Centers for our youngest students

by newschoolsyr | Jan 6, 2013 | 2012-2013, affective education, gross/fine motor, language arts phonemic awareness, math, visual arts, youngest students | 0 comments

Centers are an important part of the day for Kindergarten and First Grade students. Every day they participate in at least one language arts, math and gross/fine motor center. Children learn by playing games in these centers, whether they are adding, subtracting, learning letter sounds or reading sight words. To simplify their contracts, we use symbols to help them navigate what they are going to be doing at each time. First Graders tend to have a mixture of centers and individual work during the same time. There are also times that Second Grader students join the mix, especially during the gross/fine motor centers. This provides them important opportunities for play and social interaction.

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