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Early Childhood List

AMS Recommended Early Childhood Classroom Materials List

 

Subject AMS Recommendation
Practical Life
Arts and Crafts
 
  Grace and Courtesy
 

Walking on a Line

  Rolling and unrolling a rug
  Moving Furniture
  Sequence of Pouring activities 
  Sequence of Spooning / Spooning activities
  Sequence of Squeezing activities 
  Sequence of Threading activities 
  Sequence of Twisting activities 
  Sequence of Folding activities 
  Sweeping activities 
  Mopping the floor 
  Scrubbing a table / chair 
  Washing a window (or mirror) 
  Sequence of Polishing activities 
  Watering a plant 
  Flower arranging 
  Feeding an animal 
  Dressing frame - Small Buttons 
  Dressing frame - Zipper 
  Dressing Frame - Buckles 
  Dressing Frame - Bow-tying 
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Dressing Frame - Buttoning Frame Large Buttons
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Dressing Frame - Lacing
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Dressing Frame - Safety Pin
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Dressing Frame - Snapping
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Dressing Frame - Velcro
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Dressing Frame Stand
  Nose-blowing 
  Hand-washing 
  Clothes / Towel - Washing 
  Ironing 
  Sequence of Food Preparation and Serving activities 
  Dish - Washing
  Outdoor Gardening activities 
  Play Dough (or Clay) 
  Crayons 
  Sequence of Pasting / Glue activities 
  Sequence of Scissor Cutting activities 
  Sequence of Brush Painting activities 
  Sequence of Sewing / Weaving activities 
 Sensorial  
  Red Rods
  Geometric Solids with Bases
  Cylinder Blocks (Knobbed Cylinders) - 4 blocks
  Pink Tower (Tower of Cubes)
  Brown Stairs (Broad Stair) 
  Knobless Cylinders - 4 boxes
  Color Tablets - Box I 
 

Color Tablets - Box II 

  Color Tablets - Box III 
  Geometric Cabinet w/ Demonstration Tray and 3 sets of cards 
 

Constructive Triangles - 5 boxes: Triangle, Large Hexagon, Small Hexagon

Rectangle

  Binomial Cube 
  Trinomial Cube 
  Sound Boxes (Sounds Cylinder) 
  Bell material 2/ mallet and damper 
  Rough and Smooth Boards - 2 or 3 boards 
  Rough Gradation Tablets (Touch Tablets) 
  Fabric matching (Touch Fabrics) 
  Mystery Bag (Stereognostic) 
  Baric Tablets 
 NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Thermic Tablets
  Smelling Bottles 
  Tasting Exercise 
  Sequence of Sorting Activities (by size, color, shape, etc.) 
  Silence Game 
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED 12 Identical Blue Triangles
ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Parts of a Face
Math  
 ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Developing Numeracy Kit I (Pre-Math)
  Red and Blue Rods 
  Sandpaper Numerals 
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Sandpaper Numerals Box
  Spindle Boxes 
  Numerals and Counters (Cards and Counters / Odds and Evens) 
  Memory Game
  Golden Beads - Intro to Decimal Quantity (One Tray) 
  Golden Beads - Large and Small Numeral Cards 
  Golden Beads - Intro to Decimal System (Nine Tray / Function of Decimal System)
  Golden Beads - Four Operations (Addition, Multiplication, Subtraction, Division)
  Stamp Game
  Teen Boards (Séguin Boards) and Beads 
  Tens Boards (Séguin Boards) and Beads 
  Hundred Board 
  Short Bead Stair 
  Short Bead Chains (Square chains) w/ squares and arrows 
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Bead Material Cabinet
  Long Bead Chains (Cube chains w/ cubes and arrows 
  Addition Snake Game 
  Addition Snake Game Kit I
  Addition Snake Game Kit II
  Addition w/ Bead Bars 
  Multiplication w/ Bead Bars 
  Addition Strip Board and Tables 
  Subtraction Strip Board and Tables 
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL  Multiplication Board and Tables 
  Unit Division Board and Tables 
  Addition Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.) 
  Subtraction Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.) 
  Multiplication Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.)  
  Division Working Charts (Finger Charts, etc.)  
  Multiplication w/ Bead Bars 
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Large Fraction Skittles
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Large Skittle Stand
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Fraction Circles
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Fraction Circle Stand
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Printed Numerals
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Printed Numerals Box
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Loose Spindle Box
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Control Chart for Hundred Board
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Small Numerical Rods
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Set of 10 Wooden Cube of 1000
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Set of 10 Wooden Square of 100
 Language  
  Oral Language Development activities (Sharing news, Fingerplays, songs, stories, etc.)
  Child Library Area w/fiction and non-fiction picture books
  Picture/Object matching 
  Picture/Picture matching 
  Classified Three part Cards (Pictures, Labels, Control Cards) 
  Classified Picture cards for vocabulary and sorting by category 
  Phonemic awareness activities w/ objects or pictures (I Spy) 
  Metal Insets, trays, paper 
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Colored Pencils
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Pencil Holders
  Sandpaper Letters (International Print)
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Sandpaper Letters Box
  Sand Tray 
  Large Movable Alphabet - composition of words and phrases (International Print)
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Large Movable Alphabet - composition of words and phrases (International Print)
  Box for Large Movable Alphabet
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Box for Large Movable Alphabet
  Small Chalkboards or whiteboards for writing
  Writing Sequence
  Comprehensive writing program
  Object Box I: Intro to reading phonetic words
  Picture / word matching - phonetic
  Object Box II: Intro to reading words w/ phonograms
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Double Sandpaper Letters (US Cursive)
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Double Sandpaper Letters Box
  Picture /word matching w/ phonograms
  silent 'e
  Puzzle Words (for English)
  Environmental Labels
  Action Commands
  Series of Phonics-based Readers
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED 3D Grammar Symbols with bases and Tray

