Science centers

These 5 hands-on ways to sort by color are a great way to engage students in this essential early learning skill!

Science Center: Nature

Easy preschool science center, preschool discovery centers, and preschool discovery tables for home or classroom use. Explore preschool science with child led science activities on a variety of themes. Plus read about science centers from teachers!

Children love exploring with magnets, and these magnet mazes and pathways let them experiment while working on coordination & problem solving.

These 5 activities help teachers set up a science center in their preschool, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Use at home or as independent learning centers, stations, tubs, or for morning work. Inspired by Reggio provocations, but applied to a public school setting, these hands on ideas & experiments extend whole and small group lessons and projects & are fun alternatives to worksheets. Topics include plants, animals, & weather, spread across the seasons of fall, winter, & spring.

Setting up a tray of "things that spin" is an inviting activity young children. Your prekinders will be drawn like magnets to the science center! To set

Ignite your child’s curiosity in geology with a rock exploration center! Collect some rocks from outside and gather a few materials, and your’e ready to encourage all kinds of rock investigation. It’s such an easy and fun way to foster a love of science within young children! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! ...

When it comes to setting up your STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) center, picking the perfect spot can make or break it. If you want to do it right, you need to be sure to have plenty of space for students to work AND enough room to store all of your supplies! So, to help you start brainstorming the perfect set-up for YOUR unique classroom, I've gathered some of my favorite STEM works spaces and some inspiring storage ideas too. #stemcenters #makerspace #classroomdecor

Fun magnet play activities for kids to do at home including art, free play, literacy and building ideas.

Explore the wonders of science with these engaging and hands-on preschool science centers! From sensory exploration to simple experiments, these activities are perfect for little ones to learn and discover the world around them. Get ready for some fun and educational playtime in the classroom! #preschoolscience #sciencecenters #preschoolactivities #learningthroughplay

After noticing children were building ramps for the trucks in the block center, I decided to set up this display in the science center to encourage more

A science center set up ideas and pictures. How to create a hands-on and inviting science center in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Welcome back to the Pre-K Partner's Learning Centers Blog Hop Series! So far we have taken a look at the math, writing, art, and blocks centers. This week we will focus on the science center! In my classroom we have always called the the science center the "discovery area." Either way it is a center full of questioning, observing, and experimenting! This center is one of my most favorite learning areas for students to explore! My discovery or science center has taken on many forms, sizes…

Math Center pictures and materials for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Learn how to create an inviting center that welcomes preschoolers to explore!

Microscope Jars for Your Preschool Science Center - No Time For Flash Cards

If you are planning to teach your pre-k or preschool kids about seeds and plants this coming spring, check out PreKinder's creative idea for a Seed Book that you can have in your Science Center! Kids will have a lot of fun looking and learning from this cool book of seeds!

In this post Tess shares 6 center activities aligned to the science of reading and provides tips for best practices for classroom intervention