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Early Finishers--Buckets and Books

by Shelia
(Springfield, TN USA)

I have numbered buckets & numbered book bins.

Each child has a number and they have their own bucket and bin. In the bucket are several different things: pattern blocks with cards, matching game, file folder game, learning center, and coloring papers. Most of my books are divided into the bins, so that there are a variety of different books.

On Fridays we exchange the items in both the buckets and bins (number 1 goes to 2, and so forth). That way they will get different items each week.

My buckets are on little shelves, and the book bins are like magazine holder and are on a bookshelf. Everything is easy to get to, and it keeps everything nice and neat.