Basically its for my fast finishers, who have completed their classwork before the end of the lesson. I try and make them quite practical activities that the children can complete independently so that myself and my assistant can continue with our guided work with the slower workers. The children always have the opportunity to go into the book corner instead.
I like to put out a mixture of activities, usually making sure that there is a balance of reading, writing and maths. I will often put something they have already done in a lesson there as a reinforcement of previous learning. I do give them an explanation and demonstration of anything new.
Most things stay in the Challenge Area for about 2 weeks, but I swop themed activities in for a shorter period if appropriate. I also make sure that there is a mixture of old and new activities so they have some they are familiar with as well as new ones to try.
Some of my (and their!) favourites have been:
Word sort (from Doodle Bugs Teaching)
Colour by number - they also loved a Chinese New Year lantern version I found (forgot to take pictures of it)
Valentine's themed sentences
Alphabet puzzle
120-square puzzle (template from First Grade Blue Skies)
Lollypop word sort (in my TpT store!)
Popcorn words (soon to be in my store as am trialing it with my class at the moment!)
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