The Importance Of Motivation And Block Center

Another content area I would like to mention is social studies, play centers to develop children’s social studies skills is dramatic center and block center. Both play center give opportunities for young children to act out adult roles and develop their social skills by communicating and interacting with each other. The dramatic center would have costumes and props and materials to engage children in work and family roles. Center may have items to set up a grocery store, restaurant, doctor’s office, fire station, police station, school, kitchen, and post office. To integrate social studies concept in block center the caregiver should include various types of blocks, plastic animals, toy cars, trains, planes, multi cultural figures, a non-working …show more content…
Caregiver should add props to dramatic center according to children’s interest and allow them to move stuff from other centers if needed. Provide children with information on various workers, services, and institutions.
Dramatic play allows children with emotional disability to act out, express their feelings, and communicate their thoughts. Children should be encouraged to play with puppets so they can act out different roles. Visually impaired children should be involved in dramatic play because acting out roles makes them happy and it increases their imagination and reduces their self-consciousness. Caregiver can read stories to children with disabilities so they can act out roles in the …show more content…
Caregiver should develop children’s background knowledge, observe and listen to children’s conversation and get involved and motivate them to interact with their peers, organize large group activities like group discussion, story telling, and sharing favorites objects. To develop writing skills, caregiver can promote writing activities like creating stories, making invitations for parents, and making thank you notes. Children should be allowed to play spontaneously and voluntarily.
Considering the special needs children, the library center should have appropriate books according to their needs. The caregiver should consider the type of disability and select books, activities, and materials for their learning. Books for gifted children should be as per their reading level. Children with visual impairment can be provided sensory books, which they can touch and feel. The center should be spacious so children can easily move around and have easy access to