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Helpful Hints: Creating Interest Areas
Setting up interest areas with in the classroom is important for
the making of a classroom that promotes the growth and development for a child.
Here are areas that are typically in an early childhood classroom:
• Blocks (unit blocks, people and transportation)
• Dramatic Play (kitchen set, dress-up clothes & dolls)
• Fine Motor or Manipulative (tables, puzzles, pegs & beads)
• Art (easels, paint, crayons & paper)
• Sand & Water (sand and water table, funnels, measuring cups & sponges)
• Library (book display, books & soft cushions)
• Music and Movement (dance/prop storage, musical instruments/players)
• Storage for Personal Belongings (lockers, storage bins, etc.)
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Helpful Hint of the Month...
Placing the children's lockers across from the entrance
encourages the parents to come into the classroom
and be more apart of their child's learning experience.
The Tip Me Not™ 5-Section Lockers
will encourages children to be more independent
by allowing them to place their own
personal belongings in the locker.
To check out these great items,
simply click on the links provided.
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WD51080
Tip-Me-Not 5-Section Seat Lockers (w/Pegboard Back)
WD51090
Tip-Me-Not 5-Section Seat Lockers (w/Plywood Back)
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Teacher Resources: Helpful Hints Archive
Our past Helpful Hints articles, organized & archived
for your convenience in setting-up your own classroom.
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Enhance interest areas by providing enough shelving & storage bins
for the amount of materials provided in the classroom.
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