WILD WONDERS
WILD WONDERS
Nature Play
Donations are always welcome!
Parents,
do you have an interesting job, hobby or item (ex. nature treasure) to share?
Let us know about your area of expertise! You may be able to supplement an area
of interest or inquiry.
Donations are always welcome!
Parents, do you have an interesting job, hobby or item (ex. nature treasure) to share? Let us know about your area of expertise! You may be able to supplement an area of interest or inquiry.
Materials and Supplies
Art Supplies
- Calendars
- Accuquilt GO! Fabric Cutting Die Northwoods Medley 55483
- AccuQuilt Go Fabric Cutting Dies, Fall Medley
- AccuQuilt Go Fabric Cutting Dies, Critters
- AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutting Dies, Bird
- AccuQuilt Go Fabric Cutting Dies, Overall Sam
- Consumable supplies like pencil crayons, markers, KwikStix, glue, paper, paint, stickers, masking tape, colour diffusing paper, paint brushes
- past issues of Canadian Wildlife magazine and other similar magazines
Blocks
- Magnet wood bricks
- Hape totter tower blocks
- Jenx Toys Magnetic Thread 60 pcs Rods and Balls Building Blocks | Construction Stacking Building Set for Creativity and Education | Award Winning Best Safe Toys
- Wonderworld Rainbow Sound Blocks
- Melissa & Doug 25 Wooden Shape and Color Magnets in a Box
- Guidecraft Magnification Blocks Set
- Guidecraft Rainbow Blocks - Sand, Kids Learning & Educational Toys, Stacking Blocks
- Wood ramps
- Plan toys Water Blocks
Children's Environment
- Animal pelts
- Any nature artifacts on loan or for donation (fossils, animal skulls, etc...)
- Child safe plexiglass mirror
- Hammocks for naps
Dramatic Play
- Community Helper dress up
- Marvel Education Pretend Play Career Figures, 5" Tall (Set of 12)
- Wild Republic black bird
- Used stainless steel pots, pans, spoons, bakeware etc.. for the mud kitchen
Fine Motor
- Community Helper Puzzles
- Momyl Montessori Wooden Nature materials insect puzzles
- Melissa & Doug Construction Vehicles 4-in-1 Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles (48 pcs)
- Scoop-A-Bug Sorting Kit
- Learning Resources LER0425 5-Inch Double-Sided Assorted Geoboard, Set of 6
Games
- Peaceable Kingdom / Snug as a Bug in a Rug Award Winning Preschool Skills Builder Game
- Peaceable Kingdoms Sunny Day Pond Board Game
- Tall Tales Story Telling Board Game
Gardening
- Learning Resources LER3060 Farmers Market Color Sorting Set
- Potted edible plants in season for replanting (tomatoes, strawberries, saskatoon, herbs)
- Watering cans
Gross Motor
- Slackers Ninja line
- Slackers Zipline
- Swurfer Tree Swing with Skateboard Seat Design and Adjustable Handles, Maple
- Swing-N-Slide Monster Web Swing
- Thick rope (10 ml or bigger polyprop)
Literacy
- Felt Board Story Characters
- Insect Puppets
- Bird Puppets
- Story Character Puppets
- Folkmanis North American Wild Animal Puppets (Coyote, bear, skunk)
- Little Folks Visuals LFV22212 Community Helpers Flannel Boards
- Loose Parts
- Building & construction materials (heavy duty cardboard tubes, large wooden spool, clear heavy duty flexible dust collection hose...)
- Nature treasure collections
- Recycled collections
- Baskets
Music
- Xylophone
Science
- REAL BUG TL08 Lifecycle of A Dragonfly Kit
- Elisona-Kids Rotatable Insects Bugs Collection Catchers Viewer Microscope Insect Magnifier Nature Science Exploration Tool Toys
- Stomp Rocket
- Globe
Sensory Play
- Liquid motion bubbler
Wood Working
- Wood scraps
- Sandpaper
- Children's safety glasses/goggles
- Vice & woodworking table
- Nails, screws, washers, nuts & bolts
- Recycled bits that could be pre-drilled for children to attach to projects
Used Gear Donations
- Rainsuits
- Mittens
- Snow pants
Our Book List
- Love you when by Linda Kranz
- From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer
- Koala Lou by Mem Fox
- Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre
- Full of Fall by April Pulley Sayre
- Raindrops Roll by April Pulley Sayre
- Beavers by Ina Felix
- Voices from the wild by David Sensagoria
- The Curious Garden by Pere Brown
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- Elwood Bigfoot Wanted Birdie Friends by Jill Esbaum
- Thank you Earth by April Pulley Sayre
- Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
- Imelda and the goblin king by Briony May Smith
- Everything you need for a treehouse by Carter Higgins
- Me and you and the red canoe by Jean E. Pendziwol
- Once upon a northern light by Jean E. Pendziwol
- What do you do with a problem? By Kobi Yamada
- What do you do with a chance? By Kobi Yamada
- If by David J Smith
- Pond and River by Steve Parker
- Whoever you are by Mem Fox
- From Seed to plant by Gail Gibbons
- The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers
- A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poemsby Deborah Ruddell, Joan Rankin
- National Audubon Field Guide to Insects & Spiders: North America
Teachers Resources
- The Nature Connection by Clare Walker Leslie
- Play the Forest School Way by Jane Worroll
- The Outdoor Classroom Ages 3-7 by Karen Constable
- Bringing the forest school approach to your early years by Karen Constable
- Forest School in Practice by Sara Knight
- Forest Kindergartens: The Cedarsong Wayby Erin K. Kenny
- Nature Kindergartens and Forest Schools: an Exploration of Naturalistic Learning within Nature Kinde: Written by Claire Warden, 2012 Edition, (2nd Revised Edition) Publisher: Mindstretchers [Paperback]
- A Practical Guide to Nature-Based Practice
by Niki Buchan