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Build High
Have children measure the towers they are building and discuss ways to build higher and stronger.
Explore Together (indoors): Measuring to Build
Measure the length of the Block Center using a child’s length.
Talk Together: Measuring Tools
Open a discussion about measuring tools and how you measure things to tell their size.
Small Group: “Kid Rulers”
Have children work in pairs to make “kid rulers.” Have them use their tools to measure big things.
Family Connection: Unit 6, Week 3, #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Greeting Song: “Who Are You?” #6
Sing the greeting song. Point a measuring tape at a child and instruct him or her to say his or her name. Repeat until every child is included.
Learn About Letters Together: Guess My Word (/t/)
Create riddles with words that start with the /t/ sound and relate to the week’s theme (tool words, construction words).
Explore Together (indoors): Build a House for a Toy
Have children make houses for toys. Focus them on the size of the house so the toys fit inside.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #1
Have children compare the tools in the book to the tools in Building a House.
Talk Together: Building to Fit
Discuss how things are built to size. Use toys as examples.
The House I Would Build…
Have children use the pictures they drew in the Art Center to write or dictate sentences about the house they would build.
Word Play: Matching Game
Have children match cards that have the same word on them.
Play Together: Match the Tool
Point to a tool in Tap Tap Bang Bang and call out a child’s name. Have that child find the tool that matches the picture and act out using the tool.
Talk Together: Building to Size and Purpose
Have children share a structure they built. Discuss their buildings’ different sizes and purposes.
Review the Week Together: Unit 6, Week 3
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. Review measuring tools, size, and bridges, “Xx,” /x/, /ks/, and x-ray.
Adding Houses
Measure the lengths of objects by counting the number of blocks along the objects.
Small Group: Tools for Building
Discuss tools for building. Have children use tools to make a key holder for a family member.
Explore Together (indoors): Free Building
Have children continue building towers. Encourage them to explore using the materials in new ways.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #1
Comment on the different tools used to construct the letters of the alphabet in the story.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #2
Reread the book and have children create their own alphabet charts with letters they cut from magazines.