Changes to the Environment

Thematic Unit Topic: ____Transportation__________________

Classroom Area: _______Outdoor_________________
List the Items You Plan to Introduce and Ho !uch The" #ill Cost $a minimum o% &':
(emem)er:
? The items should )e sa%e* child+directed* encourage the use o% multiple intelligences and provide
opportunities %or sensor" learning',
? The items should )e reasona)l" priced* a)le to )e made )" the teacher or easil" o)taina)le,
? Tr" to use o)-ects that are alread" in the classroom in creative* ne a"s,
? Thin. a)out hat items "ou might o)tain through donations %rom %amil"* local )usiness* etc,
/, Orange cones, Cost: Made by teacher
0, Small shovels so children can dig roads in sandbox, Cost: Donations
1, Large trucks for sandbox Cost: Garage Sales, Donations. round !"
2, #raffic signs for bike area, Cost: Made by teacher
3, Large traffic Light, Cost: Made by teacher
&, $ikes. Cost: School bought.
4, Large cardboard box %ith ram&s Cost: Made by teacher
5, 'halk for children to dra% roads on &avement Cost: Dollar stores "(
6, Small buckets of %ater for their boats, Cost: Donations
/7, )a&er air&lanes and toy &arachutes, Cost: Made by teacher
#hen ill "ou introduce these items8 $At the )eginning o% the thematic unit* throughout the unit 9
during a small group lesson plan* circle time'
#hese *tems %ill be introduced at the beginning of the thematic unit
Are there an" :special; rules that the children need to %ollo hen using these items8
'hildren %ill be %atched carefully %hen using the shovels. #he only other s&ecial rule is to share %ith
their classmates or take turns.
#hat do "ou hope the children to learn8
* ho&e that the children %ill learn to drive safely on a road by follo%ing the road signs. #hey %ill learn
to also %atch out for &edestrians +classmates,. #hey %ill learn ho% to roll a truck over the dirt and through a
&ath, ho% to float a boat over %ater and %atch a &lane or &arachute land on ground after soaring.
#hat are some a"s that the children can :re%lect; on hat the" have learned8
'hildren can reflect on %hat they have learned by remembering that green means go and red means sto&.
-e also sto& at a red sign and %atch out for &edestrians. #hey %ill have a chance to dis&lay this through their
&lay and %hen asked. * %ill document their &lay %ith &ictures and .ournals.