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[quote=Anonymous]I was in preschool in the 80's, and a preschool helper in the 90's.  It's how things worked then, although the content of the centers has changed to be more academic in a lot of places.

Basically, the room is set up with different activity stations.  Some stations require a lot of adult support (e.g. an art station, or a science experiment, or a reading group), and some are designed to be more independent (e.g. a center where kids play freely with a material, or a center where kids do something like read independently, or work on worksheets).  Some schools have kids moving at their choice, some schools have kids assigned and moving on a schedule.  It's a way for the kids to get a mixture of independent activities, and focused teacher attention, to manage behavior, and to manage resources that might be a little scarce (e.g. a classroom might not have enough Level C books, or enough of a certain kind of math manipulatives for the whole class to use them at the same time).

This usually isn't the entire day.  It's one part of the day.  [/quote]

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