Kindy Boxes

Kindy Boxes is the name of a Rotary Club of Richmond project. It is also the name given to the different sets of resources we are providing the Timor Leste kindergarten teachers.

Currently we are planning FOUR distinct sets of resources for 2008-2009, each in its own 'Kindy Box'.

The cost of Kindy Box Sponsorship is either $50 or $100.
The gap between sponsorship and actual cost is met by donations and fundraising.

Kindy Box A

The contents of Kindy Box A are being purchased in Melbourne, packed into 82 litre plastic containers and shipped to Dili. The container can then be used as seating for the children or storage.

Kindy Box A is valued at over $400.

Kindy Box A contains essential items for a teacher to start a kindergarten class:

• chalk, white and coloured
• pencils, black and coloured
• biros and felt-tipped pens
• coloured crayons
• sharpeners, erasers and ruler
• staplers and staples
• hole punch
• scissors for the teacher and the children (including a left handed pair)
• folder with paper and plastic sleeves
• jotting paper
• string and fold back clips (bull clips)
• adhesive book/poster covering
• Leggo Block Set (405 pieces)
• Teacher's satchel

There are also a number of creative play items and some 'extras'.
Click here to see the full list.

Kindy Box B

The contents of Kindy Box B are being manufactured in Dili, and then packed into a storage box for distribution.
Kindy Box B is valued at approximately $300.

Kindy Box B contains wooden educational resources. Sr Aurora trains the teachers in the many educational aspects of these resources.

Many of these resources were originally made for distribution in Timor Leste within a Mary MacKillop project. The Rotary Club of Richmond has now taken over this project and is working in partnership with the Don Bosco Technical Training Centre, Comoro, a school of the Salesian order. Mary MacKillop have kindly donated their woodworking tools and plans to the project.

The Kindy Box Project will be purchasing the wooden resources at retail price from the Don Bosco Woodworking Production Unit.

Kindy Box B contains:

• 1 x attribute set
• 1 x number matching set
• 1 x dotted dominoes
• 1 x shape dominoes
• 1 x number lotto
• 1 x shape lotto
• 1 x picture lotto
• 10 x individual blackboards
• 1 x set of large building blocks

Kindy Boxes C and D

The contents of Kindy Boxes C and D are still being finalised. These Kindy Boxes will assist the teacher in the teaching of handwriting.

Kindy Box C will concentrate on building fine motor skills and will be assembled in Australia.

Kindy Box D will concentrate on the skill of writing. It will be developed in Australia with input from Sr Aurora.

A handwriting style has been adopted and this will form the basis of the resource kit. Also, the worksheets will be designed in the Tetum language.

Kindy Box D will contain items such as:

• Teacher's Manual on teaching handwriting
• Teacher resource stencils for lower and upper case alphabet and numerals
• 30 x children's handwriting exercise books (designed & produced in Australia)
• 1 x set laminated A4 alphabet posters