One
of the most basic of the amenities in launching a childcare center or a
childcare home facility is the child care equipment Australia. This is the umbrella term
that includes anything from children playhouses to the furniture and to equipments
used for children safety.
Even
to this day, there is need to have a considerable research to find the right
equipments that you will have the children use in your facility. Since you are
dealing with children all the way, the special focus is placed on durability
and safety.
Basic equipments
The
following are some of the necessary equipments needed for your childcare
programs. The list includes such items as child-sized recliners, coat or dress-up
racks, cow rocker (for toddlers) with washable cover, easy grip paint brushes,
flannel board (with scenery)m infant bouncer car, microwave/oven/sink, nap
mats, and large felt boards.
There
are other items which you might stock up with. (The items list is flexible,
meaning others can be added to it.) They would include observation activity
table, playpen, playhouses, riding objects (tricycles), sand and water table,
toddler slide, and sand box with lid, among others.
Area equipments
In a
learning facility, the equipments you will stock and have the children use are
mostly grouped alongside each other in related areas of interests. On top of
the list would be the art area. Here the suggested equipments as follows.
There
would be easels, smock and aprons (for clothes’ protection), glues and pastes,
pipe cleaners, maybe some glitters, tempera paint, water colors, crayons and
stencils. It would be complete if there would be paint brushes, Q-tips, small
plastic cups, Popsicle sticks and finger paints.
Since
it is art, the children would need butcher paper, scrap paper, construction
paper, some yarn, buttons, ribbons, old magazines, chalk, colored pencils,
markers, safety scissors, and rulers,
Library group
This
one group is centered on things associated with books and libraries. They would
need such items as book shelves, picture books, reference books, calendar clock,
puppets, musical instruments, posters and charts.
They
might make do with magic wands, bell cushions and pillows, cassette tapes, CDs
and their players. Legos might be needed as well as bristle blocks, lacing
boards, beads and laces, puzzles, counting props, dressing boards Playdoh.
Science
For
kids dabbling in basic science experiments, they might need some water/sand
tables, measuring cups, funnels, drainers, straws, hoses, spoons, bubbles and
sand.
They
might also need some components that will include some rice or beans,
magnifying glasses, prisms, magnets, shells, leaves, flowers and small mirrors.
Block area / plays
Kids
in the block area would need cardboard bricks, wood blocks, train sets, cars,
houses, small people and plastic blocks.
The
dramatic play group would need some old clothes, gloves, dolls, small tables
and chairs, puppets, mirror, books, plastic hats, sunglasses, costume jewelry,
table cloths, picnic baskets, old phones, notebooks, backpacks, plastic dinner
ware, stuffed animals , hose, helmets, doctor’s kits, and purses among others.
This child care equipment Australia list is by no means complete. However, you can start
activating your facility immediately.
