Mistakes In Setting Up Stations In Kindergarten and First-Grade

Mistakes In Setting Up Stations In Kindergarten and First-Grade 

I love stations. But it wasn’t always blue sky and sunshine. I’ve made all the mistakes when it’s come to setting-up and running stations.

Avoid the mistakes I made by getting the first hand account of all my mistakes

Get the insights and help you are looking for to get off on the right foot when you do stations in your kindergarten or first grade classroom. 

Mistakes Made When Doing Stations:

• Putting them into paired groups right away.
• Not giving them truly independent activities.
• Not giving them something to do after they finished.
• Not showing them how to look at the station chart.
• Not showing them how to clean up and move to the next station.
• Me setting up and putting away stations.
• Me taking too long to plan, prep and organize materials.
• Not reusing the materials.
• Having too short or too long at each station.
• Using my voice to cue a clean up and move to the next station.

Upcoming Episodes In This Series:

Materials For Stations
Physical set-up, organize station materials, station rotation chart, timer

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

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

Best Games/Activities For Independent Learning- Independent, Low Prep, Easy To Organize, Easy To Find Manipulatives (dice, dry erase maker, spinner)

Thanks to:

**Special thanks to Dawn The Singing Nurse for the awesome music. Check out her channel. https://youtube.com/c/DawnGinese
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