When you see me in the Dramatic Play Center I am:
· Expanding my oral language and social interaction skills
· Beginning to understand other people and learn about their needs and responsibilities
· Making decisions and solving problems
· Expressing my ideas with words
· Sorting and organizing things
· Learning about my world as I recreate real-life situations
When you see me in the Book and Listening Center I am:
· Looking at books and learning how to take care of them
· Listening responsibly to stories and texts read aloud, including selections from classic and modern works
· Enjoying and appreciating different types of stories, poems and other forms of literature
· Developing listening skills
· Learning how to be independent
· gaining knowledge of my own culture and the culture of others
· Becoming aware of the rhyme and rhythm in stories
· Following oral directions
When you see me in the Literacy and Writing Center I am:
· Becoming familiar with letters and sounds
· Organizing letters to form words
· Learning that my ideas have value
· Learning to communicate ideas in written form
· Becoming familiar with letter forms, words, phrases and stories
· Reading and interpreting pictures
· Developing an interest in a variety of books and printed materials
· Learning the rhythm of stories
· Increasing my awareness of the enjoyment of books
When you see me in the Art Center I am:
· Exercising my imagination and creativity
· Learning to take risks by experimenting with paint, crayons, clay, scissors, paper, glue, etc.
· Expressing my feelings and ideas
· Observing, planning, creating and completing a project
· Improving fine motor skills
· Learning about colors, textures, lines, and space
When you see me in the Science and Discovery Center I am:
· Learning about the natural environment
· Developing problem solving and questioning skills
· Practicing observational skills
· Comparing and measuring
· Problem solving and working together
· Discussing, observing and exploring my environment by working with plants
· Weighing and measuring
· Performing simple experiments
When you see me in the Math and Manipulatives Center I am:
· Learning about numbers
· Learning about shapes (Geometry)
· Learning how to create patterns
· Analyzing data by sorting and graphing
· Measuring and weighing
When you see me in the Block Center I am:
· Problem solving and planning as I construct
· Developing fine and gross motor skills
· Learning to cooperate and accept the work of others
· Observing size relationships, classifying and sorting
· Participating in creative and imaginative play
· Acquiring concepts of shape, size, length, and location--all relative to learning to read and doing mathematics
When you see me in Circle Time I am:
· Developing my attention span
· Listening to others
· Developing my receptive and expressive language skills
· Learning how to count
· Learning how to observe weather patterns
· Learning to be cooperative
· Learning how to take turns