Centers

Jessica Cox – Early Childhood

Education 1A
Learning Objective:
Understand why learning centers are
important in preschools.
 • Children learn by
Learning doing, and learning
centers help meet the
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diverse needs and skill
levels of young
children.
 • Learning centers an be
offered in all content
Learning areas and on a variety
Centers of different levels.
• Students can work
independently or in
small groups
 • They can provide
necessary review of
Learning basic skills or used to
develop essential
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content vocab, provide
for student research,
and enrich learning for
every student.
 • They can be structured
Learning activities or open
ended materials that
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stimulate student
creativity and oral
vocabulary.
 • Materials should
support learning from
initial explorations to
mastery levels
Learning
Centers • Centers are best
organized to promote
order and ease of
cleanup but most
importantly support
learning
 • Teachers can facilitate
learning providing
organized centers that
Learning encourage independent
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• Learning centers enable
the teacher to work with
individual children or
small groups
 • A time when the children
come together as a
community of learners
where they share their
thoughts, listens to one
Group Time another, actively
participate together,
introduce new concepts
and ideas, read and sing
together, and build a sense
of respect and support for
one another.
 • Art

• Dramatic Play

• Food and Snacks

Learning • Music and Movement

Centers • Math

• Language

• Science

• Outside Play

• Sensory