Reading Area

Reading Center

Furnishings

• Items are included in the library area to make the area cozy.  Examples: soft seating, rug, lamp, pillows.

Reading Area Materials (accessible, labeled  and organized)

• Books for the number of  children enrolled in the class.  Examples: Fantasy, nonfiction, wordless, repetitive, informational, rhyming, predictable, familiar sequence, repetitive phrase, cumulative, multicultural, question and answer, class-made.

• Books that reflect current topics are in the classroom.

• Books are displayed and organized forward facing so children can easily see the front covers of the books to make choices.

Props for Language and Literacy

• Props to develop alphabetic principle (3 types).  Examples: letter puzzles, displayed alphabet, word cards, alphabet game, alphabet lotto, letter dominoes, inter-locking letter cubes, wooden alphabet blocks, alphabet letter tiles, alphabet letter stamps

• Props to promote language development (3 types).  Examples: Puppets, telephones, walkie-talkies, cell phones, magnet stories, flannel board and stories familiar to children.

Listening Center

Materials

• CD player (separate from Music Center), Ipad, Ipod, Computer with a minimum of two books or stories.