The Classroom
The classroom is prepared with learning centers. Each center is equipped with specific materials to enhance learning and develop skills.
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Through role-playing and self-expression, children learn about social interaction as they explore new and different avenues of play. The center changes based on the themes we are working on. Possibilities include a play house, hospital, space center, post office, dinosaur den, ocean biology lab, and more
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Block play provides many opportunities for extensive concept development and all major areas of curriculum content. Mathematical concepts include measurement, spatial relationships, fractions, and size relationships. Scientific understandings of balance, gravity, and stability can be school explored; language development is encouraged, and pre-reading skills, such as visual discrimination in matching become evident in the building area. Materials available include blocks of various sizes, Brio Mec, Brio Train Tracks with accessories, Duplos, Lincoln Logs, Connects, tubes, and tracks.
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This area is a favorite among many of the children. It is a place where they can create anything that can be put together without using glue. The children combine recyclable materials, such as egg cartons, ribbons, baskets, etc. to make wonderful creations. Putting these creations together requires planning, concentration, focus, and resourcefulness.
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Paper, pencils, markers, crayons, and scissors are available at the station for children who want to draw and cut.
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The goal of art in the preschool classroom is to encourage children’s creativity and develop physical, social, emotional, language, literacy, and cognitive skills through developmentally appropriate art experiences.
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The Discovery Center is where science and art come together, as children experiment with materials such as corn starch and water to make “goop” adding red, yellow, and blue colors to watch new colors appear. This is an area where children can explore the question “I wonder what will happen if…?” This is where the development of research, hypothesis and theory begins as children experiment, predict, and try again. Concepts in life science, physical science, the earth, and the environment can be discovered.