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I am going into my first year as a multiage teacher after 3 years teaching straight 1st grade. I have been reading a lot about multiage and am trying to find out as much as I can. I have a partner teacher who is also doing a 1/2 multiage. I was reading one book (I can't even remember which one!) and it talked about exploration time that a teacher incorporated into her daily schedule. This was 50 minutes a day and students got to do whatever they wanted around the classroom (blocks, art, research, science experiments, etc.). She explained that explore time was the most valuable part of her day. Students were free to wander between the multiage classrooms as well. I've talked with my teaching partner and she is open to the idea. I was wondering does anyone do this in the classroom? I'm not sure what materials to have available and how to structure it? I'm not starting until next year but I just need a vision of what it would like in my classroom. Any ideas?


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