A WELL STOCKED WRITING CENTER INCLUDES...
- Chalk
- Colored, medium, and soft lead pencils
- Crayons
- Markers
- Paper:
.....Lined and unlined
.....Assorted Colors
.....Textures, Sizes and Shapes
- Pens with variety or ink colors
- Envelopes
OTHER MATERIALS:
- Alphabet and Word Puzzles
- Alphabet Stamps
- Black Boards
- Clip boards
- Computer/Printer
- Erasable marker boards
- Etch-a-sketch
- Index cards
- Journals
- Magic Slates
- Magnetic Letters and Boards
- Puppets & Scripts
- Printed forms
- Post cards
- Sand/Salt Tray
- Shaving Cream
- Stencils
- Tape Recorder/Player
- Type Writer/Computer
BOOK AND CARD MAKING
- Contact Paper
- Picture Cards
- Wallpaper
- Wrapping Paper
- Used Greeting Cards
Tools for Book/Card Making
- Envelopes
- Glue
- Hole Puncher
- Stapler
- Stickers
- Yarn
BOOKS
LITERACY ENRICHMENT
- Drama Club click here for ideas
- Foreign Language Class or Club All you need is one semeter to facilitate a Language theme Club! Teach greetings, numbers, simple phrases.
- Reading Clubs
- Sign Language Classes
- Themes Built around a Book click here for ideas
- Place literacy materials in play centers
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Provide a print rich environment where children can see the purpose and use of the written language. Also, label everything in the room!
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Provide a well stocked library. If shelf space is not available for books, consider using tubs. Label the tubs with a sticker that corresponds with stickers on the books. When children are done reading their books—they return them to the correct container. Example: Animal books and tubs each have a blue sticker.
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