Sometimes Bible teachers using learning centers get stuck in ruts, using the same learning centers over and over again, having students rotate through the centers the same way each time, rarely changing the set-up or the activities on the stations, etc.
Suggestions for Staying Our of a Learning Center Rut
Here are some pointers to remind teachers:
- Keep it interesting by using different types of stations throughout the year.
- Keep it fresh by using different kinds of activities in the stations you do reuse.
- Keep it relevant by doing that which appropriate to that day’s lesson theme and objectives.
- Keep it unpredictable by making changes occasionally.
This is important because when a teacher gets in a rut using this method, the students’ learning sometimes gets stuck as well.