Playground!
The beautiful and sunny Monday was a perfect day to go to the playground! The 3A friends not only played in the playground, but they also got to run around and to explore nature in the grassy area of the Washington Market Park. As the weather gets warmer, we would like to go on outdoor adventures more often!
Mathematics: Question of the Day
One of our 3A math activities was to do a question of the day during circle time! This week's question of the day was: Do you want to go to the sun or the moon? To answer, the 3A friends first thought about which place they would prefer to go, then they placed a unifix cube on the column associated with where they wanted to visit. After everyone got a turn, we each counted the number of friends that wanted to go to the sun vs the moon by pointing to each cube. The final count was 6 and 4 respectively. At the end, Clare asked how can we figure out "how many friends would like to go to the sun and the moon"? Alexandra replied, "We have to count all of the cubes!" So we did! There were 10 friends that wanted to go to the sun and the moon! This activity enhanced one to one correspondence counting skills and introduced the idea of addition and simple math (6 + 4 = 10).
Creating our own rocket-ships!
We launched the new theme of our learning: Space! Our 3A friends were interested in blasting off into outer space in their plays. So we decided to make our own rocket-ships by using recycled items and loose parts. First the children selected two boxes and some loose parts that they want. Then they designed the rocket-ships in their own style. Once they put together their design, we used colored tape to put the pieces together. Next week, we are going to paint our rocket-ships!
