Transportation/ El transporte

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We continued our study on land transportation. We learned the importance of the road and the lines help the driver to follow the rules. Also we learned about traffic signs and how they are important to drivers and pedestrians to help keep everybody safe.  At block center, the children continue building roads and added cars to their structures. At art center, the children painted with cars, used scissors to cut out a template of a car, used stamps to make a train, follow directions to make a fire truck and played with playdough. At sensory the children played with sand, cars and blocks. It was fun to see how they use them. At dramatic center, the children continue pretending to be a variety of roles such as: mechanic, customer, secretary. They filled out a report, answer the phone and gave the bill to the customer. At manipulative, the children continued working on recognizing and coping a variety of patterns, count 1:1 correspondence car, played with pattern shapes to create car patterns and played with puzzles. At literacy, the children are working on recognizing letters, sounds and alliterations.  At writing table, the children matched uppercase and lowercase letters by using letter stickers. At science, the children learned about ramps. They learned that ramps are inclined surfaces that allow objects to move from higher to lower levels due to the force of gravity. We discussed how a slide is a ramp and how we find ramps around our city to help people in wheelchairs. The children used ramps to experiment with a variety of objects to see if they roll and didn’t roll. Also, we used ramps and cars. The children measure the distance that the car traveled and recorded their findings by counting 1:1 correspondence. It was a week full of learning! 

 

Continuamos nuestro estudio sobre el transporte terrestre. Aprendimos la importancia de la carretera y las líneas que ayudan al conductor a seguir las reglas. También aprendimos sobre las señales de tránsito y cómo son importantes para los conductores y peatones para ayudar a mantener a todos seguros. En el centro de bloques, los niños continúan construyendo carreteras y agregaron autos a sus estructuras. En el centro de arte, los niños pintaron con autos, usaron tijeras para cortar una plantilla de un auto, usaron sellos para hacer un tren, siguieron instrucciones para hacer un camión de bomberos y jugaron con plastilina. En el centro sensorial, los niños jugaron con arena, autos y bloques. Fue divertido ver cómo los usan. En el centro dramático, los niños continúan fingiendo ser una variedad de roles como: mecánico, cliente, secretario. Completaron un informe, respondieron el teléfono y le dieron la factura al cliente. En manipulación, los niños continuaron trabajando en reconocer y hacer frente a una variedad de patrones, contar 1:1 coche de correspondencia, jugaron con formas de patrones para crear patrones de autos y jugaron con rompecabezas. En alfabetización, los niños están trabajando en reconocer letras, sonidos y aliteraciones. En la mesa de escritura, los niños unieron letras mayúsculas y minúsculas usando pegatinas con letras. En la clase de ciencias, los niños aprendieron sobre rampas. Aprendieron que las rampas son superficies inclinadas que permiten que los objetos se muevan de niveles más altos a niveles más bajos debido a la fuerza de la gravedad. Hablamos sobre cómo un tobogán es una rampa y cómo encontramos rampas en nuestra ciudad para ayudar a las personas en sillas de ruedas. Los niños usaron rampas para experimentar con una variedad de objetos para ver si rodaban y si no rodaban. Además, usamos rampas y autos. Los niños midieron la distancia que recorrió el auto y registraron sus hallazgos contando la correspondencia 1:1. ¡Fue una semana llena de aprendizaje!




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