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Wish List
Do you like to garage sale? Do you have things in your house that aren't needed and on the list below? If so, please let us know!
Peaceful Pathways Montessori is looking for the following items:
Natural Gas Oven/Stove to use in our kitchen for home economic projects
Digital Camera for a classroom to use to take photos of children for portfolios/webpage
Stop watches to use for elementary projects
Basketballs
Softballs
Tennis Balls
Orange Marker Cones
Net Bag to store balls and sport equipment
Jump Ropes large and small
Balsa Wood - for elementary projects
Bathroom Scale
Coffee Cans with lids
Leaf and Flower Press
Bookends - to use in our classrooms/library area
Books that are in good condition and current to use in our elementary classroom. Both fiction and non fiction books are welcome. Topics of particular interest:
U.S. History Books - non fiction and historical fiction
Books about other countries
Caring for Gardens and House Plants
World History
Cardboard Jewelry Boxes -approx. 3"x3" to hold elementary materials
Sewing projects materials including:
1/8" Hardware Cloth remnant pieces
Carpet Yarn
Various Needles of different sizes - darning, etc.
Burlap
Various solid colored fabrics- different weights and weaves
Bird Seed with Cracked Corn - this attracts our cardinals, blue jays and other colorful birds
Birdseed - for small birds and to fill our birdfeeders
Suet Bird Food to hang on our shepherd's hooks - the woodpeckers love this!
National Geographic Magazines - back issues to use for culture kits and cutting work
Monetary donations for scholarships or new materials for our classrooms
Small items from other countries to add to our "culture/continent boxes" for students to explore (ideas below):
- Post Cards
- Small trinkets
- Photos of prominent landmarks
- Currency
- Stamps
Thank You! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
We would like to thank the families that have donated the following items. The staff and students will benefit greatly:
Desk for the Elementary Classroom
Help with the building
Musical Instruments
Games
Puzzles
Muffin Tins
Sport Equipment
Microwave
Plants for our sensorial garden
Money for new classroom materials
Tablecloths made for our tables
Plastic Canvas
Beads
Quilting Frame
Books about gardening
Yarn for Fiber Arts in the elementary class
Knitting Needles
National Geographic Magazines
Wooden Shoes
Embroidery Hoops
Construction paper
Postcards from Chicago
Flags from other countries
Books
Flags and photos from China
Baby food jars - for a craft projects
Potholder loom and hook
Embroidery Thread
Sewing Items
President information cards
White hand towels to use for Practical Life
Shells for scrubbing in Practical Life
Coins from Norway
Sand for our sandbox at the Children's House site
Potted Plants for our "Sensorial Garden" - oregano, garlic, mint plants - peppermint, spearmint, apple mint
Workers during the summer that helped with laying floors, painting, and general building
Sponsors that have come forward with donations to put toward the Hands on Fossils
Raffi CD's to use for line time in class - the children love singing and laughing with Raffi's music!
Books about winter and Valentine's Day
Bird Feeders and Bird Seed
Baroque Music CD's
Construction Paper - we use this paper for some of our math and geography work - Brown, yellow, white, green, pink, grey and red are used the most.
Reams of paper - for art projects
Golf Umbrella - to bring students/teacher in and out of the school on rainy days
Small CD/tape player for the classroom
Postcards - from many of the United States - with great photos of landmarks
Educational Posters of Plants and Trees to use for a future Nature Center
Basil and Lambs Ear Plants to use in our sensorial garden
Books to add to our reading library.
Currency from other countries