Construction

We will explore various

aspects of construction
through building with blocks,
building roads, and with
dramatic play
Postal Service
We will explore how the
Postal Service works. We will
create our own postal service
and then visit the post office
on campus.

30. shows basic

understanding about people
and how they live

11a. attends and engages

How can we be safe at the

construction site?
How many building blocks
do you have?
How many will you need?
Where does the road
lead?
Who would you like to
write a letter to?
What do we do to write a
letter?
What would you like the
letter to say?

Construction site, safety,

Trucks, blocks, wooden road
construction vehicle, nuts and pieces, tools, hard hats,
bolts
safety goggles, tool bench,
nuts and bolts

Mailman, mailbox, envelope,

letter, stamps

Books about the post office,

paper, crayons, envelopes,
stamps, mailbox

What can we do to help

your doll feel better?
What does a stethoscope
do?
How can we help Josie
feel better?

Doctors clinic, thermometer,

stethoscope, healthy, sick,
veterinarian

Gloves, doctor tools, BandAids, dolls, animals

Toddler Room plan

Doctors
We will explore what
happens at a doctors clinic
and what it is like to be a
doctor.

Toddler Room plan

12. remembers and connects

experiences

Firefighters
Explore the work of
firefighters. We will research
what firefighters do and how
they do it, including the
training and equipment used
to keep everyone safe.
Construction
We will do construction with
popsicle sticks.
Doctors
Doctors, nurses, and vets
work to keep people safe and
healthy. They use science and
training to diagnose and treat
sickness and injury.
Doctors
We will discover the health of
our bodies and explore
doctors.
Scientists
Scientists ask questions and
then plan, research, and
experiment to find answers.
Well ask our own questions
and find answers.

Research firefighters in
books and online
Build firetruck with a
cardboard box, paints, and
scissors
Practice fire safety with (exit
signs, crawl under smoke,
stop, drop, and roll)
Firefighter visitor, Fri 11/4
Construct ladders and
ramps to connect two levels
Build bridges to support cars
and animals

Loose parts: doctor tools

+ Band-aids, Kleenex,
bandages, charts
Glitter hand-washing
Explore themes of caring
and sympathy

28. uses tools and other

technology to perform tasks

21a. understands spatial

relationships
7a. uses fingers and hands

Discussion: What do you

wonder about?
Use childrens questions
to design research and
experiments

14b. engages in
sociodramatic play

11. attends and engages

29. demonstrates knowledge
about self

24. uses scientific inquiry

skills

How do we stay safe in a

fire?
How do firefighters stay
safe in a fire?
What equipment do
firefighters use to keep
people safe?

Fire chief
Fire house
Fire engine
Ladder
Hose
Emergency
exit

Cardboard box, paint, books,

chairs, table, dispatch
microphones + headset,
steering wheel/controls
fire books

How could you connect

these to build a ladder?
Can your structure hold
this up?
What routines do we do
at school to keep us
healthy?
How can we take care of
each when someone is
sick or hurt?
What can we do to help
our friend feel better?
Can you hear your friends
heartbeat?
What do you want to
know?
How can we find out?
What can we change to
make a difference?

Connect
Weigh
Structure
support
Diagnose
Veterinarian
Health
Injury
training

Health,
stethoscope
thermometer
veterinarian
Research
Experiment
Plan
Curious

Popsicle sticks, play dough,

string, glue, scissors,
construction trucks, play
dough tools, tools, animals
Band-aids, Kleenex,
bandages, slings, clipboards +
paper and pencils, doctor
tools
Glitter, soap
Doctor books
Butcher paper, markers,
Band-Aids, tape, popsicle
sticks
Encyclopedias, iPad
Droppers, syringes, test tubes
Clipboards + paper and
crayons


Firefighters
Explore the work of firefighters.

We will research what firefighters

do and how they do it, including

the training and equipment used

to keep everyone safe.

Engineers

Engineers plan and build

buildings, roads, cities, and

almost anything else. Well
practice planning, building, and
caring for a city.

Doctors
Doctors, nurses, and vets work to
keep people safe and healthy.

They use science and training to

diagnose and treat sickness and
injury.

Family Fall Feast

Preparing for the Family Fall

Feast (Wednesday 11/23), we will

learn about gratitude and

thankfulness.
Center closed 11/24-25.

Research firefighters in books and

online
Build firetruck with a cardboard
box, paints, and scissors
Practice fire safety with Senior
Preschool
Firefighter visitor, Fri 11/4
update construction journals
Plan, sketch, and build a
playdough/popsicle stick city

Scientists
Scientists ask questions and then
plan, research, and experiment to
find answers. Well ask our own
questions and find answers.

Discussion: What do you wonder

about?
Use childrens questions to design
research and experiments

Loose parts: doctor tools + Bandaids, Kleenex, bandages, charts

Glitter hand-washing
Explore themes of caring and
sympathy
Create wreaths to decorate Fall
Feast
Make crayon rubbings with ears
of corn
Learn about gratitude and why it
is important to express thanks.

28. uses tools and

other technology
to perform tasks

21a. understands
spatial
relationships

14b. engages in
sociodramatic
play

17a. uses print

concepts
3b. solves social
problems

24. uses scientific

inquiry skills

What are you building?

What equipment should we use to

make that happen?

How did sketching and planning

change your plan?

What is an emergency?
What should we do during a fire?
Where are the emergency exits in
this room?
What equipment does a
firefighter use?

