Free Choice Centers

The following are essential items for running a successful "Free Choice" day in my art room. While the systems and procedures for how students can earn a free choice day have varied over the past six years, these are my tried and true favorite things to include, many of which lend themselves to steam activities.

Most of the games above are used with 3rd-5th only due to complexity or amount of time to set up.
Castle logic, brain builder junior and the puzzle could be used for any of my classes.

These items are good K-5. The bag in the bottom right is playfoam and lemme tell ya. They love it. If you haven't tried it before, it's like a cross between model magic and rice krispie treats. You can pull it apart and put it back together. I've had this bag over a year and used it 3x per year with 30 classes per week. Still works.

Original post on games here and here. Older posts about earning Free Choice day here and here.