Preschool Program

september 2024

Throughout our program, we have noticed the children working hard to create many different structures with a variety of different blocks. Specifically we have noticed the children labelling their structures as “houses”.

One morning, the children noticed something very interesting across the street from us. The children knew it was a house, but were unsure what was happening to the house.

L: “A wrecking ball!”

We proposed the idea of taking a walk one morning with the children to further investigate. Once we got our eyes on the house, the children had some theories as to what was happening.

A: “They are crashing it down!”

L: “It’s getting bigger!”

L: “Where's the wrecking ball?”

Once “A” shared his idea of the house crashing down, the children then began agreeing with him. We wonder if they are making this connection from seeing the wrecking ball.

After a few minutes of observing the house, we noticed a man who was working on the house. We asked him what he was doing, and he replied “we’re building!”.

We plan to go back and revisit the house when they begin adding parts like windows to see if that might spark some more curiosity between the children.

Madison Myefors, RECE

Lynette Spicer, Educator