Classroom resources checklist

Resources checked

audiocassette player-recorder and audiocassettes

balance scales
blocks (a variety of large, plastic, etc.)
books (fair and equitable)
bowls (for cooking activities, etc.) broom and dustpan
bulletin boards carpet (for quiet-time and group assembly areas)
cash register and Canadian play money
chairs (small)
chalkboard, chalk and brushes
clothes (for dress up)
compact disc player and compact discs
computer hardware and software
containers (a variety of sizes for storage)
cookie sheets
crayons
crib or bed (for playhouse)
cupboards
cutlery (play and real)
date stamp
day book
desk and chair (for teacher)
dishes (play and real)
doll clothes dolls (fair and equitable, i.e., both genders, cross-cultural)
easel for painting experience
chart and stand
filing cabinet
flannel board and figures games (cards, board, etc.)
globe
glue (non-toxic)
hole punch
listening post and headphones
magnetic board and figures magnets (bar, horseshoe, etc.)
magnifying glass
manipulative (a variety)
measuring cups and spoons
mirror
miscellaneous treasures including buttons, rocks, shells, feathers, seeds
mixer (electric or manual)
mop
overhead projector, transparencies and markers (access to)
paint (a variety including fingerprint, tempera paint, and paintbrushes (numerous
sizes and types)
paper (a variety including newsprint, construction paper, tissue paper, wallpaper)
pencils
plants
plastiline
play dough
pots and pans (play and real)
props (miniature animals, people, vehicles, signs)
puppet theatre puppets (fair and equitable, i.e., both genders, cross-cultural)
puzzles (fair and equitable)
record player and records
refrigerator (for playhouse and access to real one)
rhythm instruments
rulers (a variety of lengths)
sand table, sand and appropriate toys
scissors (for right- and left-handed students)
screen (for viewing)
shelves (ample)
sink
sponges
stapler
stove (for playhouse and access to real one)
tables (low)
tape (transparent, masking, etc.)
telephone (for play)
television
typewriter
utensils (spatula)
videocassette recorder and videocassettes (access to)
water table and appropriate toys
whiteboard and wipe of f markers wood scraps
workbench with peg-board for storing tools; carpentry tools, nails