Small-Group Time Planning Form

Originating
Idea

Wood work

Materials

Wood, hammers, nails, glue

Curriculum
Content

KDI. 52 Tools & technology

Beginning

What can we build today at the wood work

area?

Opening
Statement

Middle
Earlier
What will
children do?

May hammer
pieces of
wood

Strategies:
How will you
scaffold
their
learning?

Acknowledge
work,
introduce
hammering
materials

Middle

Hammer nails
and pieces
together

Strategies:

Acknowledge
work, explore
imagination

End
warning and
transition to
next part of
routine

Now that we created all this out of wood, lets

see what we can create as a group with group
time on the rug.
Follow-up
Ideas

Building something specific they want to use

Later

Create object
with
materials

Strategies:

Acknowledge
work, go into
detail with
creation