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Draw and Write Together: More of “Our Three Little Pigs”

Have children finish writing and illustrating their version of The Three Little Pigs. Help children put the pictures in the correct sequence and bind the pages into a booklet.

Draw and Write Together: “Our Three Little Pigs” #1

Have children draw, dictate, or write their own version of The Three Little Pigs.

Draw and Write Together: “Our Three Little Pigs” #2

Have children continue to work on their variation of The Three Little Pigs. Have children dictate or write words to go along their drawings and dictations.

Draw and Write Together: Retell The Three Little Javelinas

Have children use puppets to retell the story.

Draw and Write Together: Tool Riddles

Have children work together to make tool riddles. Have them describe a tool and use their description to create a riddle.

Draw and Write Together: Write a Rhyme

Have children dictate or write a rhyme about houses and draw pictures to illustrate their rhyme.    

"Dub Cubs" #2 (BTL game)

Invite children to play the interactive rhyming game, Between the Lions “Dub Cubs.”

Explore Together (indoors): Build a Bridge

Have children work in pairs to build their bridges.  

Explore Together (indoors): Build a Cup Tower

Children continue to build towers using different materials. Test each tower’s stability.

Explore Together (indoors): Build-a-House

Provide the different materials children have used while exploring buildings this week. Allow free exploration and have children use the materials to build a house.

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.

Explore Together (indoors): Build a Representation

Have children build a representation of the building they saw.

Explore Together (indoors): Build a Tower

Have children build towers out of blocks. Have them draw a picture to record their tower.

Explore Together (indoors): Build with Different Materials

Challenge children to recreate their houses, bridges, and 3-D representations using different materials.

Explore Together (indoors): Building More Towers

Have children continue to explore using different materials to build towers.

Explore Together (indoors): Free Building

Have children continue building towers. Encourage them to explore using the materials in new ways.

Explore Together (indoors): Measuring to Build

Measure the length of the Block Center using a child’s length.

Explore Together (indoors): The Huff and Puff Test

Build straw, stick, and brick houses and try to blow them over. Encourage children to document their observations by drawing, writing, or dictating to you.

Explore Together (indoors): Using Building Materials

Allow children to freely explore the building materials. Invite them to make different structures they have learned about.  

Explore Together (indoors): Walls and Roofs

Have children work in small groups to freely explore materials as they build different parts of a house.

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