| Center Objectives MANIPULATIVE CENTER To develop fine motor skills Encourage small muscle dexterity Learn to play and work together Learn to share and take turns BLOCK CENTER Learn to create by building Foster imagination in our creations Learn to work together Provide simple unstructured materials ART CENTER Develop small motor skills Expand vocabulary and language Teach knowledge of print Introduce number concepts, patterns, geometry and special sense and measurement Introduce children to physical science, life science and awareness of earth and environment Experiments with various art media Encourage and foster individual creative abilities Encourage children’s awareness of people and how they live Explore new areas of our art center DRAMATIC PLAY CENTER Foster social and dramatic play Create opportunities for building self esteem Helps to develop social and peer interactive skills Encourage creative expression Recreate real life situations SCIENCE CENTER To explore, experiment, discover To learn about the world around us Promote intellectual growth by using our senses Learn concepts of size, weight, measurement, and classification Learn use of tools for discovery,- magnets, magnifying glasses etc. MATH CENTER Learn beginning math skills- count, sort, compare Learn matching, patterning, sequencing Encourage cognitive skills and foster problem solving LANGUAGE ARTS CENTER Learn to better communicate by using words to express feelings and ideas Begin writing skills and the correct formation of the alphabet letters Explore life through books, stories, puppets, flannel board Learn to sight read and sound out words Begin Phonics activities |
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