CLASSROOM CORNERS & MORNING ROUTINES

 

 

 

 

 

The classroom must be divided in

 

corners

 

Some ideas for basic equipment that can be used in

the classroom corners:

 

CORNER

EQUIPMENT

 

CONVERSATION

Posters, reference tables, chairs for all the children

LIBRARY

Bookshelves, books, plastic box with magazines, newspapers, leaflets etc., tables and chairs

ART

Shelves, tables and chairs, watercolors, markers, crayons, papers, clay, dough, scissors, boxes, painters’ photos, materials from nature (pebbles, seeds, etc), beads, threads, toothpicks, plastic aprons, etc.

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MATHEMATICS

Table & chairs for 4-5 children, boxes & shelves for classification, pedagogical material, toys (dominos, puzzles, memory games, etc), toys made by the teacher and the children, etc

 

DOLLHOUSE

Cupboards & closets, electric stove, dolls, small table & chairs, mirror, small sofa, printed material (magazines, newspapers, cooking recipes…), etc

 

SHOPPING CENTRE

 

Shelves, cash register,

 

mirrors, empty boxes, empty

 

packages of different

 

products, coins, etc

MUSIC

Musical instruments, small tape recorders, photos of musical instruments and famous musicians, etc

 

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Computer, scanner, printer, TV set, video or DVD player, camera, video camera, etc

 

OBSERVE & DISCOVER

Flashlights, magnifying glasses, headphones, magnets, different containers, etc

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INVENTIONS

Pictures from technological inventions (e.g. machines), trash/scrap material, boxes in different shapes, scissors, glue, etc

 

INFIRMARY (may be divided in a waiting room & a doctor's office/examination room )

Examination room: desk, a chair, a bed or bench, telephone, a white blouse or robe, physician's tools, markers, white papers, stamp, patient charts.

Waiting room: small chairs and a small table, health magazines and related posters.

 

THEATRE-DRAMA

Photos & pictures of people with various facial expressions, clothes or anything that can be used for disguises, puppets-marionettes, large mirror, panels for theatrical scenery, etc

 

 

 

Planning/organizing the

 

Corners

 

 

 

In reference to the overall organization

 

layout of the classroom in corners and the

 

selection of the appropriate position for

 

each corner, the teacher must consider

 

the following:

 

 

 

The “noisy” corners shouldn’t be

 

 

 

near the “quiet” ones. E.g.: the

 

 

Sopping Centre corner shouldn't

 

 

be near the Library corner.

 

 

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