Student Teacher:Amanda Himer
LEARNING CENTER PLANNING FORM
Blocks
*Word Blocks:
Materials: Use large Lego pieces
to write down a word. Then use
smaller pieces to put the
individual letters on. Use the
individual blocks to make the
word.
Purpose: help children begin to
recognize words, can eventually
use to make sentences.
*Wooden Blocks:
Materials: Allow the children to
play with different sized wooden
blocks
Purpose: Allows children to be
creative and use their
imagination to build different
structures
*Tool Box:
Materials:
Screw drivers
Flat head screw driver
Hammer
Saw
Nuts
Bolts
Purpose: Allows children to use
their fine motor skills
Penny Barber
Housekeeping/Dramatic Play Math Discovery
***I would also include some of my
community Helpers pieces that *Sand Box Numbers:
have to do with each of the Materials: Box, sand, number
themes cards
Purpose: Allow the children to
*Doctors Office: (ECD 131) look at the number cards and then
Materials: they trace the number in the sand
Pens/pencils
Sheets for recording *Grid Games: (ECD 133)
Clipboard Materials: dice, grid games,
game markers
Cotton balls, quips
Purpose: one to one
Tongue depressors
correspondence, numerical
Band-Aids identification, counting
Cast wraps
Stethoscope *Cookie Jar Counting: (ECD
Masks 133)
Thermometer Materials: Counting mats, play
Dolls dough
X-rays Purpose: one to one
correspondence
Bed
Scrubs *Five Frame Dot Cards: (ECD
Purpose: To help the children 133)
learn to care for one another, also Materials: dot cards
the charts help with their writing Purpose: the child will use these
and their letter and word cards to help with subitizing and
recognition one to one correspondence
Books:
*Pattern Blocks:
Materials: pattern blocks, picture
cards
Purpose: helps the children
identify shapes
*Tangrams:
Materials: tangrams, picture
cards
Purpose: helps the child identify
shapes
*Path Games:
Materials: dice, path game, place
holders
Purpose: teaches one to one
Art and Creative Experiences
*Pattern Matching and Color
Matching: (ECD 133)
Materials: octopus head, octopus
body
Purpose: allow the children to
match the two patterns or colors to
make a whole octopus
*Paint Swatch Color Match:
(ECD 133)
Materials: color swatches, all self
correcting
Purpose: mix up all the color
swatches and allow the children to
match the correct colors, all of the
cards have matching numbers on
the back to help them self-correct.
*Painting With Tape: (ECD 132)
Materials: Painters tape, paint,
paint brushes, paper
Purpose: allows the child to
create a pattern underneath the
paint, once the paint dries and you
remove the painters tape they will
have left a design
*Marble painting: (ECD 132)
Materials: marbles, box or tray,
paint, paper
Purpose: this activity will help
enhance childrens fine motor
abilities
*Mixing Colors: (ECD 132)
Materials: primary colors, white
paint (more advanced black paint
too), cups, paint brushes, water,
paper towels, stirs, paper, label
cards,
Purpose: allows children to learn
that mixing different colors can
make other colors, Also that
mixing in white or black can

