Learning Center Design

Learning Center: Science Student’s Name: Week to be

Octavia Haire Implemented in
classroom: 3/5/2018
1. Current Skills, Abilities and Interests: 2. WMELS Addressed: What
What current skills, abilities and interests skills do children need to
do the children in your room have that you develop next (based on
will build off of (be very specific)? What have what you wrote in Box
you OBSERVED about children in the room 1)? What are your
(or what data has been collected) that makes objectives for child learning
you think this center design is a ‘good fit?’ when they play in this
INTERESTS: center? Identify 2-3 WMELS
Bugs- the children have been really into the that will be addressed
fake bugs that are in the science area. They through play in this center.
have been playing with them, and acting Domain-Approaches to
like they are scaring each other with them. Learning
Sub-Domain-Curiosity,
ABILITIES/SKILLS: Exploring the Engagement, and
bugs, naming the colors of the bugs, and Persistence
identifying the bugs. Performance Standard-
Displays curiosity,
risk taking, and willingness
to engage in new
experiences

Domain-Approaches to
Learning
Sub-Domain-Curiosity,
Engagement, and
Persistence
Performance Standard-
Engages in
meaningful learning
through attempting,
repeating, experimenting,
refining and elaborating on
experiences and activities

3. A. Materials & Physical Set Up: What materials and/or activities will you
include in the center to enhance, or improve upon what is already
there? Provide a specific and detailed list to receive full credit. Include a list
of materials and a brief explanation of WHY you chose to add them.
Real bugs, rocks, magnifying glasses, gloves “in case we feed them” and
pictures of bugs. I chose to add real bugs because I think the real bugs will
really make them more interested in the science area, and the pictures will just
enhance the excitement.
B. Child Guidance - Direct and/or Indirect:

-Stars representing how many children that can be in that area

-Teacher/child interaction” asking questions about the bugs”
-Supervision “making sure the bugs stay in the container”
-Center expectations “always”
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4. Explain how each of the following is facilitated through your center design:

Initiative, Engagement Reasoning, Differentiated

(including Planning & Instruction
social interaction) & Problem Solving
Persistence -Counting the Essential Objective:
bugs Counting and
-Explaining materials -Distinguishing observing bugs
-Asking open ended big from little
questions Expected Objective:
-Encouraging children to Just curious and
communicate with one exploring materials
another about the bugs
Enhanced:
Socializing, counting
the bugs, telling
peers about the
different bugs, and
making predictions
on what the bugs
are doing