When%20I%20Play%20In%20The%20Library%20Center

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When I Play In The Library Center

• I Am Learning
• That learning to read is important and enjoyable.
• That letters on a page represent wordstalk
  written down.
• To express my own thoughts, feelings, and ideas
  better.
• To interpret pictures to represent ideas.
• To recognize certain words when I see them in
  print.
• To exercise my imagination.
• To listen well to spoken language.
• To make up my own stories.

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When I Play In Homeliving

• I Am Learning
• To improvise and use things in a symbolic way to
  represent something else.
• A form of abstract thinking
• To carry out my ideas with the cooperation of
  others.
• To solve problems, especially socially, through
  negotiation with friends.
• To exercise my imagination and creativity.
• To express myself in sentences.
• To sort and organize play things.
• To make decisions.
• To be flexible in my thinking.
• To try on different roles

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When I Play In The Manipulative Center

• I Am Learning
• About the relationship of parts to the whole
• A basic math concept.
• Number concepts, as well as more, less,
  longer, and shorter
• Eye-hand coordination.
• Concepts of size, shape, color and location.
• Vocabulary related to the subject.
• To make and repeat patterns.
• Symmetry, order and design.

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When I Play In The Music Center

• I Am Learning
• To be conscious of rhythms in music.
• Concepts of fast, slow, loud, and soft.
• To express myself in a new way.
• Listening skills, and Auditory Discrimination
• Recognizing differences in sounds, necessary to
• learn and to read
• To interpret signals and cues
• To express myself physically
• Balance and coordination

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When I Play In The Sensory Center

• I Am Learning
• That the amount of a substance remains the same,
  even when the shape changes.
• To express feelings, squeezing and pounding.
• That some things sink and some float.
• Eye-hand coordination as I learn to pour.
• Concepts of empty and full, volume and weight,
  relevant to mathematics.
• How to use tools
• To observe changes
• A science skill

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When I Play In The Block Center

• I Am Learning
• To control and coordinate my eyes and my hands
  when I build my tower tall.
• To plan a project, sustain my attention to the
  task and feel pride in my work.
• To use size and shape concepts to match, sort and
  classify objects into sets.
• To understand simple mathematical concepts,
  measurements and numbers.

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When I Play In The Art Center

• I Am Learning
• Math and Science concepts of shape, texture, form
  and color, and about how my mind and my hands
  work together to create.
• To hold and manipulate writing and drawing tools
• To coordinate the movement of two hands when
  cutting paper with scissors.
• To express my ideas and feelings
• I recognize changes that occur when colors mix