Cultural

(Geography, History,
Natural and Physical Studies)

 
 NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Land and Water Forms Set I and Set II
  Land and Water Forms Three Part Cards and Definitions
  Globe of Land and Water (Sandpaper Globe)
  Globe of the Continents (Continents Globe)
  Puzzle Map - World Parts (Hemispheres)
  Puzzle Map - North America
  Puzzle Map - South America
  Puzzle Map - Europe
  Puzzle Map - Asia
  Puzzle Map - Africa
  Puzzle Map - Australia
  Puzzle Map - A country e.g. USA, Mexico, Canada, Japan, China, etc.)
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Puzzle Map Stand
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED World Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED World Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Australia Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Australia Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Europe Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Europe Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Asia Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Asia Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED North America Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED North America Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED South America Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED South America Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Africa Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Africa Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED United States Control Map Labeled
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED United States Control Map Unlabeled
NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Globe of Land and Water Painted
ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Weather Patterns 3 Part Cards
ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Planets of the Solar System
  Tool and felt pad for pin-pricking maps
  Packets of Pictures for Continents / Countries
  Flags
  Calendar
  Clock
  Classification: Living/Non-Living picture cards
  Classified Picture Cards - Animals
  Classified Picture Cards - Plants
  Classification: Animal/Plant picture cards
  Parts of a Horse (mammal)
  Parts of a Bird
  Parts of a Turtle (reptile)
  Parts of a Frog (amphibian)
  Parts of a Fish
  Botany Cabinet (Leaf shapes) and cards
  Parts of a  Plant (tree)
  Parts of a Flower
  Parts of a leaf
  Sink/Float activity
  Magnetic/Non-magnetic activity
  Solid to Liquid to Gas activity
  Cultural Exploration of the World (Continents, Countries, Food, Traditions)
  Observation of Seasons Activities
  Study of Clocks, Learning Time
  Timeline of a Child's Life
  Musical Instruments
  History Activities
  Nomenclature Cards (cultural)
 

Life Cycle of an Animal

  Life Cycle of a Plant
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Botany Puzzle Cabinet
NIENHUIS 7 ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Botany Puzzle Tree
NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Botany Puzzle Flower
NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Botany Puzzle Leaf
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Botany Puzzle Root
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Botany Puzzle Copy Masters
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Animal Puzzle Cabinet
NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Animal Puzzle Horse
NIENHUIS & ETC  EXTRA - INCLUDED Animal Puzzle Frog
NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Animal Puzzle Fish
NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Animal Puzzle Turtle
NIENHUIS & ETC EXTRA - INCLUDED Animal Puzzle Bird
NIENHUIS EXTRA - INCLUDED Animal Puzzle Copy Masters
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Botany Cabinet 
NIENHUIS EXTRA OPTIONAL Botany Cabinet Control Chart