This year we implemented literacy centers into our daily routine for our 4s. Literacy centers were a staple of my kindergarten classroom, and seemed like a concept I would like to implement in our preschool day.
The basics are that our students work in small groups and rotate through 4 stations throughout the week. Two centers are teacher lead, and 2 are student lead. These 4s have totally exceeded my expectations with their work in literacy centers. Here is what we have been up to this week...
When I look at these pictures, it is hard to believe that there are 16, 4 year olds working together, on task,, engaged in meaningful learning experiences. I am so proud of them!
Thanks to an awesome idea from over at Teach Preschool, we worked with Mrs. Regina to make Alphabet Soup. Each child dipped 5 letters into their bowls and depending on where they are in their development, either named the letter, or its sound.
Not only did we all get a terrific fine motor work-out and hone in our hand-eye coordination but there were also opportunities for extension. Some children sounded out words and spelled them in their bowls!
Our first independent center this week involved reading simple color word sentences.
They children worked together to build flowers and place them in the appropriate flower pot.
G has done a great job filling this pot with pink flowers.
These small groups are called literacy centers, but as you see here, we are able to incorporate skills from other areas of development as well. Building and sorting our flowers by color is an excellent math skill.
The second independent task was to look through gardening catalogs and cut out pictures of flowers.
After cutting the pictures out, the job was to paste the picture on the correct spot of the color wheel.
Looking through the catalogs was a great opportunity to experience print in a meaningful way, and our little hands got to strengthen as we worked those scissors.
This week Mrs. Georgia's group received new reading books that I hope everyone is enjoying reading with their families.
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