Interest Areas
Another word for interest areas
What is learning centers?
This area of development gross motor and fine motor skills.
What is Physical development?
These interest areas should be near each other.
This chart guides your day.
The amount of time allotted for Choice or Center time.
60 Minutes
When creating the block center, the child should have enough _______________ to build.
The area is influenced by the child's approach to learning.
What is Cognitive development?
Shelves should be _________ with words and pictures.
What is labeled?
Chart that tells everyone who's here today.
What is the Attendance Chart?
The kind of activity should be completed before rest time.
What is a quiet activity like, a story, a fingerplay, or a quiet song?
An example of what a child may do in this specific interest area: Write a shopping list before going to the store?
What is dramatic play?
This area of development is the ability to listen to, understand, and use words.
What is Language development?
One of charts in a classroom that encourages autonomy and leadership.
What is job chart?
Most successful when kept short, depending on the age of the children and interest level. Gives children a sense of belonging.
What is "Large Group (Circle Time)?
The amount of time allotted for outdoor time.
40-60 Minutes (per curriculum)
What is toys and games?
This area involves socialization and managing feelings.
What is social-emotional development?
True or False:
A calm corner is a time-out space for children.
The answer is false. The calm corner is a place for children learn and practice emotional regulation.
The following should be introduced during __________ __________ time:
introduce a new concept
Encourage conversations
teach a specific skill
extend children's thinking
focus on observations
What is Small Group?
First person to consult if you are having difficulty with a child at naptime.
What is a child's family?
True or false
The block interest area should be closed for the day when the children are not playing in an appropriate manner.
False. A teacher can do a reset and restate your expectations for that interest area.
There are ______ areas of learning and development.
What is 9:
Social Emotional
Physical
Language
Cognitive
Literacy
Mathematics
Science and Technology
Social Studies
The Arts
One thing to try if children are running around the classroom.
What is change up room arrangement?
Sometimes called center time or work time, children choose their interest area where and with whom they would like to work.
What is Choice Time?
Being able to control ones own emotions.
What is self-regulation?