Literacy Centers

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"perfect" literacy center.

Centers time is one of my favorite times because the children can explore, play, learn and interact with each other.

I think that the most important thing to remember when setting up centers is that the children should be engaged in fun learning. If the centers aren't exciting, they won't participate in them.

My children are in primary literacy centers for 1 hour a day.

All of my centers have some form of literacy in them - reading, writing, phonemic awareness, listening, story telling. I let the children pick the center to go to because it cuts down on behavior problems.

HeidiSongs Center: Sing to learn sight words

Reading Center: Books and Baskets

Tent Center: What do you do with your old games, flashcards and magnets?

Music Center: Boogie, sing and learn to read.

Cut and Glue Skills Worksheets: Fun activities for promoting small motor skills and literacy.

Look, Think, and Write Center: Easy and fun writing review!

Music Learning Center: Sing and learn!

Housekeeping Center: Learn skills for life!

Science Centers: Using literacy to build science skills

Message Board Center: Writing notes was never this fun!

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Community Signs and Symbols
As a middle school special education teacher, community integration is a big part of my program. Having said that, it is important that my students are …

Idioms
My idioms center is always a big hit. I have 20 or so idioms on cards. First, students draw a picture of what it would look like if the idiom …

Word Wall Center Not rated yet
In my class, their word wall words are like their spelling words and through the week we do all sorts of activities involving with them. At the end …

Glove Writing Center Not rated yet
Fill a basket with gloves of all kinds from various activities and occupations. Suggestions are latex(surgical), kitchen, mittens, welding, firemen, …

Sticker Stories Not rated yet
Sticker Stories is a writing center that is a lot of fun for the students and very easy to prepare. All you need are holiday or themed stickers and …

Extra Plastic Easter Eggs Not rated yet
When Easter rolled around I gathered up plenty of plastic Easter eggs to use in a literacy center for my preschool class. I separated the eggs (cut …

Comic Book Center Not rated yet
With so many of the kids today reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, I am finding that most of the children (especially the boys) really enjoy creating …

Student of the Week Not rated yet
In my class, each week a student is spotlighted as Student of the Week. They complete this poster that tells us all sorts of information about them. …

"Baggy Stories" in the Writing Center Not rated yet
I have gotten lots of pictures of people, children, and animals for the bag called "Who?". Lots of pictures of things; balls, hopscotch, pails, swings, …

I Went Walking... Not rated yet
The students will hear the story "I Went Walking" by Julie Vivas. The story is about a small child taking a walk and seeing farm animals following …

Creation Station Not rated yet
Ask parents to send in any old craft materials, toilet paper tubes, fabric, stickers, and magazines. Markers, glue, tape, watercolor paints, staplers …

Character Sketch Not rated yet
In this center, students will draw a picture of a character from the book they are reading. The character traits are illustrated in the sketch. The …

Fishing for Letters Not rated yet
Students will each get their own fishing pole (a pointer with a string and magnet attached to the end.) They also get an index card with 6 letters …

How Many Words Can You Make? Not rated yet
Students build new words from a larger vocabulary, thematic, or seasonal word. Ex: Cumulonimbus during a weather unit or metamorphosis during a butterfly …

Tell Me About It Not rated yet
First, the students read the story. Then, in a small group they take turns spinning the Tell Me About It spinner. After each spin, the person who …

Build-A-Word Not rated yet
My literacy center is Build a Word. I have a box of magnetic letters. Each week I will put out the letters to form a word. The word needs to be …

Matching Capital & Lowercase Letter Magnets Not rated yet
Grade Level: Kindergarten You Will Need: A set of Capital Letter Magnets A set of Lowercase Letter Magnets …

Character Tube Puppet Not rated yet
After reading a great picture book together as a class the students can make a main character tube puppet at the center. Using a cardboard paper towel, …

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