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| Blueprint |
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| Planning the roads |
When I told the children of how Creative Minds joined the Southlands community, Leighton asked, "Well, who put the school there?" This sparked our discussion of how a community is built. Owen suggested, "Maybe someone put a school here because there wasn't one." To help the children get an idea of how a community is formed, the Water group started to build a community of their own called "Water Town".
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| Building the houses |
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| Decorating the houses |
First, we constructed our blue print on the smartboard. The children pretended they have just arrived in an empty town. They drew their houses and each one came up with something that they need to have. The children came up with swimming pools, doctor's office, train station, farms, a park, and Safeway. The children built and decorated their houses. Currently, the children are constructing the swimming pool and Aiden noticed that a skating rink is needed. He said it is very important to have one so Canucks can play there.
When I told the children of how Creative Minds joined the Southlands community, Leighton asked, "Well, who put the school there?" This sparked our discussion of how a community is built. Owen suggested, "Maybe someone put a school here because there wasn't one." To help the children get an idea of how a community is formed, the Water group started to build a community of their own called "Water Town".
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteIt's so interesting how the children are developing an understanding of place and artifacts associated with place and people. A school is an artifact that allows people with common sets of goals, to be together toward those ends. I know it seems like something young children might not understand but when you contrast this with other places of the world that children are "schooled" I think they will start to develop some very profound understanding about learning and community. What do you think? I think about the importance of "slow learning" when I think about helping children grasp these ideas (kind of like the slow food movement). Thanks for these very impressive and appropriate activities and are building on what they already know.
I love that blueprint on the smartboard! So interactive! Great note about the skating rink, definitely need that!
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