*Cars, Trucks, Trains:
Purpose: Allows children to use
their fine motor skills while using
these materials with the different
path ways they created with the
blocks.
*Restaurant/Chef Theme:
Materials:
*Farm Animals:
Purpose: Allows the children to
correspondence lighten or darken a color.
*Spot the Dot: *Play dough:
Materials: spot the dot cards Materials: play dough, mats
Purpose: subitizing and one to Purpose: allows children to
one correspondence develop strong fine motor skills by
shaping and forming the play
*Sorting Buttons: (ECD 133) dough
Materials: different size, shape
and color buttons *Oil Pastels:
Purpose: helps child identify Materials: oil pastel paper, oil
shapes and colors and sizes pastel crayons
Purpose: allows children to have
*Shape Chart: a different kind of drawing
Materials: chart of shapes experience
Purpose: helps children identify
different shapes around the *Collage Making:
classroom Materials: different colored
paper, different size pieces of
Grid games (133) paper, glue
Path games (133) Purpose: allows children the
Tangrams(133) opportunity to make patterns and
designs
Pattern blocks(133)
Collection (133)
*Stamping:
Spot the dot cards (133) Materials: paper, stamp pads,
Shape graph (237) stamps
Pattern Fish (237) Purpose: allows children to create
Sorting bottle caps designs and patterns
Buttons
*Painting on Foil:
Purpose: the materials listed Materials: paint, foil
above to go into the center will Purpose: creates a unique
help the childrens math painting experience for the
development. Also gives the children
children a variety of materials they
*Splatter Paint:
can explore math with.
Materials: paint, card stock,
Fake food All Materials complete. straws
Plates Purpose: allows children a unique
Forks, knives, spoons painting experience that is
Order pads different and a lot of fun
Menus
Receipts *Water Color:
Materials: water color paint,
Aprons
water color paper, paint brushes
Pens/pencils Purpose: let the children look at
Kitchen something, draw it and paint it
Chefs hat
use the blocks to build a farm for Open/close sign Paint
the animals Purpose: I will have a variety of Playdough creation
different food items, menus, station
receipts, order pads and other Crayons
props to help the children with Markers
letter and word recognition. Corks
Books:
Bottle caps
Sand
Buttons
Rocks
Variety of paper
Dabbers
Collage
Glue
Hole punch
Toilet paper rolls
*Community Helpers : (ECD Paper towel rolls
133) Scissors
Materials: puppets, bingo, tool Nature painting
grid game, car grid game Foil
Purpose: To teach children that
people can do anything they set Purpose: the materials listed
their minds to and not to set provide an open possibility of what
stereo types. they create can create with a wide
variety of materials.
*Ramps and Pathways:
Materials: pvc pipes, wooden
boards
Purpose: allows children to
explore different movements and
how when you set things up
differently it will affect how it
comes out

*Book of Labels:
Materials:
Purpose:

*Blue Prints:
Materials:
Purpose:
*Airport Theme:
*Road Signs: Materials:
Materials: Luggage
Purpose: Luggage tags
Travel size objects
*Does it Roll: Plane tickets
Materials: Seats with seatbelts
Purpose: Flight attendant hat
Pilot hat
*Tubes/Tunnels:
Travel brochures
Materials:
Purpose: Purpose: To help the children with
writing and their letter recognition,
*Book of National also some of the travel objects
Landmarks/Monuments: may have logos on it that they
Materials: may recognize.
Purpose: Books:

*Measuring tools:
Materials:
Purpose:

*Dress Up:
Materials:
Purpose:

Wooden Blocks
Community Helpers
(237)
Legos
picture resource file
(108)
Measuring Tools ( Tape
Measure, Ruler) (133)
Toy cars
Ramps and Pathways
(133)
Bubble wrap
Painters tape
Does it roll activity
(133)
Tubes to create
pathways
Books about
community helpers,
home, farm, firehouse,
ramps and pathways.
Maps and signs
Grid paper
Flashlight

Purpose: the purpose of putting

all these materials into this center
would be to give children a
variety of information about
community helpers and jobs and
materials to help them be
creative and build stuff to explore
the materials and find ways to
make the materials work
together. Helps build fine motor
and cognitive development.

*Birthday Party:
Materials:
Invitations
Streamer
Banners
Cupcakes
Cake
Birthday hats
Plates
Cups
Forks
Knives
Napkins
Balloons
Candles
Pin the tail on the donkey
Purpose: Allows the children to
pretend to throw a birthday party
*Camping:
Materials:
Camp fire
Smores kit
Chairs
Trees
Rake
Leaves
Binoculars
Lake
Fishing
Sleeping bag
Tent
Canteens
Bug catchers
Grill
Purpose: allows children to go
camping with their friends in the
classroom

*Flower Shop:
Materials:
Flower pots
Flowers
Prices
Cash register
Open close sign
Order forms
Color chart
Flower names
Watering cans
Purpose: allows children to learn
about different flowers and how to
care for them

*Book Store:
Materials:
Library cards
Books
Coffee
DIY book marks
Reading corner
Purpose: if children enjoy books
this is the perfect center for them,
it allows them to be the librarian or
 the owner of a book store

*Classroom:
Materials:
Chalk board
Wipe off board
Dry erase markers
Chalk
Work sheets
Stuffed animals
Tables
chairs
Purpose: allows children who like
to teach others participate and
pretend to be their favorite person,
the teacher

*Photography Studio:
Materials:
white sheet as a back drop
camera
stuffed animals
tripod
Purpose: allows children to record
some of their favorite moments
through out the week

Birthday theme
Table
Chairs
Birthday hats
Cups
Plates
Table cloth
Play food
Invitations
Napkins
Birthday cards.
Purpose: the purpose of the
materials in this center is to help
the children pretend to have a
birthday party.This helps build
their cognitive development.

