Shoebox Centers

We use Shoebox Centers a couple times each week, usually at the end of the day.  I love these because they help students practice the reading and math skills we have been learning.  At the beginning of the school year, some centers help students with their fine motor skills.  We practice our social skills too because they are forced to work together and share.  They are so focused on their center and I rarely have any behavior issues because they are so engaged!

Students can chose the activity they want to do and I allow 2-3 students at each center.  I may assign a student to a specific center if there is a skill they really need to practice.  They take their center and find a working spot in the room.

Pictured above is a center that practices fine motor skills.  I found it at the Target Dollar Spot!  Both bottom pictures are counting centers that use clothespins or beads to practice math and fine motor skills, a two for one!