Centers promote independence, foster decision making and encourage involvement. Children grow and develop in classrooms through centers. Students work independently or in small groups in centers. I may work with a small group or individuals on specific skills and/or projects during this time.
- provides practice with social skills
- develops gross & fine motor skills
- teaches mathematical concepts (shape, size, balance, & counting)
- increases creativity & decision making skills
- enhances social studies development
- develops visual discrimination skills
- provides opportunity for dramatic play
- increases communication skills & oral vocabulary
- develops sense awareness
- develops concepts involving space, measurement & volume
- develops gross & fine muscle skills
- develops opportunities for problem solving & creative thinking
Housekeeping/Dramatic
- develops visual discrimination skills
- provides opportunities to role play home experiences
- increases social development & communication skills
- develops small & large muscle coordination
develops self-awareness as well as better understanding of the immediate environment
- develops rational counting skills
- develops understanding of numbers & number relationships
- develops mathematical vocabulary
- develops fine motor skills
- develops positional understandings such as over, under, & beside
- develops concepts concerning time & money
- develops classification skills
- develops serration skills
develops geometric skills
- develops creativity & imagination
- develops small & large muscle skills
- develops color concepts
- provides for release of positive & negative feelings
- increases sense awareness
- develops reading readiness
- develops pre-writing skills
- develops creativity and imagination
- develops small & large muscle skills
- develops color concepts
- provides for release of positive & negative feelings
- develops pre-writing skills
- develops an appreciation of good literature
- encourages an interest in & respect for books
- strengthens visual perception
- develops imagination
- increases vocabulary & attention span
develops reading readiness skills (reading from left to right & top to bottom)
- develops fine motor skills
- develops reasoning skills
- increases creativity & decision making skills
- enhances social studies development
- develops fine motor skills
- develops left-to-right patterns
- develops oral to written language expression
- develops creativity and imagination
- develops social awareness
- develops reasoning
- provides rich sensory experiences
- develops fine motor skills
- provides good nutritional information & experiences
- develops awareness of health & safety factors involved in cooking
- provides first-hand opportunities to practice skills in math, reading, science & communication
develops social skills
- develops sense of self, family & others
- develops community awareness
- provides opportunities for locating, analyzing & evaluation data
- develops problem solving skills through communication & social participation
- develops sense of time & chronology
- develops map & globe skills
- provides opportunities for use of symbols & keys
- develops sense awareness
- encourages a child’s curiosity
- develops observation & discrimination skills
- develops concepts through first-hand experience
- develops respect for the environment
- provides opportunities for care of plants & animals
- provides a foundation for later learning in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, etc.
- develops large & small muscle coordination
- develops creativity
- increases sense awareness
- develops eye-hand coordination
- develops math & science concepts
- teaches proper & safe use of tools
- develops problem solving skills
develops social & communication skills
Language Arts/ABC Games Center
- increases vocabulary growth
- develops listening skills
- develops skills for writing
- develops fine motor skills
- develops oral language skills
- develops reading readiness skills ( visual discrimination, letter recognition & rhyming words)
- develops an appreciation for different types of music
- develops a feeling & sense of rhythm
- strengthens auditory discrimination
- strengthens cognitive skills & conceptual development
- develops small & large muscle coordination
- provides opportunities for creative expression through movement,
- rhythm activities & use of instrument & song
- develops responsibility & care in operating record players, cassettes players, CD players & using rhythm instruments
- develops map & globe skills
- provides opportunities for use of symbols and keys
- provides social involvement
Electronic Games
