Learning Center Plans-Marina

Student Teacher: Marina Natalia Santos
Blocks
Wooden Ramps***
ECD 133 and 237
Various sizes, shapes, lengths,

and colors of wooden and
cardboard ramps
Purpose: For the children to explore
various ramp concepts, engage the ramp
skills (such as rolling, building, predicting,
creating, using tools) and open-ended
problem-solving, inquiry, and various
thinking skills. Use of the ramps
encourages multiple stages of play from
independent to group and also encourages
the use of various tools and techniques,
conventional and unconventional. Ramps
encourage children to play and create and
move objects in various ways. Through this
play the children will engage and practice
these ramp concepts (see learning plans for
specifics).
Measuring Tools:
ECD 133/237
Measuring tapes, rules,

yardsticks, string, pennies, feet
Purpose: To explore different forms of
measurement (especially length) when
exploring with ramps and pathways.
Magnetic Roll Wall
ECD 133
Magnetic wall, marbles and

pompoms, manipulative pathway
pieces, collection cup
Purpose: For the children to engage
problem solving skills by creating different
pathways to create successes and get the
marble/pompom on the cup.
LEARNING CENTER PLANNING FORM

Housekeeping/Dramatic Play
Math Discovery
Laundry Mat Prop Box
Tangrams
ECD 131
ECD 133
Cash register/money,
4 sets of foam colored tangrams,

Open/closed sign, Washing
tangram binder (letter patterns)
machine/dryer, Services list with:
Purpose: For the children to explore shapes
service, picture, price, and time,
and spatial sense.
Supplies needed order form,
Laundry list, Laundry and dry
Pattern Blocks
cleaning order form/receipt,
ECD 133
Appointment sign list, Company
Pattern block foam pieces,

business cards, ABC socks,
tangram binder (animal patterns)
Rhyming shirts matching game,
Company Aprons: 2,Laundry basket
and spatial sense.
, Clothes pins and clothes line,
Hangers, Bottle of detergent,
Sports Grid Game
Bottle of Fabric softener, Dryer
ECD 133
sheets, Laundry sack
Grid game, dice (3 sets), sports

Purpose: For the children to creatively
matching pieces
explore the world of laundry and self-care
Purpose: For the children to explore 1:1
practices, Montessori practical life. The
correspondence and number recognition
children can sort clothing by various
through use of different dice. (Numbers and
attributes, use creativity and cooperation to
dots 1-3 and 1-6).
run their laundry mat. Money/math
integration is handled through money usage.
Swimmy Sequencing Cards
Print rich aspects like signs, directions, and
ECD 237
forms to fill out and package labels are
Swimmy story scene cards

included to enhance literacy skills. The use
Purpose: For the children to enhance their
of clothes pins and folding enhance fine
comprehension of the book Swimmy by using
motor skills.
the story scene cards to recreate the story
pattern.
Letter Match Clothesline
ECD On my own time
Rubber Duck 1:1
Clothesline, ABC clothes, lettered

ECD 133
clothes pins
10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric

Purpose: For the children to enhance fine
Carle, rubber ducks (1-10), 1-10 dot
motor skills and foster ABC knowledge and
cards
matching by clipping letters to clothes line,
letters can be matched to the letter on the
correspondence (relating dots to numbers
clothes pin as well, for upper level learners.
and using ducks and a physical
representation) with a literacy integration
through a book.
Art and Creative Experiences

I Know a Wee Piggy Retelling Props
ECD 131
Rubber pig, felt piggy with colored

scraps for wallowing, a copy of the
book I Know a Wee Piggy
Purpose: To inspire creativity and the pieces
can be used to aid in retelling for this
predictable book.
Weaving Circles
ECD on my own time
3 weaving circles (small, medium,

large), yarn
Purpose: For the children to enhance fine
motor skills and create patterns and explore
lines and shapes while using the circles to
weave yarn.
Loose Parts Collection
ECD 237
Various loose parts (buttons, straw

pieces, plastic creatures and
bones, string, bottle caps,
yarn/string, various paper scraps)
Purpose: For the children to use when making
doh sculptures. The children can creatively
create whatever they want using the pieces.
Open-ended exploration.
Natural Loose Parts Collection
ECD 237
Various loose parts (pine needles,
rocks/pebbles, sand, pinecone pieces and

cones, shells, sticks and twigs, leaves,
flowers)
Purpose: For the children to use when making

doh sculptures. The children can creatively
create whatever they want using the pieces.
Open-ended exploration. The children can
also sort the loose parts by attributes to
engage math skills, language skills in the
form of vocabulary are also enhanced
through discussing and labeling the items.
The Ants Go Marching Chart

ECD 131
Chart with corresponding

numbers and rhyming pieces
Purpose: For the children to explore the
phonological awareness aspect of rhyming
through this math integrated song.
Children Statue Characters
ECD on my own time
The childrens full body photos

printed, cut, laminated and glued
to sticks in cubes to stand.
Purpose: For the children to be able to use
themselves and their friends as props
during their block play.
Large Path Game
ECD 133
board, vehicle pieces, dice

number sense by using dice as they roll and
count spaces to move along the
transportation themed game. The children
can use this activity to relate to their
transportation play in the block area.
Cube Pattern Cards
ECD on my own time
Colored foam cubes, pattern

cards
patterning and color identification.
Collection for Sorting: Ducks

ECD 133
Various rubber ducks (size,

attribute, colors, texture vary),
sorting labels
Purpose: For the children to identify and
sort by various attributes. The children are
classifying and organizing. The children can
also use their ducks as props for their
ramp play and investigations.
Swimmy Props
ECD 237
Red and black capes/aprons

