New Centres

The Kinders were excited to be greeted with a plethora of new centers to explore in our classroom when they arrived back from the break. We read the book “Not a Box” which tells a story about a rabbit who sees that his box is not just a box! He imagines that his box is anything from a robot to a mountain to a racecar. We then discussed what it means to use our imaginations and how much fun it can be do so. After reading the book, the students grew eager to use their imaginations and begin creating projects of their own in the Box Centre!

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This centre allows us to work on:

• Socialization skills
• Fine motor skills
• Describing 3D objects (SSK.2)
• Building 3D objects (SSK.3)
• Exploring appropriate tools to build (MOK.1)

2) PWIM challenge center challenges Kinders to spell our winter scene PWIM words with letter tiles, then write them down afterwards.

This center allows us to work on:

•  Practice reading strategies (read pictures, read the room)
• Practice writing strategies (write the room) 

3) Dot Making to 5 center gives students the opportunity to pick a number from 1 to 5, write it down and then use two different colored bingo dabbers to practice partitioning (showing a number in two parts).

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This center allows us to work on:

• Showing a number in two parts (NK.4)
• Fine motor skills
• Writing skills
• Recognizing numbers 1-5 (NK.3)

4) I Can Stack Inukshuk Challenge: At this center, students create a plan before they begin building Inukshuks with different shape rocks. We learned that Inukshuks are important to the Inuit people of Canada because they often signal direction.

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This center allow us to work on:

• Counting forward numbers 1-10 (NK.1)
• Exploring balance (MOK.1)
• Reading/ writing skills
• Looking in a book for information

5) Lock Challenge: At this center, students are challenged to find the key that has the correct end letter that matches the picture on the lock. After they find the end letter, they are then challenged to sound out the rest of the word and record it on the clipboard. This center is a contest so the more times the Kinders fill out the word work, the greater chance they have to win a prize at the end of the week.

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This center allows us to work on:

• Sounding out CVC words
• Reading pictures
• Fine motor skills

6) I See Sand Table: At this center, students seek and collect objects that are laid out in the sand table. Once they find the objects, they create “I see” sentences using strips and the found objects.

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This center allows us to work on:

• Exploring parts of a sentence
• Reading skills
• Socialization skills
• Matching numbers to objects (NK.3)
• Counting objects (NK.1)

7) Snowflake making: Lately the Kinders have been fascinated with the intricacy of the snowflakes they have been seeing while playing outside. We have discussed how every snowflake is unique, just like how we are all unique! This center allows students to create snowflakes by folding paper up and cutting shapes out of it. Then once they have cut out all the shapes they desire, they get to open it up and see what it looks like!

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This center allows us to work on:

• Fine motor skills
• Socialization skills
• Following instructions
• Exploring symmetry
• Create artworks that express their observations about the world (CPK.4)

8) Shape rock puzzle: At this center, the Kinders are challenged to use rocks to create shapes. After they create their shape, they record it and then write the name of the shape underneath.

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This center allows us to work on:

• Understanding various shapes
• Fine motor
• Socialization
• The skill to look in a book for information