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LEARNING CENTERS

SENSORY MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
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Stimulates the five senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste.
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Aids in developing oral language (through conversations and discussions)
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Stimulates imagination
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Encourages creative expression
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Encourages group cooperation
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Supports the development of impulse control
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Encourages turn taking
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Creates opportunities for cause & effect observations and understanding
SENSORY MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

BLOCKS AND MANIPULATIVES
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Enhances spatial relations
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Strengthens fine motor skills
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Introduces concept of form
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Provides an area for role playing
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Stimulates sensory development
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Encourages creative expression and enhances imagination
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Introduces instructional language terms such as: top, below, under, over, etc.
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Encourages group cooperation
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Creates opportunities for shared materials/shared space
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Allows children to identify and label shapes
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Creates the opportunity for children to see separate shapes put together to create a whole (parts of a whole)
BLOCKS & MANIPULATIVES

ART
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Stimulates creative expression and imagination
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Develops hand-eye coordination
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Provides practice in visual discrimination
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Develops pre-writing skills
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Enhances small muscle development
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Explores various tools in an art medium
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Encourages self expression
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Encourages recognition of diversity
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Supports turn taking
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Provides direction following opportunities
ART

LANGUAGE
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Increases positive self-image and encourages creative expression
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Enhances identification and classification skills
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Strengthens visual discrimination and auditory skills
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Introduces sequencing and association skills
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Develops listening skills and promotes oral language development
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Strengthens fine motor skills
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Encourages the development of descriptive language
LANGUAGE

MATH
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Enhances classification skills
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Strengthens color, shape and size recognition
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Develops matching and problem solving skills
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Strengthens visual memory and rote counting
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Fosters hand-eye coordination
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Enhances sorting skills in which one item fits in various sub-categories
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Encourages patterning and one to one correspondence
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Develops quantity awareness (more, less, same)
MATH

DRAMATIC PLAY
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Promotes role-playing
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Stimulates imagination
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Develops oral language and enhances self help skills
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Stimulates and develops large and fine motor skills
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Encourages communication skills and group cooperation
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Children recreate real life situations using previous knowledge
DRAMATIC PLAY

SCIENCE
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Stimulates the five senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste
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Develops recognition skills
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Develops observation skills, predictions and classification skills
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Contributes to the understanding of cause and effect
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Opportunities for experimentation
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Creates an understanding and respect for nature
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Explores sensory and physical changes
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Fosters growth, change and diversity
SCIENCE
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