Purpose: For the children to engage in a
comprehension expansion activity for the
children to be able to retell the book from
the story time plan Swimmy.
Spot the Dot and Five Frame Cards (Child

set)
ECD 133
spot the dot and five frame dot

cards
Purpose: To engage the children in
math/number recognition/counting.
Emotion Dice
ECD 203
Cube with emotion pictures on it

Purpose: For the children to explore their
emotions and learn new ways to healthfully
and safely express emotions. Can also be
used to foster emotion/feelings discussions.
1:1 Eggs
ECD 133
1:1 Easter eggs (dots on one

number on the other)
correspondence and matching dots to the
numeral. Number recognition.
Diverse Picture File Pieces

ECD 108, 132, 252
Purpose: Images depicting diverse people in
non-stereotypical roles are used her to
inspire the children to dramatize various
scenarios.
The Gruffalo Size Sorting

ECD 237
Gruffalo characters small,

medium, large, giant pieces
Purpose: For the children to organize pieces
by likeness and sort by size.
Books:
Knufflebunny
Knufflebunny book and bunny
Purpose: For the children to see real world
images of a laundry mat and to inspire a
scenario for the children to act out in their
pretend play laundry mat.
Swimmy Patterning Cards

ECD 237
Swimmy fish cards (black and red)

Purpose: To expand on the comprehension of
the book Swimmy. The children will create
patterns with the fish.
The Spiffiest Giant in Town

Purpose: To teach the children to appreciate
the clothes that they have and how they can
help others with articles of clothing. Certain
pieces of clothing can become other things,
like a shirt can become a sail on a boat. This
book can be used to inspire dramatic play in
the laundry mat.
Id Like to Be
Purpose: To encourage the children to take
on other roles in the dramatic play center.
Inspiring children to be anything they want
to be.
Counting on Community 1:1

ECD 237
The book Counting on Community,

image of the places in the book,
number cards
diversity and initiate a sense of respect for
other cultures. The children explore number
sense, counting, and 1:1 counting by matching
the pieces to the number cards. (10 hens for
the number 10 card).
Playdoh Making (Small Group Activity to be

put in art center)
ECD 237
Hair conditioner, cornstarch, food

coloring, measuring tools, bowl,
containers for storage
Purpose: Making the playdoh allows children
to explore the math concept of
measurement. The children integrate art
through the use of food coloring and color
creation and mixing. The children get to use
the doh to sculpt creations and as a piece
for loose parts sculptures. Doh is a calming
sensory experience and can be used in a
multitude of ways for children to express
them emotionally and show off previous
knowledge.
Aprons
ECD 132
Aprons
Purpose: To protect the childrens clothes
from messes and spills.
ECD 108, 132, 252
Various images of diverse people

engaging in diverse forms of
creative arts.
Purpose: For the children to use as
inspiration for their artistic creations.
Books:
ISpy: An Alphabet in Art
Purpose: For the children to explore diverse
works of art while enhancing alphabet
knowledge.
Natures Paintbrush: The Patterns and
Colors Around You
Purpose: To inspire the usage of patterns
and colors in the childrens creations.

ECD 108, 132, 252
Purpose: For the children to see diverse
people engaging in non-stereotypical roles
and inspire their block area play and
creations.
Books:
Listen to the City
Purpose: For the children to explore and
see all the different sounds that you can
hear in the city.
B is for Bulldozer
alphabet as they read about and look at
pictures pertaining to construction
practices. This can serve as inspiration for
their block creations.
Easy Street
construction practices.
Truck Stop
Purpose: To inspire dramatic play of a truck
stop in the block area.
A House is a House for Me
Purpose: To inspire the creation of
different types of homes.
The House that Jack Built
Purpose: To inspire the creation of
different homes while integrating following
patterns/directions to do so.
Size
Purpose: For the children to gain knowledge
about different forms of measurement.
The children can use this book to guide the
things they create in the block area.
Pretend
Purpose: To inspire creative play and to
encourage children to think outside the box.
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Purpose: To inspire the children to work
together and be kind to one another. This
book fosters intrinsic motivation.

ECD 108, 252
people engaging in a variety of math
experiences. The goals of the pictures are
for the children to see that math is
something positive and not to be stressed
over. This will encourage children to develop
a love of math early.
Books:
Jane Eyre
counting while relating to a classic piece of
literature and historical content.
A Remainder of One
composing and decomposing lines so they are
the same length. This book can be used to
help assess childrens ability to understand
conservation of length.
10 Little Rubber Ducks
Purpose: To aid in the 1:1 correspondence
activity featuring this book.
City by Numbers
Purpose: For the children to find numbers in
real-world cityscapes and see that numbers
really are everywhere. The children can use
this book to go on their own number hunts in
the classroom.
The Gruffalos Child
Purpose: To support the size sorting
Gruffalo character activity.
Weight
concept of weight. The children can explore
the tools and techniques used to measure
and apply that knowledge to their play and
experiences.
I Know a Wee Piggy

