I’m not going to sugarcoat it – distance learning in Kindergarten or 1st grade is HARD! But one thing that I have found makes it so much easier is having pre-made, hands on digital centers and activities ready to go.
These January digital centers are aligned to our learning standards and make differentiation easy. I can just select the slides I want, make a quick copy (read how to do that in 2 clicks here), and assign.
If you’re using Seesaw, it’s even easier! It’s a 1-click preloaded link. Just click the link and it will add the activity to your activities library. You can assign it to students there.
How To Use Digital Centers in the Classroom
Digital centers are such a blessing for distance learning! Here are a few different ways you can use digital centers while distance learning:
- Assign to students as a follow up to a lesson
- Display during virtual lessons and complete with students
- Use them to model a skill for students
- Collect data and use these as an assessment
- Have students who are working independently complete them when you are meeting with small groups
- Share with families as an extra support
But what about when we’re not distance learning? You don’t have to be done with digital centers! Here are a few ways you can use digital centers in the classroom:
- As your technology center – the bonus of digital centers is that student work is recorded without a stack of papers!
- As an option during free flow centers
- Share with families who need extra support
- Have students complete with an aide or volunteer for intervention
Mouse Control Practice
Every month includes digital mouse control practice. Students will complete the exercises to gain mouse control and practice technology skills such as residing and rotating.
Kindergarten Digital Literacy Centers for January
The beauty of these digital activities is that the activities are similar month to month, but the themes and skills change enough to keep students interested.
The Kindergarten January literacy centers include these skills:
- Beginning sounds
- Medial short vowels
- Ending sounds
- Missing beginning and final sounds
- Building CVC Words
- Sight words
- Rhyming words
- Simple sentences
January Digital Math Centers for Kindergarten
Digital math centers allow you to give students hands on practice with manipulatives, even when it isn’t possible to have real manipulatives.
The kindergarten January math centers include these skills:
- Counting 1-30
- Ten frames true or false
- Number sense
- Teen number ten frames
- Before and after
- More and less
- One less
- Addition to 10
- Subtraction to 10
- Number order
- 2D and 3D shapes
- Nonstandard measurement
First Grade Digital Literacy Centers for January
First grade has SUCH a wide range of skills, especially this year! I tried to create activities that would make it possible for you to review, practice, and challenge.
The January 1st grade literacy centers include these skills:
- Medial vowels
- Long and short vowels
- CVCe words
- R blends
- L blends
- S blends
- Digraphs
- Ending blends
- Double consonants
- CVC or CVCe
- punctuation
January Digital Math Centers for 1st Grade
I think these are some of my favorite centers! I just love how much first graders grow in math skills and number sense each year. January is when we really start to see them take off.
The 1st grade math skills for the January digital math centers are:
- Place value
- Addition true or false
- More and less
- 10 more and 10 less
- Number order
- Time to the hour and half hour
- Subtraction
- 2D and 3D shapes
- Equal halves
Ready to implement digital centers with your class?
Are you ready to implement digital centers with your kindergarten or 1st grade class? They are available pretty much any way you could want them! Individual months, bundled by subject, and bundled for the year. You can find the kindergarten digital centers here and the first grade digital centers here!
If you try these centers with your class, I’d love to hear about it!
