Buildings unit preschool

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.

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…

Mix some architecture and engineering skills with this kindergarten and preschool STEM activity for kids. Use simple materials.

Summer time means there will be a lot of free time for your kiddos. In between all the vacations and pool parties, try one of these STEAM projects!

When I taught preschool one of the most exciting themes 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 tools. Construction & Buildings unit I'm sharing pictures from my archives of some of the activities

This is the house that Jack built. You could even do this with shape dicuts so they actually have to build it!

Having a little boy opened my eyes BIG TIME to a world of books we'd been mostly neglecting. Sure, we read a few truck books when Sophie was little, but when Milo came on the