You can buy clipboards or make your own
from corrugated cardboard and butterfly clips. Here are a few quick and easy centers you can do with
clipboards.
Standard: RF
3c
Materials: list
of words found in the classroom, clipboard, pencil
Directions: Children
walk around the room searching for the words on the
list. They can cross through the words as
they find them.
Hint! A
pair of empty glass frames makes this more fun.
More! Write
a seasonal word vertically down the left side of a sheet
of
paper. Can children find a word in
the room for each letter?
Remember Doodles
Standard: RL
10
Materials: listening
center, story tape, clipboard, pencil
Directions: Children use the clipboard for
“remember doodles.” Encourage
them
to draw or write all the things they remember as they
listen
to the story.
Writing to a
“T”
Standard: L 5a, W 2
Materials: paper, crayons, pencils,
clipboard
Directions: Demonstrate how to make a “T” down
the middle of the page
with
a crayon. Have children write
words or draw pictures
for
things they “like” or “dislike”; things found “inside” or
“outside”; “big” and “little”; “real” and
“pretend” etc.
More! Relate
to science or social studies by having children write
“wants”
and “needs” or “plants” and “animals.”
Four Square
Writing
Standard: L
2d, RF 2b
Materials: paper, pencils, clipboard,
word wall or dictionary
Directions: Have children draw a line down the
middle of their paper
horizontally
and vertically to make four sections.
Number
the
sections “1,” “2,” “3,” “4.” Ask
children to write
one
letter words in the section numbered “l.”
Write
2
letter words in the second section, etc.
More! Write
one syllable words, two syllable words, etc.
Out the Window
Standard: W 2
Materials: clipboard, paper, pencils,
crayons or markers
Directions: Children look out the window and
describe what they see.
I
see…
I
hear…
I
smell…
I
feel…
After
writing, they can illustrate their observations.
Count the Room
Standard: Counting
Materials: list of common classroom
objects (chairs, boys, girls,
teachers,
computers, puppets, noses, shoes – you can make this
funny
and challenging!)
Directions: Children walk around the room,
count the objects, and write
their
response on the line.
Shape Hunt
Standard: Geometry
Materials: list of two and three
dimensional shapes
Directions: Children
walk around the room and hunt for the shapes on their
list. They can draw or write a description of
the shape when
they
find it.