Centers in kindergarten classroom

A kindergarten assistant or volunteer is something that many teachers don't have! Is it possible to manage centers time without extra help? Absolutely!! In this post, we're sharing five helpful tips to give you the confidence to run centers with one teacher in the classroom. If you've been wondering how to run centers alone, you'll want to check out these tips!

This post could alternatively be titled "what works for me" because lets face it, there are a million ways to do centers, and what wo...

The Dramatic play center is a place students can go to pretend, imagine, and be creative. Students can pretend to be anyone and do anything! This is powerful for our little learners. It is a place that promotes high-level thinking, problem solving, turn taking, and is a rich place for teaching vocabulary. Students can learn and develop skills in all learning domains (language, literacy, math, science, social studies, fine motor, gross motor, and social skills) through pretend play.

Centers in kindergarten are a must! However, figuring out how to start kindergarten centers can be tough. Here are a few ideas to help you get ready so you can love your daily center time.

Classroom centers are a great way to encourage independent learning, and they allow kindergarten teachers to really focus on small groups and individuals. Do you love centers in the Pre-K or Kindergarten classroom, or do you feel they are more stressful than productive? I want to share my 3 best teacher tips for center time in Kindergarten - they will help you fix or avoid common mistakes and make centers feel like a breeze!

This free webinar will teach you how to increase learning and save time with independent Pre-K and Kindergarten Centers. If you haven't tried free-flowing centers before, they will change your teacher life!

Simple kindergarten literacy stations that will last you ALL YEAR! Let me show you how to simplify your students learning. Writing, stamping, listening, and so many other center ideas are in this blog post to help your students gain independence.

Recently, I have seen some debates on using centers and the Science of Reading. If you have been a teacher for a long time, centers were a HUGE part of Balanced Literacy. Recently, teachers have shifted away from balanced of literacy to research based Science of Reading. You can read my Science of Reading Post ... Read More about Centers and the Science of Reading

Center time management is so important for our little learners and the classroom. No matter what system you use, it's important for students to know the expectations for the classroom centers. Our center time is an hour each day which is a huge block of time for students to play and learn!