Purpose: retelling props to aid in
comprehension and retelling of the story,
also to inspire creativity with art materials.
To show the children that there are no right
or wrong ways to create and that all colors
are beautiful.
Little Quack Loves Color
Purpose: To aid in color identification.
Relating the word to the color.
I am a Rainbow
Purpose: To inspire children and show them
the beauty of color and show them that
colors can represent things like feelings. All
colors are important and have a variety of
things they represent.
Shades of Black
Purpose: For the children to see that black
is more than just black. There is beauty in
the shades of color and there are many
shades of this particular color. The children
explore color usage and shades through this
book and skin color (diversity integration and
appreciation).
Next Stop Grand Central

Purpose: To inspire dramatic play and
recreations of a train station. The children
can use this book to see a story about how
the train station works, what and who are
in it, and inspire ideas for creation.
Ramps
Purpose: For the children to explore ramps
in the real world and to use as inspiration
and information to aid in their ramp
exploration and creations.
Little Quack Counts

Purpose: For the children to explore basic
counting skills by relating one number to one
animal per page.
Grande y Pequeno
Purpose: A Spanish book about the
differences in the measurement of big and
small.
Waddle Waddle Quack Quack Quack
Purpose: For the children to explore spatial
terms (under/over/above/next to), the
children can use any two materials to
manipulate them to be how the duck is in the
book.
Marcos Counts
Purpose: A Spanish language math
integrational book for duel language learners
to explore counting in math.
Mouse Counts
counting by adding to, then subtracting by
taking away.
One Sun Rises
counting while also exploring African animals.
Counting on Community
Purpose: For the children to use to support
the 1:1 correspondence game and see how
different cultures live in their communities.
Literacy and Library

Sound Boxes
ECD 131
D, M, P sound boxes containing

various objects that start with
those letters.
beginning sounds and enhance their
vocabularies. The children can sort the
pieces by letters to aid in sound
identification.
Abiyoyo Retelling Props
ECD 131
Felt character pieces, puppet

sticks, and ukulele.
Purpose: For use in retelling and as a
comprehension aid during storytelling of a
folktale.
Alphabet Spoons
ECD 133
26 clear plastic spoons with

lower case letters, 26 white
plastic spoons with the uppercase
letters
Purpose: For the children to match letters
and build upon Alphabet Knowledge,
matching the letters also engage 1:1
correspondence.
Feed the Alphabet Monster
ECD 133
Alphabet monster container,

letter pieces, letter pattern slips
letters, enhancing ABC knowledge. The
children also enhance fine motor skills by
feeding the letters into the monster and
math skills by reading pattern cards to
know what letters to find, also print
awareness.
Science Discovery
Pool Noodle/Tube Ramps and Fabric
Ramps***
ECD 133/237
Pool noodles (various sizes and

shapes, sound tubes, bamboo rods
Fabric dowel ramps and pieces of

fabric/cloth to make ramps
Purpose: For the children to explore various
ramp concepts, engage the ramp skills (such
as rolling, building, predicting, creating, using
tools) and open-ended problem-solving,
inquiry, and various thinking skills. Use of
the ramps encourages multiple stages of play
from independent to group and also
encourages the use of various tools and
techniques, conventional and unconventional.
Ramps encourage children to play and create
and move objects in various ways. Through
this play the children will engage and
practice these ramp concepts (see learning
plans for specifics).
Measuring Tools
ECD 133/237
Measuring tapes, rules, yardsticks,

string, pennies, feet
Purpose: To explore different forms of
measurement (especially length) when
exploring with ramps and pathways.
The Gruffalo and The Gruffalos Child
Retelling Props
ECD on my own time
Gruffalo character felt pieces,

puppets, masks, vocab cards, the
books
Purpose: For use in retelling and as a
comprehension aid during storytelling of a
predictable book. The children explore life
science in the form of animal habitats.
Sand, Water and Sensory Experience

Sensory Balloons
ECD 203
Balloons filled with various sensory

materials (sand/water/leaves/glass
beads/pine needles) and matching
cards
Purpose: For the children to use their senses
and make connections to previous
experiences to guess what is in the balloons
and match then to the cards. The cards have
color coded dots to match the balloons to
make the activity self-correcting.
Music and Movement

Tony Chestnut Chart
ECD 135
chart
Purpose: For the children to use to help
guide movements for the Tony Chestnut
song.
Animal and Bug Bucket

ECD on my own time
Various plastic animals and bugs

Purpose: For the children to use to role play
and be creative when exploring in sand or
water. The children can also sort the
animals/bugs by attributes and/or count
them as well in order to integrate math into
their sensory play.
Act out the Alphabet Cards

ECD 237
ABC action cards

Purpose: For the children to be able to
represent the alphabet and the letters that
words start with through movement
integration.
Sensory Bottles
ECD 107
Various bottles filled with

substances and loose parts
Purpose: For the children to freely explore
and inspire creativity and discussion. Can
also be used as a calm down/redirection tool.
Kookaburra Chart
ECD 131
Chart
Purpose: For the children to explore a silly
song and sing about emotions while engaging
in sensory experiences to balance the whole
child.

