Even though we started back up to school January 2nd, it’s seems that it has been forever getting back up to speed. In a span of one week, I lost one day with kiddos due to my own sick kids, one day to Diebels testing and another day to a snow (rain) day. Regardless, my kinders jumped in feet first and started tackling new Cold Weather Math Stations and Centers. I was able to snap a few pictures of the fun (and work . . . shhhhh they think it’s all play) happening in my little classroom.
(If there’s a link, you can click on the picture to follow it.) Some of the stuff doesn’t have one.
Yes, this is a sand/water table and these children are playing . . . because we talk about fiction and non-fiction during our study of polar animals, I think they should have the opportunity to ‘play’ real and non-fiction make-believe scenarios in the sand/water table.
I completely agree with you about the sand/water table. What a great idea to have polar animals in there, I never would have thought of that. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
NotJustChild’sPlay
You’re welcome. Hope you can find some fun little animals for your own table…I’ve had mine so long I don’t remember where I got them.
Marsha
I love your tiered centers! Question~ How long does it typically take you to get your room set up for centers? Do you work on a week-by-week rotation? Thanks!
My math stations last three weeks and my learning centers last about the same. Daily Five (my Daily Six stations are updated mostly weekly except for the Listening Center. Because I have six sets of books to listen to I can usually keep them out for 2 weeks. I takes a couple of hours to break them down, put everything where it belongs (I HATE repacking stuff-so it probably takes me longer to do that than it should) and then not long at all then to put the new stuff in. I have a pretty good system of trading them over.
Thanks for asking.
Marsha
Love your centers! And I love your spinners!
Cheryl
Crayons and Curls
Great ideas! Thank you for sharing! This is my first year teaching and so I’m totally about making new things and whatnot. I see that you have a lot of things laminated for the kids to work on but how do you monitor that they are actually completing the work and not just fooling around with the materials? My principal would love these ideas (saving on copies) but my group is really struggling with completing independent work – completing the tasks given properly and with pride….I’d love to hear your thoughts when you have a free moment!