Manipulative Center

I am learning to:

• Match objects in a one-to-one correspondence
• Orally identify the number of objects in a group
• Recognize the empty set
• Know terms related to direction and location
• Use vocabulary to compare sets
• Demonstrate concepts of part and whole
• Compare objects
• Form groups by sorting and matching
• Combine and separate groups of objects to form new groups
• Sort objects by one or more characteristics
• Repeat a simple pattern using objects
• Order two or three objects by size
• Develop fine motor skills
• Practice self-help skills
• Develop pincher control
• Develop perceptual awareness skills
• Experience counting objects
• Experience identifying patterns
• Experience at the readiness level physical representations of addition and subtraction
• Discover similarities and differences
• Know the letters of the alphabet
• Distinguish between upper and lower case letters
• Make predictions and explain why
• Discover color, shape, line and texture
• Acquire eye-hand coordination
• Make choices and decisions