The Water group children have been designing a dream community together, the Water Community. Last week, they started to design a map and locate an area on the map for their houses. To learn how houses are built we read the book The House That Max Built by Maxwell Newhouse. The children found that it takes many different community workers to work together to build a house from the ground up. The children eagerly asked to build a house together. And of course they did! I asked the children to pick a job they liked from the book and here were their choices:
Allye - plumber
Alfie - framing crew
Angela - roofer
Lucas - roofer
Molly - framing crew
They were able to focus on their jobs and organize their tasks. When a difference of idea arose, they were able to communicate with each other and resolve with a group decision. In the end, they were all so proud of their structure and displayed it for others to see.
wow I am so impressed they were able to arrive at a group decision together, what a useful skill! This is another really interesting and great unit of inquiry and is prompting lots of interesting conversations at home. Thanks so much Mary!
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