Creative Curriculum Materials for Immanuel Lutheran Preschoolers  
   
Contact Dean Christ with the items that you can provide at  
dean@immanuelmacomb.com  
   
Thanks be to God for your donations!  
   
  Quantities
Equipment  
Instant/digital camera & film 1
   
Interest Areas 390-600 pieces, 25 shapes
Full unit block set 1 set each
People props (multi-ethnic family and community sets) 1 to 2 sets
Traffic signs 1 set each
Farm animals, zoo animals, pets Several of each
Small transportation vehicles(cars, trucks, buses, boats) 1 set
Wooden train set with trains  
Children’s picture books related to Biblical stories, construction, buildings, & topics of interest to the children  
   
Dramatic Play  
Homelike furniture: small table and 4 chairs; refrigerator,   
stove, sink, hutch, doll bed with mattress, chest of drawers,   
small couch, full-length mirror 1 each
Child-sized family –style serving bowls, utensils, pitches, platters 8-10 each
Child-sized family-style dishes, cups, eating utensils 24 each
Doll-sized highchair 1 to 2
Doll carriage/stroller 1
Dress-up clothes for men/women Several items in good condition
Dress-up accessories (hats, jewelry, shoes)  
Dolls representing different ethnic groups with clothes and blankets  
Child-sized cleaning set (broom, mop dustpan, etc.) 1 set
Telephones 1 to 2, standard and/or cellular
Pocketbooks and briefcases At  least 2-3
Pots, pans, dishes, and other equipment relevant to different cultures 3 to 4 sets
Puppet Theater and hand puppets 1 theater, 1 or more puppet sets
   
Toys and Games  
Puzzles (with/without knobs; wooden, rubber, cardboard;  Approx. 40 puzzles, varying 5-to 30 piece
jumbo and regular-sized   
Stacking cubes, nesting cubes, attribute blocks, Unifix cubes,   
Cuisenaire rods, colored cube blocks, stacking toys,      
interlocking toys, stringing beads, Legos, dominoes At least l set of each
Lotto, other board games (e.g., sequencing storytelling cards,   
matching games), deck of cards l set each
Self-help frames for buttoning, zipping, tying At least 1 set each
Magnetic board and magnetic letters, numerals At least l set each
Alphabet/numeral interlocking cards At least 1 set 
Felt boards with shapes At least 1 set
Templates for tracing At least 1 set
Large and small pegboards and pegs 4 to 6 sets
Sewing cards and yarn 4 to 6 sets
Parquetry/pattern blocks and cards 4 to 6 sets
Small props for sorting (e.g., animals, trucks, cars, boats)  
Collections of objects for sorting, classifying, arranging patterns, etc.  
(e.g., plastic bottle caps, keys shell, nuts and bolts)    
Bins/ plastic tubs for storing toys and collections 8 to 12
   
Art  
Double-sided easels with paint wells 2
Drying rack 1
Plain and assorted colored papers for drawing & painting Sufficient supply for 10-20 children
Paintbrush set 20-24 brushes
Standard and large crayons  
Water-based magic markers  
Liquid tempera paint 10 colors
Fingerpaint 10 colors
Colored pencils 25 each, 12 colors
Child-size scissors, including squeezable & left-handed 10-to 12 sets
Nonhardening & water based modeling clay 5 pds, 5 colors
Clay hammers, cookie cutters, rolling pins 4-6 sets
Washable ink pads and assorted stamps 4-6 sets
Collage materials-fabric, buttons, feathers, yarn, ribbons,   
acorns, bottle caps, etc.  
Real woodworking tools-hammers, saws, hand drills 1 of each
Safety goggles 2
   
Library  
Large pillows, for children to sit in for comfortably reading books 2-4 items
Children’s books (story books, nursery rhymes, informational,   
predictable, alphabet, and number books) reflecting all cultures and  
backgrounds  
Big books 20-25
Hand puppets for retelling stories 2 sets
Flannel board and felt figures for retelling stories  2 sets
Word cards  
Letter and design stencils 2 sets
   
Discovery  
Animal houses (e.g., aquarium, cage, ant farm) 2 sets
Magnifying lenses 2
Eyedroppers 4-6
Tweezers 4-6
Tongs 4-6
Magnets 4-6
Metal & nonmetal objects for exploration with magnets Assorted collections
Prisms 2-3
Stethoscope 1-2
Old x-rays of bones or teeth 1 set
Pulleys, gears, wheels 2-3 of each
Kaleidoscopes 2-3
Flashlights 2-3
   
Sand & Water  
Plastic Smocks 6-8
Individual plastic tub for sand and water play 6
Props (e.g., plastic buckets, measuring cups, measuring spoons,  
basters, funnel, cookie press, sieve, tweezers, molds,  
scoops, squirt bottles, strainer, water wheel, eye droppers, whisks,  
egg beaters, tongs)  
Collectibles (e.g., shells, leaves, plastic insects, feathers)  
   
Music  
Tape recorder, CD player, and/or phonograph player 1-3 media players
CDs, cassette tapes, and/or albums (children’s sing-a-long   
Christian, international, classical, country & western, folk,   
jazz, rock, bluegrass, reggae, ragtime, other types of music)  
Rhythm instruments 20
Props (e.g., streamers, scarves, fabric remnants, feathers, pom-poms)   
   
Computers  
Computer stand or child-sized table 1-2
Computer with monitor, keyboard, mouse 1
Printer 1
Software storage boxes 2-3
Blank diskettes  
Software 20-30 programs
Speakers 1 Set
Scanner 1