Working Together

I like when an idea I have and an interest a child has comes together.

That's what happened on Monday.

I wanted to make a little easel to put in our sensory tub.

At the same this little guy arrived at school with his measuring tape.

He was ready to measure.

As he went to play I continued to look around my storage room

for something that would work.

I found a large piece of flex board in the perfect colour.

I asked the little guy if he wanted to help me.

We measured and marked the board then cut it together.

But when we put it in the tub it was too big

(I had measured it myself the first time)

But that was okay, it meant that we had to remeasure,

mark and cut again.

 It felt so good doing this activity with someone who was so interested.

Stay tuned to tomorrow to see what we did with it.

Deciding What to Build

We had planned a city bus trip a couple of weeks ago but with

all the snow we received the trip had to be cancelled.

Since that time I had started thinking about introducing fire fighters

to our program.

But I wasn't sure if the children wanted to move on from the bus idea.

To see where their interest lays I did a survey.

The children had to pick between building a bus or a fire truck.

A couple of pages later the tally favoured a fire truck.

This morning we dug out a big box and started to transform it.

This is a really wide box so we will be able to have two drivers.

I know this doesn't represent a real fire truck 

but it's important to meet the needs of the children

and driving a truck is a high interest.

We pulled out some equipment to begin the play.

Next week we will decide what colour to paint the truck.

We will also visit a real fire station and learn more

about a fire truck.