Download or read book Learning Centers for Child centered Classrooms written by Janice Pattillo and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A learning center is a defined space where materials are organized in such a way that children learn without the teacher's constant direction. This book offers guidelines that will help preprimary and primary school teachers organize and manage learning centers in the classroom. Chapter 1 describes the advantages of using learning centers and explains what a learning center classroom looks like. Chapter 2 focuses on organizational and management concerns, such as arranging the room, scheduling the day, previewing and reviewing activities, limiting the number of children working in the centers, and monitoring their choices. Chapter 3 considers the role of the teacher in assessment, the planning and setting up of learning centers, interaction, and arbitration. In chapters 4 and 5, types of learning centers appropriate for preprimary and primary education are discussed in terms of the rationale for the center, the integration of developmental skills into learning in the center, organizational suggestions, and sample activities. Chapter 4 discusses preprimary centers for art, table games, discovery, dramatic play, blocks, music, and construction, and library and gross motor centers. Chapter 5 looks at learning centers appropriate for primary grades, including centers for creative writing, reading, spelling, handwriting, social studies, science, and mathematics, library centers, and "active primary centers," which function as extensions of the centers discussed in chapter 4. A list of resource books is included in both chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 6 suggests first steps for the teacher considering the conversion to a learning center classroom. (AC)
Download or read book Transforming Teaching written by Marie Masterson and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child-centered lesson planning provides a system to strengthen teaching. Great lesson planning helps teachers to choose a range of strategies that match what children are learning and doing-- from directed mini-lessons to facilitated group activities.
Download or read book Identity Safe Classrooms written by Dorothy M. Steele and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practitioner-focused guide to creating identity-safe classrooms presents four categories of core instructional practices: Child-centered teaching ; Classroom relationships ; Caring environments ; Cultivating diversity. The book presents a set of strategies that can be implemented immediately by teachers. It includes a wealth of vignettes taken from identity-safe classrooms as well as reflective exercises that can be completed by individual teachers or teacher teams.
Download or read book Successful Centers Standards Based Learning Centers that Work written by Lisa B. Fiore and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successfully implement learning centers in early childhood classrooms! This easy-to-use professional resource uses current research to help teachers create, implement, and manage learning centers. Each center has suggestions for ways to differentiate implementation or instruction in order to meet the needs of all students. This resource aligns with College and Career Readiness standards and supports developmentally-appropriate standards-based instruction.
Download or read book Cultivating Outdoor Classrooms written by Eric Nelson and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create an outdoor learning program Transform outdoor spaces into learning environments where children can enjoy a full range of activities as they spend quality time in nature. This book is filled with guidance to help you plan, design, and create an outdoor learning program that is a rich, thoughtfully equipped, natural extension of your indoor curriculum. Loaded with practical and creative ideas, it also includes information to help you Understand how outdoor classrooms benefits children’s learning and development Collaborate with other teachers, administrators, and families to make your outdoor classroom a reality Create development and action plans to strategize and implement changes Evaluate your outdoor environment, program, and practices Cultivating Outdoor Classrooms promotes the idea that if you can do it indoors, you can probably do it outside as well. Eric Nelson is the founder and director of Child Care Planning Associates, the consulting and training division of the Child Educational Center, Caltech/JPL Community, which he established with his wife in 1979. Eric's consulting specialties include building and playground design and renovation, child care needs assessment and feasibility studies, development of employer-related child care, and staff training and development. Eric’s understanding of the value of the outdoors is grounded in a lifetime of hiking his beloved Sierra Nevada Mountains in California since he was a young child.
Download or read book The Complete Learning Center Book written by Rebecca Isbell and published by Gryphon House, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide for 32 different Early Childhood Learning Centers.
Download or read book Nooks Crannies and Corners written by Imogene Forte and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook with a simple, easy-to-follow outline & guide for planning & using learning centers.
Download or read book Center Time written by Dana McMillan and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The how-tos of management, developmentally appropriate practices, room arrangements, assessment, record keeping and parent conference ideas. Also, centers on manipulatives, woodworking, books, blocks, language arts, dramatic arts and more!
