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Preschool Library Interest Center
What is a Preschool Library Interest Center? Of course this area has books, however most preschoolers can not read the words!
A library area can help preschoolers’ language and literacy skills in many ways!
Where should you place the Library Interest Center?
It should not be surrounded by noisier areas such as dramatic play or the block center.
For suggestions on how to set up your interest learning centers, click the Classroom Design link below.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE CLASSROOM DESIGN PAGE
What do children learn at the Preschool Library Interest Center
Activities in the library help children:
- Letter and word recognition
- pattern recognition
- using their memory to recall familiar stories
- learn proper handling of books
How should the teacher prepare the Library Interest Center?
Teachers can offer many items based on themes using items such as themed books, puppets or flannel board stories.
Materials for the Library
The materials to have on-hand are anything that will encourage language and literacy. Here are some ideas:
Themed books—fiction and non-fiction books that correspond with your current classroom theme.
Basic Concept books about the alphabet, numbers and colors.
Nursery rhyme and other favorite books.
A flannel board with one or two choices of flannel board stories (change these flannel stories every 2 weeks. And they do not need to be based on a theme.
Listening Center—add a CD player with books on CD and headphones for the children to listen to stories.
Puppets to act out stories.
Bean bag chairs, pillows, carpet squares or comfy, foam furniture to sit on.
A magnet board with magnetic letters or numbers.
Paper and pencils or crayons for children to create their own books.
You could also include a writing table here, but it will need supervision until the children can use writing materials without writing in books. Rules about how to treat our books should be a regular conversation with the children!
Other Pages You May Be Interested In:
Organizing Books
Some may ask how to organize the books in your preschool library - there are so many options!
Here's a great start to helping you organizing books in your library.
The Day the Crayons Quit
This is a great book. You can take a look at my review of it!
Review of The Day the Crayons Quit
Click Here to Go to THEMED PAGES for Library book suggestions for your Preschool Library for each theme!
Click Here to Go to the Main INTEREST CENTER Page from this preschool library page
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