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Simple Kindergarten Learning Games

by Jannyteach

Jun 4, 2011

Does anyone have ideas for simple learning games to use for centers for the Kindergarten level?

Thanks!

Jannyteach

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Jannyteach Sure! I am looking for ideas for 4 centers running about 25 minutes each. LIteracy , math... we have iTouches... Each group has 5 to 6 students. Some centers are supervised, some are not, depending if my aide is in the room at that time. I do guided reading at one of the centers.

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Jun 5, 2011

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Stellaluna Ahh.... sorry took so long to get back! :)

Some of the centers that I have my kids do are:

Play-doh: Early in the year they just play with it... later I put out mats with letters etc. and give them abc cookie cutters. I should them how to make letters and let them play with it. Most make letters.. some don't. :) By the end of th...See MoreAhh.... sorry took so long to get back! :)

Some of the centers that I have my kids do are:

Play-doh: Early in the year they just play with it... later I put out mats with letters etc. and give them abc cookie cutters. I should them how to make letters and let them play with it. Most make letters.. some don't. :) By the end of the year I put sight words on the mats in big letters and the children make the words with the play-doh. At this time I insist that they are making words as they do need to know them by 1st grade.

Read/Write the wall: Kids LOOOOOOVVVVEE funny sun glasses with the lenses popped out! :) I give them glasses and reading pointers and they go around the room looking for letters/words they know. In the beginning they gravitate to the name wall (pictures go with names) and ABC charts and they read their friends names and sing the ABCs. Later they read poems that we have done (once we've done the poem I try to leave up around room so there are many poems they know how to read) and then I give them clipboards and each week change the criteria of words they are looking for. ex. "Find all of the words that have the letter T" Then words that START with the letter or END with the letter.... then letter clusters etc.

Do you have a doc camera? Right from the first day I take my little books (levels 1-5) and project them for shared reading. I do 4-5 per day.. but only one book is new. Each day I take the book that we have read 5 times so it is familiar and it goes in a special basket. As soon as there are about 10-15 books the basket becomes a center. The kids read and re read the books. They love them and I always laugh when I try to take out the earlier level books because they are too easy and the basket is over flowing...... "NO! We love that book!" haha... they will read those all year.

Magnetic letters - Early in year.. just play with them. Later in year I have sight word mats and magnetic white boards. I have them write the words on white board, make the word with mag. letters.... (and then play after they've done a few.... haha... because they get bored with this if they have to do it too long.

ABC book - they love this... but it takes a bit of prep. In little notebooks (or if you can run off books it would be faster) write the alphabet---one letter on each page. Then give them pictures to cut out and paste on the page that the picture begins with. Later in the year I throw in words.

I have also done the same thing with sight words.... different sight word on each page.... they find the sight words in magazines, cut out and paste. They absolutely LOVE this.. and they don't need to be able to read the sight words.... but it sure trains the visual discrimination.

Hope this helps! :)

On 6/05/11, Jannyteach wrote: > Sure! I am looking for ideas for 4 centers running about 25 > minutes each. LIteracy , math... we have iTouches... Each group > has 5 to 6 students. Some centers are supervised, some are not, > depending if my aide is in the room at that time. I do guided > reading at one of the centers. > > On 6/05/11, Stellaluna wrote: >> Can you be more specific? Are you looking for whole group? >> Small group? Technology vs board game vs other types of >> games? :) >> >> >> .. >> On 6/04/11, Jannyteach wrote: >>> Does anyone have ideas for simple learning games to use for >>> centers for the Kindergarten level? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Jannyteach

Jun 8, 2011

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disney cathyKR On 6/08/11, Stellaluna wrote: > Ahh.... sorry took so long to get back! :) > > Some of the centers that I have my kids do are:

Srellaluna, I wish I were still teaching so I could use some of your fun ideas. You teach like I did and make learning fun! Keep it up. (I taught K for 30 years and still miss it) DC >

Jun 16, 2011

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Nia You can find Kindergarten Center Games at this site. [link removed]

Sep 4, 2011

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Small group On 6/05/11, Stellaluna wrote: > Can you be more specific? Are you looking for whole group? > Small group? Technology vs board game vs other types of > games? :) > > > > On 6/04/11, Jannyteach wrote: >> Does anyone have ideas for simple learning games to use for >> centers for the Kindergarten level? >> >>...See More

Sep 19, 2011

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