Power of Play

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Power of Play

• Welcome to our room
• Mrs. Wamboldt
• 218
• Lets Play

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When I play lets pretend, I learn ..

• Cleaning up
• Cooperation
• Expressive language
• Eye-hand coordination
• How it feels to be someone else
• independence

www.jacksons-camping.co.uk
Pretend Center
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And learn even more while pretending

• new words
• problem solving
• respect for others feelings and property
• self-confidence
• self-reliance
• sharing

www.netkidswear.com
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When I play with writing and art materials, I
learn

• color mixing
• colors
• cooperation
• creativity
• eye-hand coordination
• how things work
• independence

www.cmsaa.org
Writing Art Center
impact.ifas.ufl.edu
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At the writing table I also learn

• new words
• pride in my work
• problem solving
• properties of matter
• self-reliance
• shapes
• textures

http//warhawks.k12.mo.us/elem/klenkew/PhotoKorner
Nov.html
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When I play in water or sand, I learn .

• Buoyancy
• Cooperation
• Creativity and imagination
• Expressive language
• Eye-hand coordination
• Effects of gravity
• Measuring

Sensory Table
www.childbrite.com
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While I use my hands, I learn .

• New words
• Properties of matter
• Problem solving
• Sharing
• Sorting
• Textures
• Using five senses
• Weights

www.playworks-cdc.com
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When I play on large motor equipment, I learn

• Creativity
• Coordination
• Common traffic signals
• Confidence
• Direction
• First-last
• How things work

www.ncpad.org
Playground or Gym Time
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Indoors or Outdoors when I use my muscles, I
learn

• Imagination
• New Words
• Rules of the road
• Positions
• Sharing
• Sequencing
• Taking Turns
• Time

www.pacificdomes.com
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When I read a book or listen to a story, I learn

• A love of books
• Creativity imagination
• Expressive language
• Eye-hand coordination
• Logical thinking
• Listening skills

www.education.umn.edu
Circle Time and Library
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Books help me also learn ....

• New information
• New words
• Reading readiness
• Sentence structure
• Sequencing (left right progression)

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When I play with books, I learn so much like

• Balance and Gravity
• Design
• Size and Shapes
• Numbers
• Pride and Self-confidence
• Position
• Problem Solving

www.readingandspeechclinic.com
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When I play with games and puzzles, I learn

• Colors
• Counting
• Cooperation
• Eye-Hand Coordination
• New words
• Numbers

www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Math and Puzzle Centers
www.wies-esh.eu.dodea.edu
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Games, puzzles, and math manipulatives help me
learn ..

• Problem-solving
• Positions
• Sharing
• Shapes
• Sizes
• Sorting
• Spatial relationships

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When I build with blocks, I learn

• Spatial relationships
• Distance, size, and space
• Eye- hand coordination
• Visual memory
• Match, classify, and sort

www.greenmountainblocks.com
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Learning Centers

• Math and Games
• Snap cubes, shape blocks, pattern blocks,
  counting activities, various games
• Puzzle Center
• Single slot, framed, floor, matching games, peg
  board design, potato head, shape clock
• Pretend Center
• House keeping, puppet stage, restaurant, pet
  shop, ice cream shop
• Block and Building Center
• Unit blocks, Lincoln logs, doll house, people,
  vehicles, animals, building bricks

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Learning Centers continued

• Science Center
• Magnets, play dough, magnify glasses, color
  explorations, bugs, items from nature
• Sensory Table
• Water, sand, corn, beans, Styrofoam, cutting
  papers, fix-it center, Legos
• Writing and Art Center
• Paper, markers, crayons, pencils, chalk, glue,
  scissors, stapler, stencils, stickers, punches
• Project Group Work
• Arts, Science, Language, Math, Creative
  Expression

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A New Beginning