Early Childhood Learning Centres

Early Childhood Learning Centres is a valuable resource for all teachers of young children.

Features:

• an explanation of learning centres and their importance to the educational development of young pupils
• guidelines for the type of learning centres to set up
• suggestions for the type of equipment to provide and how to store and present it
• ideas for overcoming the problems of lack of space
• a range of individual, partner and small-group learning centre activities
• practical ideas for introducing, managing and organising learning centres
• proformas to use for the assessment of pupils working at learning centres
• activities to present in developmental, literacy and theme-based learning centres
• examples of whole-class lessons to be delivered and used as a springboard for further activities at the learning centres, including a list of specific materials required and suggestions for additional activities
• scope and sequence chart in each section, giving a conceptual overview of specific learning areas that are covered in each activity
• photocopiable sheets which can be worksheets or templates relating to specific activities or pictures or charts to help with classroom organisation