Designed by: Laura Berens. Door Lockers Circle Time Carpet Dramatic Play Area Teacher Desk Computers Bathroom Block Shelf ToyShelfToyShelf BookShelfBookShelf.

THEME-BASED LEARNING CENTER

PROJECT

Designed by: Laura Berens

Door

Lockers

Circle Time Carpet

Dramatic Play Area

Teacher Desk

Computers

Bathroom

Block Shelf

Toy Shelf

Book Shelf

Book Shelf

Toy Shelf

Storage

Fridge

Academic Supplies

Work Table

Block Shelf

Circle Carpet

Dramatic Play

Reading Corner

Computers

Work Table/ Academic Shelf

Toy Shelves

Daily Schedule8:30 to 11:00

8:30-8:45~ Free Time8:45-9:00~ Group Time9:00-9:10~ Music Time9:10-9:25~ Story Time9:25-9:40~ Table Time9:40-10:10~ Outside

Time10:10-10:20~ Snack

Time10:20-!0:55~ Choice

Time10:55-11:00~ Ending

Group Time11:00~ Go Home

This Weeks Theme: Fruit

I Like K!

*Adaptations and instructional strategies for eleven typically developing students and one student with special needs

Monday

WHOLE GROUP ADAPTATIONS

Group Time: Question of the day: Who likes fruit?

Music Time: Yoga Letters: K

Story Time: Eating The Alphabet

Table Time: Letter Journals-K

Group Time: Pre-teach Question of the Day

Music Time: Pre-teach Yoga Letters: K

Story Time: Have personal book for child

Table Time: Use yellow highlighter to create a sample to trace

Tuesday

WHOLE GROUP ADAPTATIONS

Group Time: Question of the Day: Who can name a fruit?

Music Time: Watermelon Song Yoga Letters: K

Story Time: Fruit Table Time: Cut out

fruit and glue on tree

Group Time: Pre-teach Question of the Day

Music Time: Hand over hand completion of actions

Story Time: Have personal book for child

Table Time: Loop scissors

Wednesday

WHOLE GROUP ADAPTATIONS

Group Time: Question of the Day: What fruit do you like?

Music Time: Red Is An Apple Song Yoga Letters: K

Story Time: Ten Apples Up On Top

Table Time: Apple Printing

Group Time: Picture list for the child to choose fruit from

Music Time: Poster with all the colored fruit

Story Time: Have personal book for child

Table Time: Cut slits in apple for easier picking up

Thursday

WHOLE GROUP ADAPTATIONS

Group Time: Question of the Day: How many people liked (fruit)?

Music Time: Orange Poem Yoga Letters: K

Story Time: Oranges to Orange Juice

Table Time: Shaving cream and orange jell-o

Group Time: Pre-teach moving own picture to correct fruit

Music Time: Have a visual demonstration of the color mixing in the poem

Story Time: have personal book for child

Table Time: Encourage use of 5 senses to explore, hand over hand

Techniques for Parent

Communication

Yay For You!

Send home a little note for

kids to let their parents

know that they did

something terrific today!

Parent/Teacher Communication

Notebook

In this notebook a teacher can

write a paragraph or

two about how the day went in the classroom. I

try to keep them positive as much as possible!

Today We:This is a small synopsis of what we did today as a group. Each child gets the same sheet sent home. It gives a short description of what we did during our daily activities. This can be saved as a generic template and then modified to meet the needs of the day.

Today We: Group Time: Calendar,

Daily Helper, Talk Time, Question of the Day:

Music Time: Story Time: Table Time:

This weeks theme: Fruit I Like K!