Game and Puzzle Center

In this center children use materials that teach specific concepts as well as aid in developing small motor skills important for writing, such as when they are putting together a number puzzle. They use language as they work with other children while they problem solve and play cooperative games.

Materials & Resources

Literacy Support

Literacy Props:

Clipboards, pencils, paper, blank charts, rulers, puzzles, stacking and nesting containers, small colored shapes, unit blocks, games, magnetic numbers and letters

(all items have picture labels to correspond to where they belong on the shelves)

Functional use of print

Oral language- vocabulary Literacy skills- role-play/story telling, understanding plot, character, and setting

Concepts of print- putting number in order in a puzzle left to right.

Emergent writing

Social skills- discussions

Environmental Print:

Concept Posters:

Shapes, Numbers

Simple Math

Numbered Street Signs

Concepts of print

Emergent Reading

Functional use of print

Alphabet recognition

Phonemic awareness

Other Print:

Magazine:  Highlights

Create interest in reading

Model reading a variety of texts

Books:

Children’s Books:

Math Man by: Teri Daniels

Amazing Math Magic by: Oliver Ho

Math Stories Paperback Library by Lakeshore

Oral Language- vocabulary

Concepts of print- parts of a book Literacy skills- role-play/story telling, understanding plot, character, and setting, problem solving, and critical thinking

Functional use of print

Alphabet recognition

Phonemic awareness