Morning Circle Time!

Whether you are a Preschool Teacher, a Special Education Teacher or a Speech Language Pathologist who collaborates during the circle routine, this is the Fun & Functional Interactive Morning Circle Binder you have been looking for! It can be used by an instructor to lead a small group in Circle-Time Daily Discussions or it can be used with guidance by individual students.  The activities help build CASEL skills in the areas of social awareness and self-management, and they are designed to strengthen Executive Function skills of planning/prioritization, organization, and time management.  Oral language skills, vocabulary, and comprehension skills are strengthened as students participate in the activities. 

Interactive Morning-Circle discussions are a great way to involve the whole classroom in a collaborative and engaging learning experience. Circle-Time can help establish a comfortable structure to start each school day, and all students benefit from using established and known routines. Participation in Interactive Daily Discussions will strengthen the student’s skills both academically and socially. As students begin to understand the facts and schedule of the day in a concrete way, it can lessen anxieties that can sometimes arise from all of the ‘unknowns’ that they have to process. All students must learn to get along with each other in the classroom. Taking turns and socializing with classmates using the materials in this binder can allow for opportunities to strengthen social skills.

How It Works: The educator leads the discussion of common daily-discussion topics by presenting a one-theme page at a time to the student(s).  The interactive pages include: Classmates, About Me, Rules, Schedule, Calendar, Weather, Songs, Letters, and Numbers. The illustrated pages, attached cards, velcro strips, and dry-erase markers are designed to be used to help the student engage with the concepts in an interactive manner. For example, there is an illustrated holding area for each of the "days-of-the week” cards so that they can show “Yesterday was...”, “Today is...”, and “Tomorrow will be...” with the matching velcroed cards all on one page; also, the outside daily temperature can be shown by placing a velcroed arrow on the pictured thermometer.

All pages and accompanying materials are heavy-duty laminated.  The pages are three-hole punched and enclosed in the three ring binder. Three pages of directions and suggested activities are included in the inside front pocket of the binder. 

Reading Grade Level: PreK and up with teacher support

Interest Grade Level: PreK and up