Construct & Create

Summer Enrichment Week 4: Construct & Create!

SMART START's indoor and outdoor classrooms transformed into a hands-on worksite. Our young learners were motivated and inspired to embrace and develop their interests to design, collaborate and invent.

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👷Eager engineers put on their hard hats and got to work constructing and creating. Pre-Kindergartners challenged fine motor skills and cognitive abilities inventing with K'NEX & Legos while preschoolers enhanced hand to eye coordination stacking blocks. All were most impressed with the towers, robots, castles, cars, ships and more! K'NEX Set Linked Here

🚀 Collaboration and cooperation were put to the test as classmates assembled their very own spaceship. Cardboard boxes, tablecloths, markers, paper and measuring tapes were among the supplies used. Older peers acted as the "project managers" and fully accepted the leadership responsibility. All assisted one another with measuring, coloring and taping while also positively sharing and welcoming ideas. A perfect opportunity to reap the benefits of a multi-age learning environment. Once complete, the class piled aboard their ship and imagined their takeoff into space.... 3,2,1 BLASTOFF! Hard Hats Linked Here

🏡Budding builders practiced scissor skills and letter/sound identification through a cut and paste worksheet. Each child "built" their own unique house using "H" as the foundation. All envisioned what it would be like to live inside the homes they created. Afterwards, a pretend playhouse was built using jumbo building blocks. Melissa & Doug Jumbo Building Blocks Linked Here

💦A 90-degree day calls for water play! Friends free played with toys to construct with while cooling off and splashing around on the Slip N Slide Splash Pad. A great way to incorporate everyday summer fun into themed curriculum. Slip N Slide Linked Here

🍦To conclude this unit, students enjoyed a "Build Your Own Sundae" treat. Each received their own bowl of ice cream and an array of "building materials" such as bricks (fruit snacks), rocks (M&Ms), mud (hot fudge) & cement (whipped cream). Delicious! Caution Tape Linked Here

Thank you for reading all about Construct & Create week at SMART START!

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