Materials
IAC 281-16.3(10) THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES CONSISTENT WITH THE PROGRAM STANDARDS AND IOWA EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS.
A variety of age and developmentally appropriate materials and equipment are available indoors and outdoors for children throughout the day.
The equipment includes:
- Dramatic play equipment
- Sensory materials such as sand, water, play dough, paint, and blocks
- Materials the support curriculum goals and objectives in literacy, math, science, social studies, and other content areas, and
- Gross motor equipment for activities such as pulling up, walking, climbing in, on and over, moving through, around and under, pushing, pulling and riding
Our dramatic play area.
A "sick patient" in our doctor's office.
Some of our sensory table materials.
Here they are playing with fake snow and some of the materials in the sensory table.
Here they are playing with fake snow and some of the materials in the sensory table.
Here we used shaving cream as a sensory tool to practice our Handwriting Without Tears letter of the week, drawing different shapes and practicing our names.
Here we made our own pumpkin playdough. The students measured, stirred, kneaded and smashed it into consistency. Here are a couple of students who are squishing and smelling the playdough.
Picture of preschoolers painting outside. As shown on the left, the students were practicing the new letter that we learned that week, as well as writing their names.
Here a few items that we received from a grant. Some of the items shown we use in our dramatic play area: Doctor equipment, animal xray, playdough and playdough tools.
We also received bean bags that we use in our music and movement for large motor skills.
We also received bean bags that we use in our music and movement for large motor skills.