| Create a Special Place With:
Table (homemade or purchased, sized
for young children)
Chair(s)
Desk and chair
Low, open shelves
Bulletin board
Clothesline and clothespins (to hang up
children's writing)
Explore Letters and Numerals With:
Magnet boards and alphabet and
number magnets
Alphabet and numeral blocks, tiles, and
puzzles
Alphabet and numeral sponges, stamps,
and stamp pads
Alphabet and counting books
Play Make-Believe With:
Clipboards
Envelopes
Junk mail, catalogs, coupons
Magazines
Empty food containers
File folders and boxes
Mailbag and mailbox
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Write With and On:
Chalkboards (wall and lap)
Chalk (white and colored)
Easels
Paint
Brushes
Paper (lined and unlined, different sizes,
colors, weights, textures)
Markers (washable, nontoxic, thick and
thin tips)
Crayons
Colored pencils
Erasable boards, markers, and erasers
Magic slates
Ready-made blank books
Bookbinding materials (stapler, hole
punch, laces)
Scissors (for older toddlers and
preschoolers)
Typewriter
Computer and developmentally
appropriate writing programs
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