- blocks
- white construction paper “sails” glued to straws
- boat
- oar
- river
- row
- stroke
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.5: Create representations of experiences or stories (e.g., drawings, constructions with blocks or other materials, clay models) and explain them to others.
Head Start Outcomes:
Logic and Reasoning/Symbolic Representation: Represents people, places, or things through drawings, movement, and three-dimensional objects.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 4: Engage in play experiences that involve naming and sorting common words into various classifications using general and specific language.
Science and Technology/Physical Sciences 20: Create representations of experiences or stories (e.g., drawings, constructions with blocks or other materials, clay models) and explain them to others.
Build a Boat
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Skill Focus: Imaginative Play, Fine Motor Skills, Vocabulary
Invite children to create boats from blocks. Ask them to make the different types of boats they have been reading about: speedboats, sailboats, riverboats, etc. Encourage children to construct “water” for the boat as well by making rivers, oceans, and waves. Help children attach or prop up the pre-made sails on their boats.