Centers in kindergarten classroom

This is my classroom tour of the Kindergarten Farmhouse Classroom Makeover showing you how I incorporated flexible seating with this transformation.

This post could alternatively be titled "what works for me" because lets face it, there are a million ways to do centers, and what wo...

Make center time in your classroom one that is filled with engaged learning and exploration. As students work independently you are ready to work with reading groups or do small group instruction. But getting your centers set up is the beginning. This blog post details your step by step process for setting up a center rotation that your students will love. It includes literacy center and math center ideas as well as tips for organizing centers all year long.

Read for tips and ideas on how to set up and manage an effective writing center in your kindergarten classroom.

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I have always done a four station rotation in my classroom when I taught Kindergarten. I am doing the same in Transitional or Pre-Kindergarten. One station is usually an independent, play-based center. So the first week of school, I decided that it would be a great idea to let the children play in our PLAYHOUSE that I set up in small groups!

Do you have a Focus Wall in your classroom? Do you know what a Focus Wall is? I used to think that nearly every primary teacher had one up in the classroom, because it just a basic teaching tool. However, I have come to realize lately that most teachers do not have one, and many have never heard of a Focus Wall at all!

Calendar time can look so cute, so perfect, and so inviting for learning and... completely flop. Actually, that can happen with anything we present to children! In an effort to help children understand the days