Literacy and Library Science Discovery Sand, Water and Sensory Music and Movement

Sound Boxes:
Materials: 26 sound boxes, one
for every letter with 6-8 items in
each box that goes with the
letter.
Purpose: The sound boxes are
good for children who need help
with understanding their
beginning sounds.
Alphabet Spoons:
Materials: 26 White spoons (A-Z
or a-z), 26 clear spoons (A-Z or a-
z)
Purpose: This is to help children
with their alphabet knowledge
and helps them learn their
uppercase or lowercase letters.
Alphabet Path games:
Materials: 5 path games with
different themes to interest the
children.
Purpose: help the children learn
the letters of the alphabet; it can
also help with math when
counting the number of places to
move.
Alphabet Picture word Match:
Materials: Puzzle pieces, one
side letters the other side a
picture, Mix them up and match
them
Purpose: Letter recognition
Piggy Bingo:
Materials: bingo cards, bingo
stampers, cup of letters, tray,
container
Purpose: help children learn
uppercase and lowercase letters.
*Rhyming Match Game:
Materials: Game boards,
individual calling pieces
Purpose: Helps children learn
about different rhyming sounds
*Parts of a Plant:
Materials: different parts of the
plant
Purpose: allows the children to
learn the different parts of a plant
by putting them in order
*What does a Plant Need:
Materials: cards with different
things a plant needs vs. the
different parts of a plant
Purpose: allows children to learn
what a plant needs vs. what a
plant looks like
*5 Senses:
Materials: labels of the 5 senses,
cards with different things to sort
in the 5 senses
Purpose: helps the children learn
about the 5 senses
*Life Cycle of a: (ECD 133)
Materials: life cycle cards; tree,
frog, butterfly, etc
Purpose: allows children to learn
about the different animals and
how they come to be
*Season Sorting:
Materials: cut outs of the seasons
with pictures that describe each
Purpose: allows children to learn
Experience
*Tubes and Funnels:
Materials: tubes, funnels, bottles
with holes, hoses, containers
Purpose: allows the children to
see the flow of the water
*Water Beads:
Materials: container, water, water
beads
Purpose: allows children to see
how water can transform different
objects
*Objects to hide in the sand:
Materials: alphabet letters, cars,
trucks, keys, random house hold
objects
Purpose: Allows the children to
use their fine motor skills to find
different things in the sand; it also
allows them to identify the object.
*Strainers, Spoons, etc:
Materials: anything that can help
the child sift through the sand to
find the objects
Purpose: makes finding objects in
the sand easier
Water materials
(droppers, tubes,ect)
Sand with items to find
Scents
Texture materials
Bottle with sand with
little letter
Marbles
Water beads
Make playdough
Tissue box science
guess whats in the box
Calming bottles
Purpose: the purpose for these
materials would be to give the
*Rhythm Sticks: (ECD 133)
Materials: rolled news paper
Purpose: allows the children to
follow a beat and create a beat
*Ribbon Sticks: (ECD 133)
Materials: painters sticks, ribbon
on the end
Purpose: allows the children to
use them as props while listening
to different music
*Roll the dice warm up: (ECD
135)
Materials: large dice, different
warm up materials on each side
Purpose: allows the children to
warm up before engaging in an
activity
*Shaker Eggs:
Materials: Easter eggs filled with
different sound makers
Purpose: allows the child to follow
a beat and create a beat
*Hula Hoop Hop Scotch: (ECD
135)
Materials: hula hoop, movement
signs
Purpose: space awareness,
movement awareness
Hoopla hoops
Scarves
Balls
Tape
Bottles
Rackets
Rhythm sticks (237)
Shakers eggs (133)
Wavers (237)
Ribbon sticks (237)
Purpose: the purpose of the
materials that will go into this

