Construction Site – 3.7 – Add A Little

Movement Moment

Fill the Dump Truck

Supplies:

• An empty laundry basket
• Lots of balls – consider light plastic balls or create temporary soft balls by rolling up fuzzy socks. (Alternatively, use small foam blocks, etc.)

Prep:

• Clear an area for active play.
• Pull all the balls in the laundry basket.

Time to Play:

• Gather your children around. Explain that you are going to pretend the laundry basket is a dump truck, and all the kids are excavators (diggers) or front-end loaders.
• Dump the balls on the floor and join your children in moving and sounding like machines as they scoop the balls back into the “dump truck”.

Art Activity

Cut Out a Digger

Supplies:

• Child safety scissors
• Digger colouring sheet (Click here for Free Printable)
• Crayons, markers, or paint, etc. to add colour

Prep:

• Print one digger colouring sheet per child

Time to Create:

• Show your child the digger colouring sheet. Especially show them the black circle around the digger. Explain that they will use scissors to cut on this black circle.
• Remind your child to hold the scissors and paper with thumbs up.
• Give your child the paper and scissors.
• Supervise and encourage your child as they cut around the circle. It doesn’t need to be perfect.
• After they have cut all the way around the circle, take away the scissors and give your child crayons, etc. to colour the digger.

Note to parent/teacher: Using scissors is a great way to strengthen fine motor skills. Most children are mature enough to use scissors with supervision at 3 years old. For more tips regarding teaching scissor skills to preschoolers, check out my post: Scissors and Preschoolers

Five-Minute Focus

Let’s Learn the Numbers

Numbers of the Unit

1 2 3

Number Activity

• Supplies: Lego or other building blocks
• Time to Learn:
  • Using the Lego or blocks, create a 2D model of numbers 1, 2, and 3.
  • Give your child the blocks and encourage them to create the numbers themselves. They may copy how you did it, or do it their own way.

• For other letter teaching techniques, visit: https://sjlittle.ca/preschool/teaching-the-abcs-at-circle-time/