ECD 108, 132, 252
people engaging in diverse physical/gross
motor activities and to inspire theirs.
Syllable Hop
ECD 237
3 hula hoops (numbered), syllable

cards
Purpose: For the children to engage the
locomotor skill hopping while exploring
syllables and 1:1 correspondence (1 syllable
for 1 hoop).
Rhythm Sticks
ECD 237
Rhythm sticks
rhythms/beats/patterns. Math/music
integration with room for creative
expression. The children can pair these with
songs, rhymes, and/or chants or syllable
activities to use to represent the sounds.
Beginning Sound Sorting Mat

ECD 131
Mat, and letter pieces (Mmmitten, monster, milk, mushroom,

magnet. Dd-dog, die duck, donut,
donkey.
Purpose: A phonological awareness and
alphabet knowledge experience. For the
children to explore letters and beginning
sounds. Math integration by sorting.
Rhyming Cube
ECD 131
Cube with images to rhyme

rhyming words. The children can throw the
cube to engage manipulative skills and an
aspect of phonological awareness-rhyming.
Story Sack
ECD 203
Bag, various random items (i.e.

tooth brush, empty bottle, ball,
bell, sock, tape roll, car, plastic
dinosaur, a straw, a snake, a
pencil, a cotton ball)
Purpose: For the children to draw objects
out of the bag to create a story. One child
draws the first object and starts the story
then the next draws another and adds on
to that part. This fosters language skills,
creative thinking, and making connections
between real life and objects.
World Food Alphabet
ECD 237
The book World Food Alphabet,

world food cards, ABC sorting
cards
diverse cultures and their foods. The
children can enhance ABC knowledge by
matching the beginning letters of the
foods to the letter cards during
discussions about food and diversity.
Weather Word Cards

ECD 133 (from writing center prop box)
Weather word cards with picture

support
Purpose: To inspire weather discussions
(earth science) and serve as prompts for
weather discussions.
Magnetic Numbers and Letters

ECD on my own time
Magnetic numbers and letters,

magnet sticks
Purpose: For the children to explore in the
sand and discuss words and numbers and
letters and letter sounds
Ribbon Bracelets
ECD 237
Ribbon bracelets
Purpose: For the children to wear while
dancing. The bracelets bring awareness to
how their body moves and relationships with
space and others.
Quantifying with Stones

ECD 203
Number circle mat, stones (15)

correspondence while exploring the
properties of rocks (comparing and
contrasting the characteristics). Earth
science.

ECD 108, 132, 252

engaging in sensory experiences
Purpose: To inspire sensory play and foster
storytelling.
Movement Cubes
ECD 135
Various movement cubes

(transportation, actions, animals)
Purpose: For the children to open-endedly
and creatively explore picture/print
identification and different ways they can
move their bodies to represent something.
Butterfly Grid Game

ECD 133
Grid game, butterfly pieces

correspondence and number recognition
through use of different dice. (Numbers and
dots 1-3 and 1-6). While playing, the
children can discuss the characteristics of a
butterfly.
Land or Water
ECD 203
Land and water category cards,

images to sort (what primarily
stays on land and in water)
Purpose: For the children to explore an
aspect of life science and the primarily
environments things stay. These cards
foster math skills of sorting and allow
children to make connections to previous
experiences and knowledge.
Books:
The Pout Pout Fish
emotions and being kind to others in order
to cheer them up.
One Duck Stuck (board book)
paired with a rubber duck
Purpose: To encourage the children to
explore the properties of muck (sand and
water) and problem solve different ways to
get the duck out. The book can also be used
with the duck to encourage retelling.
Why Does it float?
Purpose: For the children to get information
from this non-fiction book about why things
float and why things sink.
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck
Purpose: For the children to explore a silly
book about emotions.
Scarves
ECD on my own time
Colored scarves (12-can be cut in

half to make a class set-they are
large)
Purpose: For the children to explore flow
and different movements in dance and music
activities.
Singing and Dancing in the Rain
ECD 135
Music player and cloud spots

Purpose: For the children to explore body
and space awareness and effort awareness in
the form of stopping and starting to match
the music while dancing.
Shaker Eggs and Chart
ECD 135
Shaker eggs, chart

Purpose: For the children to use to explore
patterns, force, and sound awareness.
Marching Around the Alphabet

ECD 132/237
ABC feet, music player and copy

of Marching Around the
Alphabet
Purpose: For the children to engage the
locomotor movement marching and alphabet
awareness by identifying letters. Can be
expanded to foster creativity by allowing
the children to move around the letters
using other locomotor movements.
Down by the Bay Chart
ECD 131
Chart and rhyming pieces

rhyming while singing a silly song.
Alphabet Path Game
ECD 131
Path game, ABC letter pieces,

dice
alphabet awareness-letter recognition,
math is integrated by counting spaces and
dots on a die.
Flannel Board
ECD 237
One board
Purpose: For the children to use for
retelling stories, comprehension guidance,
and visual aids during songs, poems, finger
plays, and books.
ECD 108, 132, 252
Purpose: For the children to see and
explore diverse people engaging in a
multitude of language and literacy
activities.

