Community Builders

Class Books (Karen Hull)-I include everyone in the entire 4k by displaying their work in a variety of class books.  The books are located throughout the room in centers, dramatic play, the library, and hallway at Parent Teacher Conferences.  Some of the books we make are for names with pictures (recognzing print), everyone’s home phone number (dramatic play with calling and learning numbers), and individual pictures of the children after a special project (Dr. Seuss cooking project, they each have to make a “thing” out of pretzels and marshmallows) (acting out a positional word).  

Buddies (Karen Hull)-Last year I paired one class of my 4kers with a Kindergarten class.  We saw our buddies once a week for approximately 30 minutes.  The buddies read to us and we shared our favorite books to them.  We played games in small groups, we’ve completed projects in which we’ve needed help with labeling, we’ve done arts and crafts where we’ve decorated common hallways, and we even went on a few walking field trips together.  Once we visited the nursing home residents with a craft we made together and another time we looked for signs of spring.