When our curriculum coordinator, Mrs. Fisher, showed me the items she had planned for this transportation activity box, she was worried that the children might not really like it. I love the unpredictability of children…
Mrs. Fisher put some cards with simple shaped trucks printed on each card in the activity box with some straws and lids…
The activity box stayed out all week long and all week long, I found children designing their trucks…
This little one loved the bendable end of the straws…
And this little girl decided to collect all the pink straws for her truck…
And adding the lids to the activity box was very clever indeed….
Some of the children decided to extend their designs beyond the truck and onto the table…
Preschoolers have a way of keeping us guessing at what they will enjoy and what they will ignore…
Preschoolers also keep us guessing on how they will ultimately use the materials we provide…
But the unpredictability keeps us on our toes – it keeps us observing and evaluating what children will find interesting, what they will do, and what they can do…