Student Teacher: Jennili Palermo

LEARNING CENTER PLANNING FORM

Blocks

Housekeeping/Dramatic Play

Math Discovery

Art and Creative Experiences

Road signs- exposure to

environmental print
Blocks- manipulate gross and fine
motor skills
Action figures- for childrens
interest and imagination while playing
with blocks, practice fine motor as
well
Pool noodles- for children to build
with and use their gross motor
Labels- exposure to print, make
connections with the word
Plastic cups- to build with, open their
imagination and use their fine and
gross motor skills
Blocks wrapped in foil- different
texture for children to use
I can build cards- example of
things they can build, help
representations and literacy
Books- exposure to literacy

Big camera- use their imagination for

recording each other
News background help express their
imagination
Microphones- use their fine motor
skills to speak into microphones about
class news
T-shirts- act as if they are
newscasters
Interactive weather map- interact
with map and learn about weather and
things
Action clapper-use their fine and
gross motor skills to use it and
express timing (5,4,3,2,1 ACTION!)
Map of the world- exposure to the
world and the continents
Cards to read- exposure to literacy
Clipboard keep their news together,
fine motor skills

Long path game- use team skills to

play games
Short path game- use team skills and
exposure to numbers
Spot the dot cards- help teach
numbers and make connections with
the visuals
Leaves activity- exposure to numbers
and counting
Clothes pin- develop fine motor skills,
use with games
Counting game- couting skills and
exposure to numbers
Sorting game- materials to sort and
count
Things to write with- write numbers
and shapes
Paper to write on
Books

Books- exposure to literacy

Construction paper
Decorative scissors
Pencils
Pens
Markers
Chalk
Ribbon
Clay
Paint
Beads of all sorts
String
Torn paper to make collages
Purpose- things to glue, collage, cut,
draw, create and express their
creativity and fine motor skills

Literacy and Library

Science Discovery

Sand, Water and Sensory

Experience

Music and Movement

Books- exposure to literacy

Letter sound game- make connections
to the letters and their sounds
Rhyming game- exposure to words
that rhyme
Letter tile mats- exposure to capital
letters and lower case letters
Letter sound cards- connections to
letters and their sounds
Rhyming dice- exposure to words

Earthworms
Books on earthworms
life cycle of an earthworm
Posters on earthworms
Magnifying glass
Worm charts
Trays
Tweezers
Paper
Things to write with

Water beads- use their fine motor

skills to explore different sensory
items
Figures to discover in water beadsuse their fine motor to play with
figures in the different sensory items
Sand- exposure to different sensory
experience
Things to write with- draw

Song charts- so they can follow and

sing along to
Action dice- so that they can roll and
do the action
Cds (Mr.B)- to play for the children to
listen to
Books- exposure to songs and literacy
Ribbon sticks- use gross motor skills
to dance around with
Newspaper sticks- to beat together

that rhyme
Picture word cards for weather,
insects and shapes- exposure to
words and letters
Alphabet tiles- exposure to the
alphabet
Owl game- develop literacy skills

Purpose- things to explore,

experiment, ask questions, draw
representations, think about, give
answers, learn about earthworms

representations
Paper- draw representations
Books exposure to literacy

Food Experiences

Writing
Sentence strips
Paper of all sorts
Writing material of all sorts
Name of each child
Models of numbers, letters
Environmental print
Books- exposure to literacy
Purpose- Things to write with, write
on, and use to create all different
types of print

Outdoors
Obstacle course
Hula hoops
Balloons
Turtle sheet
Picture direction cards
Signs of different animals
Purpose- use their gross motor to help
mold their skills and further use their
physical skills while playing outside,
still learning direction, literacy,
animals, numbers, sounds and words
at the same time

Informational print
Measurements on snack of the day
Purpose- use their fine motor and
cognitive skills to help prepare snack
for themselves and other children

To Do:

and use to make noise and dance with

using their fine and gross motor skills
Newspaper- to dance on top of using
their whole body to move
Paper plates- to dance on top of using
their whole body to move