Equipment for Gross Motor Activities:
- Playground structures: Slides, swings, climbing frames, balance beams
- Balls: Small, medium, and large balls for throwing, catching, kicking, and dribbling
- Scooters: Push scooters and balance bikes
- Tricycles: Pedal tricycles
- Cones: Traffic cones for obstacle courses, agility drills, and marking boundaries
- Tunnels: Creeping and crawling tunnels
- Beanbags: Beanbags for toss games and target practice
- Buckets: Buckets for filling and pouring activities
- Sandpits: Sandpits for digging, constructing, and imaginative play
Equipment for Fine Motor Activities:
- Nature materials: Sticks, leaves, rocks, pinecones
- Playdough: Playdough for molding, shaping, and cutting
- Craft materials: Paper, crayons, scissors, glue
- Water play area: Water table, hoses, sprinklers
- Sensory bins: Bins filled with different textures, such as sand, rice, or water beads
Equipment for Cognitive Development:
- Books: Age-appropriate books for shared reading and storytime
- Musical instruments: Drums, tambourines, xylophones
- Puzzles: Peg boards, simple puzzles, shape sorters
- Building blocks: Blocks of various sizes and shapes for construction and imaginative play
- Magnifying glasses: Magnifying glasses for exploring nature and small objects
Equipment for Social and Emotional Development:
- Role play area: Dress-up clothes, props, and pretend food
- Communication aids: Picture cards, sign language posters
- Musical instruments: Drums, tambourines, xylophones for group music-making
- Quiet area: Books, cushions, and soft toys for relaxation and calm down time