Tuesday, February 23, 2016

ERS Quantities Brainstorm


ERS Quantities Brainstorm



 
 
 
At our February Reflective Practice Group, we played a BINGO like game to look at meeting the quantities of materials needed for the Environment Rating Scale.  Most of these areas need 3-5 items, which can be costly.  Below is the brainstorm from the group of low cost alternatives.  The activity areas we looked at are ones that are often found in our practice assessments to be lacking.
 
Activity Area
You might find this at the Dollar Store
You might find this at a Thrift Shop
You might find this at home, homemade or free
You might find this at someplace like Target or Fred Meyer
You might need to get this from an ECE catalog
Props for sand or water play
Sand molds, buckets, plastic shovels, flowers, measuring cups, watering cans, funnels, tubing, spoons, strainers, wash cloths
Sifters, shells, measuring cups, fish, egg beaters, basters, gems, whisks, funnels, colanders, pitchers, trucks/cars,
Sponges, towels, syringes, basters, leaves, shells, tubs, ice, food color, shells, sticks,
Trucks, cups, food color, baby soap, water wheels, molds, scoops, basters, cloths, sponges, animals, fish, rakes, buckets, PVC tubes
Test tubes, tubing, glitter, animals, dolls, beakers, boats, water wheel, tubs, cars, pipettes
Manipulatives (vs. small building materials)
Buttons, beads, pegs
Zippers, links, peg boards, lacing items
Snaps, lacing cards, geoboards, shoes and laces, Beads for stringing, put/take box
Stretchy balls, geoboards
Chain links, nuts/bolts, peg boards, lacing cards, pop beads, locks boards
Counting
Glass counters, straws, dice, dominoes, cards, pomp poms, calculators
Glass rocks, clock, buttons, ice cube trays, muffin tins
Buttons, calendars, make graphs, rocks, Beans, play money, egg cartons, homemade math games
Dominoes, playing cards, toothpicks, play money, number chart
Unifix cubes, Abacus, teddy bear counters, cash register, clock, timers, number chart
2nd dramatic play theme – Post Office
Envelopes, hats, manila envelopes, maps, boxes, calendar, play money, stamps. Cards, rubber finger, stamp pad, rubber bands, pencils, stickers
Satchels, blue (USPS) or brown (UPS) shirts, cards, maps, phone, scale
Mailbox, junk mail, packaging, signs, stamps, packing peanuts, forms, newspapers, shoe boxes, make price chart, boxes, scale, keyboard, paper, print pictures of post office from web
Stamps, postcards, bubble wrap, date rubber stamp, stationery, address labels, tape, envelopes, mailboxes, maps
Scales, scanners, play money, mail boxes, uniforms, cash registers, nametags, mail trucks, hats
3D art materials
Playdough, foam, pipe cleaners, toothpicks, straws, craft sticks
 
Homemade doughs, paper tubes and boxes, Styrofoam, wood
PVC pipes, tubes,  foam, boxes, playdough, clay
Clays
Movement props
Scarves, wands, ribbons, streamers, bean bags, balls
Tap/ballet shoes, hula skirts, scarves
Ankle bells, bean bags, scarves, streamers, ribbons
Feathers, hoops, CD player
Bean bags, yoga cards
Diversity in dramatic play (cultural, ability, male/female)
Ethnic dishes, jewelry, glasses (lenses out), hats
Male and female dress-ups, ethnic dishes, crutches, wheelchair, cane, walker, wok
Glasses (lenses out), male and female dress-ups, take out menus from local ethnic restaurants, empty food containers,
Bento boxes, magazines, ethnic cook books, male and female dress-ups, Asian dishes, jewelry
Multicultural dolls, dolls with disabilities, posters/pictures, books, play foods, ethnic kitchen sets, world play money
Measuring
Measuring cups and spoons, rulers, tape measure, yard stick
Measuring spoons and cups, timer, rulers, scales
Tape measure, bathroom scale, height chart, graphing, yardstick timer
Yardstick, rulers, scales, timers, tape measure, measuring cups and spoons, height chart, stopwatch
Scale, height chart, timers
 
 
 
 

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