ABOUT US
WELCOME TO OUR CLASSROOM
NEWSLETTER
WEEKLY THEME
WEEKLY COLOR AND SHAPE
WEEKLY LETTER
WEEKLY NUMBER
ACTIVITIES
SONGS AND CHANTS
STUDENT WEBSITES
PARENT WEBSITES

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WELCOME TO OUR ROOM!
 
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
       doorway  hallway
This is the door and hallway to our classroom. Throughout the year we change the look of the hallway to display the students' works of art. We are excited to welcome you all to our classroom, Collins1! 
DAILY SCHEDULE BOARD
schedule
Schedules and routines are very important for our young learners (and teachers too). Routines help students feel safe and secure because they know what is coming next and what is expected of them. Less behavior problems occur when a schedule is consistently followed every day. Students learn the sequence of a day and can begin to predict and anticipate what will come next. Research tells us young learners need visual schedules and consistent routines. 
 JELLY AND JELLO , OUR CLASS PETS
jellyfish  jellyfish 
Our pet jellyfish, Jelly and Jello help us to calm down during rest times and when doing our breathing exercises.
OUR GREAT WORKS BOARD
bulletin
                              board
This is our Great Works board that we will use to display some of ur students' work in the classroom. When students see their work in the displayed in the classroom it gives them a sense of pride and accomplishment that will follow them into other aspects of the classroom.
table area
During small group learning activities the children will be working at these tables. This is also where we will have  morning breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack. Our restroom is the open door down the hall on the right.
CIRCLE TIME CARPET
circle time
The circle time carpet is our main meeting spot.  It’s where we do our morning work, sing our morning songs, and have our mini-lessons.  This area also includes our calendar, daily schedule chart, job chart, and weather of the day.
CENTERS
Most of the students’ time is spent working on centers.  The teachers set up the centers with learning goals in mind.  Some centers change daily, some are weekly, and some stay the same for most of the year.  At this time students are free to choose their centers and move around the room at their own pace during center/free play time.
DRAMATIC/KITCHEN PLAY CENTER
kitchen
                              area
LIBRARY CENTER
rainbow reading
Our dramatic play learning center gives the children opportunities to role play as adults in everyday situations and a variety of careers. Dramatic play encourages creativity, self-expression, and knowledge of the community. A dramatic play learning center can also help teach children about other countries, cultures, and customs.
Our library center is a quiet area where the children can practice reading and comprehension skills that explore their interests in a variety of areas and helps them learn about the world around them. This center helps foster skills in children that will influence their overall success in school and in life.
SAFE PLACE
safe place
SCIENCE CENTER
science center
The goal of our safe place is to provide students with a place in their classroom that they can go when they are angry, sad, frustrated, anxious, etc...  Our safe place has tools that help the children identify their emotion and gain control and composure.   This is just like any other center in our room.   Students may go on their own, or the teacher may direct them.  If it is teacher directed, it is done in a very non-threatening, safe manner. Our science center brings the outdoors indoors and gives the children opportunities to explore nature and science concepts. The science center helps foster a strong connection with and understanding of the environment in the children which can be beneficial to everyone's future.
ART CENTER
art center
BLOCKS CENTER
block
                            center
Our art learning center serves as a great creative outlet for our children to help express their emotions and ideas. Children can experience different textures and use different materials as they create their works of art An art learning center improves fine motor skill development and  hand-eye coordination. The children can improve their motor skills, practice problem solving, and learn to work with their classmates while playing in the block  learning center. Block play enables the children to explore their creative side by building unique structures and communities with blocks, block people, and block animals.
MANIPULATIVE/PUZZLE CENTER
puzzles
DOLLHOUSE CENTER
dollhouses
The children can improve their motor skills, practice problem solving, and learn to work with their classmates while playing in the manipulative/puzzle learning center. Manipulatives and puzzles are a fun educational toy that challenges young minds, teaching and preparing them early in life some very important life skills.They provide many skills and mental learning benefits and opportunities including cognitive skills, problem solving, motor development, hand and eye coordination, cooperative play, and self-confidence skills. This is our dollhouse center.  In this center we have a large dollhouse, furniture, and small dolls. A dollhouse center can help support oral language development and social skills.
SENSORY TABLE
sensory
                            table
COMMUNICATION FOLDERS
COMMUNICATION
                            FOLDERS
This is our sensory table. Children are given the freedom to do whatever they want with the objects on the table. The focus is on how children use the materials on the table rather than what’s created with the objects. This makes the learning process fun as the children experiment with different objects, colors, textures, weights, etc. These are our communication folders. We will send these folders back and forth everyday in your child’s book bag. Please check the folder everyday as we will use them to send your child’s homework, monthly newsletters, and any other important papers we receive throughout the week. 
SEASONAL COUNTING/MEASURING AREA
growth door

This is our seasonal counting/measuring area. Each month we count objects related to that month and then measure how tall we are by the number of those objects. In September we start by counting the fall leaves and see how may leaves tall we are.





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