1. Unit Blocks Revised 3-13-14

3. 243 - Block Play Promotes Development Negotiate, exchange & respect ideas... Strength, hand-eye coordination... Logical thinking... Vocabulary, writing...

4. 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

5. Make a PersonFill a Letter

6. Balancing

7. Zoo, People, Signs, Parking Lot

8. Shorter Taller

9. Patterning

10. Jumping Over

11. A Family’s House

12. Photos for Inspiration

13. Homes in a Neighborhood

14. Picnic Bench in a Park

15. Playground in a Park

18. Tall Buildings

21. 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.”

22. Empire State Building & King Kong

23. Bridge Road Under Bridge Crossing Guard/Pedestrian Paved Road

24. Farm Barn, Animals, and FarmerSilo, Stable & Horses

25. 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.

26. Home to School Bus Going to School Passing a Car Wash & Gas Station

27. Arriving at Preschool Main EntranceParking & Handicapped

28. 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.

29. Castle

30. Train Station TunnelTrain Over Bridge

31. Chicago Skyline Skate Park

32. Bunk Beds with Ladder Ladder - Pillars with Craft Sticks

33. Bridge & Ramp

34. Bridge Over Water

35. City & Homes

36. Neighborhood, Intersection

37. Zoo

38. Assignment Build a Structure Take a Photo What Concepts will Children Learn? Include Content Vocabulary