There are a multitude of great reasons why every primary teacher should have this book: you don't need a special center area the centers are easy to store for future use you can make them ahead of time (terrific projects for parents to do) you can individualize skill practice the centers are just plain CUTE Here are the center topics and the skills practiced: Hanger Pocket Centers Mailbox?write a letter Pencil?handwriting practice Clown?write a story Kangaroo?read a poem Dog?categories Shoebox Centers Birdhouse?descriptive paragraphs Bear?support the topic sentence Chicken?riddles Elephant?compound words Leaf & Caterpillar?synonyms Flower?rhyming Folder Centers Penguins?antonyms Trucks?building words Monkeys?singular & plural Rabbit?super sentences Trains?alphabetical order Dogs?real or make-believe?