Steuart Weller Elementary School
Welcome to Kindergarten
Center Time! Learning Through Play
Children need to move, run, talk, play and interact with one another to learn important skills that will carry with them throughout their life.
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The children will learn a certain skill and then will practice it, strengthen what they already know, extend their learning and will also learn from one another through their interactions and game play.
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Dramatic Play – It looks like I am just playing, but I’m developing social skills, emotional skills, independence, oral language, my imagination, investigation, responsibility, and the executive function. I may use these skills as a mother, father, safety officer, or politician one day.
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Blocks - It looks like I am just playing, but I’m developing motor skills, math concepts (number, size, shape, space), oral language, social skills. eye-hand coordination, self control, and my imagination. I may be a builder or architect when I’m grown.
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Creative Center– It looks like I am just playing, but I’m developing my creativity, small motor skills, problem solving, sharing, cooperation, story telling independence and responsibility. I may use these skills as an artist, illustrator, writer or designer one day.
Playdoh Center - It looks like I am just playing, but I am strengthening my hand muscles to improve my writing, coloring, and pencil grip. I am also practicing making my letters, numbers, shapes and measuring with playdoh snake is longer, shorter, taller, or smaller.
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Please visit Dr. Jean to learn about other ways that children can learn through play, song, and dance.
http://drjeanandfriends.blogspot.com/2015/06/it-looks-like-im-playing-but.html