*Letter Sound Cards:
Materials: Clothes pins with the
letters on them, picture card with
2 different letters
Purpose: The child will pick
which letter matches the
beginning sound in the picture
and then attach the
corresponding clothespin with the
letter.
*Beginning Sound Matching:
Materials:
Purpose:
Variety of books
Posters with
vocabulary words and
pictures
A couch or chairs to sit
in
Bookshelves to hold
books
Carpet or rugs to make
it feel more welcoming
Labels on bookshelves
and materials
Baskets to hold books
Stuff animals that
relate to the books
Props to play with and
retell the story
Alphabet path games
Stick puppets
Flannel board
Retelling props
Flannel board for felt
pieces
ABC sentence strips
Alphabet bingo (237)
Sound boxes (131)
Beginning letter sounds
(237)
Purpose: the materials in the
the different seasons children a variety of sensory center is to get the children
activities that build off of their moving and exploring the
*Terrariums: (ECD 133) senses and each materials feels or materials and how they can move
Materials: plants, rocks, soil, smells different. them.
Purpose: allows children to
observe outdoor life in the
classroom
*Water Drops: (ECD 133)
Materials: water dropper, food
coloring, different materials to
drop water on, magnifying glass
Purpose: allows children to
experience water
*Living VS. Nonliving:
Materials: sorting mat, pieces to
sort
Purpose: allows children to
decide whether something is living
or nonliving
*Land VS. Sea:
Materials: sorting mat, sorting
cards
Purpose: allows children to sort
out whether an animal lives on
land or at sea
Living and nonliving
things
Books on science
Magnets (237)
Live animals
Plants and seeds
Water
Variety of scents
Tissue paper
Tissue boxes
Life cycles
Purpose: the purpose of all the
materials is to provide the children
with scientific knowledge and build
their science knowledge.
center will help promote the
childrens language and literacy
development.
Food Experiences
*Healthy VS. Unhealthy:
Materials: sorting mat, sorting
cards of healthy foods and
unhealthy foods
Purpose: teaches the children
what foods are not good for them
*Fruits VS. Vegetables:
Materials: sorting mat, fruit and
vegetable sorting cards
Purpose: allows children to learn
the difference between fruits and
vegetables
*My Plate Sorting Game:
Materials: My Plate Mat
Purpose: let the children use the
different foods to separate them
into the sections on the plate
My plate poster (135)
Self serve snack (135)
Charts of healthy food
Charts of fruits
Charts of vegetables
Cookbooks
Cooking magazines
Purpose:
The purpose of these materials
would be to teach the children
about healthy food and healthy
servings to help promote a
healthy child.
Writing Outdoors Other
*Poster of the Alphabet: *Hula Hoop Hop Scotch: (ECD
Materials: Poster that clearly 135)
shows all the letters of the Materials: hula hoop, movement
alphabet signs
Purpose: Allows children to see Purpose: space awareness,
the letters before they attempt to movement awareness
write them on their own, use it like
a guide Balls
Hula hoops
*Different kinds of Paper: (ECD Scarves
131) Chalk
Materials: graph paper, paper
Ribbons
with no lines, chalk board, wipe off
board, construction paper, loose Ribbon sticks
leaf paper, etc Wavers
Purpose: allows the children to Buckets
see what its like to write on Shovels
different objects
Purpose: these materials are for
*Writing Prop Box: (ECD 131) children to explore with and
Materials: different things to learning how to use them outside
write with, different letters to look also touches on fine motor, gross
at, different things to write on, motor and cognitive
different pictures for beginning developments.
sounds
Purpose: allows the child to learn
about the different things to write
with and write on and how the use
of different objects may give them
a completely different experience
Writing prop box (131)
Christmas cards
Thank you cards
Pencils
Colored pencils
Markers
Pens
Colored pens
Cardstock
Construction paper
 Colored construction
paper
Tracing paper
Wallpaper
Wrapping paper
Grid paper

Purpose: these materials will help

the children develop writing and
forming letters. I provide a variety
of materials for child to practice
writing on.
To Do:
Make 23 more sound boxes
Make uppercase and lowercase alphabet spoons
Make 5 alphabet path games
Get containers
Add more books
Add on more activities

***REMEMBER that Props for Retelling Story time and Predictable, flannelboard, all three interactive
charts,
and all content area experiences (art, movement, science, math, and literacy) from ECD 237 may be included
on this plan!!!***
***ALL student created materials from ECD 131, 132, 133, 135 may be included on this plan!!!***