carpet time
Seated group lesson
Carpet time is a period in elementary classrooms when young children gather on a carpet or rug for group activities—story time, lessons, or discussions.
The phrase evokes the informal, floor-seated learning typical of early education: The teacher called the kindergartners to carpet time for show and tell.
- circleCurved closed shape
- storytimeScheduled narrative session
- rugTextile floor covering
- sittingBeing in seated posture
- classroomEducational instruction space
kindergarten · criss-cross · listening · teacher · gathering · floor · preschool · read-aloud · wiggling · squirming · legs crossed · sharing · morning meeting · attention · fidgeting · wiggle room · sit still · cushion
- preschoolpreschool, nursery school, pre-K, pre-k, play-based
- playgroupfree play, storytime, toys, sharing, toddlers
- circle timeshow and tell, weather chart, singing, nursery rhymes, action songs
- classroom managementrules, routines, routine, procedures, procedure
- read-aloud methodsread-aloud, guided reading, buddy reading, lap reading, storytime
carpet timedesk work
Sedentary office labor
free play · recess · written work · silent reading · small group work
carpet timehands-on activities
Learning through direct manipulation
active learning · craft time · independent reading · seatwork · busy work
carpet, time, carpets, carpeted, carpeting, times, timed, timing, timer