How to Setup and Manage Math Centers

[@kaitlinjenkins1727]

I watched your language arts center video and I want to go watch it again next because I have to start centers this week and it's my first year of teaching. Centers overwhelm me. I'm glad that between you and your team teachers, you have plenty of experience and knowledge about how to set of successful centers. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@allielampf2450]

I love these videos! As a first year teacher who is not the biggest math fan, I have been trying to figure out the perfect to run math centers. This was SO helpful for me! I am totally going to steal some of you and your team teacher’s ideas! 😉

[@yelaklleps]

Thank you for sharing! Things so helpful. I'm teaching 2nd grade after 2 years in Pre-K and I needed some inspiration and to wrap my head around what to do! 😂❤

[@carolinekelly3415]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing the Setup for Math Centers.

[@melissaaffleck6704]

Thank you so much for sharing these ideas! It has been so hard for me to wrap my head around Math and I feel like I change it every year. I love the flip/flop idea and it makes so much sense to me. Also, my students did Happy Numbers during distance learning last year and they loved it!

[@kristyguest8443]

Do you time them for the fact fluency quiz or do they have as much time as they need to complete?

[@hollieanderson7449]

Thank you for the information! This was really helpful! I have just returned to teaching after 6 years (and my prior teaching experience was in a Montessori classroom) and feel like I need to start centers so that I can meet with ability based groups. I am wondering what students do if they finish a center before time is up? What about those who are slower workers, how does that work for them? Thank you!

[@lilianadavis5647]

Really appreciate your knowledge!

[@YumiWin]

Could you pleas share more about the numbers collaboration activity?

[@poppyevents4298]

What if the school doesn’t provide technology per class? I’m curious what I can replace into. Also, I’m a first time teacher 😅

[@littlebigharvest6893]

I hear baby in the background!

[@merlyalcoser8617]

Love your ideas❤❤❤❤

[@siasarchiveoflife3434]

Can you show us how the math adventure looks like?

[@suzanneedmonds1566]

I was very much interested in your flip flop method for larger group instruction and also your meet with the teacher centre. The first question that came into my mind was how will you accommodate Covid social/physical distancing protocols for centres?

[@EarlyEDventures]

There are only 3-4 kids in each center so it’s easy to keep them 3 feet apart! Our district isnt mandated physical distancing at this point

[@suzanneedmonds1566]

@@EarlyEDventures thank you for answering my question, Having only 3 - 4 students in each group is a great number for the meet with the teacher center. I substitute teach in Saginaw, MI where the main district I sub for is having desks 3 ft apart, hence my distancing question.

[@deidraroberts9628]

Has anyone told you today that you are Amazing!

[@chrisoulalakkas7401]

Idk who needs to hear this, but getting your life in order takes time. Have patience with yourself.

[@laurelchee8526]

This is a great structure. Can you please link that 6-center visual you showed at 7m20s?

[@EarlyEDventures]

That was just a visual I created for this video, it doesn’t exist anywhere else. You can screenshot it though!

[@laurelchee8526]

@@EarlyEDventures thank you! I implemented this today after watching your video, and it is already improving my daily structure. 👍

[@mcharles1163]

Yessss! Thanks for sharing ^^

[@lvs724]

Is Lexia for math too?

[@jackiefranklin3695]

How long is the free trial for Happynumbers??

[@libiamalvido9056]

Do you need licenses or special subscription got "Happy Numbers"?

[@MrsCallsCampers]

MATH ADVENTURE!!! stealing that haha

[@EarlyEDventures]

😂😂 please do!!!!

[@greenelbrown]

Great ideas!!! Maybe I'm confused but you mentioned seeing 2 groups during "meet with teacher" does that mean each group meets with you for 10 minutes? What is the other group who has "meet with teacher " doing while they wait to meet with you?

[@EarlyEDventures]

No I only see one group at a time. So each day we do centers I’ll see three groups. Each for 20 minutes

[@JackieDawson1912]

Love calling independent work an "adventure" 😅

[@marissastinson1528]

Do you pay for happy numbers?

[@swimrock9410]

I heard prodigy is really good too

[@kronsoplayzz9852]

hi first

[@nataliekartz5097]

I’m curious as to how you are able to map out your entire math curriculum if you are only teaching 3 lessons a week? That’s 8 days a month that are non instructional. 80 days total. Am I missing something? The IFC planner in me is just so curious?!!

[@EarlyEDventures]

A lot of our lessons from our curriculum can be combined! Also, a lot of the lessons are combined and taught during small groups!

[@Mike-p2u]

This is my question, too! I want to make this work sooooo badly.

[@EarlyEDventures]

@@Mike-p2u I responded above!