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This week with Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time). We're learning about transportation by air and water.
So far, we've talked about Airplanes, Hot Air Balloons, and today's topic is Helicopter.
Our discussion question for the day was, "What do we know about helicopters?" We pretended to be helicopters and explored how the propellers of a helicopter move.
Today's Make & Play activity was a great opportunity to practice sequencing and writing. We used our Transportation Design Guide from Experience Preschool and explained the steps for recreating the vehicles using sequence words like, "first, next, and last."
After that, the children each selected one design to recreate with their color shapes.
When they were finished, we invited the children to draw one of their favorite vehicles on the "My Transporation Design" page and then recall the design steps.
Another favorite today was our Table Top Math activity, Emergency Landing.
We cut and folded paper to make a propeller and then took turns standing above the Helipad and trying to land the "helicopter" on the target.
The preschoolers really enjoyed this activity. They continued playing to try landing on different numbers on the Helipad as well as on the letter H.
Don't forget to check back next week to see what we're up to with our transportation theme from Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time).
