This is the presentation giving to Preschool teachers in China at Hunan

1. Learning Centres/ Work Stations 建立学习中心帮助孩子 湖南诺贝尔集团 2008 年夏 Leo Wong

2. What is a Learning Centre? 什么叫“学习中心”？

3. An area in the classroom where students work alone or interact with one another, using instructional materials to explore and expand their literacy(or numeracy). “ 阅读和数学能力的提高是关键” Debbie Diller Practice with Purpose

4. Independent work should be meaningful to students. 学生要喜欢去做，对学生成长有帮助 Ideally, these tasks should take the place of worksheets. （可以使用书面材料）

5. Teaching with the Brain in Mind (Eric Jensen) To increase intrinsic motivation, we need to 1. Provide choices （给学生选择） 2. Make learning relevant and personal （让学习自然和个性化） 3. Make it engaging （当然也要有趣）

6. Use mini lessons to teach children how to use stations. Role Playing （角色扮演） Get children to role play using the stations. How to teach? Mini Lessons （微课程）

8. How Long? 20 minutes to do the task. 5 minutes to pack. 10 to 15 minutes to debrief ( 汇报） . For each round,

9. How to manage work stations

11. Types of Work Stations Classroom Library Big Book Work Station Writing Station Handwriting Station Drama/Fluency Station Word Study/ABC Station Poetry Work Station Pocket Chart Work Station Magnetic Work Station Computer Work Station Listening Work Station Games & Puzzle Work Station Social Studies Work Station Science Work Station Art Work Station Health Education Station

12. Library/ Book Centre

13. Big Book Centre

14. Games/Puzzles Centre

15. Listening Centre

16. Listening Centre

17. Listening Centre

18. Computer Centre

19. Computer Centre

20. Fluency Centre

21. Fluency Centre

22. Fluency Centre

23. ‘ Portable’ Centres

24. Spelling Centre

25. Grammar Centre

26. Maths Centre

27. Maths Centre

28. Art Centre

29. Art Displays

30. Writing Centre

31. ABC/Word Centre

32. ABC/Word Centre Make a Match Make a word

33. Stamp a word Match a word ABC/Word Centre

34. A Busy Classroom