LEARNING CENTERS

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LEARNING CENTERS
A learning center is an area in the classroom
which contains a collection of activities and
materials to teach, reinforce, and/or enrich a
skill or concept.
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TYPES OF LEARNING CENTERS

• Enrichment Centers
• Skill Development Centers
• Exploratory Interest Centers

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Managing Center Rotations
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Layer the activities within each tub
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Computers
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Listening
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Matching Words
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Pocket Chart Centers
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                                 Storytelling
Center Using a great storytelling board from
Lakeshore.  The students love to retell stories
using the characters and the storyboard.  You can
use a flannel board with many pieces.  Masks and
puppets are good for retelling.
Humpty Dumpty
Jack and Jill
Peter Pumpkin Eater
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Magnets Centers- making words or sentences
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Site Words and Word Families
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                                   Alphabet Order
Center-Students put flash cards of the alphabet
in order.  This can be done on the floor or on a
pocket chart.  Alphabet strips are put in this
station for a visual check.  Letter arcs are used
for putting the alphabet in order.  The students
can string letter blocks in order.  Alpha-bears
can be placed in ABC order.
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Overhead Center-The students love the overhead
station.  Overhead letter tiles, overhead sight
words, overhead word  family tiles, letter
dot-to-dot transparencies, overhead pictures with
the correct spaces for the letter tiles,
D'Nealian handwriting transparencies are just
some of the things that students can choose from.
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Guided Reading
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ABC Centers- Lengthening Centers
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ABC Center Tubs
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Literacy Centers-Lengthening Centers
The students work in Literacy Centers
independently for forty-five minutes each day. 
During this time, I pull students for small group
reading instruction.  My instructional aide
monitors the students during Literacy Centers. 
For the first four weeks of school, I introduce
all of the centers and explain the rotation. 
After this, each group is given a choice of three
centers to work in each day.
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• Rules
• Students must start working on the tub activity
  they are assigned to first on the chart.
• Once students complete one activity and have an
  adult check it, they may bring the second ABC tub
  to their table if they desire to.
• Students must work the entire time.
• 4. Students may not choose an ABC tub or other
  activity that is not assigned to them for that
  day.

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Checklist for Creating Centers
Where do I start?

• Decide on Type of Center (Standards or Task
  Analysis)
• Specify Outcomes
• Design the Center
• Secure Materials
• Design Learning Alternatives and Extensions
• Determine the Directions
• Timeline for Rotations and Procedure for Getting
  Your Attention

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Make Sure your CENTERS Include

• Title / Picture
• Instructions / Illustrated
• Necessary Materials
• Learning Alternatives
• Procedures for Assessment/ Accountability

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Explaining and Modeling for Students

• Write and Share Instructions for Students
• Devise and Explain Management System
• Set up the Center
• Orient Students to the Center

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Motivate Students to Use Centers By

• adding new activities and materials,
• letting students create their own activities at
  the centers,
• having teacher directed lessons in small groups
  at the
• center,
• providing opportunities to share products they
  have
• produced as a result of working at the center,
• providing a means of record keeping and
  evaluating so that both student and the teacher
  can account for time spent and learnings
  accomplished at the learning center.