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Grade 1 - Activity Centre Ideas

Record initial activity centre ideas.

Centre 1:Geometry - classifying toys
Group:1 or 2 students
Resources:  toys
Centre 5:Geometry - movement
Group:pairs
Resources:  students
Centre 2:Geometry - tangrams
Group:1 or 2 students
Resources:  tangram puzzle pieces, tangram puzzles
Centre 6:Counting - fingerprints
Group:individual
Resources:  inkpad, recording sheet

Centre 3:Geometry - favourite shape
Group:individual
Resources:  oaktag shape models (circle, triangle, square, rectangle)
construction paper
Centre 7:Geometry - jigsaw puzzle
Group:1 or 2 students
Resources:  puzzles with pictures of people

Centre 4:Measurement - measuring parts of the body
Group:pairs
Resources:  paper clips, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, recording sheet
Centre 8:     Your choice





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