Builders Make a Plan

After exploring with various materials to build a house and learning the parts of a house, we have also learned that a builder makes a plan.

First, we discussed how builders use shapes to draw their houses and looked at the shapes we could see in real houses. Next, we used a checklist to plan and draw a house. Last, we tried our best to label our picture by listening to the sounds we could hear in the words we were trying to write.

After practicing naming and drawing using shapes, we had a second chance to practice talking about and using shapes for a fun art activity. When we were done building our houses, we enjoyed using sharpies to add the details and write some words. 

 
 


 

At home, you can practice this early literacy skill by first having your child draw a picture using shapes and then encourage them to add the sounds they hear or the letters they think makes sense. In kindergarten, we like to draw about the things that are important to us- like going to the park or grocery store with our family, playing in the snow or eating our favourite snack.