Things we would like to have donated for ACAP classrooms, playground or art activities

New or lightly used

  • Toys — Learning toys, Baby toys
  • Playground equipment
    • Small climber for toddlers
    • Soft baseball bats & balls
    • Low ramps, balance beams,
      parallel bars, clear tunnels
  • Small table & bench for playhouse

Music / Musical Instruments

  • Small keyboard
  • Percussion instruments
  • Lullaby relaxation cds, tapes

Volunteers:

  • Help with yard work
  • Do small repairs
  • Help to redo website
  • Help with newsletters
  • Comfort & rock babies
  • Read to children
  • Storytelling
  • Puppetry
  • Teach music to children
  • Art specialist teacher
  • Teach foreign language to kids
  • Nutritionist to work with staff & kids
  • Dance / creative movement with kids

Arts & crafts supplies

  • Ribbons, buttons, glitter, sequins, feathers
    • other collage materials
  • large stringing beads,
  • Bright colored fabrics,
    thread for beginning sewers
  • Yarn—assorted
  • Pretty colored papers
  • Materials with varied textures
  • Elmer’s glue, rubber cement, glue sticks
  • Assorted cookie / play dough shape cutters

Classroom equipment

  • Educational materials (for curriculum kits)
  • magnifying glasses
  • Kid Friendly computers / preschool software
  • Office software for teachers, calendar makers, graphics, newsletter & publishing software
  • Coat tree or hooks for costumes / dramatic play areas
  • Puppet trees
  • 6 Paper Rack for construction paper
  • 7 Digital cameras — 1 for each classroom
  • Kids books on CD/tape