Math and Science Centers
Because we have been so focused on teaching our children to read at such a young age, I think we do not do enough math or science with our young children. There are days, while subbing in a class, that I have seen no science and only a cut and paste worksheet for math. Just as we teach pre-reading skills we also need to teach pre-math skills. The skills necessary for adding and subtracting and figuring out word problems don't start in first grade. Unlike letters, left to right, one to one corespondence, math skills come more natural to young children. Also the math skills we teach, such as one to one correspondence, patterning, and trial and error, are some of the same skills needed in reading. Therefore, I believe we need to offer more than just practice counting to our students. I have chosen to split up my reading centers from my math centers to give the same amount of focus on pre-math as pre-rea...