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Exploring Centertime



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Exploring Centertime

 

Kindergarten students will be working in various centers throughout our room.  We will have a block of time during the week which the children will choose the centers he/she would like to work in.   Your child will complete a form as each center is chosen on different days.  The following is a list of the available centers that your child may be choosing to work on and a few of the activities they may include.  During the year, activities in the centers will change.

 

Writing Center: tracing letters, copying letters and words, writing sentences and stories 

 

Math Center: counting sets, identifying numerals, ordering numerals, making patterns, measuring, identifying shapes

                 

Computers Center: developing mouse skills, language arts games, math games, creative arts games

 

Reading Center: story sequencing, matching uppercase/lower case letters, identifying beginning sounds, language arts games

 

Puzzle Center: working cooperatively or independently on puzzles of varying difficulty and various skills

 

Listening Center: listening to stories on tapes and following along in a book, using puppets to act out story parts

 

Art Center:using various art materials to create projects, developing hand-eye coordination, cutting skills, tracing

 

Science Center: using magnets, portable microscopes, science magazines with 3D glasses, binoculars, color glasses, nature View Masters, stethoscope, rocks, shells, fossils, etc. 

 

Building Center: designing structures, counting blocks, sorting, making patterns, problem solving

 

Silly Pool Center: measuring, comparing, weighing using various materials

 

Housekeeping Center: measuring, organizing, sorting, comparing, weighing, reading menus and prices  

 

 

 

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