ECD 108, 132, 252

engaging in various science
experiences
Purpose: To inspire science inquiry and
provide ideas and guidance for exploration.
Books:
Roll, Slope Slide
different ramp concepts and skills and to be
used as a reference book for ramp
exploration.
Ramps
different ramp concepts and skills through
real world images and to be used as a
reference book for ramp exploration.
Length
different ways that we can measure using
length. They will see various tools and
techniques that they can apply to their play
and investigations.
Weight
different ways that we can measure using
weight. They will see various tools and
techniques that they can apply to their play
and investigations.
Too Much Noise
concept of sound and how more things
making nose makes more sound. This book
integrates math in the form of measuringadding animals to make louder and taking
away to make quieter.
Ribbon Sticks
ECD 135
Ribbon sticks
various dance concepts such as how things
flow. The children engage space concepts as
they freely move their ribbon sticks to
songs, stories, poems, and finger plays.
Spider Web Throw
ECD 135
Hoop spider web (tape/hula hoop),

newspaper (for the children to
make balls)
Purpose: For the children to engage a
manipulative skill while throwing balls into a
stick net. The children also engage fine
motor skills by scrunching up the paper to
create their balls. A sense of independence
and inclusion is fostered through this.
Wall Spots and Body Parts
ECD 135
colored paper circles, music player

awareness and phonological awareness
through listening which also engages effort
awareness by stopping and starting while
doing locomotor movements.
Tissue Dancing
ECD 237
Tissues, music (The Bottle Dance

song)
Purpose: For the children to engage balance
and body awareness, such as limits and body
parts.
Books:
World Food Alphabet
alphabet while seeing all the diverse foods
and cooking practices there are in the
world. This book supports the world food
alphabet matching game.
The Great Graph Contest

Purpose: For the children to explore and see
various was that people represent data such
as charts, graphs, and sorting circles. The
children can use this book for ideas and
support when recording data from their
explorations.
A My Name is Alice
Purpose: Names are the most important
word to young children so this book allows
children to explore different names and
jobs that start with the same name.
WOW! Ocean
Purpose: For the children to explore ocean
animals.
Alpha Oops-The Day the Z Went First

order of the alphabet and the sounds the
letters make.
Little Quacks ABCs
Purpose: For the children to see the basic
order of the ABCs.
Q is for Duck
Purpose: For the child to explore the
letters that animals begin with and that
their sounds begin with.
The United States ABCs, Russia ABCs, and
Israel ABCs
Purpose: For the children to explore things
that begin with each letter that are native
to each country. This series of books
focuses on diversity appreciation and
serves as an information book to
incorporate into play.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Purpose: For the children to explore letter
order through a silly story song.
Why do Birds Sing?

Purpose: An information book for the
children to see about different things birds
do and why.
What is a Desert?
Purpose: For the children to explore what a
desert is. This info book can be used to
guide the children to explore in their play.
The Gruffalo and The Gruffalos Child
Purpose: For the children to explore animals,
(may they be real or possibly real like the
Gruffalo), and their characteristics, such as
eating habits, homes, and physical
attributes.
Bell Bracelets
ECD 237
Bell bracelets
awareness. Wearing the bells allows the
children to see and hear how they move
their body effects how the bells sound. The
children can explore concepts like speed,
effort, beat, tempo, and rhythm.
Books:
From Head to Toe
Purpose: For the children to engage body
awareness and move in different ways to
copy animals.
Jake at Gymnastics
Purpose: For the children to see that boys
can do anything if they practice and
persevere.
Alphabet City
Purpose: To show children that letters can
be represented in a variety of ways-like in
cityscapes. This also inspires children to
move their bodies to represent letters in
various ways too.
Ready, Set, Skip!
Purpose: Movement book that shows children
different ways to move using locomotor
skills.
Giraffes Cant Dance
Purpose: To inspire the children to dance and
show them that anyone can dance when the
find the right music. This engages diversity
appreciation and integration.
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Purpose: For the children to use as a guide
with rhythm sticks for following a beat while
singing the song.
Abiyoyo and Abiyoyo Returns

Purpose: For the children to explore a
classic folktale and its follow up book.
These books are paired with retelling props
to support comprehension.
Food Experiences
MyPlate and Food Cards
ECD 135
MyPlate and food cards

healthy food options and sort them by
categories. Can also be used to inspire
diverse foods discussion and making
connections to home life.
Goldfish Sorting
ECD 237
Colored goldfish, sorting mats

Purpose: To support the story time plan for
Swimmy. The children will sort the fish by
their attributes to make connections to the
book and discuss the story.
Eating the Alphabet Sorting
ECD 237
Food cards, attributes for

sorting labels, a copy of the book
Eating the Alphabet
diverse foods and beginning sounds while
sorting the food cards by attributes.
Tomies Baa Baa Black Sheep

Purpose: For the children to use as a guide
with rhythm sticks for follow a beat while
singing the song.
Writing
Writing Center Prop Box
ECD 131
Dry erase boards (2), Blank white

(1) and colored note pads (1),
Decorative paper, Clip board, Blank
themed little books (4),Blank books
with white paper, Lined flip
notebooks (3), Mini Composition
notebooks (3), Composition
notebooks (2), Construction paper,
Lined paper, Computer paper, Note
cards, Sentence strips, pencils,
thin and thick markers, circle
markers, dry erase markers,
highlighters, colored pens, crayons,
blue and black pens, mechanical
pencils
Word cards- emotions,

jobs/community helpers
beginning writing skills. Materials are
diverse to foster creativity and meet many
individual needs depending on the level the
individual children are on.
Problem Solving Image Cards
ECD 132
Image cards
problematic scenarios and act out and devise
plans to appropriately solve them.
Outdoors
Movement Dice and Giant Dice
ECD 237
Movement cubes, giant blowup dice

manipulative skills by throwing and/or
catching the dice. The number dice engages
counting skills and the cubes engage creative
expressions and cognitive connections. The
children identify the image and connect to
previous knowledge to decide how to move to
represent that image (the die denotes how
many times).
Sock Catch
ECD 135
Milk jug catches and balls

