A Workshop Approach: Using learning centers to teach early childhood science

This article is a great resource to assist a new or experienced teacher in implementing centers in his/her classroom. It describes ways to engage the students as well as fostering independe... See More

This article is a great resource to assist a new or experienced teacher in implementing centers in his/her classroom. It describes ways to engage the students as well as fostering independent learning where the teacher is a facilitator. It contains many ideas that can be used regardless of your student population. Definitely a worthwhile read to effectively use the center concept in school.

Workshop Learning Centers

This interesting article describes how a teacher can set up a “workshop” based on learning centers. The example used in this article bases the workshop on magnets as the core science concep... See More

This interesting article describes how a teacher can set up a “workshop” based on learning centers. The example used in this article bases the workshop on magnets as the core science concept. Learning centers include an exploration center, a problem solving center, a teacher center, a game center, an application center and a reading & writing center. Complete descriptions are given for each center.