How We Organize Ourselves
Central Idea: The work people perform helps build community
This week the teachers are gathering what the children know about the central idea. The children come with an understanding that there are jobs in the community such as, construction workers, gardeners, winemakers, and dishwashers. They know there is work done within the daycare community such as, sweeping, washing tables, cleaning up toys and organizing books.
Yesterday the children went for a walk to 41st and Dunbar St. and walked along Dunbar to 39th Ave and noted all the business and jobs they saw. They even got to visit Olivia's dads work, he's a vet.
Today we started a map of the community focusing on the four corners of 41st and Dunbar. The children knew a lot about the Shell gas station; its an important feature of our community because "our cars need gas and without gas we'd have to walk" said Chloe. "Or take the bus" offered Rocco. The bus transfer station is right across the street. A new and used book store is on another corner. Julia thought this store might be important to some people but not to others. Kai said "If you like to read, you need a book store." The Scotia Bank is on the other corner. Many of the children have been to the bank but have no idea what the bank is for. This is an area we will explore further.
The children added pictures to the map and Adyson added a feature she knows: traffic lights and stop signs. Someone has the job of putting up traffic signs, we'll explore why this is an important job and what might happen if this job wasn't done.
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