Unit Blocks Revised
243 - Block Play Promotes Development Negotiate, exchange & respect ideas... Strength, hand-eye coordination... Logical thinking... Vocabulary, writing...
244 - Curriculum Objectives #4 - Stand up for rights #5 - Demonstrates self- direction #21 – Uses tools for writing and drawing “I don’t like it when you knock down my blocks.” Looks at a picture of a bridge and begins to construct one. Draws a picture of completed structure
Make a PersonFill a Letter
Balancing
Zoo, People, Signs, Parking Lot
Shorter Taller
Patterning
Jumping Over
A Family’s House
Photos for Inspiration
Homes in a Neighborhood
Picnic Bench in a Park
Playground in a Park
Tall Buildings
Use of Content Vocabulary “If a child is given a picture... he/she can use abstract thinking to interpret what to construct.” “The children practice visual discrimination of structure when manipulating the unit blocks.”
Empire State Building & King Kong
Bridge Road Under Bridge Crossing Guard/Pedestrian Paved Road
Farm Barn, Animals, and FarmerSilo, Stable & Horses
Concepts The children have to balance the quadruple unit blocks so that the quarter circles don’t fall off the silo. The children can stack two triangles on top of the basic unit blocks to make the top of the barn.
Home to School Bus Going to School Passing a Car Wash & Gas Station
Arriving at Preschool Main EntranceParking & Handicapped
Concepts Size Comparison – When certain blocks run out, the child can learn how to problem solve. Position Words – “The gas station is next to the car wash.” Shapes – The majority of the structure is made up of unit block rectangles. We can point out the house is the shape of a cube.
Castle
Train Station TunnelTrain Over Bridge
Chicago Skyline Skate Park
Bunk Beds with Ladder Ladder - Pillars with Craft Sticks
Bridge & Ramp
Bridge Over Water
City & Homes
Neighborhood, Intersection
Zoo
Assignment Build a Structure Take a Photo What Concepts will Children Learn? Include Content Vocabulary