Purpose: For the children to practice
manipulative skills by throwing and catching
soft balls. Also enhances social skills and
teamwork/cooperation.
ABCers
Purpose: To inspire the children to find
letters in their movement/gross motor
activities. This book also encourages the
children to move various parts of their body
(alone or with friends) to represent letters.
Other
Whole Group Time:
Flannel Board
ECD 131
One board
Purpose: For the children/teachers to use
for retelling stories, comprehension
guidance, and visual aids during songs, poems,
finger plays, and books.
Circle area
1/2ed Trifold
ECD on my own time
Purpose: To hold/display charts for all to
see and to allow me to teach on the floor,
where teachers belong, during whole group
time.
Circle area
Big Chart Paper
ECD on my own time
Purpose: For writing down ideas and
discussion threads during small and large
group time.
Circle Area
Duck Music Player
ECD on my own time
Purpose: For playing music for various
activities, nap, and transitions.
Circle Area
The Bread Song Chart

ECD 237
Bread chart with insertable

pieces of bread images, words,
and segmented syllable cards
diverse foods in the form of bread, to
inspire diversity appreciation and cultural
studies discussion. The children can also
explore syllables through the use of the
segmented syllable cards.
Name Picture Cards

ECD on my own time
Pictures of the children in the

classroom and their names
Purpose: For the children to use to practice
writing their names-the most important
word and letters to a child. The picture is
for self-identification.
Self-Serve Snack Cards

ECD 135
Food cards (bananas and yoghurt

and water) (will make new ones to
meet the centers meal planning)
independently portion/measure out their
own healthy snack.
Ramp and Pathway Image Cards

ECD 133
Various images of real-world ramps

and pathways
Purpose: For the children to explore ramps
and pathways and make real world
connections, can be used to inspire
ramp/pathway creations and/or writing
about what they see in the pictures and
think about them. Can also be used to inspire
storytelling.
Little Child, Little Child What Can You

Sign? Book
ECD 133
book
Purpose: For the children to explore signs
pertaining to meal times, manners, and
personal care routines.
Story Cards
ECD 203
Various image cards

Purpose: For the children to use to
creatively and emotionally express
themselves. The image cards serve as
prompts.
Spot the Dot and Five Frame Cards

(Teacher set)
ECD 237
spot the dot and five frame dot

cards
Purpose: To engage the children in
math/number recognition during meal
times.
Make Way for Ducklings Retelling Props

ECD 131
Puppets, flannel pieces, duck hat,

duck decoys
Purpose: To aid in the retelling and
comprehension of this story book.
What Would Happen if I Were Trapped in
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Ramps***
ECD 133
Various wooden, plastic, bamboo,

and noodle ramps
ramp concepts, engage the ramp skills (such
as rolling, building, predicting, creating, using
tools) and open-ended problem-solving,
inquiry, and various thinking skills. Use of
the ramps encourages multiple stages of play
from independent to group and also
encourages the use of various tools and
techniques, conventional and unconventional.
Ramps encourage children to play and create
and move objects in various ways. Through
this play the children will engage and
practice these ramp concepts (see learning
plans for specifics).
Noodle Toss
ECD 135
Pool noodle pieces, pool noodle

circle target
manipulative skills and hand/eye coordination
by throwing various sized noodle pieces into
a target.
Bubbles
ECD 135
Bubble wands and soap

Purpose: For the children to practice fine
motor skills, oral motor skills (a precursor
for speech sounds), and hand eye
coordination. The children also engage in
gross motor activity moving and stretching
on various levels to reach and pop the moving
bubbles. Creative experiences can be
incorporated by encourage the children to
move/act like animals while popping.
Charts for Whole Group:

(after use, these will be introduced into
centers, no highlight means they will stay in
the circle area displayed, charts will be
rotated for the sake of maintaining space
and not overcrowding/overwhelming)
1,2,3,4,5 My Name Is
Will You be a Friend of Mine?
Time for Circle Children
The Welcome Train
The Grand Old Hugging King
The Bread Song
Ive Got a Wiggle
Alice the Camel
Animal Hunt
Willoughby Wallaby Woo
This Old Man
The Music Man

Books for Whole Group:
(retelling props-flannel board pieces)
Who Sank the Boat
measurement (weight) and utilize inquiry
skills to determine who sank the boat.
A Squash and a Squeeze
measurement (capacity/spatial awareness)
and adding to and taking away. Also used for
pattern recognition and creation.
Double the Ducks
counting and adding to and taking away.
Five Little Ducks
counting, patterning, and decomposing.
Rosies Walk
Purpose: For the children to explore spatial
sense and locations. (geometry)
a (_____)? Cards
ECD 132
Image cards
Potential: Discussion starter during the
meal that encourages the children to think
cognitively, problem solve, and make
connections. The children can discuss what
would happen if they were trapped in
various locations. This also paves the way
to discuss healthy ways to cope with
various emotions, like fear.
ECD 108, 132, 252
Purpose: Diverse people, foods, and cooking
practices and materials are displayed to
show the children differences in eating
habits in the world and inflict an
appreciation and respect for culture and
diversity.
Books:
The Kitchen Talks
Purpose: Food and eating related poetry
for the children to explore and engage
food related inquiry.
Lunch
Purpose: For the children to explore foods
and colors and to foster healthy eating
discussions.
Eating the Alphabet
Purpose: To use for support during the
attribute sorting activity featuring foods
from this book. This book can also be used
to explore healthy food choices.
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ECD 108, 132, 252

and tools engaging in different
writing experiences.
Purpose: To inspire writing in young children
and serve as prompts for their writing.
Body Bowling
ECD 135
Water bottle bowling pins (6), ball

