An explanation of learning centres and how they are important to the educational development of young students. Features: guidelines for the type of learning centres to set up suggestions for the type of equipment to provide and how to store and present it ideas for overcoming the problems of lack of space a range of individual, partner and small group learning centre activities practical ideas for introducing, managing and organising learning centres pro formas to use for the assessment of students working at learning centres activities to present in developmental, literacy and theme-based learning centres examples of whole-class lessons that can be delivered and used as a springboard for further activities at the learning centres, including a list of specific materials required and suggestions for additional follow-up activities scope-and-sequence chart in each section giving a conceptual overview of specific learning areas that are covered in each activity. These can be aligned to state or national curricula photocopiable sheets which can be worksheets or templates relating to specific activities or pictures or charts to help with classroom organisation
