I know that I'm a little late to the game… okay, maybe a LOT late to the game (it's almost May- yikes!), but I finally got a listening center up and running! I am SO pumped!
I LOVE shopping at Goodwill for children's books. Look what I scored this week!
13 books, with audio cassette tapes! TWO BUCKS FOR EACH SET!
Remember those cassette tapes? I had to explain to my students how these were like CDs from when I was a little kid. "Back in the olden days, we didn't have iPods…. and we had to have tape players…."
It was a difficult concept for them to grasp.
So, I found a boom-box with a tape deck, and got this listening center rolling! They LOVE it! (I wish I had gotten myself in-gear sooner in the year.)
Of course, I had to do lots of demonstrating of how to put the tape in and how to rewind it. We did lots of practicing of how to operate the tape player, and how to sit elbow, elbow, knee, knee (EEKK), so everyone can see the book. So far, it's working great! Eventually, I would love to have my listening center be digital, like Mrs. Stanford's Class's Listening Center. I love how she has it all organized with the iPods and headphones at a table.
But for now, these old-school tape cassettes will do the trick! :)
What does your listening center look like? How many books do you have in your listening center?
