This week we begin our new Unit, Transportation Station. Children begin to understand their world when they walk down a road or path. They may recognize an area by seeing a special tree, traffic signs, stores, parks or familiar homes. By exploring landmarks and finding them on a map, children increate that awareness of symbols. Visual-spacial skills help children process and understand where objects are in space in relation to their own body. To deepen spatial awareness as you explore roads, signs, maps, and bridges this week, we will use directional-vocabulary such as on top of, next to, around and under.
A road or street is a path that people or vehicles follow. Roads are usually made of dirt, gravel, concrete or brick. We need to look both ways before we cross a street. Roads make it easier for us to travel from place to place. Some are curved, while others are straight for miles. During this Invitation to Create, the children made choices and decided what they wanted to tear, roll, cut and glue. They explored how to create roads using their own ideas and creativity. They used a foam brush to paint a path and added details to create a road. Through this process, the children learn that there are multiple ways to create art and that there are no right or wrong ways.
We took a walk around the neighborhood to find street signs, addresses, mailboxes, cars. Of course they were more interested in all the Halloween decorations! Which is completely fine, we still had conversations about everything we found. When we came back we made a community map using a cardboard box and paint sticks. We used our names as street signs.
We used cars and paint to make tire tracks.
A road or street is a path that people or vehicles follow. Roads are usually made of dirt, gravel, concrete or brick. We need to look both ways before we cross a street. Roads make it easier for us to travel from place to place. Some are curved, while others are straight for miles. During this Invitation to Create, the children made choices and decided what they wanted to tear, roll, cut and glue. They explored how to create roads using their own ideas and creativity. They used a foam brush to paint a path and added details to create a road. Through this process, the children learn that there are multiple ways to create art and that there are no right or wrong ways.
We took a walk around the neighborhood to find street signs, addresses, mailboxes, cars. Of course they were more interested in all the Halloween decorations! Which is completely fine, we still had conversations about everything we found. When we came back we made a community map using a cardboard box and paint sticks. We used our names as street signs.
We used cars and paint to make tire tracks.
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