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nouse Keeping, computers, writing, blocks, books, a listening center (tapes and records), puzzles, puppets, and discovery (science materials). When she asks the children to pick a center and go to it, they do so immediately, with enthusiasm.
One little boy went to the housekeeping center and kept “washing” a stuffed animal, then put it in the * dryer and kept turning the handle on the dryer door so that it would “dry”. He did this over and over, and was obviously excited about his accomplishments.
Each kindergarten class concentrates on learning a new letter of the alphabet each week. In Mrs. Johnson’s class, they were learning the letter “G” recently. For the week, the letter “G” would be connected somehow to many things done in the classroom, and the teacher would mention the “G” sound often during the school day.
Assistant Principal Raye Tupper said that the ideas of the centers are not new; they are expanded from what was used before. The idea is for the children to spend more time learning from hands-on experience rather than sitting down with pencil and paper.
The major change in the kindergarten program this year is the introduction of “Math Their Way”, where emphasis is placed on concept building and exploration, instead of worksheets and workbooks. Each : classroom has several methods of learning math. One might be a large
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