Castle Project
Kindergarten 9
January 2001- April
2001
I had noticed that the children
were building with pillows and the mattress in the classroom.
I was wondering what they were building? I also noticed that while
they were building, the children were pulling chairs up to the
puppet house and creating plays together. I wanted to know if
they would like to create a play for their parents as well?
The following day I asked the children
if they were interested in making a play for their parents and
they were unanimously enthusiastic. I asked the class to think
of four elements as we created the story: the setting, the character(s),
the problem, and the solution.
To read
the group story created please press here
We decided to gather books from
the library for help in designing our castle. Here is one drawing
of a castle.
After everyone had drawn a castle
we voted on one picture and asked parents to help us build our
castle. Meanwhile, we played at building castles with blocks and
other materials.
The big day arrived and parents
came in to build with their child the castle that was going to
be used in the play. The structure still remains in the playground
for everyone to use.
In the classroom we practiced our
lines and developed our costumes and menu for the party.
To read
the class play lines please press here
We continued to draw and develop
more castles as well. Here are drawings made on the computer using
the software program called KidPix.
For a further and more in-depth
look at our project you can read the daily documentation as the
project emerged and view a KidPix SlideShow of the project.
Daily Documentation
KidPix
SlideShow (31 slides)
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