Classroom centers

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.

Are you a self-contained special education teacher who teaches grades K-2? As an early elementary special education teacher, there are a variety of things that I love in my special ed classroom and I’m going to share them. Creating visual schedules for special education students is exactly what they need. K-2 centers are a must with my early elementary special ed kids. Learn about my centers like a listening center, math center, ELA center, and much more!

Do you ever wish your students could be more independent at center time, and that prepping centers didn’t take so long? Check out my secret for making center time less stressful and more fun!

For K-1 students, centers are one of the most developmentally appropriate things that you can do for them. Let me give you the break down on each of my 5 centers, and how I manage them!

Do you want to see a self contained classroom setup? Today, I’m sharing my best tips as a special education teacher! First, you will want to plan out areas of your room that you want like whole group, small group, centers, independent centers, play area, and calm area. Teacher center and task box for special education are important to consider too. Displaying your visual schedules for your special ed students is helpful to keep you and them on track.

How to set up the math center in your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classroom. FREE path game!

Take a look at how I set up my class and organize my stations for a successful start to Daily 5 in kindergarten.

Learn how to run math centers effectively with simple organization tips, management strategies, and resources for the K-2 classroom.

Scared of beginning learning centers in your primary classroom? Don't be! In this post I share 5 learning center myths and how they are disproven with good center organization, center routines, and more to help your math and literacy centers run smoothly.

Montessori spaces are designed for independent, hands-on learning in a child-friendly environment. They encourage exploration and development across multiple

In this blog post: Thinking about setting up a writing center in your classroom? Find the best Kindergarten writing center ideas and activities for here. The writing center has long been one of my favorite literacy centers for Kindergarten. It’s easy to set up, easy(ish) to manage, and students absolutely LOVE going there! If you […]

Staying organized is the #1 way I have found to save time! Finding the right systems can take time, but once you have it, say hello to all of the hours you didn't know you had! Below is the math area of my classroom. Today, I'm going to break down 10 of my favorite math center organization tips that really work!

Learn how literacy centers are set up in an elementary classroom and what activities students are working on at each center.

If you'd like to use centers in your kindergarten classroom, start with this post! You'll be able to grab free low-prep centers that you can use to get your centers routine started. You'll find options for both literacy and math centers for kindergarten. Click here to take a closer look at these free centers for kindergarten.

By creating an inclusive learning environment, center rotations in special ed can be beneficial for students with diverse learning needs.

Looking for productive centers for your early elementary students? Today, I’m sharing my best teacher tips on how to help your early elementary students stay on task and complete their literacy centers. Center organization in the classroom is easy with my tips for using colors, animals, or numbers to code the groups. Engaging, low prep, Science of Reading centers is what I provide for my students. I have created hands on centers with board game centers, fluency poems, phonics puzzles, and…

The Dramatic play center is a place students can go to pretend, imagine, and be creative. Students can pretend to be anyone and do anything! This is powerful for our little learners. It is a place that promotes high-level thinking, problem solving, turn taking, and is a rich place for teaching vocabulary. Students can learn and develop skills in all learning domains (language, literacy, math, science, social studies, fine motor, gross motor, and social skills) through pretend play.

Reading fluency centers that will help students grow as fluent readers independently! Perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students. Great reading center activity for a read to someone station, or just a weekly reading center in an elementary reading classroom.

Welcome to my pre-k classroom tour! Classroom spaces and and arrangements are so very important and especially in the early childhood...

Ashley | Kindergarten Teacher | Doing centers by skill, rather than themes, makes differentiating so much easier! I have the same centers ALL YEAR LONG and each student… | Instagram