Wednesday, March 21, 2012

We are hard at work!

Well, I was inspired and the classroom has turned into a construction zone.  The learning opportunities are immense.  We have a pendulum (wrecking ball), sand paper and wood, various tools, graph paper, simple and complex math games, building blocks of various types.  Check out our photos. 

One of our language charts.  We are learning new vocabulary words such as hammer, wrench, saw, screwdriver etc...  If you don't know the "Bumping up and down in my little red wagon" song you can google it.  It's one of our favorites. 

Part of our block center.

Dramatic play!

This is one of our main books this theme.  It's a wordless book and promotes great conversation and thinking.


Our long path math game.

Another language chart.  We use rhythm sticks as hammers as we chant the words.


Our sensory table has wood shavings.

At our light table we are using translucent color tinted blocks.


Using sandpaper to smooth out a piece of wood.  We will paint and decorate our wood pieces.


Using the Tap-it to reinforce and expand our learning. 


The dramatic play has been very popular!

Hard at work with the wrecking ball.



The wrecking ball pendulum!


We have graph paper and students are encouraged to be "architects."


Drawing a building.



 

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