Purpose: For the children to practice
manipulative skills by throwing/rolling a ball.
They can also explore patterns and counting
through water bottle placement.
Books:
Look Like a Girl
Purpose: To inspire writing and open-ended
discussion about what makes someone a girl
and just what girls can do. Diversity and
equality purposes.
Chalk Circles
ECD 135
chalk
and new body movements by laying down and
moving their arms to create; chalk can also
be used for creative expression
The Graphic Alphabet

Purpose: When exploring this book, the
children can write about the letters and how
they got to be the way they are. The
children will use logic and problem solving
skills to creatively devise solutions. This
book can also be used to guide appropriate
letter formation.
Stone Soup
Purpose: To encourage the children to write
out directions/steps such as recipes.
Listen to the Wind
Purpose: To inspire the children to write
about helping others and other cultures such
as their own.
The Z was Zapped
Purpose: When exploring this book, the
children can write about the letters and
what happened to them and why they did.
For example, why the Z cracked and what
zapped it The children will use logic and
problem solving skills to creatively devise
solutions all while practicing prewriting
skills, enhancing vocabulary, and telling
stories by making cognitive connections.
Parachute
ECD 237
bed sheet and a table cloth, sock

balls
Purpose: For the children to engage in an
activity that requires teamwork and
cooperation in order to work. The children
engage stability and manipulative skills by
moving the parachute up and down and
throwing objects like sock balls in it to
manipulate. Locomotor skills can be engaged
by having the children run under and around
the parachute.
Toilet Tag
ECD 237
String lines
Purpose: For the children to explore and
practice balance while moving along
pathways. Having the children stand as
toilets at the end and only being allowed to
move when their friend flushes their arm
is a silly way to grasp their attention,
integrate dramatic play, and team play.
Other Props for Whole Group:

The Listening Game
Rhythm sticks, bell bracelets,

shaker eggs
phonological awareness and enhance listening
skills and create and follow patterns.
Act out the Alphabet
ABC action cards

represent the alphabet and the letters
words start with through movement
integration.
Felt Hands
Hands made of felt for the flannel

board
Purpose: To aid in syllable
counting/identification.
ABC Felt Pieces
All 26 letters of the alphabet cut

out into felt pieces
Purpose: To aid in letter/beginning sound
identification with specific SG and WG
stories, songs, and activities.
Story Time Plan:
Swimmy Retelling Props
ECD 237
Swimmy characters and story

scenes as felt pieces. Swimmy
Leo Lionni
Purpose: To use as support for
comprehension of the book Swimmy
Circle Area
(these will be displayed for use in the circle
area with the flannel board)
Whoever You Are

Purpose: To inspire the children to think
about themselves and what makes them so
special. The children can write about
themselves.
Cowboys
Purpose: Real world pictures depicting the
cowboy culture are used here to inspire the
children as a writing prompt.
Books:
Books in the music and movement tub will be
taken outside. Some books from the library
will also be placed in a tub to be taken
outside.
Other:
1.
Sign-in System
Purpose: For the children to sign-into the
classroom and begin their day. Fosters a
sense of community.
2. Center Choice System
Purpose: To foster initiative as all the
children choice in their activities. This also
helps regulate prosocial behavior and is used
as a preventative for potential overcrowding
and any potential issues that may arise with
that.
3. Pointer
Purpose: To aid in comprehension,
connections, print awareness with charts.
4. Daily Schedule Chart
Purpose: For consistency and routine for
myself and the children.
5. Learning/Lesson Plan Binder
Purpose: So I know what I am doing.
Becoming a professional and being Teacher
C-planning and management.
6. Center Labels
Purpose: So the children know which centers
are where. Picture support and the world will
be present to foster print awareness and
pre-reading skills. In the event I have duel
language learners in my classroom, their
home languages will be included as well.
7. Diverse Picture File Pieces
Purpose: To foster a sense of inclusion and
create a sense of community a respect for
diversity throughout the room. Also to be
used to inspire play.
8.
Community and Agency Resource

Files
Purpose: In the event a situation arises
where there is need, I can share my
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resources with families.

9. Transition Notebook
Purpose: To allow the day to flow smoothly
and to have ideas for back-up in case my
planned transitions are not working or do not
meet the needs of an individual. These can
be used as attention getters, to engage
children while waiting, or to transition from
here to there.
10. Age Checklists
Purpose: To know what milestones/skills it is
suggested a particular age will know and to
know what came before and what is to come.
Begin with the end in mind.
11. Family Info Pages Binder
Purpose: For sharing with families what I am
doing with their children, why it is
important, what is being learned, and things
they can do at home.
12. Camera
Purpose: For documentation and videos of
learning for reflection and to plan to bump
up and bring down lessons or to expand to
meet the individual needs of the children.
13. Clipboard/Pens/Paper
Purpose: To record anecdotal notes for
reflection, to take advantage of PIs, and to
plan for next steps.
14. First Aid Kit
Purpose: Because safety is priority number
one!
15. Wet Wipes
Purpose: Because you can always use wet
wipes.
16. Angel Rubber Duck
Purpose: Moral Support
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Song List:
to add to playlist and/or cd
(See activities for purpose)
Tony Chestnut
The Bottle Dance
Down by the Bay
The Ants go Marching
Marching Around the Alphabet
Song list from 132 dance and music

