Preschool buildings theme

We began this lesson by reading the book "Iggy Peck, Architect" by author Andrea Beaty and discussing what exactly an architect is and does. Then we looked at a Powerpoint I put together showing a variety of interestingly designed structures. As we view the images, the students and I discuss the interesting shapes and architectural details they see on the structures. Then I have the students go back to their desks and give each of them a large brown paper bag (they write their name on the…

Our community theme is one of my favorites because there are so many fun things we can do. I could probably spend a month on this theme exploring lots of jobs, places and community helpers. Here were our plans for our community theme: And here are the details for each activity: Making Inferences: Madelynn loves

While the preschool days are filled with ABC's and 123's, it's important to teach your little learners critical thinking skills as well. What better way

When doing this activity, have the children think of basic shapes that are necessary in order to build a house

This construction themed math center will thrill your students! To create this construction counting activity, we used PVC pipe to create a wrecking ball, which goes perfectly with a construction theme! Your preschoolers will choose a printable tower card and create the tower as shown. Once the tower is built it’s time to smash it with the wrecking ball. A toddler’s dream! This Count & Wreck activity may just become a classroom favorite. Get the printable tower counting cards today!

Students make a house that displays thei rname with this new printable in our Name Crafts collection. Team it with a book about houses or homes for a rich literacy and creative experience. Available in our store, see our growing range of name crafts on the wbsite page.

Add these posters to your construction space to inspire the children in your care. This is a fun center where children can have fun while working on dexterity, fine motor skills, problem-solving, a variety of math and science skills, hand-eye-coordination

Hi there! I've compiled a list of 20 books about construction & buildings for preschool kids. When I taught preschool one of the most exciting theme for my students was our Construction & Buildings unit of study from Creative Curriculum. They just loved playing with blocks, pretending they were construction workers and using the toy

Use our free printables to create hands-on construction theme literacy centers. These are perfect practice phonics, writing, sight words, and more!

These free printable 3D buildings are great for pretend play and can be used over and over again. This activity allows kids to be...

Last week, my kiddos and I used the book Lentil for our literature-based study. What fun! I'll have a post up in future weeks detailing all of the fun activities and printables we used during our Lentil week. But the Build Your Own Town printables? Oh I just couldn't keep it to myself any longer! Lentil - Small Town Life This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for more information. The setting of Lentil is a small town, including many of the regular features of…

Fun construction number puzzles to print and use at home or on-the-go as a busy bag with your preschooler!! Free printables included!

Now that we are in the middle of winter and snow days where I live, I am always looking for somethin

To go along with our building activities, I created some Bingo cards to help review different types of buildings/places that we see around town. Materials Needed: Building Bingo cards (3 different versions- comment if you