When I Play In The Library Center…
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When I Play In The Library Center…
• I Am Learning:
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That learning to read is important and enjoyable.
That letters on a page represent words…talk written down.
To express my own thoughts, feelings, and ideas better.
To interpret pictures to represent ideas.
To recognize certain words when I see them in print.
To exercise my imagination.
To listen well to spoken language.
To make up my own stories.
When I Play In Homeliving…
• I Am Learning:
– To improvise and use things in a symbolic way to represent
something else.
• A form of abstract thinking
– To carry out my ideas with the cooperation of others.
– To solve problems, especially socially, through negotiation with
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friends.
To exercise my imagination and creativity.
To express myself in sentences.
To sort and organize play things.
To make decisions.
To be flexible in my thinking.
To try on different roles
When I Play In The Manipulative Center…
• I Am Learning:
– About the relationship of parts to the whole
• A basic math concept.
– Number concepts, as well as “more”, “less”, “longer”, and
“shorter”
– Eye-hand coordination.
– Concepts of size, shape, color and location.
– Vocabulary related to the subject.
– To make and repeat patterns.
– Symmetry, order and design.
When I Play In The Music Center…
• I Am Learning:
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To be conscious of rhythms in music.
Concepts of fast, slow, loud, and soft.
To express myself in a new way.
Listening skills, and “Auditory Discrimination”
• Recognizing differences in sounds, necessary to
learn and to read
– To interpret signals and cues
– To express myself physically
– Balance and coordination
When I Play In The Sensory Center…
• I Am Learning:
– That the amount of a substance remains the same, even
when the shape changes.
– To express feelings, squeezing and pounding.
– That some things sink and some float.
– Eye-hand coordination as I learn to pour.
– Concepts of empty and full, volume and weight,
relevant to mathematics.
– How to use tools
– To observe changes
• A science skill
When I Play In The Block Center…
• I Am Learning:
– To control and coordinate my eyes and my hands when I
build my tower tall.
– To plan a project, sustain my attention to the task and feel
pride in my work.
– To use size and shape concepts to match, sort and classify
objects into sets.
– To understand simple mathematical concepts,
measurements and numbers.
When I Play In The Art Center…
• I Am Learning:
– Math and Science concepts of shape, texture, form
and color, and about how my mind and my hands
work together to create.
– To hold and manipulate writing and drawing tools
– To coordinate the movement of two hands when
cutting paper with scissors.
– To express my ideas and feelings
– I recognize changes that occur when colors mix