Literacy Centers
Literacy Centers is the time of day that most students eagerly look forward to! It is a very active time in which students have the opportunity to work hands-on with literacy materials. Students feel as though they are just 'playing games', but they are actually actively engaged in the learning process as they are thinking and doing! They are practicing and developing letter/sound knowledge, listening skills, oral language expression, rhyme, letter formation, cooperation, etc.
Below are just a few of the skills that children are developing as they work in daily centers. The centers will change as the year progresses. These are just a few examples...
Art Center
- fine motor skills
- creative expression
- colors, shapes, and size relationships
- exploring materials
- visual perception
- spatial relationships
- cooperation
- balance
- cause and effect
- shape and size discrimination
- physical coordination
- reading for enjoyment
- letter recognition
- concepts of print (left to right, tracking print, etc)
- following directions
- comprehension
- vocabulary development
- hand/eye coordination
- patterning
- sorting
- letter and numeral recognition
- concepts of print (left to right, tracking print, etc)
- following directions
- oral communication skills
- conflict resolution
- vocabulary development
- understand experiences through role playing
- hand/eye coordination
- classification
- visual perception
- problem solving
- social skills
- exploration and discovery
- cause and effect
- measurement
- problem solving
- properties of matter
- fine motor skills
- develop creativity and expression
- communicate ideas
- letter recognition
- sequencing
- letter/sound correspondence