Supplies You'll Need for a Co-op Preschool

First and foremost, you will want all of your supplies to be contained in a durable, portable container, so that they can be easily passed from house to house (along with the preschool board).


Crayons, glue (liquid and sticks), scissors, and markers are all necessities. In addition we have a counting box where we put a number of objects into each lesson and have the "Counting Box Helper" help us to count (and write the number on top of the box). In addition, ours contained the pieces to the calendar, chart, letters of the day, and songs from the Preschool Board , plus the mats for circle time (see below).

On top we have the mats that they sit on during circle time. This year it was dishtowels that the kids had decorated.

Last year it was laminated pieces of cardstock they had decorated with handprints and a picture. The dishtowels took up a little more room, weren't quite as cute, but were much more durable than the laminated mats. Whichever you prefer is great!


Here is what it looked like before the mats were added on top.