Download or read book Every Child a Learner written by Aldene Fredenburg and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of this sourcebook is to support K-6 educators in creating child-centered classrooms where all children can learn and all children can succeed.
Download or read book The Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom written by Patti Gould and published by Gryphon House, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy, inexpensive ways to adapt your classroom to meet the needs of all children.
Download or read book Learning Centers for Young Children written by Georgia Bradley Houle and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creating a Learning centered Classroom written by Howard E. Blake and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly sets forth the theoretical and practical aspects of learning-centered teaching and includes sample learning-center models for all major curriculum areas.
Download or read book Inspiring Spaces for Young Children written by Jessica DeViney and published by Gryphon House Incorporated. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classroom environment is an essential component for maximizing learning experiences for young children. "Inspiring Spaces for Young Children "invites teachers to enhance children's educational environment in a beautiful way by emphasizing aesthetic environmental qualities that are often overlooked in early childhood classrooms, such as nature, color, furnishings, textures, displays, lighting, and focal points. Step-by-step instructions and lush photographs take educators through the process of transforming ordinary classrooms into creative, beautiful learning spaces, providing children with an environment where they can learn and grow. With easy-to-implement ideas that incorporate nature, children's artwork, and everyday classroom materials, the photographs and ideas in this book promote creativity, learning, and simple beauty.
Download or read book Learner Centered Teaching written by Maryellen Weimer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-05-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this much needed resource, Maryellen Weimer-one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching-offers a comprehensive work on the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom. As the author explains, learner-centered teaching focuses attention on what the student is learning, how the student is learning, the conditions under which the student is learning, whether the student is retaining and applying the learning, and how current learning positions the student for future learning. To help educators accomplish the goals of learner-centered teaching, this important book presents the meaning, practice, and ramifications of the learner-centered approach, and how this approach transforms the college classroom environment. Learner-Centered Teaching shows how to tie teaching and curriculum to the process and objectives of learning rather than to the content delivery alone.
Download or read book Language Arts Learning Centers for the Primary Grades written by Carol A. Poppe and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1991-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to make the most of learning centers but not sure how? Let this outstanding resource be your guide. It features four complete language arts learning center units, based on popular children's books, that will fit into virtually any curriculum. The units include Dr. Seuss and His Friends, Bears, Dogs, and American Tall Tales and Legends, and can be used in any order. Each unit comes with an illustrated bulletin board activity, a letter to parents explaining the learning center activities and suggesting home enrichment ideas, a group activity for the entire class, and "take off" suggestions that serve as springboards for extended activities across other content areas. This unique handbook provides over 100 reproducible whole language activities that will improve students' skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, math, and art. Children will get a variety of opportunities for acquiring new knowledge, as well as practicing previously learned concepts. Primary teachers and resource-room and special education teachers will find detailed directions for using a learning center system-from introducing, setting up, managing, and evaluating learning centers as part of the regular classroom program.
Download or read book Learning Centers written by John I. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Activity oriented Classrooms written by Milly Cowles and published by National Education Assn. This book was released on 1992 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to designing activity-oriented classrooms for grades K-3 is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of research findings concerning the way children learn and the environments that best facilitate their learning. Chapter 2, which explains ways to set up an activity-oriented classroom, covers the administration's role in program planning, ways of enlisting help from parents, the physical environment, activity-oriented schedules, learning stations, and child-centered games and activities. Chapter 3 underscores the importance of individually oriented activities as part of an activities-based curriculum and describes generic activity patterns that can be adapted for individual needs. Chapter 4 focuses on group-oriented instruction. Types of groups discussed include achievement, special needs, interest, research, friendship, and mixed-age groups. The workings of pupil partnerships and peer tutoring are explored briefly. Chapter 5 offers general guidelines and specific instructions for conducting activity-focused learning in art, reading and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Chapter 6 offers conclusions about the value of such activities for children. An appendix lists 71 predictable children's books. Predictable books are defined as books that contain at least one of the following patterns: a familiar sequence, repetition, or a cumulative pattern. A 35-item bibliography is included. (AC)
