Centering the Classroom is a comprehensive, step-by-step practical workbook designed to teach and inspire K-8 teachers to develop engaging and effective learning centers. It offers teachers a wide array of options and examples for structuring learning centers to fit their own teaching approach as well as their students' specific learning styles and needs. Included are collections of activities that demonstrate how learning centers can be used to differentiate instruction in mixed-ability classrooms for different subject areas and grade levels. Written and reviewed by expert teachers in the field, the workbook translates theory into practice and provides methods that are classroom-tested and research-based. Spiral bound.