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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.
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.
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.
Make Adobe Bricks
Have children follow directions on how to make an adobe brick.