Classroom Three's Blog

Caterpillars  The children have shown a great deal of interest in the caterpillars. They noticed how the caterpillars look like "little snakes" and "worms." To strengthen the children's understanding of the caterpillars we provided them with white paper and markers to draw their interpretation of the caterpillars.  Michigan Standards of Quality for Infants and Toddlers Strand C, Goal 3: Infants and toddlers experience environments where they learn strategies for active exploration, thinking, and reasoning. Strand C, Goal 5: Infants and toddlers experience environments where their interests and initiative provide direction for learning opportunities and for the practice and mastery of developing skills. Strand D, Goal 1: Infants and toddlers experience environments where they develop attitudes and skills to communicate successfully with others. Strand D, Goal 2: Infants and toddlers experience environments where the...

How can we build a passenger train? Ms. Tina, our strategies student, worked on creating a passenger train with children. She provided the children with a cardboard box, pictures of furniture, and tape. The children placed the various items they found to have the most value inside of the cardboard box. The children then discussed how the items would be useful to a"passenger."  Michigan Standards of Quality for Infants and Toddlers Strand C, Goal 3: Infants and toddlers experience environments where they learn strategies for active exploration, thinking, and reasoning.   Strand C, Goal 1: Infants and toddlers experience environments where the importance of spontaneous play is recognized and play is valued as meaningful learning. Strand E, Goal 3: Infants and toddlers experience environments where they are encouraged to interact and learn with and alongside others. Strand D, Goal 2: Infants and toddlers experience environments where they...