activity lists
Books for the Library:****
1.
Caps for Sale
2. All Around the World We Go
3. Ana Cultivates Manzanas (Apple Farmer Annie)
4. Belly Button Book
5. Be Quiet, Marina!
6. Big Hugs, Little Hugs
7. Other Goose-Renurseried and Rhymed Childrens Classics
8. Belly Button Book
9. Be Quiet, Marina!
10. The Three Bears
11. Little Hugs, Bug Hugs
12. Around the World We Go
13. Country ABCs-Israel
14. The Story of Ferdinand
15. Country ABCs-Russia
16. Country ABCs- The United States
17. The Family Book
18. Extraordinary Jane
19. Were Going on a Bear Hunt
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
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Not Your Typical Dragon

Llama Llama Time to Share
Creak! Said the Bed
Little Quack
The Little Peoples Guide to the Big World
One Duck Stuck
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
27.
28.
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31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
Barn Cat
Elephant in a Well
Silent Movie
A is for Activist
The Family Book
The Ugly Ducking
Clumsy Duck
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
Spot a Lot-Animal Escape
Count to Ten with Mouse
Ten Little Lady Bugs
The Snail and the Whale
Youre Here for a Reason**(book will be used on the first day as an introduction and read again on the last day to reiterate its importance)
To Do:
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Redo sensory balloons-double check latex allergies

Laminate air or water cards and story cards from 203
Break down ramps into stages to build upon skills each day w/ small groups
Remake Spider Web Throw (the night before use to save the tape stickiness )
Add to sock catch
Get clipboards
Make multiple journals (ramp journal, math journal, general journal)
Make emotion dice
Make Swimmy pattern cards, story sequence cards, and capes/aprons for dramatic play
Make dryer for laundry mat to add with washing machine
MATERIAL LABELS-make sure all are there
Make center sign-in system and center choice regulation system
Remake pattern cube cards
Make my kids block characters to play withtake photos.
Make name and picture cards for the children
Find ABC path game pieces, possible replace
Put together 203 story sack
Make problem solving image cards and what would happen if I were trapped in (_______) cards (132)
Add music from plans to an iTunes playlistBurn CD?
Attach chart pieces to the back of the charts in sandwich baggies
Laminate and add to picture file
22. Make daily schedule

23. Choose a clean-up song transition (The Gruffalo song?)
*all materials are stored in DAP containers or trays with labels to be placed on selves or in various places around the classroom
**some books in the center will displayed on the shelf and others will be in a dish bin in each center for the children to use to support their play and inquiry; books on display will be
rotated and changed each day, unless they support a specific activity
***ramps will be introduced into the classroom in stages, a few pieces each day, so that prerequisite skills, limits, and safety skills can be addressed first
****books in the library are a variety of storybooks, folk/fairytales, predictable books, non-fiction books, and alphabet books chosen to engage a variety of learning styles, interests, and
needs, books are used as a comfort/calming/regrouping activity, self-choice, to gain knowledge and expand upon play, and for inspiration
*****items to write on (such as paper, notebooks/pads, clipboards, note cards) and various writing implements (such as pencils, pens, crayons, markers) will be placed in all centers for
the children to record their thoughts, observations, take notes, draw representations, ask questions, and to enhance their learning and knowledge
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Various sizes, shapes, lengths,

Measuring tapes, rules,

Magnetic wall, marbles and

LEARNING CENTER PLANNING FORM

4 sets of foam colored tangrams,

Pattern block foam pieces,

Grid game, dice (3 sets), sports

Swimmy story scene cards

Clothesline, ABC clothes, lettered

10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric

Art and Creative Experiences

Rubber pig, felt piggy with colored

3 weaving circles (small, medium,

Various loose parts (buttons, straw

Various loose parts (pine needles,

rocks/pebbles, sand, pinecone pieces and

Purpose: For the children to use when making

The Ants Go Marching Chart

Chart with corresponding

The childrens full body photos

board, vehicle pieces, dice

Colored foam cubes, pattern

Collection for Sorting: Ducks

Various rubber ducks (size,

Red and black capes/aprons

Spot the Dot and Five Frame Cards (Child

spot the dot and five frame dot

Cube with emotion pictures on it

1:1 Easter eggs (dots on one

Diverse Picture File Pieces

The Gruffalo Size Sorting

Gruffalo characters small,

Swimmy Patterning Cards

Swimmy fish cards (black and red)

The Spiffiest Giant in Town

Counting on Community 1:1

The book Counting on Community,

Playdoh Making (Small Group Activity to be

Hair conditioner, cornstarch, food

Various images of diverse people

Diverse Picture File Pieces

Diverse Picture File Pieces

I Know a Wee Piggy

Next Stop Grand Central

Little Quack Counts

Literacy and Library

D, M, P sound boxes containing

Felt character pieces, puppet

26 clear plastic spoons with

Alphabet monster container,

Pool noodles (various sizes and

Fabric dowel ramps and pieces of

Measuring tapes, rules, yardsticks,

Gruffalo character felt pieces,

Sand, Water and Sensory Experience

Balloons filled with various sensory

Music and Movement

Animal and Bug Bucket

Various plastic animals and bugs

Act out the Alphabet Cards

ABC action cards