General Supplies Checklist

You may have computers, but a learning center is still a classroom first, and that means having all the traditional creative resources you can. You may be limited by very practical concerns like space and budgets, but here's a list of things to try to keep in deep supply for near-everyday use:

    • Large white pads of paper (at least 2'x3') that can stand on easels and on which you can write during mapping and webbing activities and other demonstrations. These pads are better than chalkboards because you can detach the used sheets and tape them to the wall.
    • Traditional composition books with which to make journals.

Basic Supplies Checklist

Fine-point felt-tip marker sets
Thick-point felt-tip marker sets
Crayons in boxes of 24
Colored pencil sets
Colored chalk in boxes or tubs
Index cards in packs of 100
Poster board in packs of 10 sheets
Butcher paper rolls
Construction paper in multicolor packs
Glue sticks
Post-it notes in multicolor packs
Scissors, child size
Scissors, adult size
Rulers, 12", plastic
Hole punches
Staplers and staples
Color folders in packs of 100
Pencils
Pencil sharpeners
Rolls of transparent tape
Rolls of masking tape

Great Additions

Plastic storage bins
Gel pens
Modeling clay and tool pack
Binding machine (for making books)
Plastic bindings
Clipboards
Tracing paper
Yarn
Finger paints
AA batteries
Poster paints
Paint brushes
Glitter and other adornments
Map of the world
Map of your home country
Cork board