Best Activities For Independent Work Stations in Kindergarten and First Grade

Best Activities For Independent Work Stations

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You’ve set up your independent work station system in your classroom. The rotation chart is up. You’ve designated areas in your classroom for each station. Now you are asking yourself the hardest question of all. What are the best activities for my students to do during independent work stations?

4 Real life examples of activities that work the best during Independent Work Stations in the kindergarten and first grade classrooms.
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Videos In This Series: Watch The Playlist So You Don’t Miss Any Sanity Saving Tips and Tricks.

=-Mistakes In Setting-Up and Running Independent Station Time
Mistakes- I made them. Find out my mistakes so you don’t make them.

=-The Basics
How many stations, How many kids in each group, How long, What do they do if they get done early

=-Setting Up Stations- Supplies You Need
What do you need to set up stations? Where will you store station materials? How will students know where to go during station time? You need specific supplies to help you build an environment that will make station time go smoothly.

=-Teaching How To Behave During Stations
Student independence- set-up/clean-up, How to Rotate, Noise Level

=-Best Games/Activities For Independent Learning- (This video)
Independent, Low Prep, Easy To Organize, Easy To Find Manipulatives (dice, dry erase maker, spinner) -coming January 2022
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