On Wednesday October 22nd the Lab School Kindergarten class participated in Family Build Night, hosted by student teachers, Allyson King and Brenna Schadegg. The student teachers planned the event as part of their two-week unit on “Building.”
Their unit focused on the following Delaware content standards:
Science:
Standard 2: 1. The properties of materials influence their use. Some materials are more suitable for making a particular product or device.
Math:
Standard 3: Recognizes geometric shapes and structures in the environment
Standard 3: Find items that are longer than or shorter than a given measure
Social Studies:
Geography standard 1 K-3: Students will understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geo-graphics.
Civics standard 4 K-3: Students will acquire the skills necessary for participating in a group, including defining an objective, dividing responsibilities, and working cooperatively.
Language Arts:
Standard 2.1: Learn new vocabulary through stories and instruction
Family Build Night was a community night where families were encouraged to come enjoy company and spend time with their child while reconstructing the University of Delaware Green out of recycled materials.
Families and children worked together to choose a building to create, materials to use and a plan to follow. The children used various recycled products including boxes- big and small, tubes and cylinders- tall and wide, and used markers and crayons to draw on the floor which was covered in white roll paper.
Children and families created unique buildings that mirrored many of the real building structures such as columns, arches, pointed roofs, and brick siding. The children used their imaginations and comparison skills to achieve this success. The cardboard infused green became a masterpiece of recycled materials.
