Centers

Puzzles

Working on wooden puzzles

This center is great for building children's fine motor skills, increasing focus, and building spatial awareness. 

Tools:

Wooden Puzzles

Knob Puzzles

Floor Puzzles

Matching Games

Memory Games

Science

This center is great for igniting natural curiosity and exploration, increasing record keeping skills, making representations, and inquiry based learning aspects.

Tools:

Mixing colors in Science

Droppers

Magnifiying Glasses

Specimen Viewers

Magnets

Color Paddles

Mirrors

Natural Materials

Paper

Crayons/Markers

Sensory

Talking about beans in sensory table

This center helps children develop sensory awareness as well as language development.

Tools:

Sensory tables

Beans

Rice

Water

Shredded Paper

Shaving Cream

Sand

Scoops

Rakes

Funnels

Shovels

Buckets

Sifters

Small Toys (for hiding)

Dramatic Play/ Housekeeping

Dinner at Camana Bay

This center is great for social and language development, creative expression and understanding of community roles.

Tools:

Costumes

Play Dishes

Play Food

Masks

Dolls

Shoes

Play Jewelry

Menus

Phones

Phonebook

Paper

Pencils

Furniture (including play kitchen, house, closet, table, crib, etc.)

Art

Collaging in Art

This center is great for building fine motor skills, creative expression, and language development. 

Tools:

Paint

Paintbrushes

Newspaper

Magazines

Glitter

Yarn/String

Stickers

Crayons/Markers/Colored Pencils

Coloring Books

Glue

Scissors

Paper

Blocks

Playing with train toys in Blocks

This center is great for building fine motor skills, critical thinking, construction, and language development.

Tools:

Train table

Train tracks

Cars

Wooden Blocks

Foam Blocks

Linking Logs

Legos

Maps

Math

Children using unifix cubes in Math Center

This center is essential for numeracy and mathematical development. Children build counting, sorting, and pattern skills. 

Tools:

Counters

Sorting Bowls/Trays

Counting Mats

Counting Games

Geo Boards

Flashcards

Listening

This center increases book handling skills, and reading comprehension.

Tools:

Tapes

CDs

Radio

Books

Writing

This center assists with building fine motor skills, handwriting, and letter recognition.

Tools:

Dry Erase Boards/Markers

Chalk Boards/Chalk

Flashcards

Printing Books

Crayons/Markers

Name Plates

Tracing Worksheets

Dictionary

Word Cards

Lacing Cards

Reading

This center is great for book handling skills, literacy skills, comprehension, letter recognition, sight words, etc.

Tools:

Books

Interactive Books

Word Puzzles

Printing Books

Felt Board Stories