Fire chief
Fire house
Fire engine
Ladder
Hose
Emergency
exit
Structure
Engineer
Construct
Equipment
Plan

Paper, crayons, clipboards

Play-dough, craft sticks,
small cars, Lincoln logs,
Lego people, drop cloth

Band-aids, Kleenex,
bandages, slings,
clipboards + paper and
pencils, doctor tools
Glitter, soap
Doctor books
Tissue paper, paper
plates, school glue, tape,
silk leaves
corn on the cob, paper,
crayons, rubber bands
paper, crayons,
clipboards, book
Encyclopedias, iPad
Droppers, syringes, test
tubes
Clipboards + paper and
crayons

What routines do we do at school

to keep us healthy?
How can we take care of each
when someone is sick or hurt?

Diagnose
Veterinarian
Health
Injury
training

What does gratitude mean?

How can we show each other that
we are grateful?
What are we grateful for?

Gratitude
Thankful
Express
Wreath
Rubbings

Research
Experiment
Plan
Curious

What do you want to know?

How can we find out?
What can we change to make a
difference?

Cardboard box, paint,

books, chairs, table,
dispatch microphones +
headset, steering
wheel/controls
fire books

Construction zone
Use figures and buildings to
construct a city. What tools
do you use? Where do the
people work?

Classification
Move magnets into
categories

Equipment
Use occupational equipment
to create art

Predict
Use pictures on the puzzle

pieces as clues to the puzzle.

What will be behind this

locked window?
People at work
Show people at work, using
equipment and training to
care for people and keep
them safe.

Parking garage + ramps

Small cars, community buildings,
community figures, household
animals
Unit blocks, natural blocks
Caution tape
Magnet board + magnets or
pictures
Categories: animals +
environment, leaves + trees,
occupation + equipment
canvas, water colors, droppers
Squeeze paint, toothbrushes,
drop cloth
Medical collage materials (Bandaids, tape, glue, cardboard)
Basic shape puzzles, occupation
puzzles, lock board
Jumbo stackers, peg board
Counting collections: cookies,
color people
Occupations from A to Z
Books about
firefighters/doctors/construction
vehicles

11c. solves
problems

Doctors clinic,
firehouse, post office,
construction site,
grocery store,
veterinary office

13. uses
classification
skills

Classify, category,
evergreen,
environment,
occupation

Equipment, droppers,
11e. shows
bandage, attach,
flexibility and
occupation
inventiveness in
thinking

11b. persists
CGI: part/whole
relationships
17.
demonstrates
knowledge of
print and its
uses

Proud, difficult,
rearrange, balance,
uneven, match

Occupation, service,
training

Scaffold
Suggest combining
structures into towns
Connect structures with
roads
Role-play with figures

Point out differences

among the magnets
Look for similarities
Define category

Observe watercolors
combining and mixing to
form new colors
Discuss other ways to
use droppers
Prompt children to use
clues from the puzzle
pictures in addition to
using the shape of the
puzzle piece

Completion
Recall
Open-ended
Wh-questions
Distancing

Where is this persons

workplace? (matching
community figures to
city buildings)
How can this postman
carry all his letter to the
houses?
Does this tree have
pines or leaves?
Which tools would this
chef use at work?
What does this dropper
do?
What happens when
these colors mix?
How can these two
pieces be connected?
How can this window be
opened?
What picture will this
puzzle make?
What is this person
doing?
Why does he do it?
How does it help
others?

Pizza parlor
Facilitate pretend play in a
restaurant, including roleplaying as a chef, waiter,
cashier
Crunchy box
Explore texture and sound

Use pizza set to serve and divide

pizza
Cook with food, set table with
dishes
Take orders and serve food
Uncooked spiral pasta
Hammers, shovels, scoops

14b. engages in
sociodramatic
play
9a. uses an
expanding
expressive
vocabulary

Order, chef, waiter,

prepare, customer,
nutrition

Crunchy, pound,
smash, equipment

Encourage children to
assume a role (chef,
waiter, customer, etc)
Use math concepts
(part/whole, counting)
Use large-motor skills to
crush pasta with tools
Use descriptive language
to underscore texture
and sound

Add cranberries and water to the sensory

tables. Discuss how cranberries are
harvested and explore how the berries
float, pop, and squish.
Explore pumpkins with loose parts. Set out
materials for the children to explore by
hammering, gluing, decorating, cracking,
etc.
Parachute games
hopscotch
pumpkin painting

26. demonstrates knowledge of the physical

properties of objects and materials

sandbox

Use equipment to build and dig in the sand.

bike station

Remind children to use bike safety rules in

the outside loop

7. demonstrates fine-motor strength and

coordination
1b. follows limits and expectations

sensory table

loose parts

games
art

11. demonstrates positive approaches to

learning

2c. interacts with peers

30. explores creative arts

What would you like to

eat today?
How can we prepare his
food?
Why did you order that?
What do you think will
happen?
Is this pasta ready to
eat?

Cranberries, tap water, scoops

pumpkins, golf tees, rock hammers, sticks,

glue, paper, markers
*MATERIALS MUST STAY AT ART TABLE
Parachute (stored in JR cupboard)
Sidewalk chalk
Pumpkins, paints, paintbrushes
Construction trucks, shovels, pails
Bicycles, helmets, scooters
Road signs, parking stalls