Bridges Activity Plan

Idea(s) to be Emphasized: Bridges are important for transportation. They are usually made to get cars or trains over something, such as, a body of water or busy roads. Bridges have to be built so they can withstand a great amount of weight, so they can hold people, trains, and cars that travel over them.
Description of Activity: We had the wooden blocks at our station and different types of paper, such as, regular flimsy paper, cardstock, and construction paper. We had the paper cut to the same width as the blocks, so they could lie across them, forming a bridge. With these materials the idea was to have the children create different types of bridges with the weaker paper and the stronger paper. Then we had miniature plastic cars and people …show more content…
Was everything for the activity set up before the children began to arrive? If not, what could have been done to better prepare so that the activity was ready to be implemented as soon as preschool began? Yes, everything was set up before the children began arriving. My group members and I built a bridge the children could look at to better understand exactly what our activity was, hung up pictures of bridges, and set all the materials out for the children to begin playing at this …show more content…
What considerations were made when setting up the activity in order to smoothly implement the activity? For example: How was the space used and defined? Were the materials thoughtfully selected and prepared? What did you do to make the activity appear engaging? What considerations were made so that children could work as independently as possible? Make a suggestion for any change in how the activity was set up that would better facilitate the children’s participation in the activity. My group requested to be at the block station in the North lab. We needed adequate space for each child to have the chance to create their own bridge and not be crowed by other children. The materials we chose were thoughtfully selected. I think it was great that we chose to have the plastic cars and plastic people at our station so the children could drive the cars and walk the people over the bridges that were created. Ahead of time we built a bridge and put pictures up of bridges to make the activity appear more engaging and interesting. My group decided to build a model bridge ahead of time and put pictures up of bridges, so the children could independently build one. Some suggestions I would change after going through this experience is to put more wooden blocks out for the children to use and to bring more sturdier papers that would make a stronger