Choice Time!

While the Kindergartners enjoy many of the things we do during our academic learning times at school, for most of them, their favorite time of day is Choice Time.  At Choice Time, each child has a popsicle stick with their name on it.  At the beginning of Choice Time, they are given their stick and they use it to choose a place to play by putting it in a pocket on our chart that corresponds to one of the play areas in our classroom.  

Depending upon the space and materials available, 4-8 students can play in each area at a time.  Blocks, House, Art Center, and Lego have been our most popular play areas all year!  The kids have been coming up with some extremely creative art projects, block and Lego structures, and pretend games as they work together during their Choice Time.  It is so much fun to see what they create and how their imaginations work!

Working together in blocks to build a castle

Lego are always fun!

Hard at work making Art!

Making a friend for Superbee!

Making Jack-O-Lantern Masks in the Art Center!

We each get our own "bedroom" in our Block House!

A Happy Family!

Asking your child who they played with or what they did at Choice Time can be a great way to get them talking about what they did at school!