Childcare Equipment – Things to Stock Up On

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.