In the first couple on days we accomplished coming to Morning Meeting, drawing about our favorite things, block building and the clean up procedure. My highlight of the week was Friday. On Friday we introduced BLOCKS!! Yay!
Interactive Modeling and Exploration of Block Play
The block area is one of the most popular places in an early childhood learning space. The children are able to build, crash, create, and imagine with full speed ahead. They make friends, buildings, countries, parks, beach front properties, ramps, highways, and the list goes on. These were aspects that proved to be true for my Adelphi Apples!
During our first days of school, I have discovered that my kinders are thoughtful and creative during this time. I observed children planning there structures or quietly building with the intent of discovering what the structure will become when they finish. Our class went through many changes while building there structures. I can attribute that to nature but also the readalouds, "Changes, Changes by Pat Hutchins" and "Building a House by Byron Barton. Kids referred to these two books while building as well. This made me happy that I chose to have a section of building books in the block space.
Check out our block space our amazing structures!
