Engineer Planning Book
Write “Engineer Planning Book” on the cover of a notebook. Explain that engineers draw a plan and then try to build their design. Place the book in the block center along with a pencil and encourage children to draw their idea and then try to build it.
City Planners
Learning to read store logos and other environmental print is a natural way to help children
make print connections. What fun to be architects and engineers and design their own cities!
Materials: store and restaurant logos, photos of your school and other places in your community, tape
Directions: Cut out store logos and tape to blocks with clear packaging tape. Tape pictures of your school, post office, and other places in your community to blocks and challenge children to design a city.
More! Walk around your school and community and take pictures of your students’ favorite places. Make copies of the pictures and tape to blocks.
*Take a full length picture of each student. Print a 5” X 7” copy on card stock and cut out each photo to make a paper doll of each student. Use binder clips to make the paper dolls stand up.
Here are some fantastic downloads that Carolyn Kisloski created for you to add to your block center.
I CAN BUILD pictures for the block center.
Environmental print to put on rectangular blocks.
