Learning Center Management Board

I use a metal oil pan that was bought at Wal-Mart.  I cut pictures from supply catalogs that matched my centers.  Then, I taped the pictures on the oil pan.  I die cut thematic shapes and laminate them.  I change these out every time we change themes.  I stick a magnet on the back of the shape.  I choose five centers a week because I have five tables.  I rotate the shapes each afternoon after my students leave.  The red table knows when they walk in the door that they will be in the Computer center today.  This is the tenth year that I have used this system and it works great for me.

Art Center

We are:  Expanding our creativity, increasing our language development, learning cooperation and sharing, enhancing eye-hand coordination, exercising our fine motor skills, showing how we view things, and bringing ideas to life.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/artcent3.htm

Block Center

We are:  Using our fine and gross motor muscles, Classifying by shape, size, and color, experimenting with balance and forms, using our imagination, testing our ideas, recognizing quantity and number concepts, and discovering modes of transportation.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/blockconstrct.htm

Computer Center

We are:  Learning mouse control, enhancing fine motor skills, learning computer functions, enhancing pre-writing skills, advancing pre-writing skills, covering math and language concepts, and using the computer as a learning tool.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/computer2.htm

Home Living Center

We are: learning cooperation, using language skills, verbalizing ideas and concepts, understanding emotions, communicating with others, observing others, using fine and gross motor muscles, understanding feelings of others, and acting out real life situations.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/homedrama.htm

Library Center

We are:  Learning pre-reading skills, developing language skills, sequencing events, recognizing that letters have meaning, learning to take care of books, experiencing quiet moments, learning to create our own stories, gathering information, and using our imagination.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/library.htm

Listening Center

We are:  Enhancing pre-reading skills, developing language skills, recognizing that letters have a meaning, learning to take care of books, learning to follow directions, working independently, gathering information, connecting, stories to their pictures, and developing a love for books.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/listening.htm

Math Center

We are:  Learning new ideas, increasing language and cognitive skills, enhancing eye-hand coordination, exercising the fine motor muscles, learning to estimate, classifying and sorting, counting and comparing, and recognizing patterns and shapes.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/math2.htm

Playdough Center

We are:  Toning our manipulative skills, focusing on creativity, advancing fine motor muscles, and using our imagination.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/playdough.htm

Puzzle Center

We are:  Exercising our small motor muscles, advancing eye-hand coordination, focusing on spatial concepts, developing language skills, and enhancing cognitive development.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/puzzles.htm

Sand/Water/Rice Center

We are:  Focusing on sensory experiences, experimenting, discovering, refining our observation skills, measuring, weighing, and enhancing our fine motor skills.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/sandwater.htm

Science Center

We are:  Learning and testing new concepts, increasing language development, learning to plan and discover, observing, predicting, comparing, drawing conclusions, experiencing sensory activities, and discovering how things work.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/science2.htm

Writing Center

We are:  Using our fine motor skills, increasing our language development, learning eye-hand coordination, putting thoughts into words, and learning that print has meaning.

http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/writing.htm