In Montessori schools, families contribute shared school supplies to their child’s classroom.
Guides distribute supplies among children throughout the school year. At Craig Montessori School, we encourage a sense of community and collaboration by asking families to bring school supplies and a small financial contribution to the classroom at the beginning of each year.
Please purchase back-to-school supplies using the guide-approved lists below and have your child bring them by the second week of school, including $20 cash (or check payable to Craig Montessori School) in an envelope, labeled with your family’s name. Your $20 contribution helps guides purchase materials for special projects, and also covers snacks, pet supplies, Montessori artifacts, and similar expenses.
Primary Classroom (K3, K4, and K5) Supply Wish List
Children are asked to bring the following supplies to class during the first week of school:
- Six large Elmer’s glue sticks
- Three 24-count packages of yellow #2 pencils
- Three boxes of tissues
- Two packages of paper napkins
- Two 24-count boxes of crayons
- One pack of white copy paper
- One pair of headphones
- One bar Dial soap (white)
- One bottle hand soap
- One bag of cotton balls
- One box of sandwich-sized Ziploc bags
- One eight-ounce bottle of Elmer’s liquid glue
- One 12-count package of colored pencils
- One box of watercolor paints
- $20 contribution – cash or check made to Craig Montessori School in an envelope labeled with the child/family name.
Backpacks and More
Organizing a backpack (or bookbag) helps children develop independence and practical life skills that are authentic Montessori. Your Montessori child(ren) should bring a full-size backpack to school daily so that paperwork, calendars, artwork, and other materials can easily travel from school to home. This includes the Craig Montessori School Wednesday folder!
- Do – Label your child’s backpack with name, home address, and Craig Montessori School room number on the inside. Label or initial your child’s jackets, sweaters, coats, and boots to help your child keep track of them.
- Don’t – Send young children (K3 to first grade) to school with a wheeled backpack.
- Please – Send an extra set of your child’s clothing to school in a Ziploc bag, for “emergency” use (underwear, slacks, t-shirt, socks). Label all items with your child’s name.
Lower Elementary Classroom (Grades 1-3) Supply Wish List
Children are asked to bring the following supplies to class during the first week of school:
- Six large Elmer’s glue sticks
- Six pink-bar erasers
- Four dozen plain wooden #2 pencils (sharpened)
- Four packages of colored pencils (12-color minimum)
- Four boxes of snacks (graham crackers, pretzels, Goldfish, or Cheez-its)
- Four boxes of tissues
- Four rolls of Scotch tape
- Four rolls of paper towels
- Four containers of Clorox or Lysol wipes
- Three packages of markers
- Two sets of watercolor paints (Eight-color minimum)
- Two packages of Sharpie markers
- Two bottles of liquid dish detergent
- Two bottles of liquid hand soap
- Two bottles of hand sanitizer
- Two packages of napkins
- Two playdough
- One bottle of Elmer’s glue
- One box of multicolor chalk
- One package of dry erase markers
- One package of sticky notes
- One pair of scissors (Fiskar preferred)
- One pair of headphones
- One pack of white copy paper
- One ruler
- One handheld pencil sharpener
- One box of Ziplock bags (sandwich size or larger)
- $20 contribution – cash or check made to Craig Montessori School in an envelope labeled with the child/family name.
Backpacks and More
Organizing a backpack helps children develop independence and practical life skills that are part of the Montessori philosophy. Children should bring a full-size backpack to school daily so that paperwork, calendars, artwork and other materials can easily travel from school to home.
- Do – Label your child’s backpack with name, home address, and Craig Montessori School room number on the inside. Label or initial your child’s jackets, sweaters, coats, and boots to help your child keep track of them.
- Don’t – Send young children (K3 to first grade) to school with a wheeled backpack.
- Please – Send an extra set of your child’s clothing to school in a Ziploc bag, for “emergency” use (underwear, slacks, t-shirt, socks). Label all items with your child’s name.
Upper Elementary Classroom (Grades 4-6) Supply Wish List
Children are asked to bring the following supplies to class during the first week of school. These items will be used by the classroom community collectively.
- Two to three boxes of tissue
- One to two packs of #2 pencils
- One to two packs of lined paper
- One pack of graph paper
- One pack of copy paper
- One pack of markers
- One pack of colored pencils
- One pack of glue sticks
- One pack of fine-point dry erase markers
- One pair of scissors
- One ruler
- One roll of tape to put in a tape dispenser
- One bottle of hand sanitizer
- One bottle of hand soap
- One container of disinfectant wipes
- One pair of headphones (These will only be used by your child and will live in your child’s locker.)
- $20 contribution – cash or check made to Craig Montessori School in an envelope labeled with the child/family name.
Secondary Classroom (Grades 7-8) Supply Wish List
Please plan ahead for the Adolescent Erdkinder and Eighth-Grade End of Year, which costs approximately $100 (final cost dependent on fundraising efforts during the year).
Secondary students are asked to bring the following supplies to class by the second week of school:
- Five folders AND five single-subject notebooks, matching colors
- Three highlighters
- Three boxes of tissues
- Three glue sticks
- Three dry erase markers
- Two graph paper composition notebooks or spiral bound notebooks
- Two packages of notecards
- Two packages of binder tabs
- Two packages of lined paper
- Two packages of graph paper
- One 1” binder
- One 2” binder
- One box #2 or mechanical pencils
- One composition notebook
- One water bottle
- One pair of headphones
- One package of blue pens
- One package of black pens
- One package of colored markers: No Sharpies or other permanent markers.
- One package of colored pencils
- One package of white copy paper
- One roll of paper towels
- One pair of adult-sized scissors
- One bottle of hand sanitizer
- One package of white copy paper
- One container of sanitizing wipes
- $20 contribution – cash or check made to Craig Montessori School in an envelope labeled with the child/family name.