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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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Transitions in the Classroom
Determine what time of the day most conflicts happen in your classroom.
If they normally occur during periods between scheduled activities, they are considered transition times.
Consider the following "transitional activities":
Simplify It.
Use quick activities such as finger plays or songs.
Make The Activities Easy.
You are dealing with a limited time period, do not make the activities too detailed.
Limit Materials.
Your location may be a confined space that would not allow access to supplies.
Relate To The Familiar.
Connect the previous activity to the one beginning. You could sing songs about birds while preparing to go outside for play.
Be Prepared.
Flash cards with various activities or songs can be used when activities lag.
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Helpful Hint of the Month...
Tip-Me-Not™ Classic Appliances give the much need storage space
to place labeled storage containers for dramatic play props such as;
plates, multicultural food & cookware.
Our 3-N-1 Kitchen Center™ (WD10600) is a great way
to incorporate the dramatic play area in a small space such as
the space you might find in a family child care home.
See also: Tip-Me-Not™ product line
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WD10600
3-N-1 Kitchen Center
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Check us out in this article on the web...
The Ultimate Early Ed Blueprint
Creating an ideal early childhood education space in your school district is a no-brainer,
once you understand how to see and think like a tot.
By Julie Sturgeon, DistrictAdministration.com, May 2004
http://www.districtadministration.com/page.cfm?p=734
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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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