Materials
none
Instructions
1. Laminate the pictures and either punch a hole
and string them to make a necklace, or pin safety
pins to them. Make enough necklaces for each
area and enough for each child.
Author's Note: In our classroom, we have four
children clean up the playhouse, art,
manipulatives, book, math/science, and games
centers; three clean up the Writing center; and six
to ten clean up the block area. Therefore, we have
four necklaces for each of the first centers, three
for the Writing center, and six to ten necklaces for
the blocks.
2. Walk around the room five to ten minutes before
cleanup and distribute the necklaces. Tell the children that cleanup time is
soon, and give necklaces to children depending on where they spent most
of their play time that day. Tell them they are responsible for the area, and
give them a corresponding necklace.
3. After the children have cleaned up the area, they return the necklace to a
teacher who "checks" and helps children clean the area properly.
