Fun ways to make real-world connections with new and familiar objects in your classroom!
We started our day with the question, What can you find in a people house? To answer our question, we read the Dr. Seuss book “In a People House” and then spent the morning exploring things you can find and do in a people house all around the classroom…
Introducing a Story
One thing we hoped to never come home and find in our people house is a mouse and bird taking a tour. In this Dr. Seuss book, a mouse and bird do get caught taking a tour of a people house and by the end of the book, they get kicked right out of that house…
As I read the book aloud, the children chimed in to say whether they had the same things described in the book in their own homes. After reading the book, we passed few things I had brought from my own house around the circle…
Expanding on the Story
Most of the things we passed around the circle could also be found in our story like a pillow, mirror, comb, brush, banana, salt and pepper shakers, hammer, toothbrush, telephone, dishes, clock, hammer, and even a lamp…
Hands-on Investigation
Most of the items (not all) that were passed around our circle were also made available for the children to take their time to explore throughout the morning on our discovery table…
Sensory Exploration
The children discovered that dishes can be found in a people house as they washed dishes left out in our dishwater tub…
Exploring new and Familiar Objects
All throughout the morning, the children continued to explore the things they can find in a people house…
Although there was a telephone similar to this one in our book, most of the children agreed that they don’t have a telephone that looks like this in their people house but they do have a phone…
Observational Drawings
Some of the children spent time drawing what they can find in a people house…
Making Real-world Connections
Connecting literature to the things we do and the things we see around the classroom helps us bring the words of a book into action and promotes the opportunity to act out, explore, draw, tell stories, and enjoy the ideas shared in our book all throughout the morning…
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