Our Friends From Around the World

This year we are participating in a preschool post card exchange with classes from around the world! In our group are classes from Ireland, Scotland, England, New Zealand, Australia, California, Rhode Island and Colorado! The children worked together to write a letter as well as make a postcard of Michigan using our hands.

California

The first one was from a school in California called the Early Childhood Learning Center ECLC. We looked at the map to see how far away it was from us and how we would have to travel in order to get there. We learned we could travel either by airplane or by car. It would take longer to get there by car. The children were also very interested in that fact that California does not get snow. They were very curious as to why. Some answers that we heard were "The snow can't make it from Michigan." "It rains a lot in California and it's too hot."

Ireland

The second post card came from Ireland. The school's name is Dandelion's Montessori. We learned how to say hello Dia dhuit (dee ah gwit) and goodbye slan ( slawn) in Irish as well as what their flag looks like. Some children realized that their flag looks different than ours. We extended this country's exploration by making "spuds" (potatoes). We also looked at pictures of them dancing and did our Irish dancing with tap shoes, skirts and the stage while listening to Celtic music.

     
                

Colorado

The third postcard we received was from Colorado. It was from Children's Mini College in Glenwood Springs. The children looked at brochures and discovered that in Colorado they have hot springs, mountains and can ski. The children also saw that there was an amusement park in the mountains. 

            

Kindergarten Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing 

to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with 

diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults 

in small and larger groups.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with 

diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in 

small and larger groups.

K – G1.0.1 Recognize that maps and globes represent places.

K – P4.2.2 Participate in projects to help or inform others.

Teaching Strategies Gold Standards

3. Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations

9. Uses language to express thoughts and needs

10. Uses appropriate conversational and other communication skills

11. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning 

25. Demonstrates knowledge of characteristics of living things