PreK 3

Thank you for visiting! Our current unit is below, and a link to our calendar is available at the bottom of the page.

Building unit

January 6-10 Exploring the Topic

January 13-17 Investigation 3: Building Materials

January 20-24 Investigation 4: Our Building

January 27-31 Investigation 2: Builders and their Tools

February 3-7 Investigation 1: Our Neighborhood

February 10-14 Investigation 5: What Happens Inside

February 17-21 Celebration of Learning

Outdoor Experiences

• Building with large foam blocks

• ITC P21 Hopping

• ITC P12 Exploring Pathways

• Observing shadows

• ITC P11 Jump the River

• Observing building shadows at different times of the day

• ITC P22 Follow the Leader

• ITC P17 Balance on a Beam

• ITC P14 Moving Through the Forest

HomeFun

• Pictures of your favorite buildings

• Bring in boxes for constructing

Field Excursions/Guest Speakers

• Building structural feature walk

• Fire Station, February 5, 2014

• Police Station, January 29, 2014

• The Building Museum, January 22, 2014

• Neighborhood Walk to observe different buildings

• Guest Speaker: Mr. Kuhn – Architect

• Neighborhood walk to observe building materials and identify problems

• Investigate an interesting feature of the building

• Guest Speaker: Mr. Williams or Mr. Lucas