Buildings/ El edificio

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This week we learned about maps and 3D model. We learned that a map is a drawing that shows where things are located, like cities, roads, and rivers, and helps them understand and find their way around different places. At art table, the children worked on a map of our school neighborhood and then their neighborhood and then they worked on the 3D model by painting a house and creating details. It was a project over time to help the children to persist and attend to task/project. At sensory table, the children played with measuring cups, water and pipes.  At blocks, we added boxes, and the children combined blocks and boxes to create amazing structures. At manipulative table, the children copied and created their own structure using colored blocks and wood sticks, used pattern blocks to make tool patterns, count 1:1 correspondence and create patterns with Unifix cubes. At science table, the children used wood and foam blocks to make a string and a bigger house for The Three Little Pigs. At literacy, the children continued writing letters, matching letters and playing with sounds. At writing table, the children practiced writing uppercase letters. It was a busy week but full of fun! Thanks to the parents for donating boxes. Next week, the children will work on our final project. 

Esta semana aprendimos sobre mapas y modelos 3D. Aprendimos que un mapa es un dibujo que muestra la ubicación de las cosas, como ciudades, carreteras y ríos, y les ayuda a comprender y orientarse en diferentes lugares. En la mesa de arte, los niños trabajaron en un mapa del barrio de nuestra escuela y luego en el suyo, y luego trabajaron en el modelo 3D pintando una casa y creando detalles. Fue un proyecto que se extendió a lo largo del tiempo para ayudar a los niños a perseverar y concentrarse en la tarea/proyecto. En la mesa sensorial, los niños jugaron con tazas medidoras, agua y tuberías. En la mesa de bloques, añadimos cajas, y los niños combinaron bloques y cajas para crear estructuras increíbles. En la mesa de manipulación, los niños copiaron y crearon su propia estructura usando bloques de colores y palitos de madera, usaron bloques de patrones para crear patrones de herramientas, contar correspondencias 1:1 y crear patrones con cubos Unifix. En la mesa de ciencias, los niños usaron bloques de madera y espuma para hacer una cuerda y una casa más grande para Los Tres Cerditos. En lectoescritura, los niños continuaron escribiendo letras, uniendo letras y jugando con sonidos. En la mesa de escritura, los niños practicaron la escritura en mayúsculas. ¡Fue una semana ajetreada, pero llena de diversión! Gracias a los padres por donar las cajas. La semana que viene, los niños trabajarán en nuestro proyecto final.



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