| Children today are easily distracted when it comes to | | | | larger the carpet the more children you can seat. |
| learning and teaching children is tough. Teachers and | | | | Seating rugs are great for sharing at circle time or |
| childcare providers need all the help they can get | | | | reading at story time. A seating rug organizes children |
| when it comes to educating children. A classroom rug | | | | which translates into a calmer and more peaceful |
| is a teaching aid that is invaluable in the classroom. | | | | classroom. Teachers and librarians will love seating |
| These bright and fun classroom carpets come in | | | | rugs! |
| many shapes, sizes, and themes. All geared to help the | | | | Shape and Color Rugs - Teach geometric shapes and |
| classroom teacher or daycare provider educate and | | | | color recognition. Elements of this theme of rugs is |
| inspire children. | | | | often found in some of the other classroom carpet |
| Who uses Classroom Rugs? | | | | themes, but if you need to teach color and what a |
| Many classroom rugs on the market today have been | | | | square, circle, triangle, oval, etc. look like then pick one |
| designed with the preschool or elementary school | | | | of these kids rugs. |
| teacher in mind. Also, faith based rugs have made a | | | | Faith Based Rugs - A faith based rug usually includes |
| big impact in private schools and churches. Educators | | | | elements of the above carpets, but also includes a |
| that teach preschool to elementary age children use | | | | religious teaching. If you teach in a Catholic school, |
| alphabet rugs and number rugs to teach the early | | | | Christian school, Jewish school, or church you will find a |
| learning basics. Plus, there are childrens rugs available | | | | large selection of religious rugs to choose. |
| to teach color and shape recognition. Librarians use | | | | Bilingual Rugs - Today teaching another language is |
| library rugs at circle time to organize children for | | | | critical as different cultures come together. A bilingual |
| maximum quietness and order. There are even map | | | | rug in Spanish-English or French-English are available to |
| rugs, Spanish rugs, and music rugs to teach kids social | | | | teach either ESL kids English or English speaking |
| studies, foreign languages, and music. Finally, we know | | | | children Spanish or French. Look for bilingual rugs that |
| kids are energetic and need play time to be healthy | | | | teach numbers, letters, colors, shapes, and word |
| and develop social skills and to meet this need there | | | | association. Some bilingual rugs teach several of these |
| are many play rugs available. | | | | on the same carpet. What a fun way to learn another |
| Classroom Carpets that Teach and Organize | | | | language & teach cultural diversity! |
| Above we discussed who uses classroom rugs and | | | | Map Rugs - A great teacher's aid for teaching |
| briefly touched on how they are used, but let's take a | | | | geography or social studies. Look for carpets that |
| closer look. Below is list of some of the common | | | | include all 50 U.S. States or a world map rug that |
| themes of classroom rugs currently available. | | | | includes all the continents and their names. With a map |
| Alphabet Rugs - Available with uppercase, lowercase, | | | | rug children will learn U.S and world geography in a |
| combination, and with images and letters. An alphabet | | | | snap! |
| rug will aid in letter recognition and phonics. Children's | | | | Play Rugs - When kids need to be inside look to a |
| rugs with letters and images aid in letter association | | | | play rug as a fun alternative to board games. |
| with a word --- for example, the letter "D" and a | | | | Hopscotch rugs are a fun activity that most kids will |
| picture of a dinosaur. Teachers can use an alphabet | | | | love. Road rugs that have city streets can be used for |
| carpet to teach preschool and elementary school | | | | playing with toy cars, etc. These carpets help kids |
| students the alphabet and spelling. Learning this way is | | | | learn fine motor skills, coordination, and balance. |
| fun, exciting, & interactive! | | | | As teachers look for new, exciting, and fun ways to |
| Number Rugs - With a number rug children will learn to | | | | grab the attention of children and inspire them to learn, |
| recognize numbers and learn to count. Some children's | | | | one alternative is to include classroom rugs as a |
| rugs come with both the alphabet and numbers. | | | | teaching aide. There are many shapes, sizes, colors, |
| Seating Rugs - Seating classroom carpets usually | | | | and themes available today that preschool and |
| come with colored squares or circles arranged in a | | | | elementary teachers, daycare centers, and churches |
| grid or pattern and are designed to seat a certain | | | | can find that will fit their needs. Adding one of these |
| number of children. Depending classroom size you can | | | | children's rugs will also brightened up a dull classroom! |
| seat up to 20 to 30 kids on one classroom carpet. The | | | | |