- number lines
- rulers, tape measures, trundle wheel, metre stick
- geoboards and rubber bands
- funnels of different sizes
- play money, shop props
- work bench, saw horse, tools
- wood and construction materials
- glue - clear paste, PVA, craft
- small wheels
- balsa wood
- bubble pipes and misture
- collection of different magnets
- magnifying glass, lenses
- carving set of knives and soap and other soft materials
- cages for live animals
- electrical equipment - bell, wire, bulbs, switches, torch, batteries
- soldering iron
- seeds to plant and classify
- candles
- things to mtake apart and put together again
- terrarium
- stop watch
- rock and shell collections
- scarves for dressups and dancing
- music books and songs to play
- musical percussion instruments
- sundial
- calendars, clocks, hour galss, egg timer
- slinky springs, otehr springs
- cooking equipment, supplies, utensils
- matreials for weaving, knitting, sweing, crochet, basket weaving
- food colouring
- greeting cards
- books on art and craft
- old shirts, paint smocks
- olk and water paints
- material off cuts, lace, ribbon, felt
- ink and stamp pad, rubber stamps
- paper hole punch
- radio and television
- scrabble adn other word games
- memory games, picture bingo
- crossword puzzles, etc
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- reading flash cards
- alphabet blocks, alphabet dice
- sequence cards and games
- pictures and objects for classifying
- magnetic board - letters, numbers and coloured figures
- magazines and catalogues for reading and cutting
- different grade lead pencils
- dictionaries - word and picture
- atlas, road maps, maps, globe
- videos and audio tapes of stories
- objects for enhancing fine motor coordination
- paints and brushes
- low shelves
- wide variety of books
- large rug for playing and working on
- library books, on display and within reach
- pillows or floor cushions, bean bags
- food colouring and other dyes
- comfortable couch for reading
- child-made books
- newspapers and newsletters
- tangrams
- thin pieces of rubber tubing
- string, wool, rope
- safe planks
- materials for cubby cuilding
- natural and coloured pop sticks, matchsticks
- scissors, stanley kife, pinking shears, etc
- scraps of fabric
- sticky tape, masking tape, duct tape
- clay
- measuring devices - spoons, jugs, containers, scales, weights
- mathematical games
- Cuisenairre Rods
- plastic eye droppers
- playing cards, chess game, checkers and other games
- clock, clock stamp
- compass
- wordworking tools
- broom and dustpan (child size)
- soft leather and vinyl scraps
- sandpaper, various grades
- hinges, knobs, hooks, nuts, bolts
- lengths of pipe and hose
- balloons
- paint shirts
- aquarium
- barometer
- thermometers for inside and outside
- bird feeding station, bird bath
- prisms
- science kits - chemistry, solar electric, enviornmental kids, etc
- watering can, troweld, pots, etc
- small mirrors
- objects that float or sink, bowl
- wheets, axels, botls, gears, levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, nails
- simple machines
- recorder, musical instruments
- materails to make own instruments
- tuning fork
- assortment of chemicals from home - vinegar, baking soda, etc
- stethoscope
- kaleidoscope
- dramatic play props - medical kit, receptionst, travel agent, etc
- coloured tissue paper, crepe paper, dolilies, coloured foil
- paint brushes, various sizes art prints and are old objecgts
- wall paper samples
- pipe cleaners
- charcoal sticks
- oil pastel crayons
- drawing compsases
- easel
- modelling clay, plasticine
- construction toys
- variety of puppets - glove, finger, etc
- small toys such as little cars, dolls, furniture, blocks, animals, tea sets, etc
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