A Collaborative Castle Building Experience
This week, and continuing next week, we have been working on turning our drama center into a medieval castle. The children were asked about what they would like to make the drama center into and a castle was the most popular choice. This experience has allowed us to tie so many areas of the curriculum together. For example, the children are learning to use their words to work together as they construct (1.6), they have to use specialized vocabulary about what they are building (1.7), and they have to demonstrate control of their small muscles while working (e.g. cutting and painting) (8.2).
We began by planning. The children created many drawings of their ideas about what they would like to see in the castle. This involves curriculum expectation such as communicating their idea non-verbally (12.1)
We then moved into the creation stage.
Children cut out and painted the walls of the castle. Children cut out the paper or cardboard walls and painted them (Program Expectation 8.2)
They worked together to construct thrones. (Expectation 1.6 and 1.7)
They also created props to play with in the drama center, allowing them to express their knowledge of what swords and crowns look like in a non-verbal manner and also to use their fine motor skills. (Expectation 8.2 and 12.1)
We're almost done!
Once we finish construction we will be bringing literacy into the center through storytelling (Expectation 21.2 and 10.6) as well as math through talking about the shapes we see in our construction (Expectation 17.1).
Ms. McConnell
We began by planning. The children created many drawings of their ideas about what they would like to see in the castle. This involves curriculum expectation such as communicating their idea non-verbally (12.1)
We then moved into the creation stage.
Children cut out and painted the walls of the castle. Children cut out the paper or cardboard walls and painted them (Program Expectation 8.2)
They worked together to construct thrones. (Expectation 1.6 and 1.7)
They also created props to play with in the drama center, allowing them to express their knowledge of what swords and crowns look like in a non-verbal manner and also to use their fine motor skills. (Expectation 8.2 and 12.1)
We're almost done!
Once we finish construction we will be bringing literacy into the center through storytelling (Expectation 21.2 and 10.6) as well as math through talking about the shapes we see in our construction (Expectation 17.1).
Ms. McConnell
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