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Items listed on this inventory were compiled by reviewing the ECERS-3 Rating Scale.

Please remember that the noted list of equipment, materials and supplies is a guideline for inventory of materials and equipment for the rating scales. If you are using this checklist in preparation of adding materials and equipment to improve quality, confer with your technical assistance consultant to prioritize items you would like to purchase.

Consumable items for your program or in the art supply area cannot be purchased with mini grant funds.

#22 Nature/Science

3.1 At least 5 nature/science materials from 2 categories

3.3 Sand or water with appropriate toys accessible

5.1 At least 15 materials with some from each of the 5 categories, including at least 5 nature/science books. Sand/water can be counted as 1 of the 15 materials.

24.7.2 Requires one or more pets/plants that children can observe, help care for, and that are talked about with children

Living Things Children Can Observe Closely or Care For:

Ant farm

Aquarium with fish, snails or other animals

Butterfly hatching kit

Class pet

Eggs that hatch

Plants

Window bird feeder

Worm farm

Other (list below)

For others please specify - ECERS Living Things: Nature/Science

Natural Objects:

Birds’ nest

Collections of seeds

Different types of wood

Insects in transparent plastic

Leaves

Nuts

Pinecones

Rocks

Seashells

Wood

Other (list below)

For others please specify - ECERS Natural Objects: Nature/Science

Nature/Science Tools:

Binoculars/Viewers

Color paddles

Kaleidoscope

Lifting objects with levers/pulleys

Magnets & magnetic/non-magnetic things

Magnifying glasses

Matching texture boards

Microscope and slides to look at

Prisms

Sensory bottles (oil and water, etc.)

Smelling cans with different things

Tornado tubes

Using a rain gauge to record how much rain fell

Other (list below)

For others please specify - ECERS Nature/Science Tools: Nature/Science

Factual Books/ Nature-Science Picture Games:

Books (5 required for 24.5.1)

Board games

Matching game (e.g., body parts)

Plastic animals (realistic)

Puzzles with nature pictures or natural sequences

Videos

Other (list below)

For others please specify - ECERS Factual Books: Nature/Science

Sand or Water with Toys (indoors or outdoors):

Buckets

Funnels

Measuring cups/spoons

Pails

Rakes

Sand molds

Scoops

Shovels

Sifters/Sieve

Spray bottles

Turkey baster

Trowels

Unbreakable Containers (e.g., plastic bowls)

For Unbreakable Containers: Please specify

#23 Math Materials and Activities

*Credit not given for posters, books, and other displayed materials nor play materials with written numbers.

* A material may only be counted in 1 category.

3.1 At least 2 materials from each of the 3 categories

5.1 At least 10 materials total, with at least 3 from each category

Counting/Comparing Quantities:

Abacus

Beads with bead patterns

Chart and graph activities for children to use by placing materials into cells

Dice/dominoes

Five/ten frame cards

Games that require children to figure out more or less

Games with dice

Pegboards with numbers printed and holes to match

Playing cards

Puzzles where written numbers are matched to quantities

Small objects to count into numbered containers

Unifix cubes

Other (list below)

For others please specify - ECERS Counting: 3 Math Materials and Activities

Measuring/Comparing Sizes and Parts of Whole (Fractions):

Balance scale with things to weigh

Bathroom scale

Games where halves are matched to the whole (fractions)

Games with parts to divide and put back together to make the whole

Height chart if regularly used to measure children’s growth

Math links

Measuring cups and spoons with materials to measure

Nested cups

Puzzles with geometric shapes that must be put together

Graduated puzzles

Rulers, yardsticks, tape measures

Shapes-matching games where geometric shapes are divided into parts (fractions)

Thermometer

Other (list below)

For others please specify - ECERS Measuring: Math Materials and Activities

Familiarity with Shapes:

Attribute blocks of different sizes, shapes, colors

Geoboards (boards with pegs to which rubber bands are attached to make shapes)

Magnetic shapes

Parquetry blocks with patterns

Puzzles with different geometric shapes

Shape sorters

Shape stencils

Unit blocks with image/outline labels on shelves used during clean up

Other (list below)

For others please specify - ECERS Familiarity: Math Materials and Activities