Footebridge: Centers
During "choice" time, the children work at a variety of activities.
Painting is a popular option; samples of children's work are hung on a rotating basis.
Captioned photographs are also displayed.
Children create pizza parlors, story sequences, home kitchens and other scenarios at the playdough center.
Puzzles encourage cooperative work.
Exploration and discussion with pattern blocks.
Properties of sand are explored at the sand table and on the recess field.
During water play, children experiment with volume and displacement and sink/float.
The challenge of building with recycled objects.
Collaborative problem-solving in the block area.
The make-believe area changes with the topic studied.
Children learn turn-taking, strategies, and fair play.
Adults teach and monitor beginning players.
Observational science: a chrysalis.
The butterfly!