This term the children have really continued with their interest in building. We have noticed that certain concepts are more interesting than others to the children, but the children are all excited about building in general.
Ms. Sharesse has been working with the children on shapes related to building. She noticed the children are interested in different shapes in structures, so she specifically worked with them to point out how structures have shapes in them. She would like to further explore this idea. She also noticed that the children were using words like "tall" and "short" as they built, but wants to see if they are truly able to represent these ideas as they create their own structures.
Ms. Kat has been working with the children on Mondays and Fridays. She has also noticed a large interest in building. Ms. Kat brought in a ramp for the children to create on. She wanted to see if the idea of building on a inclined surface impacts how they create their structures. She took it a step further the other day by adding carpet squares to the incline. The rough surface wasn't something the children were used to building on in addition to the incline, so she noticed that it may have changed their strategies.
As the weeks progress, it will be interesting to see how the children change up the strategies they use as they work on different concepts. We are also curious to see if the ideas that they work on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Ms. Sharesse transfer to the ideas that Ms. Kat is working on with them Mondays and Fridays.
