Centers
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Sand & Water
We are:
Focusing on Sensory experiences
Experimenting
Discovering
Refining our observational skills
Measuring
Weighing
Enhancing our fine motor skills
Playdough
We are:
Toning our manipulative skills
Focusing on creativity
Advancing fine motor skills
Using our imagination
Library
We are:
Learning pre-reading skills
Developing language skills
Sequencing events
Recognizing that letters have meaning
Learning to take care of books
Experiencing quiet moments
Learning to create our own stories
Gathering information
Using our imagination
Family Area/Dramatic Play
We are:
Learning Cooperation
Using language skills
Verbalizing ideas and concepts
Understanding emotions
Communicating with others
Observing others
Using fine and gross motor muscles
Understanding feelings of others
Acting out real life situation
Block/Construction
We are:
Using fine and gross motor muscles
Classifying by shape, size, and color
Experimenting with balance, forms and gravity
Using our imagination
Testing our ideas
Recognizing quantity and number concepts
Discovering modes of transportation
Developing visual motor coordination
Enhancing eye-hand coordination
Art
We are:
Expanding our creativity
Increasing our language development
Learning cooperation and sharing
Enhancing eye-hand coordination
Exercising our fine motor skills
Showing how we view the world
Bringing ideas to life
Writing Center
We are:
Exercising our fine motor skills
Increasing our language development
Learning eye-hand coordination
Putting thoughts to words
Learning that Print has meaning
Manipualtives/Table Toys
We are:
Exercising our small motor muscles
Advancing eye-hand coordination
Focusing on special concepts
Developing language skills
Enhancing Cognitive Development
Science
We Are:
Learning and testing new concepts
Increasing our language development
Learning to plan and discover
Observing
Predicting
Comparing
Drawing Conclusions
Experiencing sensory activities
Discovering how things work