Learning Center Design Plan #___________

Learning Center: Manipulatives Students Name: Ncuab Tina Yang Week to be Implemented in classroom:
September 25th-30th
1. Current Skills, Abilities and Interests: What current skills, abilities and 2. WMELS Addressed: What skills do children need to develop next
interests do the children in your room have that you will build off of (based on what you wrote in Box 1)? What are your objectives for
(be very specific)? What have you OBSERVED about children in the child learning when they play in this center? Identify 2-3 WMELS that
room (or what data has been collected) that makes you think this will be addressed through play in this center.
center design is a good fit? Health and physical dev. B. Motor development B.EL. 2 exhibits eye-hand
INTERESTS: coordination, strength, control, and object manipulation

Observation: They walk around the room with puzzle pieces and sorting toys. Cognition and general knowledge A. Exploration, discovery, and problem
They use puzzle pieces as a phone. solving A.EL. applies problem solving skills

ABILITIES/SKILLS: Approaches to learning A curiosity, engagement, and persistence A.EL.2

Abilities: Compare and contrast items that look the same/different. Engages in meaningful learning through attempting, repeating,
Have the fine motor skills to pick up objects, twist knobs, pull, and pinch experimenting, refining and elaborating on experiences and activates

3. a) Materials & Physical Set Up: What materials and/or activities will you include in the center to enhance, or improve upon what is already there?
Provide a specific and detailed list to receive full credit. Include a list of materials and a brief explanation of WHY you chose to add them.

Containers with labeled pictures of each object. Each container will have: Rubber animals. Turtle, duck, whale, fish, and frog.
Add a basket of tongs and different things to pick up the rubber animals to put into the containers.
Labeled shelf with Different puzzles with different size knobs. Each puzzle will have its own basket to put puzzle pieces in.

b) Describe the guidance strategies you will use to promote safety and positive interactions.

Make sure to label the shelf with the picture of the puzzles and label containers.
Show them where to work on their puzzles and how to do put the puzzle together.
Make sure to keep the puzzle pieces in the basket when done to avoid losing pieces.

Note: In accordance with Early Childhood Associate Degree department guidelines, 1 point will be deducted for design plans turned in up to a
week late. Plans turned in more than 1 week past due will receive a score of 0.
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4. Explain how each of the following is facilitated through your center design:

Initiative, Engagement (including social
interaction) & Persistence
Focus on trial and error with the puzzle
pieces. Include vocabulary: turn, flip,
other way, left, and right.
Reasoning, Planning & Problem Solving Differentiated Instruction
Learning to focus on one thing and Essential: Grasp a knob on the puzzle
finishing a task
Expected: Put two or 3 pieces of the puzzle into the correct spot

Either parallel play or ask each other do

you want to work on a puzzle together Enrichment: Finish an entire puzzle without help

Note: In accordance with Early Childhood Associate Degree department guidelines, 1 point will be deducted for design plans turned in up to a
week late. Plans turned in more than 1 week past due will receive a score of 0.