Children engage with

woodworking table, art, Lincoln

Activities are interesting throughout the room as evidenced by children's
logs manips, dramatic play,
participation throughout the day in multiple areas of the room.
sensory table, books, a little
2 2 with math tangrams
Woodworking, art, dramatic
Some activities provided sustained interests.
2 2 play, sensory, manips
Some activities provided sustained social interaction. Dramatic play
2 2

* Creative Art: Activity Description: There will be different Construction Paper (WR)
Building Structures supplies for the children to use to build a Popsicle Sticks (RR1, Art
(4) structure with. The children will have to build a Supplies, 17)
base so they can build their structure and make Straws (RR1, Art Supplies, 14)
it stay up. 3 different colors of tape
(RR1, Art Supplies, 10)
Child Objective: The children will develop fine 4 Pairs of scissors
motor skills as they cut straws, paper, and tape to
build their own structures. (IELG D2:G18:CI4-
Open and close scissors with one hand). Children
will use creative expression as they make a piece
of artwork using the materials given. (IELG
D4:G47:CI5- Uses art materials such as paint,
markers, clay, glue, scissors, and paper for
process and artistic expression.

Intentional Teaching: Teachers will encourage

the children to use the scissors the correct way.
The teachers will also remind the students to build
their base so that the structure stays up.
Language/Literacy Activity Description: The easel will have contact Contact Paper (WR)
Activity: Sticky paper on it and there will be foam letters for the Foam
Alphabet (3) children to stick on the paper. The children can Alphabet (RR1, Manipulatives,
name the letter as they stick it on, or try to 48)
identify letters in their name.

Child Objective: The children will develop literacy

skills as they identify letters in their name, or any
other letters they know, as they stick them on the
paper.
 Intentional Teaching: The teachers will help the
children identify the letters in their name and
practice saying the letters with them. Teachers
can also ask the children what sound the letters
make and help them say the sound.
*Manipulatives: Activity Description: Lincoln logs will be set out on Lincoln Logs (RR2, Blocks, 173)
Lincoln Logs (3) the floor by the loft. Some of the logs will be put
together to model what the children can build
with them, and the rest will just be there for the
children to use and build their own structures
with.

Child Objective: The children will develop fine

motor skills to pick up and place the logs in a
way that creates a stable base.

Intentional Teaching: The teachers can model

how to make the structure have a stable base,
as well as ask questions about where to place
the logs to keep them stable.
Math: Tangrams (4) Activity Description: The tangrams will be placed Plastic Tangrams (RR2, Math,
on the table in a basket for the children to use. 146)
The children can make shapes and patterns with
the tangrams.

Child Objective: The children will develop math

skills by ordering and sorting as they make
patterns and shapes with the tangrams.

Intentional Teaching: The teachers will help the

children identify the names of the shapes and
colors that they are using and model how to
make a pattern.
@ *Science: Wood Activity Description: There will be a teacher Tape (Classroom)
Works (1) assigned to stay at this center, or the teachers All other materials are in the
can change out, as long as an adult is always cabinet in the classroom.
present. The children will take turns, one at a
time, working in the taped area. The child can
practice hammering, sawing, and using a screw
driver on the wood while the teacher supervises.

Child Objective: The children will follow safety

rules and see that if they hammer or saw, it will
cause something else to happen. (IELG
D2:G26:CI3- Follows basic safety rules with
assistance).
 Intentional Teaching: A teacher will always be
present at this station to make sure that the
children are being safe and using the equipment
to stay safe at this center. The teacher can
explain what the different tools are and how we
use them.
Sensory Table: Activity Description: The sensory table will be Construction vehicles (RR2,
Construction Trucks filled with little pebbles and rocks and there will Blocks, 178)
(4) be tractors, dump trucks, and other construction Pebbles/Rocks (RR2,
vehicles in the table for the children to scoop Sensory,137)
and dump the pebbles with. The names of the Name Cards (Closet)
children will also be buried in the sensory table
and the children can move the pebbles around
to find their name.

Child Objective: The children will use their senses

of touch and sight to explore the texture and
appearance of pebbles and rocks as they look
for their names in the sensory table.

Intentional Teaching: The teachers will

encourage the children to find their name, or
work with the children to help them identify
letters in their name.
*Blocks: Ramps Activity Description: There will be ramps that the Ramps (RR1, Science, 84)
and Towers (5) children can build bases for and they can
practice building towers with bases using the
blocks in the classroom.

Child Objective: The children will develop

problem solving as they work on building a big
enough base to support the structure or ramp
they are building.

Intentional Teaching: The teachers will remind the

children that if they build their base, the structure
will be more secure and stay up better. Teachers
can also ask the children what kinds of structures
they are building.
*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: This center will be set up like Vests and cones (RR2,
Construction Zone a construction zone. The children can use the Dramatic Play, 224)
(5) safety equipment and tools to pretend to build a Hard Hats (RR2, Dramatic
road or other structure. The large waffle blocks Play, 225)
will be there for the children to build with as well. Plastic Tools (RR2, Dramatic
There will be letters taped on the blocks for the Play, 224)
children to identify and they can count how 4 Goggles (RR1, Science, 90)
many blocks they used in their structure while Large Waffle Blocks (GG)
they build it. The children can count how many Letters to tape on Waffle
blocks they have of each color for math. Blocks (IWP)
Caution Tape (IWP)
Child Objective: Children will role play and use
their knowledge of construction workers to
create situations and stories as they play
alongside or with other children.

Intentional Teaching: The teachers will engage

the children in conversation and scenarios where
they can talk about what they are building and
what different projects construction workers do.
Teachers can encourage the children to work
with each other and share the materials at this
center. The teachers can also talk about the
safety equipment that construction workers use.