Airport
Learning goals: Literacy, Writing, Reading, Cooperation, Mutually-Directed Play
- Together, the educator and children turned a section of the classroom into an airport.
- The educators and children discussed the features they would find in an airport then brainstormed a list of materials they needed to create an airport.
- The educator provided the materials for the students to create the centre and the students created a check-in desk, baggage drop off, security, and airplane seating.
- The children took on assigned roles (airport security, pilots, passengers) and created signs to help direct the passengers around the airport.
- The educator connected this activity to academic goals by supporting children to write signs for their airport
- Paper, cardboard, bins, chairs and tables
- Toy cash register
- Keyboard
- World map
- A selection of baggage
- Toy phones
- The idea of an airport originated from the interests of the children. Together, the educator and the children came up with ideas about what should be included in the airport, how to build these structures, and in assigning roles.
- Together, the educator and children created the airport and they both had an influence on the outcome of the play
