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Start Up Materials and Equipment List
New programs often request a standard materials and equipment list.
The needs of each program are unique. Collaborations, facilities and
program design impact materials and equipment needs. Even Start Coordinators
developed this list based on their own experiences. Each new program
will make purchasing decisions based on their individual needs. New programs
are encouraged to discuss materials and equipment needs with their collaborators
and consult their approved grant application before initiating purchases.
Program Administration
- Office furniture - explore the warehouses of your organization & collaborators
- Access to TV/VCR/Electronic Media – these things may be available
to check out as needed)
- Use of 1-2 Laptops or computers with high speed Internet access
- Scanner (for Grant Attachments)
- Access to a fax machine
- Access to a Copier
- Bookshelves
- Software that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation
and database applications
- Digital Camera
- Storage cabinets with locks
- Post-it Notepads
- Clipboards
- 3-Ring Hole Punch and Single Hole Punch
- Student portfolio folders
- Printer cartridges
- Copy paper in white and a variety of colors
- Staplers/Staples
- Push Pins
- File Folder Labels
- Rolodex- begin with collaborators phone, address, and contact person
- General Office Supplies (Pens, Pencils, Highlighters, Paperclips)
- Diskettes and/or CDs
- Calculator
- Manila file folders
- Adding Machine
- Planning Calendars - either on paper or software
- Answering machine or access to voice mail
- Inventory list
- Trash cans
- Wall Calendars
- Storage boxes
- A starter supply of 3-ring binders in a variety of sizes
Early Childhood Education
- Changing tables
- Changing supplies
- Empty Spray bottles
- Evacuation Cribs
- Access to a refrigerator
- Access to a sink
- Tables (child size)
- Chairs (child size)
- Stroller/buggy for multiple children
- Cubbies
- Access to a playground
- First aid kit
- Thermometer
- Access to a school nurse
- Sand/water table
- Access to computers
- Age-appropriate computer software
- Arts and crafts supplies
- Math manipulatives
- Early childhood assessment materials
- Training manuals
- Disposable gloves
- Infant tables
- Bottle warmers
- Diaper genie and changing table paper
- Cleaning supplies
- Rugs
- Shelves
- Extra clothes
- Rocking chair
- Highchairs
- Books
- Push toys or riding toys
- Hula-hoops, jump ropes
- Boxes of tissue
- Mats for napping
- Puzzles
- Disinfectant for cribs
- Storage system
- Mirrored toys
- Rubbing alcohol (can be used for cleaning toys)
- Family supply box (i.e. colors, pens, pencils, clipboards, construction
paper, etc.)
- Manipulatives for fine motor skill development
- Manipulatives for gross motor materials
- Materials for learning centers (science, math, art, dramatic, writing,
fine motor, gross motor, listening, computer, manipulatives-blocks
and puzzles, literacy- reading)
- Age and developmentally appropriate toys and materials
- If transporting children to school daily, appropriate car seats
- Curriculum
NOTE: Consult the grant application for a listing of approved assessment
instruments.
Parent Education
- Curriculum for center-based parent education
- Curriculum for home-based parent education
- Staples
- Notebooks
- 3-hole punch
- Access to printer and cartridges
- Storage system with containers
- Family supply box
- Folders
- Planners
- Easel charts/tablets
- Book kits- either self made or purchased
- Dictionaries
- Markers
- Carry bags to hold home visit materials
- Children’s books to use with families on home visits
- Clipboards
- Portfolios to store home visit records
- A variety of parent-child literacy activities
- Assessment materials
NOTE: Consult the approved grant application for a listing of approved
assessment instruments.
Adult Education
- Notebooks and folders for student use
- Pens
- Pencils/pencil sharpeners
- Copy paper
- Notebook paper
- Access to a computer lab
- Assessment Instruments
- Books on tape
- FX250 calculators
- Instructional materials for ESL
- Instructional materials for GED
- Instructional materials for ABE/Pre-GED
- 3-hole punch
- Orientation to computers
curriculum
- Overhead projector with transparencies
- Access to copier
- Math manipulatives appropriate for adults
- Access to a printer with
cartridges
- Orientation materials
- Internet access
- Dictionaries
- Thesaurus
- Software for ESL
- Software for ABE/ASE students
- Listening stations and earphones
- Chalk board with chalk and erasers or dry erase board with erasable
markers
- Access to transportation, if this is part of your program design
- Access to classrooms with appropriately sized furniture
NOTE: Approved assessment instruments for adult education include TABE
9 and 10, BEST and BEST PLUS. Consult your program design and your adult
education partner to determine which of these are appropriate for your
program.
Parent and Child Interactive Literacy Activities (PACILA)
- A variety of writing implements
- Supplies: crayons, markers, paint, scissors, tissue paper, glue,
yarn, buttons, Construction paper
- Tables and chairs (child size)
- Clear contact paper
- 3-hole punch
- Magazines for cutting up
- Children’s magazines for reading
- Spinners or spinner materials
- Glue
- Backpacks for take-home activities
- Ziploc bags of all sizes
- Videotapes
- Camcorder
- Digital camera (this can be the same one in use for program administration)
- Overhead projector with transparancies
- Books, books, books
- Age appropriate manipulatives
- Board games
- Puzzles
- Curriculum
- Access to a microphone with speakers for larger gatherings
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