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    The document describes The Wonder Center, which is designed to promote curiosity, wonder, and inquiry in children. [1] The Wonder Center allows children to write down questions on sticky notes throughout the day and place them on a large chart. [2] Every Friday, the teacher selects one or two student questions from the chart to discuss and research as a class. [3] The purpose is to give children a place to express their natural curiosity and value their questions.

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    The document describes The Wonder Center, which is designed to promote curiosity, wonder, and inquiry in children. [1] The Wonder Center allows children to write down questions on sticky notes throughout the day and place them on a large chart. [2] Every Friday, the teacher selects one or two student questions from the chart to discuss and research as a class. [3] The purpose is to give children a place to express their natural curiosity and value their questions.

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    ENCOURAGING WONDER AND CURIOSITY

    THE WONDER
    CENTER

    WHAT THE WONDER


    CENTER PROMOTES:
    curiosity, wonder, and inquiry
    about all things

    MATERIALS a time and place for children to


    write down their questions
    NEEDED: throughout the day

    sticky notes students questions are


    large chart paper on the valued 
    whiteboard or on an easel
    encourages students to to
    markers in a basket wonder and research and
    a wonder bag (gift bag) explore their questions

    THE WONDER CENTER WONDER OF THE WEEK


    PROCESS PROCESS
    1. Every Friday, once students have created
    1. Introduce students to The Wonder
    sticky notes with their wonder questions
    Center
    the teacher picks one or two to discuss
    2. Explain that students will be able to use
    with the class
    the center during center time or when
    2. Children will write their answer or
    they have a question throughout the day.
    explanations of the wonder on the chart.
    3. Students will write down their questions
    3. Then the whole class will participate in 
    or wonders on a sticky note with their
    "shared research" and discuss and write
    names on it. about their ideas on the question
    4. Students will put their sticky note onto
    the "What Do You Wonder?" Chart.

    WHY USE THE WONDER POSSIBLE PROBLEMS OR


    CENTER? CONCERNS THE WONDER
    The Wonder Center allows students to have
    CENTER AND WONDER OF
    a place where they can write down all of THE WEEK
    their many questions throughout the day. It Do I allow students to go and write down
    is a place where students questions are a question whenever they want
    valued by their peers and teachers. Many of throughout the day?
    the questions are included in curriculum How do you chose which wonder to
    content and lots of the nonfiction wonders answer for the Wonder of the Week ?
    can turn into curriular units or lessons. It is
    a really easy process to set up within your
    classroom and provides students with a way
    to be curious and wonder about things in
    the world..

    WORK CITED: HEARD, GEORGIA AND JENNIFER MCDONOUGH.


    "A PLACE FOR WONDER: READING AND WRITING
    NONFICTION FIN PRIMARY GRADES." STENHOUSE PUBLISHERS.
    2009

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